The Heart Remembers (Cellular Memory)

Can an organ transplant give you a connection to someone else, or change how you behave? In these dramas it can.

Spoiler Alert - the relevant to the list notes are more than likely spoilers

There's decades of anecdotal evidence regarding organ transplants and cellular memory, but the only studies were too small. Scientists theorize that changes in food preference, personality, etc. can be attributed to any number of things including medication side effects, and that cellular memory theory is nothing more than pseudoscience. Source - Organ Transplants: A change of heart in more ways than one  

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  • A Tale of Thousand Stars

    1. A Tale of Thousand Stars

    Thai Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

    10

    After recovering from surgery and learning the truth about the donor of his new heart, spoiled rich kid Tian , volunteers at a remote village to fulfill the dreams of his heart donor. While there he finds himself drawn  to Chief Forest Officer Phupha.

    BL, Drama, Romance

    Relevant to the list - After receiving Torfun's heart Tian takes on some of her mannerisms and he feels drawn to Phupha, the man she loved.

  • Mouse

    2. Mouse

    Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes

    9.0

    Working at a local substation, rookie police officer Jung Ba Reum lives an uneventful life. He's dedicated and hard working, but a bit squeamish around gore, but when a string of brutal murders begin he befriends the officer in charge with the aim of being transferred to the case. It's best to ignore the science & psychology and think of this as a Sci-Fi drama

    Thriller, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi

    Relevant to the list - Spoiler Alert - after a partial frontal lobe transplant Jung Ba Reum takes on some of the donor's characteristics. 

  • Someone Like You

    3. Someone Like You

    Taiwanese Drama - 2015, 20 episodes

    8.0

    Fang Zhan Cheng has concealed that the accident that killed Luo Han, his fiancée, also caused him to be blind. He hires Wang Yu Xi, who coincidentally looks just like his fiancée, as a personal care aid, and befriends Xu Ya Ti  whose mannerisms remind him of Luo Han. Will he be able to move past his grief, and move on?

    Drama, Romance

    Relevant to the list - XuTa Ti, receives Luo Han's heart & bakes the same cookies and is instantly drawn to Fang Zhan Cheng

  • Falling for Innocence

    4. Falling for Innocence

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes

    8.0

    aka Beating Again - In business Min Ho is as cold-blooded and cutthroat as they come, but after an emergency heart transplant his secretary, Kim Soon Jung, starts to see the behaviors and mannerisms of her deceased boyfriend.

    Drama, Romance, Comedy

    Relevant to the list - After receiving Ma Dong Wook's heart, Min Ho starts behaving like Dong Wook, craving the same foods and falls in love with Kim Soon Jung.

  • Heartbeat

    5. Heartbeat

    Thai Movie - 2019

    8.0

    A year ago Namwhan had a heart transplant, as a result her mom prefers her to stay home. One day at Namwhan's family's guest house, Chai comes to stay. Chai is an introvert and a homebody but a puzzle left behind by his deceased girlfriend brought him to  Chiang Mai.  When Namwhan discovers the reason for his stay she take him around the city to find answers.

    Romance, Comedy, Drama

    Relevant to the List - Namwhan's heart beats faster when she sees Chai, and Chai and Fern's (was that her name) friends see similar mannerisms in the two women.

  • Memory Love

    6. Memory Love

    Taiwanese Drama - 2017, 18 episodes

    6.0

    Upon her return to Taiwan, Qiao Jia En,  along with her boyfriend & best friends, is involved in a fatal car accident. Jia En  awakes with amnesia and her best friend steels her identity to reunite with Jia En's wealthy father. At the same time pastry chef Xing Shao Tian collapses and needs a heart transplant. 

    Drama, Romance

    Relevant to the list - Xing Shao Tian recieves Jia En's boyfriend's heart and she seems to recognize it somehow, even from meters away.

  • Angel Heart

    7. Angel Heart

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 9 episodes

    After an accident Kaori Makimura's heart was stolen in transport and given to a top assassin code named Glass Heart. For a year Ryo Saeba , aka City Hunter, has been looking for his dead partner's heart. Upon waking from a coma, and being chased by The Legion, Glass Heart goes searching for the memories she's having.

    Action, Crime

    Relevant to the List - Glass Heart is experiencing memories and feeling from Kaori.

  • The Spring Day of My Life

    8. The Spring Day of My Life

    Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes

    One year after her heart transplant Lee Bom Yi visits the town where her heart donor lived. While there she keeps running into Kang Dong Ha, who she finds irritating, but she's instantly drawn to his kids.  It has an 8.9 ⭐  on Viki & 7.6 ⭐  on MDL. I can't finish it, she's too much of a brat and I don't typically like Melodramas.

    Melodrama, Romance, Family

    Relevant to the List - Lee Bom Yi's heart donor was married to Kang Dong Ha and mother to his children, who Bom Yi feels an instant connection to.

  • Summer Scent

    9. Summer Scent

    Korean Drama - 2003, 20 episodes

    I haven't watched this but from the synopsis it sounds like it fits.

  • A Change of Heart

    10. A Change of Heart

    Hong Kong Drama - 2013, 30 episodes

    I haven't watched this but from the synopsis it sounds like it fits.

  • All About Love

    11. All About Love

    Hong Kong Movie - 2005

    From the synopsis it doesn't quite fit, but I'm adding it anyways.

  • Love is Drop by Drop

    12. Love is Drop by Drop

    Korean Drama - 2016, 120 episodes

    From the synopsis, it might fit.

  • Dear Heart

    13. Dear Heart

    Japanese Movie - 2009

    Not the typical romance from the transplant trope, this one is a  Horror Movie.

  • Wonderful Life

    14. Wonderful Life

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 45 episodes

  • Confession

    15. Confession

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    ???

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