That Fool

That Fool (그바보), also known as The Accidental Couple and Six Months (식스먼스), is a 2009 Korean romantic comedy drama with a total of 16 episodes. It stars Hwang Jung Min, Kim Ah Joong, Joo Sang Wook, Lee Chung Ah, Lee Soo Young, Baek Sung Hyun, and Jun Mi Sun. The synopsis is as follows:

Goo Dong Baek is an honest and good-hearted postman. One day he encounters with Han Ji Soo, a top celebrity. However, an ordinary man gets no chance to show his feeling to this top actress who everyone loves. Six months period of time with her elapses like a midsummer night's dream. But he cannot just end up his love like a “dream”. Shouting out love! His love has just begun.

At first, I saw this with the same plotline as other dramas such as Full House and Smile Pasta where a celebrity and a "commoner" meet up in certain disastrous circumstances and are thrown together in a marriage contract or something of the sort that causes them to live together for a period of time - then romance blooms. Generally speaking, the plot is based on that but it's the little things that make it different. The main male lead is a good, kind man who works as a civil servant and is always thinking of others - and I mean always (perhaps too much). The main female lead is a normal girl turned celebrity who is cold at first but turns out to be playful and somewhat childish when one gets to know her better. The way their relationship devlops can be connected pretty well so there are no surprises and though I believe Goo Dong Baek could grow a backbone at times and a female admirer and co-worker of his could just butt out, it's really quite nice. Even though the drama lasts for 16 episodes, I didn't feel like it was dragging or too excessive.

Of course, it helps that Han Ji Soo's younger brother (played by Baek Sung Hyun) is rather easy on the eyes... nevermind the fact that he's younger than me by a year. :)

You can watch it at either MySoju or DramaCrazy.