I am not sure if this was 한지혜 Han Ji Hye's come back drama. It's good to see her on the tube again after such a long break (and break up from Lee Donggun).
The cover photo of Cloud Staircase looks like Stairway to Heaven (Don't you think), and the title sounds somewhat similar too. So, the first thought that came to my mind was: Oh dear, someone's gonna have an incurable disease and DIE! But let's talk about the drama first before we go around killing characters off.
Shin Dong Wook 신동욱 - never seen him, never heard of him, but I thought he looked a tad like Evelyn. Too pretty lah. If it's not because of his voice, I'd probably think that he's kinda too petty to be a hero.
Lim Jeong Eun 임정은 got my attention as the loyal, suffering-in-silence, pillar of strength, love-forlorn other girl. I told my daughter that I liked her face. She's not beautiful or marvellously pretty. But she has a certain sweetness and charm. I hope hat she would one day get the chance to be the leading lady in a drama/film.
Kim Jung Hyun 김정현 - aigoo....ajuhsshi to the core.....need I say more?
The Gist
Choi Jong Soo (Shin Dong Wook) caught a glimpse of Yoon Jung Won (Han Ji Hye) on the last day of school. But a glimpse was all it took to embed her face inside his heart and mind. 7 years later, by chance they met again on an island where Jong Soo is now the island's "assistant doctor". With no paper qualifications nor practical experience, he performed an emergency op on Jung Won. Days after being together, they opened up their hearts to each other - but in silence.
Because.....in actual fact, Jung Won is already PRACTICALLY engaged to Dr Kim Do Hoon (Kim Jung Hyun ajuhsshi). Jung Won works as a marketing manager in her father's hospital, where Do Hoon is the star surgeon.
Jong Soo had spent years looking for his father, whose "abandoned" him for some unknown reason. When he finally found his pneumonia-stricken father, the latter was dead after being turned away by Drs in Jung Won's hospital because he was a vagrant.
Now, remember, there is a theme of vengeance here. I don't like it, but that's the way it is....... Jong Soo started working as a surgeon in that same hospital, after Jung Won's father offerred him the job for saving her life. Remember: Jong Soo = seek vengeance.
I don't want to write more, coz I want you to watch this if you :
1. Like Han Ji Hye
2. Like Pretty boy with manly voice
3. Miss Sterile Hospital Settings
4. Like Ajuhsshi in nice clothes
5. Got nothing better to watch
Anyway, I give this drama a 2.5 pop corn.
You be the judge.
