Coffee Prince (2007)

Amor mas allá de lo convencional, que no te puedes perder

Jamás creí que esta serie iba a contar sobre un amor tan profundo que supera los géneros.
Lo otro que me encantó de esta serie es que no pasa nada muy terrible, ni un accidente, ni una muerte, ni una traición que te haga odiar a los protagonistas o a un villano. Es una serie muy linda, solo para disfrutarla.
Gong Yoo es una delicia te lo quieres comer poco a poco para disfrutarlo mas, jajajaja
Viendo muchas series coreanas se valorar cuando una historia es diferente, y poder ver una serie donde el protagonista heterosexual, se enamora de un chico, que no sabe que es mujer, sufre mucho por eso, pero al final, cede sus creencias por amor, y se enamora y acepta su amor a pesar de todo lo que sus amigos y familia puedan decir. El que diga que eso no es amor, no sabe lo que dice. Me encanto que trataran este tema. Cada vez que pasaba algo y para mi me decía esta mujer si es tonta, porque no le dice, volvía a mi y decía los que escribieron esto quieren demostrar que el verdadero amor esta mas allá del genero sexual, y por eso lo llevan al extremo, aunque a veces sentía que lo estiraban mucho, entendía claramente que es lo que querían mostrar. Y agradezco poder ver esto.
También me gusto mucho la historia de amor de la otra pareja, a veces un poco frustrante, igual muy real, y super entendible, los tiempos de cada uno.
Ver a Gong Yoo, joven, después de enamorarme de él en Goblin, me pareció muy lindo aunque me encanta como a madurado. Su look de mujeriego que en el fondo nunca lo fue y siempre estuvo enamorado de la novia del primo, y que jamas se propaso. Me derritió.
Nunca espere que esta serie tan light tuviera un tema de fondo tan profundo, la recomiendo 100%

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¡Una maravilla!

No quiero hacer esto muy largo, vamos a dejarlo en una “recomendación exprés”, yo solo quiero darles ganas de ver la serie.

La historia gira entorno a Eun Chan (una chica bastante masculina desesperada por conseguir un trabajo para ayudar a su familia) y Han Kyul (un millonario al que su abuela amenaza con desheredar a menos que logre sacar adelante un café que se cae a pedazos). Por cosas de la vida se conocen y ella termina trabajando para él, el problema está en que en el café solo pueden trabajar hombres… y es que Han Kyul no tiene ni idea de que Eun Chan es una mujer.

¿El plot les suena? Sí, se hizo mil quinientas veces, PERO NO ASÍ. ¿Podemos hablar de que es una serie de 2007 y retrata a la perfección los conflictos internos de un hombre que se creyó heterosexual durante toda su vida hasta que conoce a ese “alguien”? ¡LOCURA TOTAL!
Sí, gente, él desconoce por completo que Eun Chan es una chica hasta mucho después de ya estar completamente enamorado… así que prepárense para sufrir junto a Han Kyul, porque van a sufrir, eso se los puedo asegurar. Sus conflictos internos están tan bien y son tan reales que no puedo hacer más que sacarme el sombrero. Y en esa área (tal vez no puedo decirlo sobre otras) deja un mensaje muy, muy, bueno. Además, los actores tienen una química que no les puedo explicar, #JustSaying.

Puede que lo que más me guste de la serie sea eso (que igual es el eje central), pero los personajes secundarios también son espectaculares (y tienen sus propias subtramas que están muy bien llevadas), el trabajo de los actores es fantástico, las motivaciones de la prota están bien justificadas (independientemente de que estemos de acuerdo con lo que hace o no) y las cosas cierran bien por todos lados.

Punto a considerar: La relación por ahí les parece tóxica porque ella está mintiendo todo el tiempo, pero si se centran en el conflicto interno de él... MARAVILLA.
Creo que es uno de los doramas con mejor representación LGBT que vi, real (porque quieran o no decir lo contrario, el prota masculino es bisexual).

¡TIENEN QUE DARLE UNA OPORTUNIDAD!😍

IG de reseñas cortas: @altoplottwist

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Un clásico maravilloso que aguanta el tiempo!

Maravilloso clásico!!! Acabo de ver esta semana esta maravilla de kdrama, Hace dos años que veo dramas y no me había decidido aún por ver un kdrama antiguo. Lo más viejito que había visto es Healer (que me encantó). Me daba cosita la estética, los peinados, que la historia no me enganchara, tonterías!! Demasiado he tardado en decidirme, me estaba perdiendo una gran historia, con increibles actuaciones y un guión que mantiene el interés a lo largo de los capítulos. Al team de chicos Coffe Prince me los comería todos, son una monada y me han sacado muchísimas risas!! Soy fan de Gong Yoo (para mi Goblin es lo más perfecto que se puede encontrar en un drama), y aquí no decepciona para nada. Su personaje es encantador, super tierno y además está guapísimo. La FL lo hace supremo. Las escenas cómicas de ellos dos son hilarantes, buenísimas pero cuando la cosa se pone dramática, saben como sacarte las lágrimas!!!! La música es muy bonita, la escenografía perfecta para la historia. UN 10!! No os la perdáis.
Gracias a VIKI por ponerla disponible en España, hice la petición hace muy pocos días y lo han hecho realidad!!!! En Netflix también está pero solo con la opción de inglés en el idioma.

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Coffe prince reseña

Este drama a pesar de tener unos años ya a día de hoy sigue siendo maravilloso lo mires por donde lo mires. Puede que la historia en si sea algo digamos anticuada, contiene el típico que recurso que se usaba mucho antes la verdad. Pero funciona muy bien en este caso, las actuaciones son de 10 la verdad y hay una obvia química entre los protagonistas. Yo reconozco que tengo mi debilidad por mi dios supremo xD Gong yoo. Creo que la historia está bien contada, las escenas de besos son de morirse y está todo bien hilado. En general me pareció un demás excelente, no le puse el 10 porque este género no es de mis favoritos pero me gano sin duda. La recomiendo, es un clásico que hay que verse.

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Why I think Coffee Prince is magical...and it's still one of the best Kdramas I've ever watched:

Let's face it, the reality of a girl passing herself as a man and almost everyone around her believing it is a bit farfetched. That is the basis for this drama. All of the orbiting comedy, drama, angst and love circles around this unlikely scenario. How this drama pulls it off and makes it possible for you to suspend disbelief is that every other situation in this drama is grounded in an everyday reality.

Eun Chan is the eldest daughter of a family with no father. She has to take care of her mother and younger school age sister. She is a tomboy and added to that, she has no real money to further her education which would have made it possible for her to seek better employment. She works constantly. From sun up until late into the night she goes and goes. Delivering milk, teaching kids Tae Kwando, delivering food, sewing dolls eyes, shelling chestnuts and on and on. She doesn't have the luxury of dressing up, being a pretty girl who can buy clothes, shoes and make up. This back story for Eun Chan grounds that unbelievable idea of people thinking she is a boy in a reality the audience can get behind.

From that starting point Coffee Prince continues its excellent storytelling. Eun Chan isn't looking for love, she is only trying to survive. When she meets Choi Han Gyul her whole world begins to tilt on its axis. Because the writer and actors do such a wonderful job with their characters, it sucked me right in from start to finish. Coffee Prince isn't about high angst and melo. Its dramatic tension is about the budding of a deep love, the fear of telling the truth, the question of whether love knows gender and mostly, forgiveness. This drama worked for me because somehow the director, writer and actors made me feel like a comfortable spectator in every scene, witnessing the story unfolding.

I cannot emphasize enough how well done and addicting this story is all the way through. The side characters of this drama were just as delightful as the leads and that doesn't happen often. Watch out that you don't fall in love with Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Seong! This show had a 1 episode extension which prolonged the end just a little bit but didn't drag it down. (17 Episodes total) Thank goodness this drama seemed very well plotted out all along the way.

Gong Yoo and Yoo Eun Hye are wonderful and have amazing chemistry. And not just them...It is a rare thing when any drama or movie comes along and somehow the whole cast seems magically fit for one another. Whether it be lovers, family or friends...this drama truly has that quality.

The music in Coffee Prince is eclectic and fun. The set designs are lovely...even Gae Sik Ahjussi's disgusting apartment! Some of these sets have become tourist spots in Korea you can still visit today.

If you haven't ridden the fun, funny, touching and magical ride that is Coffee Prince, please jump on board. It's worth every minute...I promise. Even after my 5th watch I still find things I adore about this show.

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I'm so much in agreement with every word written in Jeanie's review that I had to go back and change most of mine in order not to write a useless review full of repetitions of what had already been expressed so well.



On my part, I can say Coffee Prince made me reconcile with Korean dramas. If I have to tell the whole, bitter truth, for some time I thought Korean could only produce melodramas, with round eyes girls pouting and arrogant dudes raising perfectly trimmed eyebrows. Until I landed on this drama.

Everything about it felt so real, by the middle I wasn't a simple viewer anymore: I was part of that group of friends. The kind of alchemy they created on screen is rarely found in dramas, because in most cases one is reminded that these people are acting. But Coffee Prince feels like they are having fun together. It reminded me of a dinner with my friends, or camping out with them.

There's a delicious special at the end of the drama, which shows some behind the scene bloopers and interviews. And it's amazing, because either the special looks like integral part of the drama, or the whole drama is like a behind the scene: the interaction between the actors stays the same. Even the make up and clothes are everyday things, not a catwalk display.



And I absolutely loved the way the issue homosexuality was treated. I loved that Han Gyul was tormented by the thought of being gay, but that he was even more so in finding out that she was a woman. Because love, betrayal and trust are universal feelings and have no connection whatsoever with gender.



The music deserves a mention too. Coffee Prince has an outstanding OST, very unusual and difficult to put into a precise musical category. Some pieces have a jazz undertone which I personally loved.



I've read some people complaining about the pace of this drama, saying nothing major happens. But a work of art, be it a movie, a drama, a novel or a cartoon isn't made only of events. It's made of style too, of images, silences, scenery, words. Thousands of love stories have been written and shown in dramas. What makes this one a delightful watch, is the ability of actors and direction to make us connect and "live" this sweet love story with the characters.

Therefore, I'm ready to recommend this show to everyone.

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Romantic comedies aren’t usually my cup of java, but Coffee Prince is everything a rom-com should be: sweet, funny, and sexy. If you can get past the silliness of the mistaken identity premise, you’ll be rewarded with a show full of carefully observed human moments, played out by an eclectic, engaging ensemble cast. The poor girl/rich guy love story may not be especially original, but it’s told with a great deal of heart and refreshingly little artifice. The characters come across as fleshed-out human beings instead of walking plot devices and the show understands how to create scenes of real emotional impact without heaping on the melodrama or resorting to cheap dramatic tricks. It’s also genuinely hilarious, with a central couple whose on-screen chemistry is off the charts.

Coffee Prince is hardly an undiscovered gem, but like the best coffee shops, it’s a warm, inviting place to pass the time. It gently reminds that life’s small pleasures should be noticed and savored, and that choosing love, for a person, a profession, or a place, is worth whatever heartache or stigma may tag along.

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I honestly forgot, or more didn't realize, what a gem this drama is! I just finished rewatching it, and now that I'm seven years older than when I first watched this I can appreciate this drama a lot more. It's always on that list of "must watch dramas" when you talk to someone who's asking around for good dramas, and for good reasons.

Story is the typical girl looks like boy, uses that to "trick" certain people, gets closer to the male lead..the same old stuff back in the last decade. What made this drama different then most was the fact that the lead actor was unaware of her gender and was a poor guy thinking he was confused. That to me, was one of my favorite aspects of this entire drama. This ended up being a romantic comedy without going too overboard on the comedy (in my opinion). The relationships formed naturally on screen between the leads and between all the side characters. There were some slow parts in this drama but for 17 episodes, I thought things moved fairly quickly. This story just has side stories for most of their other characters.

Cast. UGH. I completely forgot how much I loved this cast! Gong Yoo and Eun Hye are seriously a match made in heaven. Their on screen chemistry was simply undeniable. From when they met until the very end, all of their scenes together were pure perfection. Their acting was so perfect it seemed real and I haven't been able to find a Korean drama where two actors grab my attention like these two.
All of the side character actors were just as perfect. The cafe workers (rip Lee Eon), all the family members and others were casted perfectly. Everyone just seemed to mesh extremely well together.

Music, honestly was never a favorite of mine. Though the whole "la la la lala" song would get stuck in my head for days, there was nothing really special about the music used.

As stated, I have rewatched this drama and believe me, in time so will others. It's just that type of drama where you wouldn't mind watching it from beginning to the end again. I always recommend this drama to new drama watchers and I think I always will. It's a feel good drama and it's also up on Netflix for the time being so if you have it, watch it!

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It took me a while to get into this drama as I felt that it dragged in its early episodes. But as I went through viewing it, there is no doubt that this is a CLASSIC DRAMA. The First Shop of the Coffee Prince provides refreshing themes about homosexuality, self-sacrifice, hard work,dreams,ambition,success,emotional and psychological issues that one may face in life. Yoon Eun Hye, playing the tomboyish Eun Chan, played her role extremely well. Her chemistry with Goong Yoo, who played the confused Choi Han Kyul,is commendable too. Their chemistry was excellent.

When Han-gyul finally allows himself to love Eun-chan regardless of gender (episode 10) it is the best moment of the drama and truly touching. <3

Gender confusion is nothing new, but in too many cases, people have a tendency to overdo it-- drawing things out and overdramatizing it for either hyberbolic comedy, or ridiculous melodrama. Thankfully, Coffee Prince uses at least a bit of discretion and ends up as a fun romantic story that tries to take a more reasoned look at gender roles. It challenges the idea that strength and responsibility are masculine traits and really does a good job at poking fun at gender stereotypes. The men tend to be very faithful, nurturing, and rather bashful, while the women tend to be strong, willful, and intelligent.
In addition to the gender-bending, there is a very touching examination of a heterosexual man being forced to examine his own sexuality as he realizes he is attracted to someone he believes in another man.

Each character has a story, and each story is touched on. This gives the sense that the show is not a one dimensional storyline, it has depth. And then as far as scenery goes, it is beautiful. I love the backdrop of Seoul, the mountain tops wreathed in mist... the artistic touch at Coffee Prince... You can see the stark difference in Eun-chan's home and Han-gyul's apartment.

I really wish they will make a part two for Coffee Prince because it was so well made. A big applause to the creator of this magnificent drama.

Makes me want to drink coffee, too!

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It is rare I give this kind of ranking to this kind of drama.
I usually give this iper good reviews to drama that have a historical plot, or actions, or fantasy in them.
But Coffee Prince is my exception.

With this drama I was able to know a lot of good actors: Gong Yoo became one of my favourites. So the first good thing of this drama are the actors indeed. Everyone did a very good job. She was just perfect, sometimes I just forgot she was a girl!
He too was perfect in his role, the cold but childish guy who can be mature too.
The chemistry between them was nice too.
Even the other characters are perfect: from the owner of the shop, to her family, to the waffle guy and so on. Everyone, just perfect in their roles.
They acted very naturally.

Also the script was natural.
The story is simple and realistic, even the fact everyone thinks she is a guy doesn't sounds so 'unrealistic', and the dialogues develop naturally.
Like in everyday life.

I loved also the way Han Kyul accepts his love towards someone who he thinks is a guy, I think this drama was awesome also because of the meaning in it; "it doesn't matter if you are a boy or an alien because I love you."

The music is something I just love. Every episode is full of korean and english songs that makes you feel sad, good, relaxed.
I just LOVE this OST, it has something different from every other drama.

I rewatched this something like ten times, and I never got bored.

I absolutely reccomend this, it is a good drama, I can't find nothing to complain, so if you want to watch something not too much 'difficult' just fall in love with this one.

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There are a LOT of gender-bender/girls in pants titles in Dramaland, and I love just about all of them, but if I had to pick my favorite it is definitely Coffee Prince. Aside from the obvious awesome set up and favorite tropes this drama plays to, what cemented my love for this thing is the fact that the series wasn’t afraid to actively utilize the subject of homosexuality for the plot. Most of the time this trend makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because it’s often handled in a very badly done way, or for the purposes of comedy that falls flat. Not the case for Coffee Prince. Why? Well, the answer might be considered a spoiler, but the fact is the script writers don’t just toy with making the hero briefly question his sexuality, but that this is a huge point of conflict for the plot that resolves itself in one of the most beautiful scenes I have ever frackin’ witnessed. I also adore the fact that heroine opens the drama as a tomboy AND closes the drama as a tomboy, that she doesn’t magically get femininized just because she’s got a guy. The script handles the issue of homosexuality and gender roles in a very respectful manner. Add in the glorious sexual tension between the two characters (notice that’s becoming a recurring theme in my recommendations) and this ranks really high in my favorite dramas, no question!

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I personally recommend this one. This drama is one of my favorites and will remain for the rest of my life!

This gives you the best of Yoom Eun Hye. Actually, it made me huge fan of her. A thin girl, with no makeup and short hair made her the cutest boy on the planet. Though, the girl disguised as a boy plot, is ancient but this drama adds a new charm to it. Gong Yoo did amazing as the lead. His character left an imprint on me. I have not dared to watch him in any other drama due to the only reason that I want him to remember as Manager Choi of Coffee Prince.
The chemistry between the pair is worth dying for. As for music, I was so busy watching Eun Hye, I hardly remember.

Others characters also add to the awesomeness of the drama. You just can't stop after Episode One. It gives you the warmest feeling ever.

P.S. You'll drink twice as much coffee as now, after watching this.

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