Completely unrelated to the western media with the same name
I am genuinely fascinated with the phenomenon of naming things the same as extant properties, especially if the media has wildly disparate themes.
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1. Thorn Birds
Korean Drama - 2011, 20 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1977 Colleen McCullough novel or the 1983 miniseries.
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2. Children of a Lesser God
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1980 Mark Medoff play or the 1986 film.
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3. While You Were Sleeping
Korean Drama - 2011, 120 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1995 film.
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4. My Girl
Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1991 film.
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5. Pride and Prejudice
Korean Drama - 2014, 21 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1813 Jane Austen novel.
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6. Love Me If You Dare
Chinese Drama - 2015, 24 episodes
Nothing to do with the 2003 film.
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7. Scent of a Woman
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1992 film.
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8. Neverending Story
Korean Movie - 2012
Nothing to do with the 1979 Michael Ende novel.
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9. All About Eve
Korean Drama - 2000, 20 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1950 film.
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10. Heard it Through the Grapevine
Korean Drama - 2015, 30 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1966 Marvin Gaye song.
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11. Look Back in Anger
Korean Drama - 2000, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1956 John Osborne play.
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12. While You Were Sleeping
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1995 film.
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13. Love Actually
Chinese Drama - 2012, 34 episodes
Nothing to do with the 2003 film.
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14. East of Eden
Korean Drama - 2008, 56 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1952 John Steinbeck novel.
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15. La Dolce Vita
Korean Drama - 2008, 24 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1960 film.
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16. Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas
Korean Special - 2011, 8 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1942 song or the 1954 film.
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17. Roman Holiday
Korean Movie - 2017
Nothing to do with the 1953 film.
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18. My Fair Lady
Korean Drama - 2003, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1956 musical.
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19. Age of Innocence
Korean Drama - 2002, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1920 Edith Wharton novel.
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20. My Fair Lady
Korean Drama - 2009, 16 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1956 musical.
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21. Long Day's Journey Into Night
Chinese Movie - 2018
Nothing to do with the 1956 Eugene O'Neill play.
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22. The Iceman Cometh
Hong Kong Movie - 1989
Nothing to do with the 1939 Eugene O'Neill play.
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23. Moby Dick
Korean Movie - 2011
Nothing to do with the 1851 Herman Melville novel.
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24. A Little Princess
Korean Movie - 2019
Nothing to do with the 1905 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel.
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25. Ordinary People
Korean Movie - 2018
Nothing to do with the 1980 film.
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26. Secret Garden
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1911 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel.
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27. A Beautiful Mind
Korean Drama - 2016, 14 episodes
Nothing to do with the 1998 biography of John Nash.
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28. Some Like It Hot
Chinese Movie - 2016
Nothing to do with the 1959 film.
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29. All's Well, Ends Well
Hong Kong Movie - 1992
Nothing to do with the 1623 play.
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30. Good Fellas: Ongals and the Stranger
Korean Movie - 2019
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31. Full House
Korean Drama - 2004, 16 episodes
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32. Down With Love
Taiwanese Drama - 2010, 16 episodes
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33. My Beautiful Launderette
Korean Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
Also known as My Beautiful Laundrette
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34. War of the Roses
Korean Drama - 2011, 102 episodes
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35. Tassista
Korean Movie - 2017
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36. Beastie Boys
Korean Movie - 2008
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37. Iron Lady
Korean Movie - 2020
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38. The New World
Korean Movie - 2013
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39. On The Waterfront
Hong Kong Drama - 1980, 60 episodes
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40. The Wild Bunch
Hong Kong Drama - 1982, 20 episodes
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41. One Fine Day
Korean Drama - 2006, 16 episodes
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42. Terms of Endearment
Korean Drama - 2004, 70 episodes
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43. Cinderella Man
Korean Drama - 2009, 16 episodes