Wednesday 23 June 2010

Bittersweet Life

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Title: 달콤한 인생 / Bittersweet Life

Also known as: La Dolce Vita / Sweet Life

chinese titile : 甜蜜的人生

Previously known as: 내 몸에 악마가 산다 / Demons Living In My Body

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-May-03 to 2008-July-20

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 21:40 (9:40 Korean time)

Synopsis

The drama about a man who commits suicide. A detective tries to solve the case and figure what really happened. The drama goes back in time to six months before the man, Lee Joon Soo, committed suicide. Yoon Hye Jin and Ha Dong Won’s marriage is on the rocks. Though they have two daughters together, both have secret love affairs with other people. Joon Soo accidentally meets Hye Jin in Japan and falls for her. Hong Da Ae is the woman whom Dong Won is seeing on the side. She never wanted to be his wife nor his mistress and that is why their affair has lasted for so long. That was till Da Ae met Joon Soo. She realized that she could no longer continue seeing Dong Won and she fell for Joon Soo. Did Joon Soo really kill himself?

Cast

Oh Yun Soo as Yoon Hye Jin

Lee Dong Wook as Lee Joon Soo

Jung Bo Suk as Ha Dong Won

Park Si Yeon as Hong Da Ae

Extended Cast

Jung Gyu Woon as Kang Sung Goo

Yoon Hyun Sook as Myung Ja (Da Ae’s friend)

Baek Il Sub as Park Byung Sik

Jo Kyung Hwan as President Kang (Sung Goo’s father)

Moon Ga Young as Ha Na Ri

Kim Ji Min as Ha Na Rae

Jang Young Nam as Sung Sook (Hye Jin’s friend)

Suh Dong Won as Hyun Pil

Kim Il Woo as Shin Jung Ho

Kim Mi Kyung as Mrs. Ri

Lee Doo Il as Woo Suk (Hye Jin’s colleague)

Park Jae Jung (cameo, ep1)

Production Credits

Scriptwriter: Jung Ha Yeon

Producer: Kim Jin Man

Official Site

Our Happy Ending

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Title: 우리들의 해피엔딩 / Our Happy Ending

Also known as: Our Happy Things

Chinese title : 我们家的Happy Ending

Genre: Family

Episodes: 2

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-May-07 to 2008-May-08

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55

Synopsis

The drama is about the discords and meanings of a family seen though the eyes of a child.

Cast

Park Sang Myun as Kang Jung Ki

Do Ji Won as Yoon Ja Young

Nam Ji Hyun as Kang Mi Na

Park Soo Jin as Hyun Ji

Park Sang Min

Sa Kang

Production Credits

Producer: Choi Chang Wook

Screenwriter: Yeo Ji Na

Director: Noh Do Chul

Official Site

You Are My Destiny

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Title: 너는 내 운명 / Neoneun Nae Unmyeong

Also known as: You Are My Destiny / You Are My Life

Chinese title : 你是我的命运

Genre: Romance, family

Episodes: 178

Broadcast network: KBS1

Broadcast period: 2008-May-05 to 2009-Jan-09

Air time: Mondays to Fridays 20:25

Synopsis

Jang Sae Byuk is a a girl who tries to find a new meaning in life after she receives an eye cornea transplant from the doctor that took care of her after her accident. That doctor, Kim Na Young, died in a car accident on her way back from Africa. Sae Byuk becomes close with the Na Young’s family after finding them. The family slowly accepts her as part of the family. Kang Ho Se and Kim Tae Poong, Na Young’s twin brother, have disliked each other since they were young kids. This is mostly Tae Poong hates Ho Se because Ho Se’s family was rich and because Tae Poong’s father was Ho Se’s father’s driver and his mother was the maid.

Cast

Im Yoon Ah as Jang Sae Byuk

Kim family

Lee Ji Hoon as Kim Tae Poong

Lee Pil Mo as Kim Tae Young

Jang Yong as Kim Dae Jin (Tae Poong’s father)

Jung Ae Ri as Oh Young Sook (Tae Poong’s mother)

Kim Hyo Seo as Kim Na Young (Tae Poong’s deceased sister)

Sa Mi Ja as Son Poong Geum (Dae Gu’s mother)

Gong Hyun Joo as Kim Soo Bin

Kang Suk Woo as Kim Dae Gu (Soo Bin’s father)

Lee Hye Sook as Hong Yeon Shil (Soo Bin’s mother)

Kang family

Park Jae Jung as Kang Ho Se

Lee Seol Ah as Kang Yu Ri (Ho Se’s sister)

Hyun Suk as Kang Chil Bok (Ho Se’s father)

Yang Geum Suk as Seo Min Jung (Ho Se’s mother)

Kim Hyung Il as Kang Charles (Chil Bok’s brother / Yeon Shil’s dance tutor)

Ban family

Kim Jung Nan as Ban So Young

Park Min Ji as Ban Yoon Hee

Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Lee Hwa Ran (So Young’s mother)

Other people

Choi Won Young as Nam Gyeong Woo (Na Young’s co-worker)

Park Seul Gi as Bok Joo (Sae Byuk’s best friend)

Kwak Hyun Hwa as Oh Sun Jeong (female Lohas employee)

Lee Jung Ho as Lee Dang Soo (male Lohas employee)

Yoo Hye Ri as Jeong Mi Ok

Jung Jae Gon as Jo Sang Ki

Production Credits

Director: Kim Myung Wook

Screenwriter: Moon Eun Ah

Awards

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Daily Drama Excellence Award – Actor (Lee Pil Mo)

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Daily Drama Excellence Award – Actress (Kim Jung Nan)

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Female Newcomer Award (Im Yoon Ah)

Official Site

Spotlight

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Title: 스포트라이트 / Spotlight

chinese title : 聚光燈

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-May-14 to 2008-July-3

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Oh Tae Suk is a charismatic reporter who is the lead reporter for the society news division. Tae Suk is someone who never gives up until the truth is told. However, because of his personality, there are always conflicts within his team. During his training of the new junior reporters he discovered the potential of Seo Woo Jin and not only become her mentor but also her love interest.

Cast

Ji Jin Hee as Oh Tae Suk

Son Yeh Jin as Seo Woo Jin

Jo Yoon Hee as Yang Myung Eun

Jin Goo as Lee Sun Chul

Extended Cast

Kim Jung Wook as Seo Woo Hyun

Kim Bo Kyung as Lee Joo Hee

Ahn Suk Hwan

Lee Gi Yul

Jung Hye Young (cameo)

SS501 (cameo)

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Do Hoon (김도훈)

Scriptwriter: Lee Ki Won (이기원)

Official Site

Don’t Ask Me About the Past

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Title: 과거를 묻지 마세요 / Don’t Ask Me About the Past

chinese title : 不要追究过去

Also known as: Please Don’t Bury the Past / Please Don’t Ask About the Past

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: OCN

Broadcast period: 2008-May-17 to 2008-June-08

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays (2 episodes each day)

Synopsis

Kwak Sun Young gets into a car accident and develops this ability of detecting a man’s past from his body odors. She divorces her husband when she finds out about his long history of girlfriends. Sun Young then sets up a business where she helps women and even the police track down suspicious men and husbands.

Cast

Kim Seung Soo

Kim Won Hee as Kwak Sun Young

Jung Yoo Suk

Kim Yoo Mi

Park Jae Jung

Official site

Thursday 17 June 2010

Chunja’s Happy Events

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Title: 춘자네 경사났네 / Chun Ja’s Happy Events

Also known as: Happy Events at Chunja’s / Chunja’s Special Day

chinese title : 春子家有喜事

Genre: Romance, family

Episodes: 120

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-May-19 to 2008-Nov-14

Air time: Mondays to Fridays 19:45

Synopsis

Yeon Boon Hong becomes an unwed mother after being betrayed by the man she loves but she is still determined to live her life. Boon Hong became pregnant with Gi Suk’s child but he didn’t want the child. He told her to get an abortion but she was unable to do so. Her friends Lee Joo Young and Lee Sun Hee died in a boating accident. Boon Hong was also in the boat with them but she survived. Sun Hee was Joo Young’s girlfriend but due to some misinterpretations, the Lee family thought that Boon Hong was Joo Young’s girlfriend and was pregnant with Joo Young’s child. Boon Hong moved into the Lee’s house to escape her difficulties. She let the family believe that it was Joo Young’s child. Lee Joo Hyuk is Joo Young’s older brother and falls for Boon Hong. What happens when the Lee family finds out that Boon Hong lied about the baby being Joo Young’s? How will Joo Hyuk feel towards her?

Cast

Seo Ji Hye as Yeon Boon Hong

Joo Sang Wook as Lee Joo Hyuk

Kim Ki Bum as Park Jung Woo

Go Doo Shim as Hwang Chun Ja

Wang Bit Na as Lee Joo Ri

Kim Byung Se as Park Dal Sam (Jung Woo’s uncle)

Jung Hye Sun as Cha Bok Shim

Im Hyun Sik as Park Tae Sam

Yoon Yeo Jung as Yang Boon Hee (Tae Sam’s wife)

Han Da Min as Park Jung Yun

Yang Hee Kyung as Park Sam Suk

Yoon Mi Ra as Heo Young Ae

Noh Joo Hyun as Lee Man Suk

Kang Nam Gil as Lee Dae Pil

Jung So Hee as Heo Young Ok

Jung Han Hun as Oh Byung Goo (Young Ok’s husband)

Mi So as Oh Da Jung (Young Ok’s daughter)

Yang Hyun Tae as Lee Joo Young

Choi Ji Yun as Lee Sun Hee

Huh Jung Min as Gi Suk (Boon Hong’s boyfriend)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Dae Young

Screenwriter: Goo Hyun Sook (구현숙), Jung Ui Yun (정의연)

Director: Jang Geun Soo, Joo Sung Woo (주성우)

Official Site

Iljimae

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Title: 일지매 / Iljimae

chinese title : 一枝梅

Genre: Historical

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-May-21 to 2008-July-24

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Iljimae acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves behind a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of the robbery to take responsibility for the robbery. Bong Soon is a hilarious girl with good martial art skills and lives as a swindler. She only loves Iljimae and sacrifices her whole life for him. Eun Chan is a doctor’s daughter and is good in nature and usually helps miserable people. She meets Iljimae once by chance, and their sweet love story begins. However, her love puts Iljimae in a dangerous situation because an Imperial Guard also loves her.

Cast

Lee Joon Ki as Iljimae / Ryung

Han Hyo Joo as Eun Chae

Lee Young Ah as Bong Soon

Park Shi Hoo as Iljimae’s rival

Extended Cast

Lee Moon Shik as Swe Dol (Yong’s adopted father)

Kim Sung Ryung as Dani (Shi Hoo’s mother)

Lee Won Jong as Byun Sik (Eun Chae’s father)

Ahn Kil Kang as Kong He / monk (Bong Soon’s adopted father)

Moon Ji Yoon as Dae Shi (Yong’s friend)

Kim Chang Wan as the king

Ahn Ji Hong

Kim Rae Ha

Son Tae Young as Lee Yeon (Geom’s older sister)

Jo Min Ki as Lee Won Ho (Geom’s biological father)

Kim Yoo Jung as young Eun Chae

Jung Da Bin as young Boon Soon

Production Credits

Original Work: Comic by Ko Woo Yung (고우영)

Producer: Lee Yong Suk (이용석)

Scriptwriter: Choi Ran (최란)

Official Site

Women of The Sun

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Title: 태양의 여자 / Women of The Sun

Also known as: Sisters In Love / Women in the Sun

Chinese title : 太阳的女人

Genre: Romance, melodrama

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-May-28 to 2008-July-31

Air time: Wednesday & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Shin Do Young is an announcer who instigates the jealously of all women around her because of her superior looks, great abilities, and great background. But Do Young has a deep, dark secret. She was actually abandoned at an orphanage when she was young but luckily she was adopted by a nice couple. The couple were unable to have their own children but were surprised when their biological daughter was born. Do Young, afraid that her parents would no longer love her anymore abandoned her 5 year old little sister at a train station. Years have passed and Do Young meets a joyful girl, Sa Weol, who becomes her personal shopper. What happens when Do Young’s terrible misdeed is revealed and that Sa Weol is actually the sister she abandoned at the train station all those years ago?

Cast

Kim Ji Soo as Shin Do Young / Kim Han Sook

Han Jae Suk as Kim Joon Sae

Lee Ha Na as Yoon Sa Wol / Shin Ji Young

Jung Gyu Woon as Cha Dong Woo

Extended cast

Kang Ji Sub as Hong Eun Sub

Jung Ae Ri as Choi Jung Hee (Do Young’s adopted mother)

Kang In Duk as Shin Soo Ho (Do Young’s adopted father)

Jang Young Nam as Kim Eun Bi

Ahn Jung Hoon as Producer Go Hun

Kim Hye Eun as Jang Si Eun

Yoo Jung Suk as Song Chan Young

Ji Il Joo as Sang Gu

Ha Jae Sook as Park Yong Ja (Sa Weol’s friend)

Kim Mi Kyung as Park Young Sook (Do Young’s biological mother)

Shim Eun Kyung as young Shin Do Young (13 years old)

Maeng Se Chang as young Cha Dong Woo

Production Credits

Director: Bae Kyung Soo

Scriptwriter: Kim In Young

Official Site

Returned Earthen Bowl

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Title: 돌아온 뚝배기 / Returned Earthen Bowl

Chinese title : 回来的大酱汤锅

Also known as: Cooking Up Romance / Return of Second Appearances

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 95

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Jun-02 to 2008-Oct-30

Air time: Mondays to Fridays 18:50

Synopsis

The Kang family owns a restaurant that specializes in selling Korean traditional beef soup. Kang Hye Kyung is Ok Ja’s daughter and becomes annoyed when Park Man Bong doesn’t give her the time of day.

Cast

Kim Sung Eun as Kang Hye Kyung

Kang Kyung Joon as Park Man Bong

Jung Min as Kim Kwang Ho

Oh Yeon Seo as Seo Soo Jin

Extended Cast

Kim Young Chul as Kang Sa Jang

Lee Il Hwa as Madame Yoon / Yoon Ga Young

Lee Kyung Jin as Kang Ok Ja

Jung Seung Ho as Ahn Dong Pal

Nah Young Hee as Heo Jung Suk

Lee Jung Nam as Yum Gil Soon

Lee Gun as Choi Wan Shik

Kim Eun Jung as Song Yoon Jung

Kang Eun Bi as Han Kye Suk

No Hyung Uk as Kim Jin Sung

Kim Dong Hyun as Jang Soo Gon

Kim Ji Hyun as Kim Mi Soon

Lee Young Yoo as Park Ye Rin

Kim Sung Hwan as Seo Bong Goo

Bang Eun Hee as Go Seon Hee

Park Hae Mi

Production Credits

Director : Lee Duk Gun 이덕건

Scriptwriter : Kim Woon Kyung 김운경

Official Site

Tokyo Shower

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Title: 도쿄 여우비 / Tokyo Shower

Also known as: Tokyo Sun Shower

Chinese title : 东京太阳雨

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 4

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-June-02 to 2008-June-10

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

A love story from Tokyo. This drama is a joint Korea-Japan production. Lee Soo Jin is an actress that used to run away from her problems before getting famous. Her first love was Hyun Soo, a sushi chef from Korea. Seven years have passed since Soo Jin last saw Hyun Soo and she can’t forget about him.

Cast

Kim Sa Rang as Lee Soo Jin

Kim Tae Woo as Hyun Soo

Jin Goo

Ivy

Okuda Erika

Lee Ki Young

Production Credits

Director: Lee Joon Hyung

Scriptwriter: Kim Jin Hee

Official Site

My Sweet Seoul

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Title: 달콤한 나의 도시 / My Sweet Seoul

Also known as: My Bittersweet City / My Sweet City

Chinese title : 我的甜蜜都市

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-June-06 to 2008-August-01

Air time: Fridays 20:55 (2 episodes back-to-back)

Synopsis

The drama will be about the love life of an old maid, Oh Eun Joo. She has been working at a book publishing company for seven years. Eun Joo forms a love triangle with Tae Woo and Young Soo. Tae Woo is younger than Eun Joo by seven years and Young Soo is an ordinary office worker.

Cast

Choi Kang Hee as Oh Eun Soo

Ji Hyun Woo as Yoon Tae Oh

Lee Sun Gyun as Kim Young Soo / Yoo Tae Kyung

Extended Cast

Moon Jung Hee as Nam Yoo Hee

Jin Jae Young as Han Jae In / Jane

Kim Young Jae as Nam Yoo Joon

Yoon Hee Suk as Huh Chan Seok (Yoo Hee’s first love)

Lee Ho Jae as Eun Soo’s father

Kim Hye Ok as Eun Soo’s mother

Lee Jung Gil as Eun Soo’s mother’s boyfriend

Hong Sung Bo as Eun Soo’s brother

Im Hyung Kook as Photographer Yoon

Lee Han Wie as Director Ahn

Oh Na Ra as Ms. Jang

Min Bok Gi as Mr. Hwang

Jung Bo Hoon as Kim Myung Jin

Production Credits

Original Work: Novel by Jung Yi Hyun

Director: Park Heung Sik (박흥식)

Screenwriter: Song Hye Jin

Official Site

Things We Do That We Know We Will Regret

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Title: 살아가는 동안 후회할 줄 알면서 저지르는 일 / Things We Do That We Know We Will Regret

Chinese title : 明知后悔还会做的事

Also Known as : Four Colours of Love

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 4

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-June-09 to 2008-June-17

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

This drama is made up of four different kinds of love the heroine goes through. Each love story is a one-act drama in the four-part series.

Cast

Episode 1: Purpose of the Wind

Kim Jung Hwa

Jung Soo Young

Kim Jin Soo

Kim Bo Kang

Episode 2: One Day and Again Another Day

Kim Jung Hwa

Jung Soo Young

Yoo Tae Woong

Kim Ho Jin

Episode 3: Persistent love’s form of prohibition

Kim Jung Hwa

Jung Soo Young

Yoon Hee Suk

Episode 4: On a sparkling star night

Kim Won Hee

Kim Hyun Woo

Notes

The 4th episode of this drama has not been aired yet.

Official Site

Big Sister

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Title: 큰언니 / Big Sister

Chinese title : 大姐姐

Also known as: My Pitiful Sister

Genre: Romance

Episodes: ???

Broadcast network: KBS1

Broadcast period: 2008-June-09 to 2009-Jan-02

Air time: Monday to Friday 7:50am

Synopsis

The drama about the lives of three sisters after they lose their parents. In Ok is the sister who will do anything for her sisters. In Ok finds out that her younger sister, In Soo, has given birth to a daughter out of wedlock. In Ok, being the unselfish sister that she is, is left to take care of In Soo’s daughter while In Soo is in Germany pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor.

Cast

Song family

Jun Hye Jin as Song In Ok

Han Bo Bae as young In Ok

Oh Seung Eun as Song In Soo

Kim Ye Won as young In Soo

Jung Da Young as Song In Ae

Kim Hye Sun as In Ok, In Soo and In Ae’s mother

Kim family

Choi Chul Ho as Kim Hak In

Lee Poong Woon as young Hak In

Choi Sung Min as Kim Hak Gyu

Lee Suk Min as young Hak Gyu

Lee Hui Do as Kim Joo Sa (Hak In’s father)

Kim Dong Joo as Ms. Hwang (Hak In’s mother)

Mi Jung as Kim Eun Young (Hak Gyu’s daughter)

Other people

Kim Il Woo as Lee Duk San

Suh Joon Young as young Duk San

Han So Jung as Kim Sung Hee

Nam Neung Mi as Ms. Ahn

Choi Duk Moon as Lee Duk Ki

Lee Duk Hee as Duk Sil

Lee Mae Ri as Bae Young Soon

Lee Dong Gyu as Kang Woo Hyuk

Lee Seung Shin as Lee Soon Im

Lee Chul Min as Kim Ki Tae

Production Credits

Director: Hong Sung Duk

Screenwriter: Lee Hyun Jae, Ho Yung Ok

Official Site

Little Mom Scandal

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Title: 리틀맘 스캔들 / Little Mom Scandal

chinese title : 18岁未婚妈妈的秘密

Broadcast network: CGV

Episodes: 16

Broadcast period: 2008-June-14

Synopsis

The drama about a rebellious teenage girl who ends up getting pregnant and being an unwed mother at the age of eighteen.

Cast

Hwang Jung Eum

Jung Hee Jung

Im Sung Eon

Song In Hwa

Lee Seol Ah

Jung Kyung Ho

Im Ye Jin

Jung Woo Jung

Sun Woo Jae Duk

Jung Yun Sun

Park Yun Bae

Production Credits

Director: Jang Doo Ik

Screenwriter: Kim Nam Hee

Official site

Gourmet

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Title: 식객 / Shikgaek

Also known as: Gourmet / Trencherman / Best Chef

Chinese title : 食客

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 24 + 1 Special

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-June-16 to 2008-Sept-09

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Sung Chan is a talented cook. He peddles food from his truck all over the country to discover the best and precious traditional Korean cuisines.

Cast

Kim Rae Won as Sung Chan

Nam Sang Mi as Jin Soo

Kim So Yun as Joo Hee

Kwon Oh Joong as Oh Bong Joo

Extended Cast

Won Ki Joon as Min Woo

Choi Bul Ahm as Mr. Oh (Head Chef / Bong Joo’s father)

Choi Jae Kwon as Sung Shik Gaek (Sung Chan’s friend)

Kang Nam Gil as Director Han (Jin Soo’s boss)

Jung Jin as Ja Woon

Shim Yang Hong as Joo Hee’s father

Kim Ae Kyung as Madam Jo

Lee Won Yong as Jong Goo

Lee Won Jong as Dal Pyung

Shim Hoon Ki as Ki Jung

Kim Sun Hyuk as Sang Ki

Choi Jae Hwan as Suk Dong

Do Yoon Joo as General Manager

Kim Hae Jung as Manager Kang

Kim Da In

Production credits

Original Work: Comic by Heo Young Man

Producer: Lee Jin Seck

Scriptwriter: Choi Wan Kyu and Park Hoo-jung

Note

1. According to Lee Jin Seck of JS Pictures, the production cost of Gourmet will apparently increase to 10 billion won (roughly about $10.6 million USD).

2. Originally it was thought that MBC would be airing this drama but SBS finally won the rights to air this drama.

Thursday 10 June 2010

Strongest Chil Woo

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Title: 최강칠우 / Choi Kang Chil Woo

Also known as: Strongest Chil Woo, The Mighty Chilwu

Chinese Title : 最強七迂

Genre: Historical

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-June-17 to 2008-Aug-19

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Kang Chil Woo is a lowly officer during the Joseon era. Chil Woo is not a very smart and one of his life long goals is to become a midlevel officer. However when night falls, he is no longer that low level officer but instead a top assassin in an assassination organization. He gives out punishment to criminals and gives justice where needed. So Yoon and Chil Woo have a tragic love story. Yeon Doo is the daughter of a fallen yangban who owns a textile shop. She falls in love with Chil Woo after he rescues her from thugs who were harassing her.

Cast

Eric as Kang Chil Woo / Choi Chil Woo

Koo Hye Sun as Yoon So Yoon

Kim Byul as Yeon Doo

Yoo Ah In as Heuk San

Lee Un as Ja Ja

Jun Noh Min as Min Seung Kook

Extended Cast

Im Ha Ryong as Choi Nam Deuk (Chil Woo’s adoptive father)

Kim Young Ok as Mong Dung Ne (Chil Woo’s adoptive grandmother)

Choi Ran as Chung Ju Daek (Chil Woo’s adoptive mother)

Jang Joon Young as Chul Suk

Kang Jae as Jo Ahn Joong

Im Hyuk as Kim Ja Seon

Jung Jin as Sa Na Jang

Shin Seung Hwan as Leader Oh

Park Joon Suh as Leader Jung

Nam Myung Ryul as Do Sa

Jung Won Joong as law expert

Choi Jung Woo as King In Jo

Song Yong Tae as Do Jae Jo

Son Kwang Up (손광업) as commander

Im Ho as Crown Prince So Hyun

Kang In Duk as the boss Eung Gi (cameo, ep7)

Han Ye In (cameo, ep3)

Oh Man Suk as Chil Woo’s biological father (cameo)

Kim Ji Suk (cameo)

Choi Soo Han as young Chil Woo

Lee Han Na as young So Yoon

Lee Yun Sung

??? as Woo Young (Chil Woo’s sister)

Lee Ho Sung

Production Credits

Director: Park Man Young

Scriptwriter: Baek Yoon Chul

Producer: Park Man Young

Official Site

When It’s At Night

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Title: 밤이면 밤마다 / When It’s At Night

Also known as:Everyday Night / When Night Comes

Chinese title : 每天每夜

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 17

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-June-23 to 2008-Aug-19

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Kim Bum Sang is a arts scholar who is crazy about virgins and is a supervisor of property assets. Heo Cho Hwi is a 29 year old woman who is always mistaken as someone who is crafty because of her natural-born sexiness. The story will be about how these two cross paths and how their chance meeting will cause turmoil for the both of them.

Cast

Kim Sun Ah as Heo Cho Hwi

Lee Dong Gun as Kim Bum Sang

Kim Jung Hwa as Wang Joo Hyun

Lee Joo Hyun as Kang Shi Wan

Extended Cast

Jo Hee Bong as Jo Sang Chul

Kim Jun Ho as Lee Sang Ho

Kim Yong Min as Oh Jong Kyu

Ki Joo Bong as Noh Jung Pil

Park Ki Woong as Heo Kyoon (Cho Hwi’s little brother)

Kim Gab Soo as Heo Tae Soo (Cho Hwi’s father)

Kim Hyang Gi as Kang Ji Yoon (Shi Wan’s daughter)

Kim Hyung Bum as Park Jin Kook

Choi Joo Bong as Hwang Man Chul (Tae Soo’s friend)

Kim Byung Ok as Kim Sang / Kim Hyuk Joong

Park Young Ji as Director

Kim Yong Gun as Jang Oh Sung

Kim Seung Wook as Na Dae Kil

Lee Young Hoo as Kim In Taek (Bum Sang’s grandfather)

Jun Won Soo as Park Mal Soon (Bum Sang’s grandmother)

Im Jae Ho as Gong Yong Chul

Lee Young Yoo as young Cho Hwi

Kim Ki Hyeon

Jo Jung Rin

Park Chul Min

Production Credits

Producer: Son Hyung Suk (손형석)

Scriptwriter: Yoon Eun Gyung (윤은경) & Kim Eun Hee (김은희)

Director: Yoon Suk Ho

Official Site

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The Lawyers of The Great Republic Korea

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Title: 대한민국 변호사 / The Lawyers of The Great Republic Korea

Also known as: South Korean Lawyers / Lawyers of Korea / Great ~ Han Min Gook Attorney

Chinese title : 大韓民國律師

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-July-09 to 2008-Sep-04

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

“LOVE & LAW” is a tale about a man involved in a divorce lawsuit, and his lawyer’s attempt to salvage his money and love. The story includes an exciting turn of events when romance is found during the process of the lawsuit.

Woo Lee-kyung worked at a major law firm as a secretary when she fell head-over-heels in love with Byun-hyuk, a rising star attorney in the firm. They fell madly in love with each other and ended up living together for three years. However, one day, Byun-hyuk decided to leave her, and all she had left were his law school books. The despaired Lee-kyung studied day and night with Byun-hyuk’s books, and soon passed the bar exam herself. Lee-kyung ends up opening her own tiny office with no employees. Her first task is to represent Han Min-kook, who winds up in a huge divorce lawsuit that could cost him an incredible sum of $100 million dollars. This case also lands Lee-kyung in a funny, cute tale of romance. Meanwhile, the story takes an odd twist when it is discovered that Han Min-kook’s ex-wife, Lee Ae-ri, is Lee-kyung’s good friend, and the lawyer representing Ae-ri is none other than Byun-hyuk himself. At the end of the day, Lee-kyung is left with the challenge of facing a showdown with her friend, Ae-ri, as well as her first love, Byun-hyuk. — taken from MBC Global Media

Cast

Lee Sung Jae as Han Min Gook

Lee Soo Kyung as Woo Yi Kyung

Ryu Soo Young as Byun Hyuk

Han Eun Jung as Lee Ae Ri

Extended Cast

Kang Sung Jin as Reporter Bae Soo Jin

Park Won Sook as Go Kyung Hee (Min Gook’s mother)

Sung Dong Il as Oh Ryu Dong (Min Gook’s assistant/driver)

Lee Hui Do as Woo Suk Ho (Yi Kyung’s father)

Im Ye Jin as Oh Ok Hee (Yi Kyung’s secretary)

Jung Ho Geun as Oh Young Tak (Byun Hyuk’s senior colleague)

Lee Ho Jae as Choi Go Su (Byun Hyuk’s boss)

Jeon Joon Hong as Kim Ddong Gae (Coffee Guy)

Lee Se Na as Ms. Lim (Byun Hyuk’s secretary)

Kim Byung Man as Jeon Yi Man (Jjajangmyun delivery guy)

Kim Sung Kyum as school principal

Shin Shin Ae as Bu Dong San Ajummah

Jung Eun Pyo as President Moon

Park Yong Gi

??? as Ji Ae

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Oh Kyung Hoon

Director: Yoon Jae Moon

Screenwriter: Seo Suk Hyang

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The Secret of Keu Keu Island

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Title: 크크섬의 비밀 / The Secret of Keu Keu Island

chinese title : 可可岛的秘密

Previously known as: 저스트 / Just

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 40

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-21 to 2008-Oct-03

Air time: Mondays to Fridays 19:45

Synopsis

Ten employees in a company drift off to an inhabited island after an accident that occurred at sea during their company trip. Since all ten employee were drunk before the accident occurred, they have no recollection of how they came to be stranded on the island.

Cast

Kim Sun Kyung as Manager Kim / Kim Sun Kyung

Kim Kwang Gyu as Director Kim

Shin Sung Woo as Director Shin

Lee Da Hee as Lee Da Hee

Kim Si Hoo as Kim Si Hoo

Yoon Sang Hyun as Chairman Yoon

Lee Sang Won as Chairman Lee

Kim Hyung Tae as Kim Hyung Tae

Shim Hyung Tak as Shim Hyung Tak

Chae Min Young as Chae Min Young

Yoon Seo Hyun as Detective Yoon

Kim Jung Min as Kim Jung Min

Lee Oi Soo as Captain Lee

Ahn Suk Hwan as President Park / Park Hye Chul

Lee Hang Na as President Park’s wife

Jung Il Woo as Lee Yu Ho (cameo, ep1)

Oh San Ha

Production Credits

Director: Kim Young Ki

Screenwriter: Song Jae Jung

Official Site

Daughter in Law

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Title: 며느리와 며느님 / Daughter in Law

chinese title : 媳妇儿和少奶奶

Genre: Romance, family

Episodes: 131

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-July-21 to 2008-Dec-20

Air time: Mondays to Saturdays 8:30

Synopsis

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Cast

Ma Family

Jung Chan as Ma Kang Min

Lee Jong Soo as Ma Kang San

Choi Jong Won as Ma Pyung Moon

Jung Kyung Soon as Ma Kang Ja

Yoo Eun Mi as Ma Ye Kyung (Soon Jung’s daughter)

Lee Family

Moon Jung Hee as Lee Soon Jung

Park Young Tae as Lee Sang Man

Park Soo In as Lee Yoo Jung (Soon Jung’s younger sister)

Kim Family

Kim Yeon Joo as Kim Joo Ri

Uhm Yoo Shin as Oh Young Shil (Joo Ri’s mother)

?? as Kim Byung Chul (Joo Ri’s father)

Other people

Yoon Young Joon as Park Min Hyuk

Ahn Do Kyoon as Park Joon

Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Jang Ok Soon

Kim Seung Hwan as Oh Young Hoon

Kim Myung Jin as Choi Soo Ho

Kim Soo Yeon as Kang Mi Ra

?? as Yoo Ki Baek

?? as Ha Yoo Mi

Jung Yong Rye

Production Credits

Director: Hong Chun Chang

Screenwriter: Kim Young In

Official site

My Woman

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Title: 내여자 / My Woman

Also known as: My Lady

Chinese title : 我的女人

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-July-26 to 2008-Nov-08

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 21:40 (9:40 Korean time)

Synopsis

Se Ra is an ambitious woman who discarded her long time boyfriend, Hyun Min, in order to join high society. Though she seems weak, she actually has a great determination to fulfill her dreams. Se Ra betrays Hyun Min in order for her to become successful. This in turn causes Hyun Min to hate Tae Sung. The drama also portrays the #1 export industry.

Cast

Park Sol Mi as Yoon Se Ra

Ko Joo Won as Kim Hyun Min

Park Jung Chul as Jang Tae Sung

Choi Yeo Jin as Jang Tae Hee

Chu Sang Mi as Hong Min Ye

Extended Cast

Lee Bo Hee as Ha Shin Ae

Park Jung Soo as Lee Soon Hwa

Jung Han Yong as Jang Joong Han / Chairman Jang

Yoo Ji Eun as Jang Tae Ryung

Hwang Gun as Yoon Se Ho

Yum Chul Ho as Park Il Do

Lee Ye Rim as Choi Jin Sun

Lee Jong Rae as Choi Choong Ki

??? as Kang Sung Ho

??? as Park In Sook

Production Credits

Director: Lee Kwan Hee

Scriptwriters: Lee Hee Woo (이희우) & Sun Kyung Hee (선경희)

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Working Mom

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Title: 워킹맘 친정맘 / Working Mom

Also known as: Working Mom, Stay Home Mom / Working Mom – The Taming of the Bad Husband

Chinese title : 亲情妈妈 / 不良丈夫驯服记

Genre: Family, Famromance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-July-30 to 2008-Sep-18

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

The drama is about a business woman turned housewife, Choi Ga Young. She used to be a successful business woman but that was until she got pregnant with her younger boyfriend’s baby. Now she is married to Park Jae Sung and they have two sons together. In hopes of having her children well provided for, she tries to find somebody for her father so that he could remarry. The only trouble is her stepmother refuses to babysit her children while she goes back to work and to add onto her problems, her husband is secretly seeing his colleague.

Cast

Yum Jung Ah as Choi Ga Young

Bong Tae Ky as Park Jae Sung

Cha Ye Ryun as Go Eun Ji

Yoo Tae Joon as Ha Jung Won

Extended Cast

Kim Ja O as Kim Bok Sil (Eun Ji’s mother)

Yoon Joo Sang as Choi Jong Man (Ga Young’s father)

Im Dae Ho as Go Ju Mong

Hong Choong Min as Jung Hyun Joo

No Jung Woong as Park Ji Ho

Jung Tae Won as Park Ji Min

Kim Ji Young as Ahn Hong Boon

Lee Sung Min as Kang Chul Min

Kim Ga Yun as Park In Hye

Jung Hyo Eun as Kang Soo Bin

Ha Jae Young as Jang Kyung Tae

Production Credits

Scriptwriter: Kim Hyun Hee

Producer: Oh Jong Rok

Hometown Legends (2008)

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Title: 전설의고향 (傳說의 故鄕) / Hometown Legends (2008)

Chinese title : 传说中的故乡 2008

Also known as: Hometown Of Legend / Legendary Hometown

Genre: Fantasy, Horror

Episodes: 8

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-06 to 2008-Sep-3

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Hometown Legends is 8 one-act dramas.

Episode 1

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Title: 구미호의 귀환 / Return of the Gumiho

Also known as: Return of the Nine-Tailed Fox / The Tale of the Nine-Tailed Fox

Synopsis

Lee Myung Ok is the youngest daughter of the Lee family. She’s a bright child who brings light to the otherwise dark atmosphere of the family. Myung Ok is entangled in the rise and fall of a family. Myung Ok is brutally murdered by her own brother. After she is killed, she is reincarnated into the legendary nined-tailed fox and seeks revenge against those who wronged her.

Cast

Park Min Young as Lee Myung Ok

Kim Ha Eun as Lee Seo Ok

Kim Tae Ho as Lee Hyo Moon

Choi Dang Suk as Jung Myung

Park Woong as Lee Dae Gum

Jung Jae Soon as Lady Han (Lee Dae Gum’s wife)

Lee Yeon Doo as In Hong

Lee Dae Ro as the Elder

Nam Moon Chul as In Hong’s father

Lee Kan Hee as In Hong’s mother

Hong Yeo Jin as Hyo Moon’s mother

Episode 2

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Title: 아가야 청산가자 / Baby, Let’s Go to Cheong Mountain

Also known as: Let’s Go to The Blue Mountains, My Love

Synopsis

Dang Gol Ne is a sorcerer who tells a noblewoman, Yoon, that in order to save her ill child, Young Hwa, she must find and kill a baby and feed that baby’s liver to Young Hwa. The mother does this but after her child recovers strange things happen around her.

Cast

Wang Hee Ji as Yoon (Young Hwa’s mother)

Go Jung Min as Kim

Jo Eun Sook as Dang Gol Ne

Ahn Suk Hwan as Chun Soo

Jo Yang Ja as (Han Jin Sa’s housemaid)

Park Hyung Jae as Han Jin Sa (Young Hwa’s father)

Kim So Hyun as Young Hwa

Episode 3

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Title: 사진검 (四辰劍) 의 저주 / Curse of the Sajin Sword

Also known as: The Cursed Sword

Synopsis

This story portrays the holy ‘Sajin Sword’ which involves the royal family that has fell twice into war. Yoon In is a very resourceful detective who is sent to a village to investigate the death of the blacksmith who made the important Sajin Sword. Moo Ryung and Sung Goo accompany him on his journey but they soon start feeling uncomfortable because of the blackened corpses that they find.

Cast

Choi Soo Jong as Yoon In

Sa Kang as Moo Ryung

Lee Jung as Sung Goo

Park Ha Sun as Hyung Yi

Song Min Ji as Gae Hwa

Song Ok Sook as Gook Moo

Episode 4

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Title: 귀서 (鬼書) / Ghost Letter

Also known as: Your Letter

Synopsis

The king, In Jong, suddenly dies only after ruling for nine months. After his death, a mysterious incident occurs where several deaths occur. Certain people believe that this incident is similar to a popular ghost story called “The Legend of Seol Gong Chan.” The former king’s childhood best friend, Sa Hyun, is a cold-hearted and righteous prosecutor who tries to figure out the matter of the mysterious deaths.

Cast

Ahn Jae Mo as Sa Hyun

Kim Young Jae as King In Jong

Kim Jin Tae as Sang Sun

Lee Han Wie as Duk Bae

Lee Duk Hee as Queen Munjeong

Sa Hyun Jin as court lady

Episode 5

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Title: 오구도령 / Oh Goo the Exorcism

Also known as: Oh Gu Bachelor Ghost / Young Lord Oh Goo

Synopsis

Min Yoo Rim is a young girl who loves an exorcist, Yoon Ki Joo. But due to an unfortunate accident, she dies. As an exorcist, Ki Joo is able to distinguish between life and death. He arrives at a village in search of Yoo Rim’s soul but finds that the village is in need of his help. Just when Ki Joo thought he had lost Yoo Rim, he meets another girl, Lee Chae Ok, who resembles Yoo Rim.

Cast

Jae Hee as Yoon Ki Joo

Lee Young Eun as Min Yoo Rim / Lee Chae Ok

Jung Eun Pyo as Mak Suk

Kim Hak Chul as Ik Seon

Han Hye Kyung as Yeon Hwa

Episode 6

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Title: 기방괴담 / Gisaeng House Ghost Story

Also known as: Ghost Story

Synopsis

Kim Won Ik and Lee Min Woo are aristocrats who cause the death of a Gesaen. In turn she comes back from the dead to seek revenge on them. The story about human greed and violence that emerges from the bottom of one person’s fears. .

Cast

Lee Duk Hwa as Kim Won Ik

Yoon Joo Hee as So Wol

Lee Min Woo as Hyo Rang

Kim Kyu Chul as Sa Ddo

Yoo Hye Jung as Mae Hwa

Min Ji Young as Hwa Ran

Jang Chae Woo as Ae Hyang

Ban So Young as Wook Seom

Episode 7

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Title: 사신이야기 / Demon’s Story

Synopsis

The story about a messenger who loses a valuable list of names. These names decide who gets to live and who dies. The messenger only has until the gates of the underworld opens to find the list. He enlists the help of a thief to help him steal the list from the governor but things are not as easy as he thought they would be.

Cast

Lee Won Jong

Kim Roe Ha

Oh Yong

Episode 8

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Title: 환향녀 / Returning Lady

Also known as: Loose Woman

Synopsis

Soo Yeon married Jung In but on their wedding day she was forced to go to Shimyang. After being held captive, she escapes from the enemies and returns to her hometown only to be ignored by her in-laws. Her mother-in-law fabricates a lie saying that Soo Yeon’s carrying another man’s child in order to throw Soo Yeon out of the house. Soo Yeon returns home only to be poisoned by her illegitimate half-brother and mistress. Soo Yeon and her sister-in-law become vengeful ghosts and seek revenge by seducing men and then killing them. Jung In has become a royal inspector who is assigned to find out the cause of the men’s mysterious deaths. However, on the mountain ridge where all these deaths occurred, he sees the ghost of Soo Yeon…

Cast

Lee Jin as Soo Yeon

Kang Sung Min as Jung In

Jung Soo Young as Yoon

Kim Hong Pyo as Yong Soo

Lee Ji Hyun

Jin Seo Yeon as Yeo Min

Production Credits

Director: Kwak Jung Hwan (ep1), Lee Min Hong (ep2,5), Kim Jung Min (ep3.7), Kim Yong Soo (ep4,8), Lee Jung Sub (ep6)

Screenwriter: Ha Hee Sun (ep1), Kim Jae Eun (ep1), Park Young Sook (ep2,5), Moon Eun Jung (ep3), Kim Jung Ae (ep4,8), Yoo Mi Kyung (ep6), Yoo Eun Ha (ep7)

Love Marriage

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Title: 연애결혼 / Love Marriage / Yeonae Kyeolhon

Chinese title : 恋爱结婚

Also known as: Date, Marry / Love Match / Match Maker’s Lover

Genre: Romance, melodrama

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-25 to 2008-Oct-20

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Lee Kang Hyun is a manager at a company that sets up people who have been divorced with dates. She meets a divorce attorney, Park Hyun Soo, and they begin a relationship with each other.

Cast

Kim Min Hee as Lee Kang Hyun

Kim Ji Hoon as Park Hyun Soo

Yoon Se Ah as Seo Hwa Young

Park Ki Woong as Yin Kyung Hwan

Extended Cast

Hwang Bo Ra as Kim Soon Young

Ok Ji Young as Yoon Hi Song

Kim Bo Yun as (Kang Hyun’s mother)

Lee Young Ha as (Kang Hyun’s father)

Park Sang Myun as President Ryu

Yoon Yoo Sun as Yoon Hye Sun

Jo Hee Bong as Park Hyun Seong

Nam Yoon Jung as (Hwa Young’s mother)

Yoon Joo Sang as (Hwa Young’s father)

Bae Jin Ah as Lee Chun Nam

Kim Jae Seung as Jo Hyeok Su

Yoon Jin Ho (윤진호) as Choi Jin Ho

Park Hee Jin as Attorney Meong

Kim Kyung Hee as Attorney Tae

Jang Suk Hyun (장석현) as bachelor 1

Uhm Tae Goo (엄태구) as bachelor 2

Lee Eun Ji (이은지) as Kyung Ae

Ryu Si Hyun (류시현) as Team leader Son

Kim Jae Man Lee Dong Jun

Seo Yoon Ah as Kim Min Jung

Otani Ryohei (cameo)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Hyung Suk

Screenwriter: In Eun Ah

Official Site

East of Eden

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Title: 에덴의 동쪽 / East of Eden

Chinese title : 伊甸园东

Genre: Action, romance

Episodes: 56

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-25 to 2009-March-10

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

The drama will be about two men whose fates are crossed from the very first day that they were born. Both men were born in the same hospital. When he was a teenager, Lee Dong Chul witnessed the death of his father. From then on he promised to seek revenge on the man who caused his father’s death, Shin Tae Hwan. But unbeknownst to everybody is the fact that Dong Chul’s younger brother, Dong Wook, was switched at birth with Tae Hwan’s son, Myung Hun. Dong Wook grows up to become a prosecutor and vows to help his brother seek revenge. But what happens when they find out that they’re not brothers? What will Dong Chul do when he finds out that his real brother was raised by Shin Tae Hwan and that the brother that was beside him all these years is the son of his enemy?

Cast

Song Seung Hun as Lee Dong Chul

Yun Jung Hoon as Lee Dong Wook

Park Hae Jin as Shin Myung Hun

Lee Da Hae as Min Hye Rin

Lee Yeon Hee as Gook Young Ran / Grace

Han Ji Hye as Kim Ji Hyun

Dennis Oh as Mike

Extended Cast

Shin Dong Woo as young Dong Chul (5 years old)

Kim Bum as young Dong Chul (15 years old)

Park Gun Tae as young Dong Wook (10 years old)

Won Duk Hyun as young Myung Hun (10 years old)

Nam Ji Hyun as young Ji Hyun (10 years old)

Jo Min Ki as Shin Tae Hwan (Myung Hun’s father)

Lee Mi Sook as Yang Chun Hee (Dong Chul and Dong Wook’s mother)

Lee Jong Won as Lee Gi Chul (Dong Chul and Dong Wook’s father)

Jun Mi Sun as Jung Ja (Gi Soon’s mother)

Park Hyun Sook as Ok Hee

Jun So Min as Gi Soon

Jin Ji Hee as young Gi Soon (9 years old)

Kim Sung Kyum as President Oh

Na Hyun Hee as Oh Yoon Hee

Lee Won Jae as Kyung Tae

Yoo Dong Geun as President Gook / Gook Dae Hwa (Young Ran’s father)

Shim Hye Jin as Young Ran’s mother

Yoon Dong Hwan as lawyer Kim Tae Seon

Jung Hye Young as Janice / Jae Hee

Shin Eun Jung as Yoo Mi Ae / Rebecca

Jun Sung Hwan as stationmaster Kim Gab Soo (Ji Hyun’s grandfather)

Lee Suk Joon as Father Han

Kim Hyung Min as Wang Geon

Lee Sang Hoon as Dok Sa

Kwon Se In as young Dok Sa (10 years old)

Park Chan Hwan as Chaeng

Park Geun Hyung as President Min (Hye Rin’s father)

Jung Young Sook as Bae Hwa Mi (Mr. Min’s wife)

Jung So Young as Min Hye Ryung (Hye Rin’s sister)

Park Sung Woong as Park Sung Hyun

Jung Yoon Suk as Yeon Sub

Production Credits

Production Company: Chorokbaem Media

Producer: Kim Jin Man, Choi Byung Gil (최병길)

Screenwriter: Na Yun Sook, Lee Hong Ku

Director: So Won Young (소원영)

Awards

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Grand Prize (Song Seung Hun)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Female Top Excellence Award (Lee Mi Sook)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Male Excellence Award (Jo Min Ki)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Female Excellence Award (Han Ji Hye)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Male Newcomer Award (Park Hae Jin)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Female Newcomer Award (Lee Yeon Hee)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Park Geun Hyung)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Yoo Dong Geun}

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Shin Eun Jung)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: PD Award (Yun Jung Hoon)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Special Child Actor Award (Park Gun Tae, Shin Dong Woo, & Nam Ji Hyun)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Song Seung Hun & Lee Yeon Hee)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Popular Actor Award (Song Seung Hun)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Popular Actress Award Lee Yeon Hee)

2008 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award (Na Yun Sook)

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The Scale of Providence

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Title: 신의 저울 / The Scale of Providence

Chinese Title : 神的天秤

Also known as: God’s Balance / Land of Providence / Scale of God

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-29 to 2008-Oct-24

Air time: Fridays 20:55 (2 episodes back-to-back)

Synopsis

Jang Joon Ha is a man out for vengeance. In one day, Joon Ha lost the two most important people in his life. His brother, Young Ha, was wrongly convicted of a crime that he did not commit. The woman that he loved was murdered and his brother was the prime suspect. Joon Ha, an attorney, sets out to prove that someone else committed the crime.

Cast

Song Chang Ui as Jang Joon Ha

Lee Sang Yoon as Kim Woo Bin

Kim Yoo Mi as Shin Young Joo

Jun Hye Bin as No Se Ra

Extended Cast

Moon Sung Geun as Kim Hyuk Jae

Kim Seo Ra as Song Yeo Sa (Woo Bin’s mother)

Oh Tae Kyung as Jung Young Ha (Joon Ha’s’ younger brother)

Yun Un Kyung as Kang Kyung Daek (Joon Ha’s mother)

Im Hyo Sun as Oh Eun Ji

Maeng Sang Hoon as Shin Dal Soo (Young Joo’s father)

Choi Yong Min as No Joo Myung (Se Ra’s father)

Song Young Kyu as Moon Hak Bum

Lee Hye Eun as Go Sun Ah

Kim Seung Wook as Hong Gun Pyo

Jang Hyun Sung as Jung Soo Young

Park Chung Sun as Detective Jo

Choo Sang Rok as Detective Kang

Production Credits

Director: Hong Chang Wook

Screenwriter: Yoo Hyun Mi

Official Site

My Life’s Golden Age

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Title: 내 인생의 황금기 / My Life’s Golden Age

Also known as: The Prime Of My Life / The Golden Period of My Life

Chinese title : 我人生的黃金期

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 56

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-30 to 2009-March-08

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 19:55

Synopsis

The drama revolves around three siblings, their parents, marriage, and re-marriage. Lee Hwang is a fashion designer with a six-year old daughter.

Cast

Moon So Ri as Lee Hwang

Lee So Yeon as Lee Geom

Jin Yi Han as Lee Ki

Shin Sung Rok as Go Kyung Woo

Lee Jong Won as Yoo Tae Il

Extended Cast

Jang Yong as Lee Man Se

Kim Hye Ok as Bok Mi Ja

Park Geun Hyung as Lee Man Ae

Moon Hee Kyung as Lee Man Sook

Park Jung Soo as Kim Hee Kyung

Kim Ji Young as Grandmother

Lee Joon Ha as Yoo Hyo Eun

Ha Joo Hee as Jung Yoon

Lee Jung Gil as Grandfather

Go Na Eun as Jin Soo Kyung

Lee Tae Im as Yoo Tae Young

Im Chae Moo as Yoo In Sik (Tae Il’s father)

Lee Tae Gon as Dong Han

Yang Hee Kyung as Yoo Kyung Ja (Kyung Woo’s mother)

Lee Yeon Doo

Production Credits

Director: Jung Se Ho, Kim Dae Jin

Screenwriters: Lee Jung Sun (이정선)

Official Site

City of Glass

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Title: 유리의 성 / City of Glass

Chinese title : 玻璃之城

Also known as: Glass Castle

Previously known as: 우아한 가족 / Elegant Family

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 51

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Sep-06 to 2009-March-01

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 20:45 (8:45 Korean time)

Synopsis

Jung Min Joo is a woman from a very tough family background. Her mother had three children with three different fathers. However, she overcomes this in order to become a news announcer. When she first meets Kim Joon Sung, she is annoyed with his continued courtship of her. Eventually, Min Joo marries Joon Sung and her life changes. Her aspirations of becoming a great reporter are put on hold while she copes to her new life as the second daughter-in-law of a rich and influential chaebol family.

Cast

Jung family

Yoon So Yi as Jung Min Joo

Lee Hye Sook as Han Yang Suk (Min Joo’s mother)

Lee Han Wie as Son Dong Sik (Min Joo’s step-father)

Han Yeo Reum as Kang Hye Young (Min Joo’s half-sister)

Shin Dong Woo as Son Kang Min (Dong Sik and Yang Suk’s son)

Kim family

Lee Jin Wook as Kim Joon Sung

Park Geun Hyung as Kim Doo Hyung (Joon Sung’s father)

Park Won Sook as Yoon In Kyung (Joon Sung’s mother)

Jang Hyun Sung as Kim Gyu Sung (Joon Sung older brother)

Yang Jung Ah as Oh Yoo Ran (Gyu Sung’s wife)

Yoo Seo Jin as Kim Joon Hee (Joon Sung’s older sister)

?? as Kim Seung Ha (Gyu Sung and Yoo Ran’s 2 year old son)

?? as Kim Moo Sung (Joon Sung’s deceased brother)

Park family

Kim Seung Soo as Park Suk Jin

Jung Jae Soon as Yoon In Suk (Joon Sung’s aunt)

Lee Joo Yeon as Park Seul Ki (Suk Jin’s 8 year old daughter)

Other people

Jung Jin Moo as Jang Tae Soo (Hye Young’s boyfriend)

Kim Sun Hwa as Chun Ok Ja (Tae Soo’s mother)

Song Ji Eun as Song Ji Yeon (Seung Ha’s biological mother)

Yoon Ah Jung as Lee Joo Hee

Jung Da Young as Seo Ye Kyung

Seo Jin Wook as Min Ji Hwan

Yoo Tae Woong as prosecutor Lee Hyung Suk

Production Credits

Director: Jo Nam Gook (조남국)

Screenwriter: Choi Hyun Kyung (최현경)

Awards

2008 SBS Drama Awards: Male Supporting Award – Serial Drama (Lee Han Wie)

The Kingdom of The Winds

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Title: 바람의 나라 / The Kingdom of The Winds

Also known as: Country of Wind / The Land of Wind

Chines title : 风之国

Genre: Period Drama, Fantasy

Episodes: 36

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Sept-04 to 2009-Jan-15

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

The drama about the life of Jumong’s grandson, Moo Hyul, who later became Daemusin.

Cast

Song Il Gook as Prince Moo Hyul / Daemusin

Choi Jung Won as Princess Yeon

Park Gun Hyung as Prince Do Jin

Jung Jin Young as King Yuri

Extended Cast

Kim Hye Ri as Lady Mi Yoo (Yeo Jin’s mother)

Lee Jong Won as Prince Hae Myeong (Moo Hyul’s brother)

Kim Hye Sung as Prince Yeo Jin

Oh Yoon Ah as Hye Ap

Kim Jae Wook as Chu Bal So

Jang Tae Sung as Ma Ro (Moo Hyul’s friend)

Kim Sang Ho as Ma Hwang

Park Sang Wook as Gwi Yoo

Han Jin Hee as King Daeso

Park Jung Hak as Sa Goo

Im Jung Eun as Princess Se Ryu

Kim Byung Gi as Sang Ga

Kim Gyu Chul as Myung Jin

Kim Won Hyo as Gong Chan

Kim Myung Soo as Goo Chu

Jung Sung Mo as Bae Geuk

Jung Da Bin as young Princess Se Ryu

?? as Queen Seohwa (Seryu & Moo Hyul’s mother)

?? as Tak Rok

Production Credits

Original Work: Comic by Kim Jin

Director: Kang Il Soo

Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu, Park Jin Woo, Jung Jin Ok

Awards

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Song Il Gook and Choi Jung Won

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor (Song Il Gook)

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Mini Drama Excellence Award – Actor (Jung Jin Young)

2008 KBS Drama Awards: Mini Drama Excellence Award – Actress (Choi Jung Won)

Notes

- This drama is a remake of a comic by Kim Jin.

- One of the filming sites included a 45 day shoot in China.

- Song Il Gook will be portraying Jumong’s grandson. He also portrayed Jumong in ‘Jumong-Prince of The Legend‘ in 2006.

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Beethoven Virus

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Title: 베토벤 바이러스 / Beethoven Virus

Chinese title : 贝多芬病毒

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 18

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Sep-10 to 2008-Nov-12

Air time: Wednesday & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Kang Gun Woo is an orchestra conductor in his 40’s. He is an elite workaholic conductor who has a very bad reputation. He is known as someone who will do absolutely anything in order to create the very best music. However, due to his self-righteous and stubborn personality he thinks that only his thoughts are correct which makes him unable to form good relationships with those around him. He meets Du Ru Mi, a violinist, and a trumpet player who has the same name as him, and together they form a love triangle.

Cast

Kim Myung Min as Kang Gun Woo (Conductor)

Lee Ji Ah as Du Ru Mi (Violin)

Jang Geun Suk as Kang Gun Woo (Trumpet)

Extended Cast

Lee Soon Jae as Kim Gab Yong (Oboe)

Hyun Jyu Ni as Ha Yi Deun (Flute)

Song Ok Sook as Jung Hee Yun (Cello)

Park Chul Min as Bae Yong Gi (Trumpet)

Jung Suk Yong as Park Hyuk Kwon (Double Bass)

Lee Bong Gyu as Park Jin Man

Kim Young Min as Jung Myung Hwan

Jo Se Eun as Kim Joo Yeon

Park Eun Joo as Kim Joo Hee

Jung Suk Yong as Park Hyuk Kwon

Lee Han Wie as Kang Chun Bae

Park Kil Soo as Kim Kye Jang

Hwang Young Hee as Hyuk Kwon Cheo

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Jae Gyu

Screenwriters: Hong Jin Ah & Hong Ja Ram

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Tazza

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Title: 타짜 / Tazza

chinese title : 老千

Also known as: Tajja / War of Flowers

Genre: Romance, action

Episodes: 21

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Sep-16 to 2008-Nov-25

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Go Ni suffers an incredible loss when his mother and stepfather die because of Young Min. He later ends up in jail where he meets people who will change his life forever. Go Ni learns from a top tazza player in hopes of getting revenge.

Cast

Jang Hyuk as Kim Go Ni

Han Ye Seul as Lee Nan Sook / Jin Ah

Kim Min Joon as Young Min

Extended Cast

Kang Sung Yun as Madame Jang

Kim Gab Soo as Ah Gwi

Oh Jung Se as Kwang Chul

Son Hyun Joo as Go Gwang Ryul

Lee So Jung as Pyung Yoo Ra

Im Hyun Sik as Pyung Kyung Jang

Kim Ji Young as Young Min’s grandmother

Im Ji Gyu as Sung Chan

Jang Won Young as Kye Dong Choon

Song Jong Ho

Park Soon Chun as Go Ni’s mother

Lee Ki Yeol as Dae Ho (Go Ni’s stepfather)

Ahn Nae Sang as Myung Soo (Go Ni’s father)

Yeo Jin Goo as young Go Ni

Lee Han Na as young Nan Sook

Shin Seung Hwan

Production Credits

Original Work: Comic by Huh Young Man

Director: Kang Shin Ho

Screenwriter: Ya Sul Rok

My Lady Boss, My Hero

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Title: 여사부일체 / My Lady Boss, My Hero

chinese title : 女师傅一体

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 8

Broadcast network: OCN

Broadcast period: 2008-Sept-19 to 2008-Oct

Air time: Friday

Synopsis

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Cast

Park Ye Jin

Kim Mi Ryeo

Jung Si Ah

Park Sang Myun

Yoo Seol Ah

Oh Joo Eun

Jun Chang Gul

Production Credits

Director: Jung Heum Moon

Notes

This drama is the female version of the movie, My Boss My Hero.

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The Painter of the Wind

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Title: 바람의 화원 / The Painter of the Wind

Also known as: Wind’s Flower Garden / Garden of the Wind

Chinese title : 风之花园

Genre: Period, romance

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Sept-24 to 2008-Dec-4

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Shin Yun Bok is a talented painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father’s murderer and meets a master painter who guided her into being a great painter. Kim Hong Do is the man who teaches Yoon Bok how to paint and they develop a strong friendship of mentor and disciple.

Cast

Moon Geun Young as Shin Yoon Bok

Park Shin Yang as Kim Hong Do

Park Jin Woo as Jang Hyo Won

Extended Cast

Park Hyuk Kwon as Lee In Moon (Kim Hong Do’s friend)

Ahn Suk Hwan as Shin Han Pyeong (Yoon Bok’s adopted father)

Lee Joon as Shin Young Bok

Ryu Seung Ryong as Kim Jo Nyun

Bae Soo Bin as King Jeong Jo

Jung In Gi as Hong Gook Young

Im Ji Eun as Queen Jeong Soon

Kim Eung Soo as Jang Byuk Soo

Moon Chae Won as Jeong Hyang

Lee Mi Young as Mok Kye Wol

Yoon Joo Sang as Kang Soo Hang

Han Jung Soo as Seo Jing

Lee Kyung Hwa as Myeong

Kim Yoo Jung as young Yoon Bok

Lee Byung Joon as young Young Bok

Yoo Yun Ji

Jung Yoo Mi

Choi Soo Han

Yoon Bong Gil

Production Credits

Original Work: Novel by Lee Jung Myung

Director: Jung Tae Yoo

Screenwriter: Lee Eun Young

My Precious Child

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Title: 내사랑 금지옥엽 / Nae Sarang Geumjiokyeop / My Precious Child

Also known as : My Beloved Children / My Beloved Gem / My Precious You

Chinese title : 我的爱金枝玉叶

Genre: Family, Romance

Episodes: 54

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-04 to 2009-April-05

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 19:55 (7:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Jang In Ho is a radio PD who who grew up without a mother. Jeon Seol is talented singer and composer, however, a scandal about beating his ex-wife caused him to quit his job. He also has a dark past as his father committed suicide after his business failure. When they first meet, they don’t get along with each other but as time passes, they begin to fall for each other. However, a secret between their families threatens their relationship.

Cast

Lee Family

Kim Sung Soo as Lee In Ho / Jeon Seol

Shin Ki Joon as Lee Eun Woo

Kim Soo Jung as Lee Ji Woo

Jang Family

Lee Tae Ran as Jang In Ho

Ji Hyun Woo as Jang Shin Ho

Park Joon Mok as young Shin Ho

Song Joong Ki as Jang Jin Ho

Park In Hwan as Jang Il Nam (In Ho, Shin Ho & Jin Ho’s father)

Baek Family

Yoo In Young as Baek Se Ra

Park Joon Gyu as Baek Joon Shik (Jae Ra & Se Ra’s father)

Park Hae Mi as Nam Joo Ri (Jae Ra & Se Ra’s mother)

Hong Soo Ah as Baek Jae Ra

Other people

Hong Ah Reum as Kim Bo Ri

Na Moon Hee as Song In Soon (Il Nam’s ex-wife)

Kim Tae Ho as Ha Dong Woo / Alex

Yoon Hae Young as Park Jem Ma

Choi Soo Rin as Seo Young Joo (In Ho’s ex-wife)

Kim San Ho as Kang Min (Young Joo’s boyfriend)

Choi Yoon So as Han Yoo Jin

Choi Seung Kyung as Chef Jung Geum

SHINee (cameo, ep9,10)

Oh Ji Ho as himself (cameo, eps7,9,10)

Tae Jin Ah as himself (cameo, ep1)

Heo Soo Gyung as herself (cameo, ep1)

Min Suk as (Jae Ra’s teacher)


Production Credits


Director: Lee Eung Jin

Screenwriter: Park Hyun Joo

Producer: Lee Hyun Wook (이현욱), Byun Sang Chul (변상철)

That Person Is Coming

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Title: 그분이 오신다 / That Person Is Coming

chinese title : 那个人要来了

Also known as: Here He Comes

Genre: Comedy, family, romance

Episodes: 97

Broadcas: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-06 to 2009-Feb-27

Air time: Mondays to Fridays 19:45

Synopsis

Lee Moon Shik and Seo Young Hee are siblings who lost each other and then they both got amnesia. Young Hee went on to become a famous actress and her brother became a chef.

Cast

Lee Moon Shik as Lee Moon Shik

Seo Young Hee as Lee Young Hee

Jung Jae Yong as Lee Jae Yong

Ha Yun Joo as Lee Jae Sook

Yoon So Jung as Yoon So Jung

Jung Kyung Soon as Jung Kyung Soon

Kang Sung Jin as Kang Sung Jin

Park Hee Jin as Hee Jin

Jun Jin as PD / TV director

Kim Min Ji as Kim Min Ji

Seo Hyo Rim as Jung Hyo Rim

Lee Kwang Soo as Oh Man Soo

Sung Jin Hwan as Kang Jin Sang

Jung Yoon Min as Jung Yoon Min

Oh Sang Jin as Oh Sang Jin

Lee Soo Na as Lee Soo Na

Huh Il Hoo as Heo Il Hoo

Yoo Gun (cameo, ep24)

Lee Soo Young (cameo)

Ahn So Hee as Mal Hee (cameo, ep8)

Choi Min Sung as Choi Min (cameo)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Shin Jung Goo (신정구)

Producer: Kwon Suk (권석)

Official site

Tuesday 8 June 2010

Family’s Honor

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Title: 가문의영광 / Family’s Honor

Also known as: Glory of the Family

Previously known as: Marrying the Mafia

chinese title : 家门的荣光

Genre: Romance, family

Episodes: 54

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-11 to 2009-Apr-19

Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 21:45 (9:45 Korean time)

Synopsis

Ha Dan Ah (Yoon Jung Hee) is very dignified and beautiful yet she is also pitiful. Dan Ah was married in her 20’s, but due to an unforeseen event her husband died in a car accident during their honeymoon. She will be pursued by two men, a man from a rich family, Lee Kang Suk (Park Shi Hoo) and a man who’s younger than her, Jung Hyun Kyu (Lee Hyun Jin). The drama will be about the Ha Family and how they try to hold up the reputation of their family name.

Cast

Ha Family

Yoon Jung Hee as Ha Dan Ah

Jun No Min as Ha Soo Young

Kim Sung Min as Ha Tae Young

Shin Goo as Ha Man Gi

Park Hyun Sook as Ha Joo Jung

Suh In Suk as Ha Suk Ho

Park Joon Mok as Ha Dong Dong

Kim Young Ok as Yoon Sam Wol

Lee Soo Min as Yoon Jo Man

Lee Family

Park Shi Hoo as Lee Kang Suk

Jun Hye Jin as Lee Hye Joo

Yeon Kyu Jin as Lee Man Gap

Seo Kwon Soon as Choi Young Ja

?? as Choi Soon Jin (Young Ja’s niece)

Other people

Lee Hyun Jin as Jung Hyun Kyu

Nah Young Hee as Lee Young In

Shin Da Eun as Oh Jin Ah

Maya as Na Mal Soon

Shim Hyun Sup (심현섭) as Kim Byung Do

Seo Yoo Jung as Kim Hyun Ok

Lee Won Jae as (Joo Jung’s colleague)

Jung Chan as Yoon Tae Joo (Kang Suk’s friend)

?? as Professor Nam (Dan Ah’s colleague)

?? as (Mal Soon’s mother)

?? as Kim Sun Tae

Production Credits

Production Company: Star Max

Director: Park Young Soo

Screenwriter: Jung Ji Woo

Source: TNS Media Korea

Official Site

Wife and Woman

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Title: 아내와 여자 / Wife and Woman

Chinese title : 妻子和女人

Also known as: Windy City

Genre: Family

Episodes: 156

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-20 to 2009-Apr-18

Air time: Mondays to Saturdays 9:00

Synopsis

‘Windy City’ AKA Wife & Woman is the story about the people who are struggling between love and separation, and muster up their courage to attain their true love and to perceive the genuineness of life.

Two non-identical individuals met and lived together. What is left in their lives in the end? What are they achieving, and what are they loosing?

They gain wealth, success, and they have a child– Let’s stop this out-of-date thinking.

Since the two cannot be the same till the very end, wouldn’t it be better to just live as two individuals, instead of a married couple? And, there is one thing that we should remember about others. Before we have our roles as a husband, a wife, a parent, a son and a daughter, we are all human beings who have the right to accomplish our own genuine lives.

Cast

Lee Eung Kyung as Park Yeon Ha

Lee Joo Suk as Kwon Tae Hwan

Jung So Young as Kang Hee Soo

Jo Sung Ha as Seo Wook Hyun

Hong Il Kwon as Park Joon Ha

Lee Il Hwa as Chae Yeo Jin

Bang Moon Soo as Park Chang Ha

Yoon Ji Sook as Lee In Kyung

Kim Hye Eun as Kim Jae Ran

Shin So Mi as Jang Jong Mi

Lee Gun as Choi Geun Sam

Myung Ro Jin as Jo Byung Goo

Seo Dong Soo as Hwang Man Joong

Kim Sung Kyum as Park Won Gap

Lee Joo Sil as Song Sun Ja

Won Mi Won as (Yeo Jin’s mother)

No Min Woo as Kwon Seung Il

Kim So Hyun as Jo Jae Ni

Chae Sang Woo as Jo Philip

Lee Do Il as Park Woong Gi

Lee Ji Wan as Hwang Ah Reum

Bang Joong Hyun

Production Credits

Director: Jun Sung Hong (전성홍)

Screenwriter: Han Joon Young (한준영)

Official Site

The World That They Live In

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Title: 그들이 사는 세상 / The World That They Live In

Chinese Title : 他们生活的世界

Also known as: Worlds Within……

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-21 to 2008-Dec-16

Air time: Mondays and Tuesdays 21:55

Synopsis

This drama is about the process of a television drama producton. Jung Ji Oh is a charismatic drama PD whereas Joo Joon Young is a PD who is direct and confident.

Cast

Hyun Bin as Jung Ji Oh (Director)

Song Hye Kyo as Joo Joon Young (Director)

Uhm Ki Joon as Song Gyu Ho (Director)

Seo Hyo Rim as Jang Hae Jin (Rookie Actress)

Extended Cast

Kim Gab Soo as Kim Min Chul (Drama Director)

Kim Chang Wan as Park Hyun Sup (Drama CP)

Choi Daniel as Yang Soo Kyung (Assistant Director)

Lee Da In as Kim Min Hee (Assistant Director)

Pan Yoo Geol as Chul Yi (Assistant Director)

Kim Yeo Jin as Lee Seo Woo (Drama scriptwriter)

Bae Jung Ok as Yoon Young (Actress)

Kim Ja Ok as Park Soo Jin (Actress)

Yoon Yeo Jung as Oh Min Suk (Actress)

Lee Ho Jae as (Actor)

Jung Suk Won as Yoo Chi Han (Actor)

Kim Young Kwang as Lee Jae Hwan (Actor)

Lee Joon Hyuk as Lee Joon Gi (Joon Young’s ex-boyfriend)

Cha Soo Yun as Lee Yeon Hee (Ji Oh’s ex-girlfriend)

Na Moon Hee as (Ji Oh’s mother)

Nah Young Hee as (Joon Young’s mother)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung

Director: Pyo Min Soo, Kim Kyu Tae

Source: TNS Media Korea

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Temptation of Wife

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Title: 아내의 유혹 / Temptation of Wife

chinese title : 妻子的诱惑

Also known as: Wife’s Temptation / Wife’s Revenge / Cruel Temptation

Genre: Family, melodrama

Episodes: 129

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Nov-03 to 2009-May-01

Air time: Monday to Friday 19:20

Synopsis

One night Goo Eun Jae got drunk and Jung Gyo Bin took this opportunity to take advantage of her. Eun Jae and Gyo Bin got married but their marriage is not a very blissful marriage. Eun Jae’s best friend, Shin Ae Ri, openly flirts with Gyo Bin in front of Eun Jae. Gyo Bin decided that he did not want to remain married to Eun Jae and tried to kill her. Eun Jae was presumed to have drown and died. Gyo Bin thought he was successful in killing Eun Jae and moved on with Ae Ri. Months later, Eun Jae is back for revenge but she presumes the identity of another woman, Min So Hee, who had killed herself. How will Gyo Bin react to a girl who looks exactly like his presumed dead wife, Eun Jae? Will he be tempted by So Hee?

Cast

Goo family

Jang Seo Hee as Goo Eun Jae (33)

Kim Yong Gun as Goo Young Soo (62, Eun Jae’s father)

Yoon Mi Ra as Yoon Mi Ja (59, Eun Jae’s mother)

Choi Joon Yong as Goo Jang Jae (35, Eun Jae’s older brother)

Jung family

Byun Woo Min as Jung Gyo Bin (35, Eun Jae’s husband)

Kim Dong Hyun as Jung Ha Jo (63, Gyo Bin’s father)

Geum Bo Ra as Baek Mi In (58, Gyo Bin’s mother)

Oh Young Shil (오영실) as Jung Ha Neul (42, Gyo Bin’s aunt)

Song Hee Ah as Jung Soo Bin (31, Gyo Bin’s younger sister)

Min family

Lee Jae Hwang as Min Gun Woo (31)

Jung Ae Ri as Min Yeo Sa (62)

Chae Young In as Min So Hee (29)

other people

Kim Suh Hyung as Shin Ae Ri (33)

Jung Yoon Suk as Ni No (Ae Ri’s son)

Lee Kyung Hwa as Lee Kyung Hwa

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Kim Soon Ok (김순옥)

Director: Oh Se Kang

Official Site

I Love You, Don’t Cry

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Title: 사랑해, 울지마 / I Love You, Don’t Cry

Also known as: Saranghae Wool-ji-ma

chinese title : 我爱你,不要哭

Genre: Romance, family

Episodes: 132

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Nov-17 to 2009-May-22

Air time: Mondays to Fridays 20:15

Synopsis

Han Young Min (Lee Jung Jin) and Min Seo Young (Oh Seung Hyun) were engaged to be married; however, Young Min’s ex, Jae Hee (Kim Yoo Mi), dumped their son, Jun, on him. Seo Young broke up with Young Min afterwards because Young Min refused to send his son back to his mother. Jo Min Soo (Lee Yoo Ri) befriends Young Min and helps Young Min adjust to his new life with his son. Young Min and Mi Soo soon realize their feelings for each other and plan to marry. However, there are obstacles in their way.

Cast

Jo Family

Lee Yu Ri as Jo Mi Soo

Kim Chang Sook as Moon Soo Ja (Mi Soo’s mother)

Kim Young Jae as Jo Tae Sup (Mi Soo’s older brother)

Kim Hyun Jung as Kim Hyun Joo (Tae Sup’s wife)

Lee Ah Hyun as Jo Mi Sun (Mi Soo’s older sister)

Kim Mi Sook as Moon Shin Ja (Mi Soo’s aunt)

Kang Boo Ja as In Young Soon (Mi Soo’s grandmother)

Park Yoo Sun as Yoon Mi (Mi Sun’s 7 years old daughter)

Kim Hwan Hee as Yoon Ji (Mi Sun’s 5 years old daughter)

?? as Jo Shin Bi (Tae Sup and Hyun Joo’s 2 years old daughter)

Han Family

Lee Jung Jin as Han Young Min

Lee Soon Jae as Han Kyu Il (Young Min’s grandfather)

Kim Mi Kyung as Han Young Ok (Young Min’s aunt)

Maeng Sang Hoon as Bae Dae Sung (Young Min’s uncle in-law)

Kim Jin Seong as Han Joon (Young Min’s 6 years old son)

Min family

Oh Seung Hyun as Min Seo Young

Park Young Ji as (Seo Young’s father)

?? as (Seo Young’s mother)

Jang family

Lee Sang Yoon as Jang Hyun Woo

Lee Mi Young as (Hyun Woo’s mother)

Choi Sang Hoon as (Hyun Woo’s father)

Other people

Jang Young Nam as Oh Jung (Young Min’s colleague)

Lee Shi Hwan as Park Hee Jun (Seo Young’s friend)

Kim Yoo Mi as Jae Hee (Jun’s mother / Young Min’s ex-girlfriend)

Marco as Pablo (Male, From Nepal, foreigner, laborer)

Ryu Si Hyun as Yoo In Young (Young Min’s college friend)

?? as Jin Soo (Young Min’s colleague)

?? as Sang Jun (Young Min’s colleague)

?? as (Hyun Joo’s mother)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Sa Hyun, Lee Dong Yoon

Screenwriter: Park Jung Ran

Producer: Lee Dae Young

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General Hospital Season 2

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Title: 종합병원 2 / General Hospital 2

chinese title : 综合医院 2

Genre: Medical, drama

Episodes: 15

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2008-Nov-19 to 2009-Jan-15

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

Jung Ha Yoon is a graduate student who successfully passed the bar exam. However, she is not finished as she wants to be a medical malpractice litigation specialist. She works at a hospital to look to gain experience and there she meets other doctors who work there.

Cast

Lee Jae Ryong as Kim Do Hoon

Cha Tae Hyun as Choi Jin Sang

Kim Jung Eun as Jung Ha Yoon

Ryu Seung Soo as Jo Yong Han

Do Ji Won as Song Hye Soo

Lee Jong Won as Han Ki Tae

Ryu Jin as Baek Hyun Woo

Extended Cast

Go Joon Hee as Kang Eun Ji

Yeo Ho Min as Min Tae Hyuk

Kim Ji Sung as Seo Yoo Na

Shim Yang Hong as Hwang Ji Man

Kwon Min as Park Jae Young

Yoo Hyun Soo as Yoo Jung Hoon

Kim Byung Man as Oh Young Bum

Kim So Yi as Ma Sang Mi

Noh Yoon as Hong So Hee

Yoon Jae Moon as Kwon Dae Soo

Kwon Byung Gil as No Jun Soo

Han Hye Rin as Jun Soon Duk

Gong Gi Taek as Bae Joon Seo

Yoo Yun Suk as Heo Woo Jin

Ban Sung Geol as Yoon Jae Sang

Jo Kyung Hwan as Jung Do Young

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Oh Kyung Hoon

Director: Noh Do Chul (노도철)

Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu, Kwon Eum Mi (권음미), Noh Chang (노창)

Source: TNS Media Korea

Notes

Originally this was scheduled to be a Saturday / Sunday drama but was moved to the Wednesday / Thursday slot after Beethoven Virus. This was because MBC decided not to air any more dramas at 22:35 (10:35 Korean time).

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Terroir

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It’s hard to pinpoint just exactly what’s making Korean drama click like a casino player who’s on a winning roll. One thing’s for sure though, Korean producers are sticking to the age-old recipe of good writing coupled with crafty production and smart casting. This very same formula has made unknowns a household name in the world of soaps and we’re pretty sure it will also vault Korean drama to the industry’s pinnacle.

Title: 떼루아 / Terroir

chinese title : 泰勒瓦

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2008-Dec-01 to 2009-Feb-17

Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Lee Woo Joo meets Kang Tae Min, a man who was taught in the art of tasting wine. Tae Min inherited the wine production from his family and opens Woo Joo’s eyes to the world of wine. He has a steady relationship with his girlfriend, Ji Seon, but wavers when he meets the spunky Woo Joo. Joey Park has a deep, dark secret that has haunted him for most of his life. He accidentally set the fire that killed Tae Min’s parents. How will Tae Min feel when he learns that a friend caused his parents’ death?

Cast

Kim Joo Hyuk as Kang Tae Min

Han Hye Jin as Lee Woo Joo

Ki Tae Young as Jo Yi Bak / Joey Park

Yoo Sun as Ahn Ji Seon

Extended Cast

Lee Tae Sung as Park Dan Byul

Song Seung Hwan as Mr. Yang / Yang Seung Gul (Tae Min’s boss)

Jun Sung Hwan as Lee Moo Kang (Woo Joo’s grandfather)

Jung Ho Bin as Kang Jung Tae (Tae Min’s uncle)

Park Byung Ho as President Kang

Kim Byung Se as Andre Lim (Main Chef)

Yoo Hyun Soo as Kim Joon Soo (Chef’s assistant)

Ryu Hyun Kyung as Gook Yook Gong (Woo Joo’s best friend)

Jun Soo Kyung as Koh Ok Rim (Woo Joo’s “aunt”)

Park Tae Kyung as Hwang Gye Dong (kitchen helper)

Chae Young In as Jo Min Ji (wine expert, restaurant manager)

Kwon Hyuk Poong as Jun Sang Jin

Kim Jae Seung as Lee Jae Joo

Lee Ha Ni as Jin Ha Young (waitress)

Jang Hyo Jin as Shin Dae Ri

Park Gil Soo as Oh Choon Bae

Yoon Ki Won as blind date

Takagi Rina as Ms Takagi (Japanese wine expert)

Im Chae Hong

Production Credits

Director: Kim Young Min (김영민)

Screenwriter: Hwang Sung Goo (황성구)

Notes

- The setting of the drama takes place in Bordeaux, France.

- Filming began in September 2008 which coincided with the grape harvest and wine production in France.

- This is the first korean drama all about wine.

- The production cost is about $6 billion won ($6 million USD) and the drama has been prepared for over 2 years.

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