Spring Waltz

Spring Waltz
Genre: Romance
Korea casts (from left to right): Seo Do Young, Lee So Yeon, Han Hyo Joo, Daniel Henney
Rating: 7.5/10


Synopsis
In order to escape debts, Jae Ha (Seo Do Young) and his father runaway to the family’s home town, a small island isolated from the rest of the world. While Jae Ha’s father goes on a short trip, he leaves his son under a friend’s care. Scared his father would not come back, Jae Ha begins collecting money to buy his own boat ticket. However, his plans change after befriending Eun Young (Han Hyo Joo), the father’s friend’s daughter. Eun Young was born with a sickness and spent most of her childhood at home. She constantly prays to make a friend, and she finds this friendship in Jae Ha. However, after a tragic accident, the two are split…only to meet again after 15 years.


Personal comments
On a general, the drama was okay with a happy ending (sorry for the spoiler for those who have yet to watch). The story dragged a bit in the beginning and then really rushed at the end. It was kind of cute and sad, but very typical of other dramas in that it included that love triangle with two people loving the same person but on one side it's unrequited. Most of it was predictable like who was going to end up with whom and how each characters reaction would be having seen this or hearing that.

Nevertheless, the drama were casted by pretty actors and actresses..

And also captivating picturesques sceneries of Austria (Hallstat) and the islands in Korea (Chungsan-do).

I love the background musics too with combination on classical and melody. It was calming and enjoyable and fitted well with the fact that the main character was a pianist.

And here's a special line from the drama..

"If you truly love and miss that person, Then, love will come again when you meet that person again. Just like playing a game of hide and seek, No matter where he/she hides or even if you can't see him/her, He/she must be waiting at some place for you. Amid the countless chaos, Just like the sincere prayers of love. The people in love will surely meet again."

- Park Eun-young (taken from episode 1 of Spring Waltz)