Well known for his starring turns in films like Maundy Thursday and Duelist, Kang Dong Won is one of the most popular and versatile actors working in Korean cinema. Like many of today's top stars, he started his career in television, and his last and most memorable series is 2004 SBS drama Magic. Written by Yoon Sung Hee (Shoot for the Stars), this exciting romantic drama features Kang Dong Won as an ambitious young magician, alongside Kim Hyo Jin (Barefoot Gi Bong), Yang Jin Woo (Strange Woman, Strange Man), and Uhm Ji Won (Traces of Love).

Having grown up under an uncaring gangster father, Kang Jae (Kang Dong Won) thinks only of himself, determined to get ahead in life. He never knew what family meant until he meets magician Lee Dae Hae (Suh In Sok) and his son Sun Mo (Yang Jin Woo). Showing a natural gift for magic, Kang Jae learns the tricks of the trade from Lee Dae Hae, who becomes like a surrogate father to him. Kang Jae and Sun Mo's friendship falls under test though when they develop a romantic rivalry over Dan Young (Kim Hyo Jin), who spurns Sun Mo for Kang Jae. When Dan Young's stepsister Yun Jin (Uhm Ji Won) also declares her interest in Kang Jae, however, he must choose between Dan Young whom he loves and Yun Jin, who can assist him in his ambitions for advancement.

This edition comes with the soundtrack CD.

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Product Title:	Magic (DVD) (End) (English Subtitled) (SBS TV Drama) (Korea Version) Magic (DVD) (完) (英文字幕) (SBS電視劇) (韓國版) Magic (DVD) (完) (英文字幕) (SBS电视剧) (韩国版) マジック (完) (英文字幕) (SBS TV Drama)（韓国版） 매직 (SBS TV 드라마)
Artist Name(s):	Kang Dong Won \| Kim Hyo Jin \| Uhm Ji Won \| Yang Jin Woo 姜東元 \| 金孝珍 \| 嚴智媛 \| Yang Jin Woo 姜东元 \| 金孝珍 \| 严智媛 \| Yang Jin Woo カン・ドンウォン \| キム・ヒョジン \| オム・ジウォン \| ヤン・ジヌ 강동원 \| 김효진 \| 엄 지원 \| 양진우
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Release Date:	2007-06-06
Language:	Korean
Subtitles:	Korean, English
Country of Origin:	South Korea
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher:	SBS Production
Other Information:	7DVDs+ 1OST
Package Weight:	600 (g)
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YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004817470

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* Screen Format : Anamorphic Widescreen
* Sound Mix : Dolby 2.0

드라마 ‘파리의 연인’으로 50%가 넘는 시청률을 기록한 SBS TV가 그 후속작으로 마술을 소재로 한 주말극 ‘매직’(극본 윤성희·연출 홍창욱). 이은결, 최현우 등 젊은 스타 마술사들의 등장에 힘입은 이 드라마는 마술을 본격 소재로 삼은 첫 작품이다. 그러나 그 화려한 볼거리 이면에는 역시 출생의 비밀과 삼각관계 등이 복잡하게 얽혀 있는 사랑 이야기가 큰 줄거리를 이루고 있다. 나이 불문하고 여자 팬들에게 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 강동원이 주연(차강재)을 맡았고 양진우(이선모), 김효진(윤단영), 엄지원(하연진) 등 젊은 배우들이 극 전반을 이끌어간다. 사랑 이야기도 이들을 중심으로 펼쳐진다.

건달 아버지 밑에서 자란 강재는 우연히 만난 마술사 부자(父子)인 이대해(서인석)·선모를 만나 마술을 배우게 된다. 강재는 선모 아버지에게서 강한 정을 느낀 나머지 친아버지 이상의 의미를 품는다. 반면 대해의 아들 선모는 평생 마술에 미쳐 사는 아버지에게 애증(愛憎)을 품고 산다. 자신을 오래전 입양 때 헤어진 친오빠로 잘못 알게 된 단영과 함께 살게 되나, 그녀가 강재와 사랑하게 되자 깊은 실연의 상처를 입는다. 이런 구도에 단영의 의붓언니인 연진이 강재를 사랑하게 되면서 드라마는 여러 각도로 나뉜 질투와 사랑 이야기가 된다.

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September 25, 2007

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Magic?.......... Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

I just finished watching this series last night. Both Kang Dong Won and Kim Hyo Jin are two of my favorite actors. The included OST package is the additional item that enticed me to get this series. It was a pleasant surprise because the opening song is The Story by Sg Wannabe, one of my favorite group of singers. I think that the OST is better than the series itself. My favorite tracks include The Story, Without You by M To M, Track 2 by Kim Dong Uk (not JK Kim Dong Uk, I believe) & Track 11. The actings were all excellent by almost everyone in the series. Kim Hyo Jin is just lovely and attractive, and she did well. Kang Dong Won is an excellent actor. His crying is excessive at the later part of the series. I find many Korean directors just don't know when to stop when they want to stress something important. The plot is the only thing that stopped me from giving it a higher score. There is big hole or flaw in the plot that completely doesn't make sense to me. It is very obvious and you won't miss it!

I'm going to break Yesasia.com's rule a little bit here: I like the previous reviewer's sense of humor about what would happen to Kang Dong Won at the end of the story. :)

Also, I recently watched Kang Dong Won in another series that he is outstanding in the acting, much better than this one. The series is called Devil. So, look for it when it becomes available!

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September 19, 2007

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Magic - The Trick of Love Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

By "Magic", this title will automatically bring to mind the slight of hand stage craft that you get with illusory magicians and a story surrounding that, but the plot and characters here are more in the realm of romantic dramas like "Phoenix" than magic being the central theme. The opening episodes are quite action packed, introducing the plot and central characters regarding Kang Jae's gangster father, but as the drama moves on 10 years, it soon swings more towards the usual tragic bitter love stories you are used too, and the magic elements are only slight. Its all an heady mixture of plot revelation surprises regarding tragic pasts, love tryst complications, teary soliloquies, bitter jealousies, broken homes and fractured parenting. Compared to "Phoenix", though, and although this drama lends towards very emotional conclusions, its no way as tearing as that heavy weight drama. It has far more lighter moments. Hyo Jin Kim who plays Dan Young is far chirpier and happy go lucky (to an extent) than Eun Joo Lee's character was in the Fire Bird, although Hyo Jin certainly performs well the tragic moments with the latter episodes. So if you like emotional dramas, but not extremely heavy ones, this could be appropriate, or if you loved "Phoenix", this would be near to that one's pathos.

It has some humorous moments, for me, though, like when the story moves 10 years on, not one of the characters had aged one bit, and ironically that Yun Jin's mother (Eung Kyung Lee) runs a cosmetic business producing anti-aging products and creams. Surely this lot must have shopped there often in the 10 year interim. Dong Won, though, certainly performs a quite cold and complex character as Kang Jae, and you're not always sure of his motives as the drama progresses. His main compulsion is to get on and prove that he can be somebody, and not be held back by the bad influences of his father, but his endeavors are calculative (he even casually dumps a girlfriend right at the beginning) and this paves the way for his relationship downfalls with Dan Young and Yun Jin (Ji Won Uhm). It becomes a drama of divides and bitter conflicts, as Kang Jae cannot decide who he should commit to. His own past constantly haunting him and stymies any romance he could have with Dan Young, which he feels he is being punished by God for, concerning this past. In this part of the drama, though, the plot can sometimes drag. I don't mean in a bad boring sort of way, as all the characters and events make it worthwhile to watch every episode, but the constant circle of bitter conflicting events don't move it on much until the end, and the characters take very negative attitudes sometimes, even considering some of the tragic circumstances they are subject too. There is no relenting or real forgiveness coming into play in "Magic". Its like they're banging emotions against each other's defensive walls, only for when the walls are down for the forgiveness to dissipate. In fact any such forgiveness seen is pretty well an illusion. Ironically, Kang Jea's father and Dan Young's friend Mi-rae are more sensible at times, than the major characters, and the magician Dae Hee is the most amiable and admirable.

Acting in this is really good. I like Kang Won and even though his performances are a bit more on the dark side lately, he is a fine and focused actor. Jin Woo Jang is another nice good actor and is a pleasant addition to this series. He gets his feet swept away by his love for Dan Young here, too (and certainly swept away in the "Evil Twin"), and is another very likable guy. Ji Won Uhm is impressive. Her acting is focused, especially near the end and she emotes with sincere and passionate desperation. But although her character is timid, she also adds the streak of bitterness that reflects her mother's harsh nature, regarding how Kang Jae is torn between her and Dan Young, and that's a subtle tact to her character. Hyo Jin is a live wire and easily likable and possibly to be the favorite in this. (I would like to see "Ice Girl" now). Her smiles and warmth are the contrast to Kang Jae's ice man. Supporting actors are good, too, like Kang Jae's father and Sun Ho's dad. They are all good! Music is also very good and the DVD set includes a separate 16 track OST CD slim-pack. Lots of nice songs, but the killer tracks for me are "Rainbow" (track 5) and "Yongwon" (track 10). Nice. Most of this OST is song based than incidental music, like the "Phoenix" one, and doesn't include the more melancholic pieces I like the best. Still, maybe a 2-CD version sometime.

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With the ending mystery? I'll try to be as cryptic as possible. Sun Ho was in the same situation as Kang Jae, and his magic act was a farewell to Dan Young, but the film makers decided to segue her 'disappearance' into one last beach meeting with Kang Jae (she must have some insight of the Magic Circle). Think of what Dan Young silently said at the table with Kang Jae. With the key swallowing bit. If Kang Jae had lobbed the key into the sea, he would have emotively finished (symbolically) any connection with Dan Young, but he swallowed it instead, and keeps the memory of her inside him, unable to relent. But what was he going to do next? Well, there are two possibilities, but most likely he would have ended up in Surgeon Bong Dal Hee's hospital having the key removed from his tummy, knowing KJ's wobbly fate. Its not a high note, and seems un-rewarding, but I think its all about lessons never learned by the power (magic?) of negative love.

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August 26, 2007

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what's the ending?????? Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10

for those who watched this series, please share your opinion as to what you think the ending is. like to know what you think... specifically as to what happened to the guy who put the ring in his mouth.

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