Category — Hana Kimi Taiwan

One sure sign that an Asian drama is a hit on Philippine TV is reruns. And that’s exactly what network rivals GMA-7 and ABS-CBN are doing extensively as of late.

The Korean hit (and still one of my favorite K-dramas of all time), My Name is Kim Sam Soon is being shown on GMA at 5:30 p.m., before the game show Hole in the Wall. I haven’t had the chance to watch the Tagalized version when it was first shown here so I tried to catch a few episodes. Unlike other Tagalized versions of Asian dramas, I think the dubbing for this one actually worked. The voices aren’t as irritating as other dubbed dramas and it’s just fun to look at the expressions of the actors instead of catching up with the subtitles.

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