K-Drama: Pinocchio 2014

I know this Drama is almost finished by now. I watched it as soon as it was aired but stopped somewhere in the middle because of other priorities, Modern Farmer. Hahaha I go for a not so serious type of drama.

Drama: Pinocchio
Revised romanization: Pinokio
Hangul: 피노키오
Director: Jo Soo-Won
Writer: Park Hye-Ryun
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release Date: November 12 - January 15, 2015
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis:
As a child, Ha-Myeong (Lee Jong-Suk) grew up in a family with his firefighter father, mother and older brother. Ha-Myeong and his older brother (Yoon Gyun-Sang) both possess higher than normal intellect and are proud of their father. A fire at a waste facility though destroys his family. His mother dies a short time later and Ha-Myeong ends up being scooped out of the ocean by an unknown man (Byun Hee-Bong). The man that pulls Ha-Myeong out of the ocean is the grandfather of In-Ha (Park Shin-Hye). In-Ha's grandfather believes Ha-Myeong is his eldest son Dal-Po, who died 30 years ago. Ha-Myeong is then adopted by In-Ha's grandfather and his name is changed to Dal-Po. In-Ha and Dal-Po now live together as uncle and niece, although they are in the same age range. In-Ha has a Pinocchio Syndrome. Whenever she lies she gets the hiccups. In-Ha and Dal-Po get along well until Dal-Po learns that In-Ha's mother (Jin Kyung) is the reporter that covered the waste facility fire that destroyed his family. Dal-Po tries to distance himself from In-Ha, but he also develops feelings for her.
Years later, Dal-Po and In-Ha's family are now living in Seoul. In-Ha attempts to become a reporter like her mother. In-Ha meets her mother for the first time in years at a job interview for MSC Broadcasting Station. Her mother is the person giving her the job interview. In-Ha though fails the job interview. Her mother rejects her because of her Pinocchio Syndrome. Dal-Po is now driving a taxi to support their family. One day, Dal-Po meets In-Ha's mother and decides to become a reporter. (Source: AsianWiki)

Cast:
Lee Jong-suk as Choi Dal-po/Ki Ha-myung
Nam Da-reum as young Ha-myung/Dal-po
Park Shin-hye as Choi In-ha
Noh Jung-ui as young In-ha
Kim Young-kwang as Seo Beom-jo
Lee Yu-bi as Yoon Yoo-rae

The start of each episode warns the viewers that the Pinocchio Syndrome they are showing in the drama is not real, just a made up syndrome. But the drama showcased the syndrome as a very common illness among people in Korea. Although it is not real, it is a good representation or symbolism  for secrecy and truth. The drama somehow shows the reality of how the media exaggerates the news that they deliver to the people just so they can get high viewer rating.

This is another Park Shin Hye's drama. She is good with the hiccups. I have another favorite male actor now. Hihihi Jong Suk looks so innocent and pure. I just hope Choi Dal Po finds the justice they have been searching for for the last 10 years.