Saui Chanmi

An exceptional drama with a base of melodrama and adventures. Moreover a series which simplifies true love and sacrifice. Absolutely loved watching every second of it.

Kim U Jin And Yun Sim Deok...May Had A Short Time To Stay Together And To Love Each other...But it was so beautiful....because for the sake of their love...they choose death...and In order to live in peace...because of that horrible dammed society...and against the will of their families.... they choose to forever rest in peace by sacrificing their lives...and I don't even regret it that they died at last... I will say that they made the correct decision...its the first ever k drama I'm satisfied with its harsh ending....

I really liked the last words from Kim U Jin's his poem the theory of death at the end of the part 3... " Are U Truly Living? No I'm Yearning For Death To Truly Live" these words touched me deep...

The setting for this drama seemed authentic and the costumes really beautiful. Fine acting but I am finding it really hard to be objective as Lee Jong-suk is not one of my favourite Korean male actors. I've watched him in several dramas now and his persona doesn't come across well to me. This is my personal opinion as I think there is a slight arrogance he brings to his characters, that doesn't mean I'm taking anything away from his acting, but apart from that enjoyed watching a nice piece of period drama in Korea's history

Definitely one of the best dramas of Lee Jong-suk.

As a big fan of dramas set in the classical setting, definitely enjoyed the entire drama.

This is a very emotional series and the ending was fitting.

In addition to their romance, they clearly show the differences in the family backgrounds and how it plays a key part in their reputation; how the family obligations strain him until the end.

Hymn of death song is a beautiful song and very heart-breaking to listen to.

Lee Jong-suk is different here. While in most of his other series he is confident, cocky, and humorous, he is serious all throughout this 3-hour miniseries. I felt U-Jin's loneliness, desperation, helplessness because of feeling trapped and being emotionally blackmailed by his father. I felt the restraint he mustered so as not to reveal how he really felt towards Sim-deok. He did very well here.

Shin Hye-sun as Sim-deok was equally outstanding.

Kudos too for the overall production design and cinematography.

If there is one thing I found lacking, it's the burning, intense feelings that the couple was supposed to share after they'd revealed how they felt towards each other. It was supposed to be so intense that they'd be missing each other the moment they'd part ways, enough to want to turn their backs to towards their families to be free together.

For the most part they acted like mere acquaintances holding hands once in a while. There wasn't any passion; they were a bit too reserved. Maybe this was to allow the intensity of their feelings to come through U-jin's heartfelt letters and Sim-deok's singing? If this were the intent, then this didn't happen. If there was one thing I can say Shin Hye-sun failed at, it was failing to be convincing as a classical singer. She was rigid and void of expression while singing, and she should have been coached better on how to open her mouth wider.

Still ok overall, just too bad the director failed to bring out a fuller range of emotions from our leading pair.