The Hong Sisters’ new drama, KBS2’s Big, was finally unveiled on June 4. Lee Min Jung was the surprise stand-out in the first episode, thanks to her brilliant acting, and showed through a quick succession of events how the 18 year old boy switched his soul switched with that of a 30 year old surgeon.
Soul switching was also used as an element in the popular 2010 drama, SBS’ Secret Garden. The drama was about how the souls of department store CEO Kim Ju Won and stuntwoman Gil Ra Im were swapped.
Soul switching was also used as an element in the popular 2010 drama, SBS’ Secret Garden. The drama was about how the souls of department store CEO Kim Ju Won and stuntwoman Gil Ra Im were swapped.
Big and Secret Garden are both about soul swapping - so how did their souls come to lose their ways, exactly? We looked through each of the dramas to find out.
‘Big’, channeled through the hands
Big got right into the main point of the story from its first episode, and caused the soul swap via a car crash.
In the first episode, Yoon Jae (Gong Yoo) hits the guardrail with Kyung Joon (Shin Won Ho), who had been riding his motorcycle, and falls into the river. The two are both acquaintances of Gil Da Ran (Lee Min Jung), as Da Ran is Yoon Jae’s fiancée, and Kyung Joon’s teacher at school.
The two crash and fall into the water, and an eery scene with the two holding hands signifies that their souls have been switched. But when rescued, both are unconscious and so the swap isn′t obvious at first.
But soon enough, Kyung Joon wakes up in Yoon Jae′s body, only to find that he doesn′t look quite the way he should. When Kyung Joon leaves the mortuary as Yoon Jae, Da Ran clings to him crying out Yoon Jae′s name, refusing to believe that their souls have been swapped.
‘Big’, channeled through the hands
Big got right into the main point of the story from its first episode, and caused the soul swap via a car crash.
In the first episode, Yoon Jae (Gong Yoo) hits the guardrail with Kyung Joon (Shin Won Ho), who had been riding his motorcycle, and falls into the river. The two are both acquaintances of Gil Da Ran (Lee Min Jung), as Da Ran is Yoon Jae’s fiancée, and Kyung Joon’s teacher at school.
The two crash and fall into the water, and an eery scene with the two holding hands signifies that their souls have been switched. But when rescued, both are unconscious and so the swap isn′t obvious at first.
But soon enough, Kyung Joon wakes up in Yoon Jae′s body, only to find that he doesn′t look quite the way he should. When Kyung Joon leaves the mortuary as Yoon Jae, Da Ran clings to him crying out Yoon Jae′s name, refusing to believe that their souls have been swapped.
‘Secret Garden’, woke up from a beauty sleep
If Big’s soul swap was of the serious type, Secret Garden’s was more comical.
The fifth episode of Secret Garden showed the ultimate change. Kim Ju Won (Hyun Bin) and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won) head to a place called Mystic Garden and end up drinking a bottle of strong liquor.
The next morning, the two wake up in each other’s bodies. Kyung Joon and Yoon Jae of Big woke up after just barely missing death, but the two of Secret Garden woke up from a good night’s sleep to be plunged into a comical frenzy.
Kim Ju Won suddenly became feminine, while Gil Ra Im became harsh. The swap was also more unbelievable because the couple had been cultivating feelings for each other. The change that came to these two, who were of the opposite sex and personalities, added fantasy to romance and managed to entertain the drama’s viewers.
As Big has just started and the soul-swapping shenanigans have yet to really begin, we′ve yet to see how much fun the Hong Sisters will have with it - but if Big is as big of a success as Secret Garden was, then perhaps soul swapping will become as popular of a theme as time traveling.
If Big’s soul swap was of the serious type, Secret Garden’s was more comical.
The fifth episode of Secret Garden showed the ultimate change. Kim Ju Won (Hyun Bin) and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won) head to a place called Mystic Garden and end up drinking a bottle of strong liquor.
The next morning, the two wake up in each other’s bodies. Kyung Joon and Yoon Jae of Big woke up after just barely missing death, but the two of Secret Garden woke up from a good night’s sleep to be plunged into a comical frenzy.
Kim Ju Won suddenly became feminine, while Gil Ra Im became harsh. The swap was also more unbelievable because the couple had been cultivating feelings for each other. The change that came to these two, who were of the opposite sex and personalities, added fantasy to romance and managed to entertain the drama’s viewers.
As Big has just started and the soul-swapping shenanigans have yet to really begin, we′ve yet to see how much fun the Hong Sisters will have with it - but if Big is as big of a success as Secret Garden was, then perhaps soul swapping will become as popular of a theme as time traveling.
Source:eNewsWorld