Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy (2005)

If you are a fan of Gong Yoo or Gong Hyo Gin purely watch the show for sentimental reasons because although the show boasts of two of the best actors in the Korean industry right now, this is still early on in their careers.
Sure they look like the actors you love but they are still honing their skills that have made them so beloved today. Either that or they were given such a weak script that they did the best they could. During the time the show came out they might not have been in a position to pick and choose the roles they liked. They also had bills to pay back in the day.
The plot when looked at by western standards is a bit gross with a teacher and student falling in love and I guess the show wanted to promote that love knows no age but I can't get my head around the relationship. It is not the age that gets to me, but the student/teacher relationship. For me a teacher is a sacred profession and is entrusted with nurturing a child's future much like a parent. Think about it, you are as much a product of your upbringing at home as you are of the education you received at school. A teacher replaces your parents during your time in school and to marry your teacher is just YUCK!
The one thing that the show has taught me is that no matter how much I may be in love with Gong Yoo I can still watch him objectively wen he is on screen With the exception of Cho Han Gul in Coffee Prince because when ever he is on screen during that show I forget to read the subtitles ;)

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Must-watch if you're a fan of the two Gongs

I didn't use to watch old dramas but I made rare exceptions starting with this and I'm glad I did.

Definitely, it's not perfect. The fashion and camerawork are outdated. I wanted to shake Biscuit a lot in the first few episodes. And I fast-forwarded through some parts involving the students' lives (not as good as Gokusen) and most parts involving the "dry as a dishwater" second lead (the role, not the actor).

But man, Gong Hyo Jin and Gong Yoo together is such a sweet pair. I enjoyed all their moments and it's what makes this drama such a gem. So much so that I know I'll be rewatching their parts again even in crappy, illegal sites (since it's not available on the legal streaming sites I know).

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I love this drama!! It was so much fun to watch. I started with 5 episodes for 1 night and rest 11 episodes the next day. Made me happy all throughout! Gong Yoo was so adorable the whole time! I was hesitant to watch this at first because it would not appear on the best kdrama lists I've seen, I watched it because I want to see Gong Yoo at a young age. This is underrated drama, I like full house,only you and coffee prince, but surprisingly I enjoyed watching this Biscuit Teacher Best! It gives me that feeling of being in love and loved by the man of my dreams :) Brings back good school memories. And ooh I love watching Gong Yoo!!!

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What i like about this drama: The cast and their acting. I prefer Gong Yoo's acting here than the Coffee Prince. Every scene when he cries, i can feel his emotions too. He portrays Park Tae In perfectly. Gong Hyo Jin's great too, but i can't understand her character, Na Bo Ri, sometimes.

The storyline starts really good, despite the cliche plot, but then the story starts dragging a lot in episodes 10-14. Ji Hyun Woo and Na Bo Ri relationship is going back and forth, it gets me bored and stressful sometimes. Then the story gets interesting once more in the 15-16th episodes, and the ending is great, beautiful.

Overall, i like this drama, but not to the point where i love it, and i don't think i'll rewatch this one anytime soon. But I'd like to see one more time, Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin pairing again in the future!

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I love both Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin so I knew I absolutely had to watch this drama. Yes, it is a bit old now, but the storyline and acting is absolutely worth the watch. It has a great romance and it had elements that reminded me a bit of School 2013 and Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, both of which probably looked at this drama for a bit of inspiration.

Gong Yoo is just so adorable and you can't help but love him. Gong Hyo Jin as always does a fantastic job at making a real three-dimensional character come alive with layers and nuance.

This would be the drama I would recommend to people who have seen all the popular dramas out there and are looking for something good to sink into.

It isn't fluffy, but it isn't all over heavy either. It balances it's light and dark well and the romance keeps you coming back for more.

I would happily re-watch this a number of times and recommend it thoroughly.

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The general storyline seems straight forward at first: a student falls in love with his teacher (who has been in love with her teacher for years). But it really is not a story about forbitten romance, but turns out to be the typical love triangle you've seen a hundred times. Most of the angst-moments within the story do not center around the fact, that a young student falls in love with an older teacher, but how he is interested in another man's woman. In my eyes, the female lead acts atrociously towards a student in her care without much thought for propriety, safety or basic curtesy. She entirely ignores his feelings and acts however she feels like, as if she was the student. Otherwise questionable behavior is to be expected within that kind of setup, but there should be some reflection on the right and wrong, maybe hesitation on her part, something like this to add depth to the story. I feel throughout the drama, that she just doesn't take him seriously which is an insult to his earnesty.

It doesn't help, that the second male lead is as interesting as a glass of water. Throughout the whole drama I kept wondering why on earth a vivacious young woman would cling to that weak, silent and indecisive kind of man, who does little for her and seems constantly on the verge of abandoning her. Maybe some more background story would have helped with some more key moments as to why this teacher came to be so important to her, I think what is shown does not justify her devotion. If he would have been charismatic in some way, speaking up for what he thinks is right, something to give this character some kind of profile, maybe one could relate. Puppy love is all well and may lead her to return to him, but at some earlier point she must notice, particularly as she is astutely aware of her pupils emotional situations, that he can't be what she took him for. The same is true vice versa: as he already had a girlfriend, why did he fall for a student? It lacks explication. Plus, as the situation between the relationships of all three are quite similar, there should be some reflection on it. How dare the second male lead reprimand Tae In for his love, if he himself benefits from just the same thing? The drama shows little of this conflict.
The last few episodes got better, if the whole drama would have been more like that, it would have been nice. In the middle part, the story drags quite a bit.

Then there are some scenes that I personally find disturbing and off-putting. A father who hits his son and gets him hospitalized should be convicted for domestic abuse in my opinion. A teacher who tells that beaten and bleeding student of hers, that well, he just shouldn't have provoked his father, should be sacked on the spot for negligence. Punishment of a student leading to bleeding wounds is also wrong on so many levels, how am I supposed to sympathize with such a person?

The acting was outstanding between the two leads, Gong Yoo in particular made the whole drama worthwhile (and I am not a particular fan of his). I would have liked a more 'professional' atmosphere between the couple in the beginning that changes slowly, but that's storyline. The second male lead had nothing much to recommend him. Acting and storyline both didn’t do anything for this character, even though it got better in the very end. The other characters were all right.

All in all, I thought of dropping the drama midway but I'm glad that I watched it to the end, as the last three episodes kind of make up for the drag. I won't watch it again though. There are much better stories between a teacher and his/her student...

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I started this drama because it had Gong Yoo (we meet in 'Goblin') & Gong Hyo Jin ( meet by 'Master's Sun'), my two favorite actors. So I was sure that this won't let me down.
And it didn't. Here are the reasons why I loved it.

The cast.
Gong Yoo. I don't think I need to say anything else about him. He is the most perfect actor I have ever seen. I thought he was amazing in 'Goblin' because as you grow your skills developed. But this show which is from 2005 almost 12 years before 'Goblin' and even then he knew how to play with emotions and expressions like no one else. Because the faces he makes, are merciless. Park Tae In was crazy and playful and you just watch him grow. He was perfect. I love Park Tae In.
He is my favorite character ever. I just loved the craziness in it, in him. He is awesome. I love Park Tae In.

Gong Hyo Jin playing the older teacher Na Bo Ri. I didn't liked her character. Because she just made Tae In cry so much. But Hyo Jin did a really good job.

Kim Da Hyun, Choi Yeo Jin, Kang Do Han, Jo Hyung Ki and many more who's name I don't know, were all amazing in their respective characters.

The story.
God I loved it. The beginning was so, so funny and hilarious. And then it started to get a little serious. Some will say that the story drags in the middle but I disagree. It doesn't. Instead it moves in a pace that was necessary for the characters to develop.
The side-stories was only for Tae In and Na Bo Ri to realized what they were to themselves. Sometime they were a shoulder to cry on, sometime a friend to talk to, a mentor, a loves. ^_^

And then the ending. It was hands down the best ending I had seen. I usually don't like how my favorite shows ends. Because well, it's ending and I always has something else in mind. But this one was just perfect. Sweet and perfect.

The music.
I love them. Played 'Only you' a hundred time by now. Only problem is that I can't find the rest of them.

Will I rewatch it again? Yes, I'll!

In short.
If you want to see thousand and one expressions by Gong Yoo's, and want to laugh, cry, learn some lessons about life and friends? Or just want to watch Gong Yoo as an crazy teen.

Than watch this drama without any other thought.

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Amazing early roles of Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin

The topic was very controversial and the writers were fully aware of it. They walked the line very carefully and were very open in discussing the matter over and over. I was 18 in my last year of the high school so basically I was an adult in the school. They were it seems also 18-19 here? Legal age in my country, still, the relationship would have been wrong and teachers committing to them would definitely have been fired.

Here it is important to note not once Na Bori was trying to seduce her student, but he was the one who swept her away. He did some wrong things though in the name of love, but that was an immature kid who grew up in the meantime. On the other hand, the teacher who loved her since she was his student? That was quite creepy. And this is not double standard, as Na Bori really wasn't thinking of her student in any but platonic way while her teacher was consciously taking photos and dreaming of her while she was his student. Well, what eventually prevailed was that he wasn't as strong character as even younger Tae-In was. I wouldn't ever want to be with a man without the spine.

Gong Yoo was amazing. Even in that early role he was great. Yes, it was obvious he was much older than a general student, but then, that would really look creepy on the screen and the romance wouldn't work. He had to look older and taller than her to be a charmer. Hyo Jin was equally mesmerising. I loved her since watching The Producers.

What amused me the most, I thought there wouldn't be any good kissing scenes, just like in The Producers, because from the way the romantic scenes were filmed I could tell Hyo Jin didn't want to be kissed, which is fair for the actors to ask, but not great for the viewers. (Do not misinterpret me - I dislike sex on screen or anything explicit and potentially embarrassing for actors. A single passionate kiss or two will do, just to show real intimacy between people in love. A light speck of the kiss or hug is just too underwhelming after so much time invested in looking at them agonizing for love together). However naughty Gong Yoo stole kisses anyway in the scenes that didn't call for them, because she looked so genuinely surprised every single time, and I don't think that was just good acting ? Those kisses were the best, because they seemed so sweet, and I wished them shipped together in the real life. Pity that ship sailed long ago, and considering how it was played in this series, probably there wasn't anything between them before and after.

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Love the one who speaks to your heart.

I watched this drama because of the two Gongs, I had no idea they'd starred together in a drama so I just had to watch it.
It's a solid drama with a meaningful narrative; It focusses on Na Bo Ri's passion for teaching and how her compassion changes the lives of her students. Na Bo Ri's compassion touches the troubled Tae In's heart and he falls in love with her and that's how their journey begins.

The show managed to stay interesting by showcasing the students' individual problems and issues and allowing Na Bo Ri to help them through their trials, the bond that develops between Na Bo Ri and her students is heartwarming and special.

(MILD SPOILER) The romance between Na Bo Ri and Tae In is sensitively depicted, it's a one sided love for the longest time and Na Bo Ri is with the second male lead for over half the drama ( a character who is intensely annoying from the first to the last episode) (END SPOILER)

I suppose this drama is one of the pioneers of the noona romance genre, the teacher student romance is actually very well handled as they only become a couple when they're no longer in a high school setting, plus Gong Yoo's acting is so charismatic that he always projects alpha male vibes with lashings of cute and playful.

This drama is enjoyable, my rating is based on the fact that the supporting characters with the exception of the students, were truly irritating, especially the second male lead. I also removed points for the draggy and repetitive aspects of the story at its mid point, the ending however is solid.

Great performance by the two Gongs, I didn't expect anything less and I really wish the drama gods would grant us another drama with these two as leads.

The music is good, the OST is cohesive and very well placed.

My overall rating is 7 out of 10.

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Hello my teacher reseña

Este drama es, en mi opinión personal de los peores que tiene Gong yoo. Mira que yo lo amo como actor pero me costó mucho verlo. La historia en sí, la estética y todo uff tiene grandes carencias. Aunque ellos dos sean maravillosos eso no había por donde cogerlo de forma lógica. A pesar de todo esto le puse un 5 porque en el momento en el que lo vi me entretuvo la verdad y porque para mí no es de lo peor que he visto pero es cierto que no es un drama que tenga nada destacable. Para mi opinión no es un drama que recomiende la verdad, no es un drama que te deje un gran recuerdo en tu memoria. Obviamente todo esto desde mi punto de vista pero le veo grandes carencias en cuanto a historia, romance, lo de las edades de los personajes y las de los actores fue un poco absurdo xD es un todo general extraño.

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It's a nice classic drama.

The love between the main characters is simple and evident. Their story itself flows quite well, there are no crazy plot twists and thousands of problem coming between the main characters (well, just what's needed to last the 16 episodes).
All the students' stories are nicely intertwined even if the show construction - 1 case at a time - is basic, it works very well.

I just couldn't quite buy Gong Yoo as a high school student... or at least not as someone younger than Gong Hyo Jin.

This drama may already come off as slightly dated, so hurry up and watch it!

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