Synopsis & Review
Yun Jun-suh and Yun Eun-suh love each other very much to the point that both the brother and sister stick together like glue. It's rare to see them separated unless in school and even there, it's hard not to see that they'll always be together. In addition to the love they have for each other, they have the love of their lovely wealthy parents. Choi Shin-ae can only dream of a life like Yun-suh and Jun-suh however, her life is their complete opposite. Her brother is a thief and her mother owns a restaurant and is abusive towards her because of their financial problems created by her older brother and her deceased father. Shin-ae, unlike Eun-suh, is the smartest student in the class even though her life is so unbearable. One day, Eun-suh is hit by a car, and Jun-suh and Eun-suh's world completely changes. Later, Shin-ae's life is also completely changed after Eun-suh's doctor reveals her blood matches neither her mother nor her fathers. Following that revelation, a heart wrenching separation occurs and even later, the introduction of "forbidden love." What will happen to Jun-suh and Eun-suh's glue-like relationship?
I couldn't help but cry a lot during this drama. The story was sad and moving. It made me feel like everyone can overcome all obstacles as long as you stick together. Of course the romance in the drama can be considered "forbidden love" but it's really a love you wish could be accepted. It was beautifully played. With so much affection from all the characters, the realization of wrong, and the wishing that the past could be changed, created a story was very good.
There was innocence, concern, anger, revenge; there was everything in this drama and each character's personality was portrayed perfectly.
Song Hye Kyo, who played Eun-suh had a very innocent and pure look to her and she was unbelievably sweet in her role. Each time she shed a tear, I found myself shedding one too. If I'm correct, this is the actress's first major role in a drama and I was not left disappointed. Her ability to play Eun-suh in the story moved me. Apart from being incredibly handsome, Song Seung Hun, who played Jun-suh showed great acting. You could see the emotions in his face and you could see his confusion and desire to be with the one he truly loved. Won Bin, without a doubt was a brilliant and gorgeous third wheel as Han Tae-seok. I feel in love with his generosity and his willingness to let the woman he loved go to give her happiness. Enough with the characters I loved…now for the ones I HATED!
Han Chae-Young who played Shin-ae was so good at being the villain, I just hated her (in this case it's a good thing)! When she was jealous, you hated her, when she acted in revenge, you hated her, when she showed up and opened her mouth, you hated her! I hated her and damn, she played a good villain! The next one was Jun-suh's fiancé Shin Yu-mi played by Han Na-na. She pissed me off trying to destroy a love that could not be tarnished in the past. Her ways to keep her man from leaving her were just plain wrong, but it did bring more drama to the story.
The drama was 16 episodes. Although I didn't really like how it ended, it was a good episode to end especially since the main actor was no longer in the picture as events unfolded. If the drama was to end later, I'd probably be dying to skip to the ending.
Autumn Tale provided good drama and romance. I was really rooting for the love between characters to be accepted regardless of how wrong it may have been in the eyes of society. The love triangle that was established was well focused on and there weren't many interruptions from another character to make it confusing or less serious (emotionally). The problems the characters faced brought a lot of drama to the story. But it was good drama, the kind that will cause you to use up about half of your tissue box.
Since the drama is sorrowful, the background music played well with the drama and blended in with the season, autumn. The music is morose and smooth that even without watching the drama, you feel depressed listening to it because your imagination (at least mine) goes off on tangents with glimpses of sorrow.
I liked this drama. It really moved me since the story dealt with "forbidden love." The two characters were beautiful together and the fact that their being together made other people in their lives uncomfortable made me feel that they should keep fighting! I'd recommend this for the ladies. This drama is a bit mushy mushy, if you know what I mean, so get those tissues ready. I would recommend the guys to watch this with their girlfriends because it'd be pretty interesting but the turn off is that the girls might expect too much from the guys afterwards, remarks such as, "Why can't you be more like him?" or something of the sort might be thrown out there. Guys probably wouldn't want to be compared (**chuckle**).
