Wonderful Life

Title: 원더풀 라이프 / Wondeopool Laipeu

Chinese title : 美妙人生

Genre: Drama, comedy, romance, family

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-Mar-07 to 2005-Apr-26

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Theme song: Babo by Park Hye Kyung

Synopsis

Han Seung Wan and Jung Se Jin bumps into each other at the airport and accidentally take each other’s passports. They meet again and Seung Wan and Se Jin end up spending the day together. Both having to deal with love complications, they end up drunk and having a one night stand. Back in Korea, Se Jin discovers she is pregnant and leaves to have the baby alone. A year later, Se Jin’s clueless sister ends up spilling the secret to Seung-Wan at his engagement party, showing up with his baby daughter. Seung-wan and Se Jin are then forced to marry by their respective families. Complicated love takes place between Do Hyun, Se Jin, Chae Young and Seung-Wan. The rest of the story revolves around the family’s journey in learning to take responsibility, and learning to love each other.

Cast

Kim Jae Won as Han Seung Wan

Eugene as Jung Se Jin

Lee Ji Hoon as Min Do Hyun

Han Eun Jung as Lee Chae Young

Joo Hyun as Han Bum Soo (Seung Wan’s father)

Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Yoon Tae Hee (Seung Wan’s mother)

Kim Hye Ok as Pyo Jae Kyung (Se Jin’s mother)

Choi Joon Yong as Han Seung Pil (Seung Wan’s older brother)

Yoon Hyun Sook as Baek Hyun Joo (Seung Pil’s wife)

Kim Hyo Jin as Jung Il Jin (Se Jin’s older sister)

Kim Seung Min as So Chang Myung (Seung Wan & Do Hyun’s flying academy classmate)

Jung Da Bin as Han Shin Bi (Seung Wan and Se Jin’s daughter)

Lee Hye Sook as Do Hyun’s stepmother

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Shin Ho Gyun

Director: Lee Chang Han, Jo Soo Won

Writer: Jin Soo Wan

Wedding

Title: 웨딩 / We-ding

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 18

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2005-08-23 to 2005-10-25

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Description

Unlike many K-drama series, Wedding begins with two young lovers tying the knot. However almost from the word go, things do not go smoothly for the newlyweds. Se-na (Jang Nara) is a music graduate from a rich family and works as a manager at a theater. She was introduced to diplomat Seung-woo (Ryu Shi Won) and the two decide to marry because they are considered a good match.

As time goes by, however, they clash on virtually every issue because of their different backgrounds and life values. Seung-woo begins falling for his childhood sweetheart, Yun-soo (Myung Se Bin), who is far less reckless than Se-na. But as her husband drifts away from her, Se-na grows more attracted to him and begins to take steps towards reconciling their differences.

Synopsis

Lee Se-na is the only daughter from a wealthy background. Because of her pampered upbringing, she believes that she can get anything she wants if she sets her heart to it. She meets Han Seung-Woo, a self-made diplomat, who is not-so-secretly in love with his childhood friend Yoon-su, currently in Japan with her fiance, Seung-Woo’s colleague Jin-Hui. Se-na instantly falls in love with Seung-Woo, who asks her what she thinks the meaning of marriage is. In their subsequent marriage, their values are questioned as Se-na’s complete trust in Seung-Woo shatters with the realization of Yoon-su’s and Seung-Woo’s relationship, and Seung-Woo’s happiness in marriage shatters with Se-na’s deepening mistrust and her own relationship with Jin-Hui.

Cast

Jang Nara as Lee Se-na

Ryu Shi Won as Han Seung-woo

Myung Se Bin as Shin Yoon-su

Lee Hyun Woo as Suh Jin-hui

Choi Woo Jae as Jung-min

Toe Mo as Louie

Gong Hyun Joo as Oh Su-ji

Kim Min Ju as Cha Eun-hee

Kang Suk Woo as Lee Jung-il

Nah Young Hee as Sung Hae-lim

Jung Young Sook as Jung Sook-hee

Lee Sae Min as Se-na’s brother, studying abroad

Han Seung Joo as Seung-woo’s brother

Production Credits

Director: Jung Hae Ryong

Writer: Oh Soo Yun

Music: Oh Suk Joon

Dear Heaven

Title: 하늘이시여 / Ha-neul-i-si-yeo

chinese title : 天可怜见

Also known as: Dear Heaven / Love in Heaven / Sky / The Sky

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 85

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-09-20 to 2006-07-02

Air time: Saturday & Sunday at 21:55

Viewership ratings: 28.3% avg, 44.5% peak

Synopsis

Ji Young Sun Han Hye Sook, when she was very young, gave away her daughter Lee Ja Kyung Yoon Jung Hee after giving birth. She later remarries and creates a new family, but soon after, her husband dies leaving her behind with her stepson Gu Wang Mo Lee Tae Gon and daughter Gu Seul Ah Lee Soo Kyung. Now grown, orphaned once again by the passing of her foster parents as a child, Ja Kyung lives a life of loneliness and lack of love. Her birth mother Young Sun, comes to find her, but in order to keep her daughter Ja Kyung by her side, she tries to match up her stepson with Ja Kyung.

Cast

Yoon Jung Hee as Lee Ja Kyung

Lee Tae Gon as Gu Wang Mo

Jo Yeon Woo as Kim Cheong Ha

Lee Soo Kyung as Gu Seul Ah (Wang Mo’s sister and Ja Kyung’s half sister)

Wang Bit Na as Kang Ye Ri

Park Hae Mi as Kim Bae Deuk

Lee Bo Hee as Kim Mi Hyang (Ye Ri’s mother)

Hyun Suk (현석) as Kang Dong Choon (Mi Hyang’s husband)

Kang Ji Sub as Kang Yi Ri (Mi Hyang & Dong Choon’s son)

Han Hye Sook as Ji Young Sun (Ja Kyung’s birth mother and Wang Mo’s stepmother)

Jung Hye Sun as Maria Wang

Im Chae Moo as Lee Hong Pa

Ban Hyo Jung as Mo Ran Sil (Hong Pa’s mother)

Kim Young Ran as Bong Eun Ji (Hong Pa’s wife)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Yoon Young Mook (윤영묵)

Producer: Jo Dong Suk (조동석)

Producer: Lee Hyun Suk (이현석)

Writer: Im Sung Han (임성한)

Director: Lee Young Hee (이영희)

Assistant Director: Son Moon Kwon (손문권)

Three Leaf Clover

Title: 세잎클로버 / Seip Keullobeo

Also known as: 3 Leaf Clover / 3 Leaves Clover

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-01-17 to 2005-03-14

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Gina (Hyo Ri) is a welder in a steel mill with a felony wrap behind her. With her tag as an ex-felon, she struggles to maintain any semblance of average normal life of an everyday civilian. This is a story about her trials and tribulations and how she deals with the obstacles that are thrown at her all the while maintaining a chaotic relationship with her rebellious boyfriend.

Cast

Lee Hyo Ri (Hyolee/FinKL) as Kang Jina

Kim Kang Woo as Yoon Sung-woo

Kim Jung Hwa as Park Yeon-hee

Ryu Jin as Ryu Se-hyung

Production Credits

Director: Jang Yong Woo (got replaced by Lee Jae Won after 2 weeks)

Writer: Jung Hyun Jung, Jo Hyun Kyung

That Summer Typhoon

Title: 그 여름의 태풍 / Geu Yeo-reum-ei Tae-poong

Episodes: 30

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-05-28 to 2005-09-04

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

This is a dramatic story induces the audience to reminisce their own life and love.

A Story of competition between two half sisters. Kang Su-Min (Jung Da Bin) and Han Eun-Bi (Han Ye Seul) both share the same father, but have different mothers. Both strive to become actresses. Eun-bi rises in the entertainment industry only because of her mothers name (famous actress), while Su-min give her all, striving to work her way up to become a great actress.

James Han (Lee Jae Hwang) is a Korean American working in the entertainment industry who finds himself drawn to Su-min……

Jiang Zhenyu works in a coffee shop, in order to support his brother’s study. She hopes to be a star, and she got married with director Han Guangzai in her 25. When she was carrying her daughter, her husband had an affair with a young actrss called Zheng Meiling . This became the biggest scandal in 1979. The upset Jiang married Qiaomin and went to the USA, and was gradually forgotten . 20 years later, she returned to Korea and spends lonely time in the mountain area as an alcoholic.

After Han and Zheng got married, they had a daughter called Han Yinfei.The couple’s passion was wore ayay in the course of time, and Zheng controls Han’s money, hoping that her daughter will also be famous.

The two girls grew up, and each became a famous star. They begin to compete with each other, They repeat the story of the last generation?

Cast

Jung Da Bin as Kang Soo Min

Han Ye Seul as Han Eun Bi

Lee Jae Hwang 이재황 as James Han

Jung Chan 정찬 as Kim Han-hee

Noh Joo Hyun 노주현 as Han Kwang-suk

Jang Mi Hee 장미희 as Jung Mi-ryung

Lee Hyo Choon 이효춘 as Kang Jung-ok

Kim Jong Kyul 김종결 as Kang Chul-kyu

Sun Woo Eun Sook 선우은숙 as Oh Sung-mi

Suh Min Jung 서민정 as Jung Yoo-ran

Ohn Joo Wan 온주완 as Han Ji-hun

Song Gi Yoon 송기윤 as Jang Yong-hwan

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Huh Woong 허웅

Producer: Jung Hyo 정효

Writer: Choi Sung Shil 최성실

Director: Lee Kwan Hee, Hwang Hyuk 황혁

Asst. Director: Shin Kang Jae 신강재

Sweet Spy

Title: 달콤한스파이 / Talcoman Supai

English Title: Sweet Spy

Genre: Police Comedy

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-11-07 to 2006-01-10

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Nam Sang-mi plays widowed police officer Lee Sun-ae who finds herself suddenly immersed into international espionage by Han Yoo-il (Dennis Oh), an undercover agent. Lee Joo-hyun plays Kang-Jun, who’s recently transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department. He opens an old case involving Sun-ae’s past that leads him to an entanglement between the current political/economic powers and their secrets. One of them, oddly enough, being Han Yoo-il. Who is this man? Why is he here?

Cast

Nam Sang Mi is Lee Sun-ae

Lee Joo Hyun is Kang Jun

Dennis Oh is Han Yoo-il

Yoo Sun is Park Eun-joo

Sung Eun is Choi Ji-soo

Kim Bo Sung is Detective Shim

Choi Bool Am is Choi Bum-koo

Ahn Yeon Hong is Oh Nara

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Choi Chang Wook

Director: Go Dong Sun

Screenwriter: Kim Ki Ho, Lee Sun Mi

Author: Kwon Mi Kyung

Super Rookie

Title: 신입사원 / Shin-ip Sa-won

Also known as: New Employee / Recruit

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-03-23 to 2005-05-26

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Super Rookie is a smartly done comic drama that gives hope and courage to young people going through difficult times.

It is a story of a man who gets a job in a big company because of a computer error. The drama reveals his work, love and passions in life in a very interesting way. Our hero Kang Ho doesn’t have a family background that makes him stand out among the crowd, but he has plenty of friends who will stand up for him. He never gets discouraged despite all of life’s difficulties. Kang Ho’s high spirits and Mi-ok’s efforts to improve her life give today’s younger generation a chance to look at their own lives and ponder what’s truly valuable.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Eric as Kang Ho

Han Ga In as Lee Mi-ok

Oh Ji Ho as Park Bong-sam

Lee So Yeon as Suh Hyun-ah

Extended Cast

Jung Jin as Joo Sung-tae (Kang Ho’s friend)

Park Chil Yong as Kang Chul (Kang Ho’s dad)

Park Hye Sook as Gong Hye-ja (Kang Ho’s mom)

Suh Dong Won as Kang Min (Kang Ho’s younger brother)

Kwon Ki Sun as Madam Kwon

Yang Hee Kyung as Madam Yang

Kim Young Min as Lee Il-man (Bong-sam’s dad)

Kim Se Joon as Chief Moon Young-ho

Lee Ki Young as Chief Goo Bon-chul

Kim Il Woo as Director Song

Lee Ki Yeol as Director Kim Ki-yeol

Kaekeumaen Kim Sook as Agent Na Aeri

Yoo Da Young as Oh Young-ran

Lee Seung Chul as Chairman Maruyama

Suh Bum Sik as Miyazaki

Kim Hun Goo as Yakuza

Jung Joon Ha as Kochi

Kim Sook as Sook-hee

Production Credits

Producer: Han Hee

Screenwriter: Kim Ki Ho, Lee Sun Mi

Spring Day

Title: 봄날 / Bom-nal

Also known as: Spring Days (KBFD)

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-01-08 to 2005-03-13

Air time: Saturday & Sunday at 9:45 PM

Synopsis

Miniseries about a woman who was given up for adoption as a child falling in love with 2 brothers during 2 different time periods.

Cast

Ko Hyun Jung as Suh Jung-eun

Jo In Sung as Go Eun-sup

Ji Jin Hee as Go Eun-ho

Lee So Yeon as Kim Kyung-ah

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Jong Hyuk, Lee Myung Woo (assistant)

Writer: Kim Kyu Wan

Single Again

Title: 돌아온 싱글 / Dol-ah-on Sing-geul

Also known as: Return of the Single / Returned Single

Episodes: 14

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-06-08 to 2005-07-21

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:50pm

Synopsis

About life after divorce for Korean women.

Cast

Kim Ji Ho

Kim Sung Min

Jo Mi Ryung as Kang Hye-ran

Jung Sun Kyung as Park Hyun–keum

Kang Kyung Joon

Production Credits

Producer: Chang Ki Hong

Director: 전현석, 진운찬

Screenriter: Han Eun Kyung

The Secret Lovers

Title: 비밀남녀 / Bimil Namnyeo

Also known as: A Man and A Woman

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-08-29 to 2005-11-01

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Seo Young Ji is ashamed of her poor upbringing and works as hard as she can to better herself. She goes to see a plastic surgeon, hoping that by changing her appearance she will feel better about herself. The surgeon, a beautfiul young woman called Jeong Ah Mi, asks Young Ji for a favor. Ah Mi has been set up on a blind date with Kim Jun Woo by her parents, but she really has no interest in going. Ah Mi has her own dark secrets and is also keen to marry well. Jun Woo is not her normal type, so she asks Young Ji to go instead of her, which she agrees to and the two of them hit it off. However, when Jun Woo discovers that Young Ji is not Ah Mi, and in fact has a poor family to look after, Jun Woo dumps her.

Add to the equation Choi Do Kyeong, a poor, but ambitious social climber, who’ll do what he can to marry a rich woman. He also dumped Young Ji, and falls for Ah Mi, but ultimately can’t decide which of the girls he likes best - regardless of how they feel about him!

Secret Lovers is the latest K-drama from MBC, which addresses the most important questions of all - is love reason enough to marry someone, or should you be looking for something else?

Cast

Han Ji Hye as Seo Yeong-ji (25)

Kim Suk Hoon (김석훈) as Kim Joon-woo (31)

Song Seon Mi (송선미) as Jeong Ah-mi (29)

Kwon Oh Joong as Choi Do-gyeong (28)

Joo Hyun as Suh Dal-koo (Young-ji’s father, 50)

Kim Dong Hyun as Suh Young-koo (Young-ji’s brother)

Hwang Bo Ra as Suh Young-min (Young-ji’s sister, 20)

Lee Jung Kil as Kim Jung-suk (Joon-woo’s father, 60)

Ahn Hae Sook as Ms. Song (Joon-woo’s mom, 55)

Hyun Young as Kim Joon-mi (Joon-woo’s younger sister)

Ahn Jae Hwan as Lee Moon (29)

Lee Byung Jin as Lee Sung-wol (35)

Suh Young Joo as Yang Jae-soon (Young-jee’s friend, 25)

Production Credits

Producer: Park Sung Soo

Director: Kim Sang Ho

Writer: Kim In Young

Sad Love Song

Title: 슬픈연가 / Seul-peun Yeon-ga

Also known as: Sad Love Story (KBFD-TV) / Sad Sonata

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-01-05 to 2005-03-17

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Sad Sonata is a love story about two men and one woman. The young Joon-young (Kwon Sang Woo), who was raised by his mother who sold liquor to American soldiers, met the blind Hae-in (Kim Hee Sun) and they became childhood sweethearts. Then, Hae-in immigrated to the U.S. following her American adoptive father and met Gun-woo (Yeon Jung Hoon), who was Joon-young’s friend and son of a very rich man. The story picks up again when composer Joon-young, singer Hae-In, and music producer Gun-woo all meet again.

Cast

Kwon Sang Woo as Suh Joon-young/Chi Joon-kyu

Kim Hee Sun as Park Hae-in

Yeon Jung Hoon as Lee Gun-woo

Kim Yeon Joo as Cha Hwa-jung

Na Young Hee as Suh Hyang-ja (Joon-young’s mother)

Lee Young Ha as Choi Jun-il (Joon-young’s father)

MC Mong as Jang Jin-pyo

Jin Hee Kyung as Lee Mi-sook (Hae-in’s aunt)

Jo Kyung Hwan as Lee Kang-in (Gun-woo’s father)

Lee Yeon Soo as Lee Soo-ji (Gun-woo’s older sister)

Lee Jong Won as Oh Sang-jin

Lee Da Hee as Kang Shin-hee (Gun-woo’s friend in NYC)

Lee Mi Young as Hwang Min-kyung (Hwa-jung’s mother)

Choi Ran as Sook-ja

Yang Geum Suk as Gun-woo’s deceased mother

Lee Hyun Woo as Jang-ho

Jung Woo as Lee Min-ho

Production Credits

Director: Yoo Chul Yong

Scriptwriter: Lee Sung Eun

Related Facts

This drama was originally supposed to have actor Song Seung Hun play Gun-woo. However, a draft-dodging scandal involving Song Seung Hun broke out, causing him to enlist in the military service. On short notice, Yeon Jung Hoon was selected as Song Seung Hun’s replacement to play Gun-woo. That is why the Photo Album for this drama (which is on sale at YesAsia) contains photos of Song Seung Hun instead of Yeon Jung Hoon.

Sad Goodbye

Title: 슬픔이여안녕 / Sel peum ee yuh Annyoung

Also known as: Goodbye Sadness

Episodes: 60

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2005-06-11 to 2006-01-01

Air time: Saturday & Saturday 7:55 PM

Synopsis

This is a story about the unconditional and all-forgiving love of four brothers who after years of fighting and hatred pull together and reconcile to revive their father’s business. The four brothers, each representing different generations, symbolize ordinary people living in today’s world: Han Sung-jae, the soft-hearted but incapable oldest brother in his 50s, who shoulders the heavy burden of being the head of the family; Han Sang-kyu, the accomplished but selfish second brother in his 40s, who only thinks of getting rid of his family responsibilities; Han Sung-min, the third brother in his 30s who lost his job due to corporate restructuring; and, finally, Han Jung-woo, the youngest one who has just graduated from college and is yet unemployed.

The lives of these four siblings represent the hardships of the unemployed of various generations. This series also asks the question about the genuine meaning of marriage by showing how married couples of various age groups work on their relationships to avert divorce.

Source: KBS Global Marketing

Cast

Kim Dong Wan as Han Jung-woo

Park Sun Young as Jang Suh-yung

Oh Yun Su as Park Yuh-jin

Lee Jong Won as Han Sung-min

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Jung Sung Hyo

Director: Moon Bo Hyun, Kim Hyung Suk

Writer: Choi Hyun Kyung

Asst. Director: Lee Eung Bok

Resurrection

Title: 부활 / Bu-hwal

Also known as: Revenge, Rebirth or Life Again

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2005-06-01 to 2005-08-18

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday at 9:50 PM

Synopsis

Suh Ha-eun was 7 years old when he lost his father. He grew up in Suh Jae-soo’s house and became a successful detective. He falls in love with Suh Jae-soo’s daughter, Eun-ha. When Ha-eun investigated a suicide, he discovers that he has a twin brother named Yoo Shin-hyuk, and meets him after 20 years. The killers who wanted to kill Ha-eun accidently kill Shin-hyuk instead of Ha-eun, and because of this, Ha-eun tries to get revenge by becoming Shin-hyuk. This drama is a thriller and melodramatic.

Cast

Uhm Tae Woong as Yoo Shin-hyuk and Suh Ha-eun (real name: Yoo Gang-hyuk)

Han Ji Min as Suh Eun-ha

So Yi Hyun as Lee Gang-joo

Ko Joo Won as Jung Jin-woo

Ahn Nae Sang as Yoo Gun-ha (Haeun’s father)

Lee Dae Yeon as Kyung Gi-do (”Boss”)

Go Myung Hwan as Kim Su-cheol (Ha-eun’s friend)

Choi Yong Min as Huh Duk-woo

Lee Jung Gil as Kang In-cheol

Sun Woo Eun Sook as Kim Yi-hwa (In-cheol’s wife)

Lee Yeon Hee as Kang Shin-young (In-cheol & Yi-hwa’s daughter)

Kim Ki Bok as Hwang Jong-in

Jo Jae Wan as Ahn Jae-hoon

Kang Shin Il as Suh Jae-su (Eunha’s father)

Choi Won Suk as Yang Man-cheol

Ki Joo Bong as Jung Sang-gook (Jinwoo’s father)

Yoo Hye Jung as Yoon Mi-jung (Sangkook’s wife)

Kim Gap Soo as Lee Tae-jun (Gangju’s father)

Jung Ho Bin as Lee Jung-moo

Lee Han Wi as Im Dae-sik

Kim Kyu Chul as Choi Dong-chan

Production Credits

Producer: Park Chan Hong, Jun Chang Geun

Writer: Kim Ji Woo

Princess Lulu

Title: 루루공주 / Lu-lu Kong-joo

Episodes: 20

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-07-27 to 2005-09-29

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday at 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Does a love story only exist in tales?

Will the real prince and snow white live a happy life described in the tale?

The rich-born girl Go Hee-soo (Kim Jung Eun) treats the playboy Kang Woo-jin (Jung Joon Ho) like her birth younger brother, with Kim Chan-ho (Kim Heung Soo) who plays triangle relations part with the two. You will see the endless climaxes and love stories.

Go Hee-soo is the eldest granddaughter of the president of the biggest group KS in Korea. Raised by her grandpa, she is charming and elegant. However, she feels regret that she has lost her birth mom who passed away when she bore Hee-soo. Someday she knows Woo-jin who just comes back after study from UK. She is attracted by carefree Kang Woo-jin as he describes her a world she never know. But Chan-ho, the younger brother of Kang Woo-jin, grows up with Hee-soo and never regard her as elder sister. This triangle relationship make the three people in endless complex love problem.

Cast

Kim Jung Eun as Go Hee-soo (27)

Jung Joon Ho as Kang Woo-jin (30)

Kim Heung Soo as Kim Chan-ho (25)

Extended Cast

Lee Seung Woo as Go Sun (30, Hee-soo’s step brother)

Lee Sun Jae as President Go Duk-soo (Hee-soo’s grandfather)

Geum Bo Ra as Park Yuh-sa (Hee-soo’s step mother)

Yoon So Jung as Jang Myung-sook (Woo Jin’s mother)

Ha Suk Jin as Suk-jin (21)

Huh Jung Min as Jung-min (21)

Lee Han Wi as Jo Sil-jang

Lee Eeh Jung as Lee Jae-kyung (27, Hee-soo’s friend)

Jung So Young as Kim Yoo-mi (28)

Park Chul Min as Moon Ki-sa (40)

Kim Sun Hwa as Wang Jip-sa (40)

Lee Hyo Jung as President Park Jong-chul (50)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Goo Bon Geun

Producer: Kim Yang

Writer: Kwon So Yun, Lee Hye Sun

Director: Son Jung Hyun, Park Hyung Ki

Co-Director: Lee Dong Hoon

Our Attitude to Prepare Parting

Title: 이별에 대처하는 우리의 자세 / ee-byul-eh dae-chuh-ha-neun woo-ri-eh ja-se

Also known as: Rules of Love (MBC Global Media) / Our Stance on How to Treat a Break-up

Episodes: 16

Broadcasted by: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-07-27 to 2005-09-15

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

A New Style Love Story

There are many unsaid rules and wise sayings about love as well as about breakup. It’s true that most breakup scenes in dramas are a bit trite and cliché-ridden. For instance, it always rains when the story’s main characters break up. Oddly enough, even the one who gets dumped usually wishes for his or her ex-lover’s happiness even though he or she is completely heartbroken. How come every hero in the melodrama is as nice and sweet as an angel? What about something like this for a change - ‘I’m not going to let him get away with this.’ ‘I’ll chase her to the end of the world.’ Or ‘I’ll make him pay for my broken heart and pain.’ Even though a couple breaks up, there are still things left to be taken care of. They need some time to heal so they can later carry on.

A Contract Breakup

Many romantic dramas have used ‘the contract marriage’ (where the people aren’t really married, but pose as if they were) as its subject. However, this drama will introduce viewers to love and contract from the point of view of a couple that breaks up. She isn’t ready for letting him go when he wants to break up with her. He, on the other hand, has met all the requirements and is ready to put an end to this relationship.

The Dreams and Happiness of the Young Generation

The 40,000 young people are reported to be unemployed. Most of young people are looking for a job. They don’t have time to talk about their dreams or hope. This is the story of the young people who search for their dream, strive to achieve their goals and learn something about love and happiness.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Choi Kang Hee as Kim Geun-young

Kim Min Jong as Lee Seo-jun

Kim Ah Joong as Seo Hee-won

Shim Ji Ho as Han Jae-min

Kang Boo Ja

Lee Young Ha

Lee Kyung Jin

Shin Goo

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Sa Hyun

Director: Lee Jae Dong

Writer: Min Hyo Jung

Only You

Title: 온리유 / On-ri Yu

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-06-04 to 2005-07-24

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:45 PM

Theme song: “Only You” performed by Sam Milby, originally performed by The Platters

Synopsis

Eun Jae (Han Chae Young) is a very stubborn, prideful, and head-strong girl who has a passion for cooking. Because she does not have an interest in studying, she runs away to Italy before she graduates from high school to enroll in cooking school. Her high school friend, who loves her dearly and shares her passion for cooking, comes along with her.

Han Yi-Joon (Jo Hyun Jae) is from a wealthy family who owns a large hotel and various restaurants. He travels to Italy to attend his estranged mother’s wedding and there he runs into Eun Jae, who had also been seeking the mother, who happens to be a chef, to learn the secrets to making great pasta. She comforts Yi-Joon, who is distraught over his mother remarrying, and they make love. She ends up pregnant and has to give up her dream - but does not tell Yi-Joon.

6 years later, they have all returned to live in Korea - Eun Jae working low paying cooking jobs, Yi-Joon taking over the operations of his family’s restaurant, and Eun Jae’s friend working as a chef for one of the restarurants owned by Yi-Joon and supporting Eun Jae’s family, including the child born out of wedlock, financially because they have fallen on hard times. Yi-Joon still has feelings for EunJae and they run into each other just as he is looking for a new chef for his restaurant - with her in mind. The dramatic tension unfolds as the three main characters work out their feelings for each other as they work together in close proximity.

Cast

Han Chae Young as Cha Eun-jae

Jo Hyun Jae as Han Yi-joon

Hong Soo Hyun as Ji Soo-yeon

Lee Chun Hee as Jung Hyun-sung

Extended Cast

Lee Byung Joon as Cha Jin-sol (Eun-jae and Yi-joon’s son)

Jung Won Joong as Cha Sung-taek (Eun-jae’s father)

Song Ok Sook as Park Mi-jung (Eun-jae’s mother)

Jun Hye Bin as Cha Soo-jae (Eun-jae’s younger sister)

Jung Wook as Han Seung-ryeol (Yi-joon’s father)

Jung Ae Ri as Yoon Hee-jin (Yi-joon’s mother)

Lee Ah Hyun as Han Yi-kyung (Yi-joon’s older sister)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Moon Jung Soo

Producer: Kim Yang

Writer: Hwang Sung Yun

Director: Choi Moon Suk

Assistant Director: Boo Sung Chul 부성철

Next

Title: 환생-넥스트 / Hwan-saeng - Nek-seu-teu

Also known as: Rebirth - Next

Genre: Drama, Romance, History

Episodes: 14

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-05-16 to 2005-06-28

Air time: Monday & Tuesday at 9:55 PM

Synopsis

A stage trouper, Kang Jung-hwa, who was troubled with insomnia, receives hypnotic therapy from her psychiatrist, Lee Soo-hyun, and experiences love in a previous life. Next draws out the incomplete love relationships that the four main characters are having and have had. (Think in different time periods). Min Ki-soo is Kang Jung-hwa’s modern boyfriend, Min Ki-bum is Lee Soo-hyun’s modern boyfriend. Min Ki-soo’s past lives are of a general of the Joseon Dynasty and of a freedom fighter during the imperialist Japan. There will be four different previous time periods the two men and women have shared their love in and will show how they were all destined to meet each other.

Cast

Jang Shin Young as Kang Jung-hwa

Park Ye Jin as Lee Soo-hyun

Lee Jong Soo as Min Ki-soo

Ryu Soo Young as Min Ki-sub

Production Credits

Director: Yoo Jung Joon, Kim Do Hoon, Park Jae Bum

Writer: Joo Chan Ok, Goo Sun Kyung, Go Eun Nim, Suh Sook Hyang, Kim Hyun Jong

My Sweetheart My Darling

Title: 어여쁜 당신 / Eo-yeo-ppeun Dang-sin

Also known as: Sweet Heart, Sweet Darling

Episodes: 159

Broadcasted by: KBS1

Broadcast period: 2005-02-14 to 2005-09-23

Air time: Monday-Friday at 8:25-9:00 PM

Synopsis

This drama portrays the various ways of loving of seven guys and girls through a story that revolves around a man and a woman who used to be elementary school classmates. In Young (Lee Bo Young) accidentally runs into her elementary school classmate Ki Jun (Kim Seung Soo) after so many years, and the two tie the knot despite their parents’ protests. But after failing to get pregnant even after three years of marriage, In Young faces a divorce. The situation escalates when Jae Min, an executive of a publishing company and a widower, shows interest in In Young, and a girl named Hee Joo, who has had a crush on Ki Jun since childhood, shows up. While In Young and Ki Jun attempt to make their new relationships work, In-young becomes pregnant out of the blue as she continues to see Ki Jun even after the divorce. To make things worse, In Young’s younger brother, In Cheol, gets embroiled in a love triangle involving his sister’s friend Seon-mi and the girl named Mi Jeong, whom he dated while serving in the army.

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Cast

Lee Bo Young as Yoon In-young

Kim Seung Soo as Kim Ki-joon

Lee Chang Hoon as Jeong Jae-min

Oh Joo Eun as Na Hee-joo

Jung Kyung Ho as Yoon In-cheol

Production Credits

Director: Lee Jung Sup

My Name is Kim Sam Soon

Title: 내 이름은 김삼순 / Nae I-reum-eun Kim Sam-soon

Also known as: My Name is Kim Sam-Soon / My Lovely Sam Soon (KBFD-TV)

Episodes: 16

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2005-06-01 to 2005-07-21

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Soundtrack: My Lovely Sam-Soon OST

Synopsis

The story revolves around a 29 year old chubby normal girl called Sam Soon. Being the third daughter of a rice mill owner, she has no special talents or abilities, save for her passion and skills in baking. She is also a certified patiesseur and dreams of changing her name and owning a shop of her own. After her breakup with her boyfriend, she managed to land herself in a big company working as a patiesseur for a rude and angsty 27-year-old man called Hyun Jin Heon. Both were in bad terms ever since they set eyes on each other. But one day, Sam Soon finds herself involved in his affairs and they ended up together. When things seem to go accordingly, Hyun Jin Heon’s ex-lover, Yoo Hee Jin, enters the scene and life for Sam Soon..couldn’t get much worse.

Cast

Kim Sun Ah as Kim Sam-soon

Hyun Bin as Hyun Jin-heon

Jung Ryu Won as Yoo Hee-jin

Daniel Henney as Dr. Henry Kim

Extended Cast:

Kim Ja Ok as Park Bong-sook (Sam-soon’s mom)

Lee Ah Hyun as Kim Yi-young (Sam-soon’s sister)

Na Moon Hee as Na Hyun-sook (Jin-heon’s mom)

Suh Ji Hee as Hyun Mi-joo (Jin-heon’s niece)

Yoon Ye Hee as Yoon Hyun-sook

Lee Kyu Han as Min Hyun-woo

Lee Yoon Mi as Jang Chae-ri

Yeo Woon Kye as Ms. Oh

Kwon Hae Hyo as Lee Hyun Moo (chef)

Han Yeo Woon as Lee In-hye

Kim Hyun Jung as Jang Young-ja

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Yoon Chul

Writer: Kim Do Woo

My Girl

Title: 마이걸 / Ma-i-geol / My Girl

chinese title : 我的女孩

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2005-12-14 to 2006-02-02

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

When Gong Chan (Lee Dong Wook) meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin (Lee Da Hae), he finds out that she has connections to his missing cousin, whom his grandfather has been searching for. He asks Yoo Rin to lie about being his long missing cousin until he can find his real cousin. She says yes, but soon their feelings for each other get in the way of their plans. Gong Chan’s friend, Jung Woo (Lee Joon Ki) falls for Yoo Rin while Gong Chan’s ex-girlfriend, Seo Hyun (Park Si Yeon), a pro tennis player, tries to win him back. Will the two ever tell each other how they feel? Will Gong Chan ever find his real cousin?

Cast

Lee Dong Wook (이동욱) as Seol Gong-chan

Lee Da Hae (이다해) as Joo Yoo-rin

Lee Joon Ki (이준기) as Seo Jung-woo

Park Si Yeon (박시연) as Kim Seo-hyun

Extended Cast

Jo Kye Hyung as Ahn Jin Kyu

Hwang Bo Ra as Ahn Jin Shim

Lee Eon Jeong as Yoon Jin Kyung

Byun Hee Bong as Seol Woong (Gong Chan’s grandfather)

Kim Yong Rim as Jang Hyung Ja (Jung Woo’s mother)

Ahn Suk Hwan as Jang Il Do

Choi Ran as Bae In Sun

Jung Han Hun as Joo Tae Hyung (Yoo Rin’s father)

Han Chae Young as Choi Ha Na (the real granddaughter, cameo)

Jae Hee as Lee Mong Ryong (Ha Na’s husband, cameo)

Oh Ji Young as Seo Hyun’s assistant / traveling companion

Han Young Kwang

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Kim Young Sup

Producer: Bae Tae Sup

Screenwriter: Hong Jung Eun / Hong Mi Ran

Director: Jun Ki Sang

Asst. Director: Park Soo Chul (박수철)