Terms of Endearment

Title: 애정의 조건 / Ae-jung-ui Jo-geon

Chinese title : 愛情的條件

Also known as: Conditions of Love

Genre: Drama

Episodes: 60

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2004-Mar-20 to 2004-Oct-10

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 7:50 PM

Synopsis

This drama shows how devastating and hurtful it can be for a woman to live with a boyfriend before marriage and not end up tying a knot with him. Korea has the second highest divorce rate in the world as more and more families become ruined — mainly because one of the spouses cheats. To make things worse, the mass media continues to champion premarital cohabitation as a choice that unmarried couples are free to make. Terms of Endearment depicts today’s harsh reality and once again reminds us of the sacred meaning of marriage and the importance of family. (KBS)

Cast

Chae Si Ra as Kang Geum Pah

Han Ga In as Kang Eun Pah

Ji Sung as Noh Yun Tek

Lee Jong Won as Jin Jung Han

Park Yong Woo as Jung Sung Ki

Jo Yuh Jung as Nah Ae Ri

Song Il Gook as Nah Jang Soo

Kim So Hee as Kang Jin Pah

Han Jin Hee as Kang Han Gul (Geum Pah’s father)

Oh Mi Yeon as Goo Ki Ra (Geum Pah’s mother)

Jang Yong as Nah Man Deuk (Ae Ri’s father)

Yoon Mi Ra as Lee Hyung Sil (Ae Ri’s mother)

Jung Han Yong as Noh Ma Jin (Yun Tek’s uncle)

Son Hyun Joo as Noh Gwang Tek (Yun Tek’s older brother)

Lee Bo Hee as Nah Jin Deuk (Man Deuk’s sister)

Ban Hyo Jung as Cho Bok Sil (Jung Han’s mother)

Jang Hyun Sung as Myung Soo

Lee Won Jae as Moh Bum Soo (Yun Tek’s business parter/friend)

Ryu Yong Jin as Kim In Hyuk

Kim Hye Sun as Geum Pah’s girlfriend

Production Credits

Director: Kim Jong Chang

Writer: Moon Young Nam

Sweet Buns

Title: 단팥빵 / Danpatppang

Also known as: Redbean Bread (YesAsia), Sweet Buns (MBC Global)

Episodes: 26

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-07-04 to 2005-01-16

Air time: Sunday 8:55 AM

Synopsis

Catch the wildly popular K-Drama Redbean Bread! Produced by leading K-Drama studio MBC in 2004, Redbean Bread is a romantic comedy based on a novel, and was so popular that it transcended its 9am Sunday time slot to gain a cult following. Ardent fans of the drama even call themselves “Redbean Bread Masters!”

Han Ga Rang (Choi Kang Hee) is an elementary school teacher in her hometown. Years ago, she had a cat-and-dog relationship with childhood acquaintance Nam Jun (Park Kwang Hyun), who called her “Redbean Bread” - and he wasn’t trying to compliment her! Now Nam Jun is back in town working as a lawyer for a construction company, and he’s looking for his first love Hae Jan. Meanwhile, Nam Jun’s boss (Kwang Ha) is attracted to Ga Rang. But when Ga Rang and Nam Jun finally reunite, the fiery sparring relationship from their childhood is re-ignited…

Source: YesAsia.com

Cast

Park Kwang Hyun as Ahn Nam-joon

Choi Kang Hee as Han Ga-rang

Jung Chan as Yoo Kwan-ha

Jung So Young Hong Hae-jan

Yoo Hye Jung

Park Kwang Jung

Production Credits

Producer: Jung In

Director: Lee Jae Dong

Writer: Lee Sook Jin

Sweet 18

Title: 낭랑18세 / Nang Rang 18 Seh

Also known as: Little Bride / 18 Year Old Bride

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast period: 2004-01-19 to 2004-03-09

Synopsis

The concept of an arranged marriage is often difficult to accept, especially amongst less traditional adolescents today. Sweet 18 (Nang Rang 18 Seh) covers this very premise and the story begins when Kwon Hyuk-joon’s grandfather, the head of the traditional Kwon family agrees to an arranged marriage between his grandson (Lee Dong Gun) and Yoon Jung-sook (Han Ji Hye) when Yoon Jung-sook is born. 18 years later, the two families lose contact because soon after the contract is signed, Jung-sook’s family encounters financial issues and is forced to run away.

Meanwhile, Jung-sook has grown up to be a rebellious and strong-willed girl who just wants to live her life as she sees fit. With little aspirations, she is the direct foil of her achievement-bound counterpart, Hyuk-joon. When the two meet each other, they clash horribly; Jung-sook thinks her fiancee is nothing but boring, and Hyuk-joon believes Jung-sook to be nothing but an immature child. The rest of the series follows their life living together as a couple, and the obstacles they are faced with. When Hyuk-joon’s first love reappears and wants to claim Hyuk-joon for herself (despite the fact that he’s married), who will Hyuk-joon choose? His first love Ga-young, or immature spunky Jung-sook?

Cast

Han Ji Hye as Yoon Jung-Sook

Lee Dong Gun as Kwon Hyuk-Joon

Lee Da Hae as Moon Ga-Young (Hyuk Joon’s ex-girlfriend)

Lee Joon as Jee Chul-Reum

Yoo Hye Jung as Kwon Sun-Ah (Hyuk Joon’s elder sister)

Park Hyung Jae as Jung Chan (Hyuk Joon’s colleague and best friend)

Lee Soon Jae as Hyuk-Joon’s grandfather

Kim Hae Sook as Jung-Sook’s mother

Jung Kyung Ho as Jung-Sook’s blind date

Production Credits

Director: Kim Myung Wook

Writer: Kim Eun Hee, Yun Eun Gyeong

Stained Glass

Title: 유리화 / Yurihwa

Also known as: Stained Glass Window

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 18

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-12-01 to 2005-02-03

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

During their childhood, Dong-ju and Ki-tae are both abandoned by their real parents. In the orphanage, they become best friends. Ji-su transfers to the school, where Dong-ju and Ki-tae attended there. But at the same time, they both fall in love with her. While trying to get the ocarina, Dong-ju is caught in the river and is presumed drowned. A Japanese couple adopted him after he was being drowned in the river. Ki-tae takes Dong-ju’s place in Ji-su’s affections and later become a couple. Twelve years later, Dong-ju returns to Korea as a Japanese gentleman, but his feelings for Ji-su begin to develop and his friendship with Ki-tae begin to unravel.

Cast

Kim Ha Neul as Shin Ji-soo

Lee Dong Gun as Han Dong-joo/Yuichi Yamamoto

Kim Sung Soo as Park Gi-tae

Jo Yi Jin as Park Tae-hee

Shim Ji Ho as Shin Ji-suk

Chae Yoon Suh as Kim Se-ah

Ahn Hye Ran as Shim Joo-kyung

Yoo Min as Jang Soo-yeon

No Joo Hyun as President Park

Lee Eung Kyung as Cha Jin-joo

Han In Soo as Shin Jae Man/Yukio Yamamoto

Kuroda Fukumi as Keiko Yamamoto

Kaneko Noboru as Tani Masato

Production Credits

Writer: Park Hye Kyung

Director: Lee Chang Soon

Asst. Director: Park Soo Chul

Cinematography: Yun Dae Young

Lighting: Jeon Hong Geun

Production: SBS

Sorry I Love You

Title: 미안하다, 사랑한다 / Mianhada, Saranghanda

Also known as: MiSa, Sorry But I Love You (YesAsia), I’m Sorry, I Love You

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast period: 2004-11-09 to 2004-12-28

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Cha Moo Hyuk (So Ji Sup) was adopted by an Australian family, but is abused and leaves home at an early age. Growing up on the streets, he meets all sorts of people until one day he comes upon Song Eun Chae (Im Su Jung). Eun Chae is the coordinator for Choi Yune, a famous singer in Korea whom she secretly loves. Her fateful encounter with Moo Hyuk ends up affecting not only her life but that of her precious Yune’s as well.

Moo Hyuk’s path takes him to Korea, on a road that leads to revenge. He’s filled with anger and hurt about his birth mother, but also feels love and happiness with someone he didn’t expect to love. Although he wreaks havoc on the lives of those around him, he wishes with all his heart someone would stop him.

Cast

So Ji Sup as Cha Moo-hyuk

Im Su Jung as Song Eun-chae

Jung Kyung Ho as Choi Yune

Suh Ji Young as Kang Min-joo

Choi Yeo Jin as Moon Ji-young

Lee Hye Young as Oh Deul-hee (Yune’s mother)

Jun Hye Jin as Yoon Seo-kyung

Lee Young Ha as Song Dae-chun (Eun-chae’s father)

Kim Hye Ok as Jang Hye-sook (Eun-chae’s mother)

Shin Goo as Min Hyun-suk

Ok Ji Young as Song Sook-chae (Eun-chae’s older sister)

Jung Hwa Young as Song Min-chae (Eun-chae’s younger sister)

Park Gun Tae as Kim Kal-chi (Seo-kyung’s son)

Production Credits

Producer: Jung Sung Hyo

Director: Lee Hyung Min

Writer: Lee Kyung Hee

Snow White

Title: 백설공주 / Baek Seol Gong Ju

Also known as: Taste Sweet Love

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast period: 2004-03-15 to 2004-05-04

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 7:55 PM

Synopsis

Ma Young-hee (Kim Jung Hwa) has been in love with her best friend Han Jin-woo (Yeon Jung Hoon) since the first time they met in high school. Han Jin-woo, on the other hand, does not see Ma Young-hee's love for him and blindly goes out with other girls in front of Ma Young-hee. On a trip to Japan, Young-hee meets a young man on the street who takes her back to his apartment since she is drunk. Young-hee accuses this man of raping her even though he didn't, but before she can rightfully press charges, he runs away as the government officials of Japan chase him down for an expired visa. Upon returning to Korea, Jin-woo stops by her apartment and introduces his younger brother, Han Sun-woo (Lee Wan) who just happens to be the young man she met in Japan. Jin-woo asks if Sun-woo may stay at her place, and Young-hee accepts out of love for Jin-woo. The story unfolds as a sudden high school classmate of Young-hee, Jang Hee-won, (Oh Seung Hyun), begins to court Jin-woo.

Cast

Kim Jung Hwa as Ma Young-hee

Lee Wan as Han Sun-woo

Yeon Jung Hoon as Han Jin-woo

Oh Seung Hyun as Jang Hee-won

Jo Yoon Hee as Tsukihara Nako

Production Credits

Director: Lee Jae Sang

Writer: Goo Sun Kyung, Lee Seon Young

Shining Days

Title: 햇빛 쏟아지다 / Haetbit Ssodajida

Also Known As: Sunshine of Love / Sunlight Pours Down / Rays of Sunshine

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-Feb-11 to 2004-Apr-01

Viewership Ratings: peak=14.4% average=11.9%

Synopsis

Yeon Woo grew up happy in a loving family. One day, her father had died mysteriously, and her mother remarried a man who was 10 years younger than her. Misfortunes never come singly. Her mother died of Wilson's disease and her step-father ran away with money. Min-ho, an old friend of hers, is always there to comforther. Min-ho decided to be a policeman to catch a murderer who killed Yeon Woo's father. Eun-sup came back to Korea with the sole purpose of stopping his lover Soo-ah from getting married, but Soo-ah gave him an outright denial. To make matter wose, his father sent people over to his hotel to catch him. He ran away from the hotel and he accidentally fell into the subway track and became unconscious. Yeon Woo saw the whole scene in the platform and saved his life. Eun-sup asked her if he could stay in her place temporarily since he had no place to go. So Yeon-wu, Min-ho and Eun-sup all started living in a same house…

Cast

Song Hye Gyo as Ji Yeon Woo

Ryu Seong Beom as Kim Min Ho

Jo Hyun Jae as Jung Eun Sup

Choi Yoo Jung as Lee Soo Ah

Extended Cast

Kang Shin Il as Nam Ban Jang

Oh Dae Gyu as Oh Dal Jae

Kim So Yun

Yeo Ho Min

Dok Go Jun

Choi Duk Moon

Production Credits

Producers: Kim Jong Hyuk

Assistant Producers: Joo Dong Min, Kwon Hyuk Chan

Script Writers: Jo Jung Hwa

She Is Nineteen

Title: 형수님은 열아홉 / Hyung-soo-nim-eun Yeol-ah-hop Ye-go

Also known as: My Sister-in-Law is 19

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-07-28 to 2004-09-23

Synopsis

Yoo Min, is an orphan who gets an offer for a part time job by a doctor who likes her. Somehow, she gets into an engagement contract with Min Jae. Then she meets her fiance's younger brother, Seung Jae, who is the same age as her and they are always not on good terms. They bicker and fight but then end up falling in love.

Cast

Jung Da Bin as Yoo-min

Kim Jae Won as Kang Min-jae

Yoon Kye Sang as Kang Seung-jae

Kim Min Hee as Choi Su-ji

Production Credits

Director: Lee Chang Han

Writer: Jin Soo Wan

Second Proposal

Title: 두번째 프러포즈 / Du-beon-jjae Peu-reo-po-jeu

Also known as: A Second Proposal / The Second Proposal

Episodes: 22

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2004-09-08 to 2004-11-18

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:50 PM

Synopsis

1) A heart-warming success story of a housewife, which gives catharsis to the housewives in their 30s or 40s

Mini-series dramas have been dominated by trendy dramas, which can appeal to the 10- or 20-something audience. Amidst the flood of trendy dramas, some programs such as ‘Ajumma (meaning married women with kids in Korean)', ‘Men in crisis' and ‘Ladies in my neighborhood' could attract the viewers in their 30s and 40s. It is because they adopted the topics which can always trigger interest anytime anywhere. ‘A Second Proposal' shows happenings often found around us in daily lives, but looks at the family issues from a different perspective. It approaches the traditional family problems such as love, marriage and affairs from a light but comic and touching way. A housewife who was regarded as an ugly duckling will be transformed into a graceful swan. How she makes the transformation will be the main theme, and her success story will deliver the sense of satisfaction to lots of housewife viewers in Korea, who find them powerless but actually are strong. There are many twists and turns in the story. The unique deployment of the drama with unexpected surprises will attract male viewers as well.

2) Reality-based drama

The time has gone when an unrealistic Cinderella story involving a successor of a rich tycoon or the dates of a long-legged beauty and handsome guy can keep the viewers coming back. The eye level of ‘A Second Proposal' was set at the daily life, so that affairs, separation and divorce, which are everyday matters in life, become the major topics of the drama. Plus a tasteful fantasy will be added as a spice, setting a delicious dinner table for viewers. Watching the program, housewives as a powerful viewer group will think that it could happen to them.

3) Heart warming story

‘A Second Proposal' is a typical TV drama with the moments of touching, fun and unexpected twists. As always, however, the power of being typical is great. The synopsis of the drama seems a same old story, but the story will unfold in a speedy and cheerful way.

Things that are easy to miss but should not be lost will be depicted in the drama. The situations and problems are not that peculiar, so that the audience can believe that they can occur to ‘them' as well. Against this backdrop, the nature of humans can be looked at in a comic manner, and the sympathy from viewers can be derived. The fundamental mood of the drama is that although harsh, living together, the world is still worthy to live. The drama has a warm attitude toward the world. Based on this, we will let the drama viewer laugh and weep together.

Source: KBS America

Cast

Oh Yun Soo as Jang Mi-young

Kim Young Ho as Lee Min-suk

Huh Young Ran as Hwang Yun-jung

Oh Ji Ho as Nam Kyung-soo

Extended Cast

Kim Il Woo as Song Jae-won

Choi Ran as Go Myung-ok

Jung Dong Hwa as Jung Se-joon

Shin Yoon Jung as Lee Yoo-kyung

Kim Seung Hwan as Na Chul-soo

Kim Yoo Suk as Suk Tae-woo

Park Hyo Jung as Ang Sun-sim

Kim Sung Yuk as Kim Dong-kyu

Park Joo Ah as Ma Young-soon (Min-suk's mother)

Han Ji Hye as Lee Kkot-bi (Mi-young's daughter)

Lee Joon Hyuk as Lee Dan-bi (Mi-young's son)

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Pyung Joong

Writer: Park Eun Ryung

Sea God

Title: 해신 / Hae Shin

Also known as: Emperor of the Sea / God of the Sea / Jang Bogo

Episodes: 51

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast period: 2004-11-24 to 2005-05-25

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:50 PM

Cast

Choi Soo Jong as Jang Bo-go

Chae Shi Ra as Lady Ja Mi

Song Il Gook as Yeom Jang

Soo Ae as Jung Hwa

Kim Heung Soo as Jung Nyeon

Lee Yeon Hee as Child Jung Hwa

Kim Ah Joong as Ha Jin

Suh Do Young as Moo Jin (Jung-Hwa's Bodyguard)

Synopsis

Jang Bo-go (Choi Soo Jong) was a peasant from Shilla (a Korean dynasty that lasted from 57 B.C. until 935 A.D.) He goes to Tang (a Chinese dynasty) to train his martial arts skills. There, he sees his people being kidnapped and killed by Tang pirates. He comes back to Shilla and asks the king permission to clean out the Tang pirates. Jang Bo-go seizes control of the seas and returns peace to his people again. Pirates fled at the name of Jang Bo-go, giving him the name ‘Hae Shin', meaning ‘Sea God'. During this time, Shilla's royal house was in tumult because kings were being kicked out after only a few years of ruling. One royal family member comes to Jang Bo-go for aid to kick out the current king. He takes the offer and kicks out the king and enthrones the royal family member. In return, he was promised that his daughter would be married to the new king's son. However, the king dies after several months and the prince tries to keep his promise to Jang Bo-go. But, due to opposition by the royal officials that the daughter of a peasant cannot be queen, the promise was broken. Furious, Jang Bo-go starts a rebellion, but is killed by an assassin sent out by the king. He and his family name were condemned forever.

Source: Touya

Production Credits

Producer: Kang Il Soo, Kang Byung Taek

Script writer: Jung Jin Ok, Hwang Joo Ha

Say You Love Me

Title: 사랑한다 말해줘

Title (romanized): Sa-rang-han-da Mal-haejwo

Also known as: Tell Me You Love Me / Say You Love Me

Episodes: 15

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004

Synopsis

“I can't fly without Young-Chae…because it's impossible to fly with only one wing.”

“Byung-Soo is mine. He has always been mine ever since we were born.”

“There are neither victims nor assaulters when it comes to love.”

“If I knock that little girl down as you wish…then would you come to me?”

There's Byung-Soo and Young-Chae who have grown up together ever since they were little. They seem to share everything, not to mention their dream so in order to together make their dream come true, they enter the same film company.

And there's Ina who is the successful owner and the president of the film production company. She also has Hee-Soo beside her but they are not desperately in love with each other and lead their own private lives. They just occasionally go out and sleep together. But all of a sudden there comes this young and lovable couple and somehow she's not that pleased to see them. Why? This young couple seems to be such full of life and they're in love! She has missed all that just in order to come up where she's now. She is totally feeling at loss now and she just can't stand this feeling. She asks Hee-Soo, “Take Young-Chae away from Byung-Soo.”

Source: mbcpro.co.kr

Cast

Kim Rae Won as Kim Byung-Soo

Yeom Jung-Ah as Cho Ina

Yoon So Yi as Suh Young-Chae

Kim Sung Soo as Park Hee-Soo

Production Credits

Producer: Oh Jong Rok

Screenwriter: Kim Kyu Wan

Save the Last Dance for Me

Title: 마지막 춤은 나와 함께 / Majimak Chumeun Nawa Hamkke

Also known as: Save Your Last Dance for Me / The Last Dance Is With Me

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-10-23 to 2005-01-02

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:45 PM

Synopsis

Eunsoo (Eugene) is a pure but unsophisticated woman who runs a small resort inn with her father. Eunsoo is just an ordinary girl, but her life changes when she meets a man (Ji Sung) who's completely lost his memory. She takes him in and cares for him, and even gives him a name: “Baek Changho”. Love blossoms, and soon wedding bells can be heard. But on the night of their wedding ceremony, Eunsoo's father passes away. And soon after, Changho disappears too! In the blink of an eye, the two people Eunsoo loves most in the world have left her. But Changho had his reasons for disappearing: his real name is Kang Hyunwoo, and he's heir to a large conglomerate. Even more, someone is plotting to kill him…

Cast

Eugene as Ji Eun-soo (20)

Ji Sung as Kang Hyun-woo (20)

Lee Bo Young as Yoon Soo-jin (20)

Ryu Soo Young as Jung Tae-min (20)

Lee Hye Young (이혜영) as Kang Hyung-jung

Kim Moo Saeng (김무생) as Chairman Kang

Kim Young Ran (김영란) as Ms. Park (49)

Park In Hwan (박인환) as Eun-soo's father (47)

Kim Min Jung (김민정) as Ms. Oh (50)

Kim Min Joo (김민주) as Ahn Jang-mi (20)

Ahn Sun Young (안선영) as Choo Sun-young (30)

Suh Kyung Suk (서경석) as Park Ho-jin (30)

Kim Hong Pyo (김홍표) as Choi Suk-koo (20)

Kang Ji Hwan (강지환) as Shin Jung-kyu (20)

Shin Kwi Sik (신귀식) as Yoon Ui-won

Kim Hyung Ja (김형자) as Ms. Son

Kim Byung Ki (김병기) as Joo Sa-rang

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Huh Woong (허웅)

Producer: Park Young Soo (박영수)

Writer: Ma Jin Won (마진원), Jo Yoon Young (조윤영), Song Hwang Won (손황원)

Director: Lee Seung Ryul

Production (제작): Yoo Soo Yul (유수열), Yoo Han Na (유한나)

Asst. Director: Hwang Hyuk (황혁) , Sun Woo Young Gun (선우영건)

Prince’s First Love

Title: 황태자의 첫사랑 / Hwang-tae-ja-ui Cheot-sa-rang

Also known as: First Love of the Prince

Episodes: 18

Broadcasted by: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-06-23 to 2004-08-26

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

There's the first royal prince, the son of a millionaire who knows nothing but money and thinks the world revolves around him. The second royal prince is Mr. Perfect who only cares and goes after his success and accomplishment. And between these two comes along a penniless girl who's nothing much of a kind but only full of faults except that she has a huge jolly heart and passion for life. Set in the world-renowned beautiful places and resorts, “First Love of a Royal Prince” takes a look at these three young people's story of finding their dream, true happiness as well as their true love. Numbers of exotic places like the stunning blue sea of South Pacific and the ever so white snow field of Sapporo (Japan) will spread before your very eyes.

Cast

Sung Yu Ri as Kim Yu-bin

Cha Tae Hyun as Choi Gun-hee (”Prince”)

Kim Nam Jin as Cha Seung-hyun

Lee Jennie as Shin Ye-seo

Jin Jae Young as Lee Hye-Mi

Production Credits

Screenwriters: Kim Ui Chan, Jung Jin Young

Producer: Lee Kwan Hee

Phoenix

Title: 불새 / Bul Sae

Also known as: The Fire Bird

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 26

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-04-05 to 2004-06-29

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Average viewing rate: 25.3%

Peek viewing rate: 31.4%

Synopsis

Love is timing. Love needs just the “right time”. It's not because you loved him or her less that you parted. Heaven brings you your soul mate when the time is just “right”. Phoenix shows you this heaven's work.

There is a young couple who desperately fell in love but who couldn't be together because the time wasn't just right for them. Years pass by and these two meet again. And the trick of fortune switches their situation and environments. A daughter of a millionaire (Lee Eun Joo) has now become an helper suffering from the grim realities of life. On the other hand, an orphan self-supporting student (Lee Seo Jin) is now an accomplished wealthy businessman. Now these two people are looking at the world with different eyes. The childlike girl has finally learned the harshness of the world and the guy with once twisted mind has learned to enjoy the latitude of mind. In the end, these two start to understand each other, thus arriving at the “right time”.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Lee Seo Jin as Jang Sae-hoon

Lee Eun Joo as Lee Ji-eun

Jung Hye Young as Yoon Mi-ran

Eric as Suh Jung-min

Kim Bin Woo as Lee Young-eun (Ji-eun's younger sister)

Lee Yoo Jin as Nam Bok-ja (Ji-eun's friend)

Lee Kyung Jin as Jo Hyun-sook (Ji-eun's mom)

Han In Soo as Lee Sang-bum (Ji-eun's dad)

Kim Byung Se as Kim Ho-jin (Sae-hoon's upperclassman)

Park Geun Hyung as Suh Moon-soo (Jung-min's dad)

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Eun Kyu

Director: Oh Kyung Hoon

Writer: Lee Yoo Jin

People of the Water Flower Village

Title: 물꽃마을 사람들 / Mul-kkot-ma-eul Sa-ram-deul

Also known as: The Water Bloom / Water Flower

Episodes: 26

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-01-04 to 2004-06-27

Air time: Sunday 9:50 AM

Synopsis

A warm-hearted family drama about the people of a small rural village located in the outskirts of Seoul. The various relationships of the neighborhood people circle around the head doctor of the local clinic. The story brings up the importance of family and friends which is easily taken for granted for in modern society.

Cast

(Kang Sung-woo's family)

Song Il Kook as Kang Sung-woo (34)

Hong Chung Min as Kim Hee-yun (Sung-woo's wife)

Kim Kyung Hwan as Kang No-eul (Sung-woo's son, 6)

(유준태 선생가족)

Kim Eun Young as 할머니 이어진 (72)

Jun Moo Song as 아버지 유준태 (53)

Jung Young Sook as 어머니 정경희 (51)

Joo Woo as 큰아들 우경 (27)

Lee Bo Young as 큰딸 여경 (24)

Ryu Duk Hwan as 쌍둥이 아들 재경 (16)

Suh Ji Hee as 쌍둥이 딸 하경 (16)

(유준태 선생일가)

Yoon Seung Won as 삼촌 유정태 (49)

2개월 후 등장 예정 as 정혜윤 (46) (University professor)

Im Ye Jin as 고모 유태희 (45)

강남길 as 고모부 한세영 (47)

(Village people)

Maeng Sang Hoon as 손동호 (42)

Lee Mi Young as 동호 처 홍애순 (39)

Nah Moon Hee as 동호 모 신영자 (71)

Jung Seung Ho as 미니수퍼 김성환 (42)

Yoon Ye Hee as 성환 처 이미영 (36)

Lee Jae Eun as 차은수-우경과 같은 병원 레지던트 1년차

Production Credits

Director: Park Bok Man 박복만

Writer: Lee Hae Soo 이해수

Oh! Pil Seung And Bong Soon Young

Title: 오! 필승 봉순영 / O! Pil-seung Bong Soon-yeong

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2004-09-13 to 2004-11-02

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:50 PM

Synopsis

Oh Pil Seung is a free-spirited, but somewhat lazy regular joe who suddenly finds himself heir apparent to a top-level logistics company! With rivals and detractors simply waiting for him to foul up, will Pil Seung be able to rise to the challenge? Or will white-collar intellectuals and their snobby ways force this blue-collar everyman out?

Cast

Ahn Jae Wook as Oh Pil-seung

Chae Rim as Bong Soon-young

Ryu Jin as Yoon Jae-woong

Park Sun Young as Noh Yoo-jung (Pil-seung's assistant)

Extended Cast:

Choo Ja Hyun as Huh Song-ja

Moon Chun Sik as Bong Jin-pyo (Soon-young's brother)

Yeo Woon Kye as Chairwoman Shin (Pil-seung's grandmother)

Jang Yong as Mr. Yoon (Jae-woong's father)

Lee Jung Kil as Bong Chang-soo (Soon-young's father)

Kim Hae Sook as Park Ok-ja (Soon-young's mother)

Yoon Sung Hoon as Suh Young-suk (Pil-seung's chauffeur)

Production Credits

Director: Ji Young Soo

Writer: Kang Eun Kyung

Nine Tailed Fox

Title: 구미호 외전 / Gumiho Wehjun

Also known as: Forbidden Love (KBS Global) /

Fox with Nine Tails / Gumiho

Genre: Horror, Drama, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2004-07-19 to 2004-09-07

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:50 PM

Synopsis

Shi Yeon is a Nine-Tailed Fox living undercover in the human world. By day, Shi Yeon is an employee at a natural history museum. By night, she's a top-ranking woman warrior in the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, charged with preserving the delicate balance between man and fox. But her world is sent spinning when an atrocious serial murder - where the victims have had their internal organs gouged out - is uncovered. Detective Min Woo believes the murders may relate to the organ trafficking trade, and goes undercover in a seedy organ smuggling ring. But Min Woo's cover is blown, and it's only through the intervention Nine-Tailed Fox warrior Mu Young and Shi Yeon that he's able to survive! But he's seen their true identities as Nine-Tailed Foxes…can he be allowed to live?

Cast

Kim Tae Hee as Yoon Shi-yeon

Jo Hyun Jae as Inspector Kang Min-woo

Jun Jin as Moo-young

Han Ye Seul as Chae-yi

Park Joon Suk as Rang

Uhm Tae Woong as Sa-joon

Lee Hui Hyang as Senator Shin Soo-jang

Dokgo Young Jae as Bureau Chief Jang

Kwon Hae Hyo as Inspector Moon

Jung Kook Jin as K

Lee Sang In as Kim Young-mo

Kim Ji Woo as Min-joo (Min-woo's sister)

Ye Ryung as Kang Joo-sun

Suh Yeon Joo as Jung Se-kyung

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Hong Sung Duk 홍성덕

Producer: Jin Hyung Wook 진형욱

Director: Kim Hyung Il

Writer: Hwang Sung Yun, Lee Kyung Mi

Miss Kim Makes 1 Million

Title: 파란만장 미스 김 10 억 만들기

Title (romanized): Paranmanjang Miseu Kim 10 Eok Mandeulgi

Also known as: Miss Kim's Making One Billion Won Project / Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million (KBFD) / Troublemaker Miss Kim (YesAsia) / Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-Apr-7 to 2004-Nov-2

Synopsis

On the day of Eun-jae's wedding, the groom, Young-hun, fails to turn up and the delivery man hands her a letter from him saying “sorry.” The photographer, Moo-yeol, takes Eun-jae by the arm as she stands panicking in front of countless guests and runs out of the hall. Unable to bring herself to admit the annulment of her wedding, Eun-jae pleads Moo-yeol to play the role of her husband at the housewarming party, and Moo-yeol does a splendid job. Meanwhile, Eun-jae finds out that the reason for the break-up of her wedding was because of her poor financial situation. Young-hun had gravely worried about reality issues if he were to marry Eun-jae and Seo Wu-gyung had suggested just on time full financial support if he drops the wedding with Eun-jae. Eun-jae makes up her mind to make money, thinking that she'd be able to get Young-hun back if she becomes rich.

In the meantime, Moo-yeol's father, who was in the sanitation facility business, goes bankrupt. When the beachside house that holds many cherished memories of his family is in danger of being seized by creditors, Moo-yeol vows to make money. However, Seo Wu-gyung plans to buy the beach house to build a research center for Young-hun and attempts to stop Moo-yeol from paying off the creditors. Thus, Eun-jae and Moo-yeol decide to join forces. They invest every cent in their possession to begin an “online flower delivery” service. But who said making money was easy? Their prospects become increasingly gloomy but on top of that, Seo Wu-gyung begins to interfere when he finds out that Moo-yeol and Eun-jae are in it together. To make matters worse, Eun-jae and Moo-yeol's different backgrounds and values about money cause internal conflicts between them, not to mention people around them that seem to be allies at times but enemies at others… Will Eun-jae and Moo-yeol's quest to make a million dollars ever succeed?

Source: SBS

Cast

Kim Sung Ryung as Suh Woo-kyung

Kim Hyun Ju as Kim Eun-jae

Ji Jin Hee as Park Moo-yeol

Park Gun Hyung as Yoo Young-hoon

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Park Yeon Seon

Producer: Jang Ki Hong (Tomato)

Match Made in Heaven

Title: 천생연분 / Cheon-saeng Yeon-boon

Also known as: Made for Man and Wife

Genre: Romance, Drama

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-01-01 to 2004-02-19

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday at 9:55 PM

Synopsis

The woman shouted for joy when she met him. Dashing and good looking, he was even 5 years younger than she. And he thought he made a great coup when he met her. Sexy and beautiful regardless of age, she even boasted economic power with a stable job. At the beginning, everything was that picture-perfect. But again as there always comes a close to every beginning. That once perfect woman turns into a just ordinary married woman and also, that young prince charming now seems like a bum eating the bread of idleness. One day..she wakes up and shouts out, “I also know how to get angry! And I'm not going for divorce!” It's strange how their perilous marriage life is maintained even though they know that they are both having affairs.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Hwang Shin Hye as Hwang Jong-hee

Ahn Jae Wook as Kim Suk-koo

Yoo Yul as Kang Seung-wan

Oh Seung Hyun as Go Eun-bi

Kwon Oh Joong as Hwang Jong-hyung (Jong-hee's brother)

Extended Cast

Park Jung Soo as Jong-hee's mother

Choi Sang Hak as Bok Je-dong

Lee Joo Hyun as Jung Sang-hyun

Jo Mi Ryung as Jo Ahn-na

Han Na Yeon as Nam Jung-ran

Kim Myung Kuk as Nam Doo-il

Kim Im Moon as Suk-koo's father

Geum Bo Ra as Suk-koo's step-mother

Park Shi Eun as Suk-koo's step-sister

Production Credits

Director: Choi Yong Won, Lee Jae Won

Writer: Ye Rang

Magic

Title: 매직 / Magic

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network SBS

Broadcast year: 2004

Synopsis

Love is the most splendid ‘MAGIC' in the world. This is a story about a young magician who has great ambition but has nothing.

Cast

Kang Dong Won as Cha Kang Jae

Kim Hyo Jin as Yoon Dan Young

Yang Jin Wu

Uhm Ji Won as Ha Yun Jin

Production Credits

Directors: Hong Chang Wuk, Ko Gyeong Hee

Scriptwriter: Yoon Sung Hee

Lovers in Paris

Title: 파리의연인 / Pa-ri-eh yun-in

Also known as: My Sweetheart In Paris / Romance in Paris

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-06-12 to 2004-08-15

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

This romantic drama is set in the romantic city of Paris, France. A weird twist of fate connects three people from completely different worlds to one place where they begin to develop feelings towards each other. At first none of them realize what they are getting themselves into, but as they get to know each other more and more their feelings toward each other begin to deepen…

This drama begins when Tae Young decides to go to Paris to work on writing a scenario that would truly capture the essence of this romanic and beautiful city of Paris. There she meets Gi Ju while working at a friend's stall and Soo Hyuk when her bicycle breaks down. Gi Ju asks her to act as his fiance so he could get the interest of a client he was meeting in Paris. While at a party hosted by this client something goes wrong to reveal the truth about their relationship. There they decide to call the whole thing quits and break up. They both go to Korea where fate pulls them back together.

Tae Young, Gi Ju and Soo Hyuk begin to develop friendships with Tae Young and end up feeling more feelings towards her than they initially thought. The thing about both of them having feelings towards one girl was that Gi Ju was Soo Hyuk's uncle and they had grown up like best friends since they were only about 7 years apart. Their feelings towards her slowly begin to be revealed causing heartache for all the people around them.

Cast

Kim Jung Eun as Kang Tae-young

Park Shin Yang as President Han Ki-joo

Lee Dong Gun as Yoon Soo-hyuk (Ki-joo's nephew)

Oh Joo Eun as Moon Yoon-ah (daughter of Congressman Moon)

Kim Suh Hyung as Baek Seung-kyung (Ki-joo's ex-wife)

Jung Ae Ri as Han Ki-hae (Soo-hyuk's mother)

Kim Sung Won as Chairman Han Sung-hoon (Ki-joo's father)

Park Young Ji as Director Choi Won-jae (President Han's right-hand man)

Jo Eun Ji as Lee Yang-mi (Tae-young's friend in Paris

Yoon Young Joon as Kim Seung-joon (Ki-joo's secretary)

Sung Dong Il as Kang Pil-bo (Tae-young's uncle)

Kim Young Chan as Kang Gun (Tae-young's little cousin)

Lee Se Chang as Park Jung-hak (CEO of J Motors)

Kim Sang Soon as Congressman Moon Ji-hwan (Yoon-ah's father)

Suh Kwon Sook as Mrs. Moon (Yoon-ah's mother)

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Yang

Director: Shin Woo Chul

Writer: Kim Eun Sook, Kang Eun Jung

Trivia

Lovers in Paris won the prize for the best TV drama at the 41st Baeksang Art Awards (2005-05-20)

Lovers in Paris is the first of three romantic dramas with a setting in Europe. The second drama is Lovers in Prague.

Love Story in Harvard

Title: 러브스토리 인 하버드 / Leo-beu-Seu-to-ri in Ha-beo-deu

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2004-11-22 to 2005-01-11

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Love Story in Harvard portrays the dream and love pursued by foreign students studying in Harvard. It demonstrates bright, hard-working, and romantic characters and storylines.

A young love story set at the famed Ivy League school in the United States. Kim Hyun Woo (Kim Rae Won), a 1st year law student at Harvard Law, enters into a rivalry with classmate Hong Jung Min (Lee Jung Jin) for the affections of beautiful medical student Lee Soo In (Kim Tae Hee). The two men are both from prestigious families, while Soo In is from a poor family. Can the trio resolve their romantic differences and chase their dreams at the same time?

Cast

Kim Rae Won as Kim Hyun-woo

Kim Tae Hee as Lee Soo-in

Lee Jung Jin as Hong Jung-min

Kim Min as Yoo Jin-ah

Jo Hyun as Lee Yong-goo (Soo-in's father)

Kang Nam Gil as Oh Yung-jae (law professor)

Jung Sol Hee as Han Seul-gil

Ben Wells as Ricky Don (Jung-min's friend)

Production Credits

Director: Lee Jang Soo, Lee Jin Suk

Writer: Choi Wan Kyu, Song Eun Hye

Production: JS Pictures

Love Is All Around

Title: 사랑을 할꺼야

Episodes: 27

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-06-12 to 2004-09-19

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 7:55 PM

Synopsis

When it comes to love, neither time nor love seems to matter.

Through love, we learn to live life, understand others and know the importance of families. In “Love is All Around”, love is shown by two generations of two families. What is a family? “Love is All Around” will show you that love is in fact always all around you in the name of the “family”.

Everyone has first love and this love doesn't always have a happy ending. Even to Bo-Ra comes this first love and an unbearable crisis as well. The guy she loves with all of her heart turns out to be the son of her mother's boyfriend. She didn't know the end of her love would come so soon. Neither did she express her love as much as she could. She never knew that if you lose that opportunity and that moment, love just melts away like ice cream.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Jang Nara as Jin Bo-ra

Yun Jung Hoon as Yeon Ha-neul

Kim Mi Sook 김미숙 as Kim Ok-soon

Kang Suk Woo 강석우 as Yeon Sung-hoon

Im Ho 임호 as Park Soo-young

Extended Cast

Lee Hyo Jung 이효정 as Jin Young-hwan

Kwak Ji Min 곽지민 as Jin Pa-rang

Na Moon Hee as Yun Yuh-sa

Jung Young Sook 정영숙 as Lee Yuh-sa

Kim Jung Nan 김정난 as Park Se-mi

Lee Doo Il 이두일 as Oh Jae-min

Kim Min Hee 김민희 as Kim Sun-kyung

Production Credits

Director: Lee Joo Hwan

Writer: Park Ji Hyun

Lotus Flower Fairy

Title: 왕꽃 선녀님 / Wang-kkot Seon-nyeo-nim

Also known as: Lotus Fairy / King Flower Fairy / Fairy of the Flower King / Heaven's Fate

Episodes: 174

Broadcasted by: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-06-07 to 2005-02-11

Air time: Mondays - Fridays at 8:20 PM

Cast & Credits

Lee Da Hae as Yoon Cho-won (24)

Kim Sung Taek as Kim Moo-bin (30)

Lee Joo Hyun as Pan Jung-soo (32)

Park Tam Hee as Moon Mi-young (26)

Producer : Lee Jin Young

Original Idea : Im Sung Han

Writer : Kim Na Hyun

Synopsis

This drama talks about what ‘fate' is, and twists and turns of life and the beauty of love and sacrifice through those who strive to overcome that ‘fate.'

Cho Won, brought up in a not so well off but lovely family, meek and amiable, is engaged after a quite short period of dating to Jung Soo, the son of Hang Ja Joo who has just returned to Korea after studying abroad, thanks to the two families' intimate relationship, Slowly shamanic spirit approaches Cho Won, who, as a beautiful and talented graduate student, is awaiting a rosy future of marriage life with a smart bridegroom from a rich family.

One day, she goes to a nightclub with her friends, and faints when she recognizes ghosts on big speakers while dancing. Her friends assure her that she must have mistaken something else for ghosts, but from then on, she loses her appetite and gets increasingly exhausted, symptoms that even doctors don't know the reason for. Cho Won, who has dismissed the symptoms as those caused by a mere headache or fatigue, happens to visit a shaman named Yong Hwa Boo her friends introduced out of curiosity for she has to write a paper on shamans. Cho Won's family learn that her aggravating symptoms are due to her shamanic spirit, and they are frightened. Then, does it mean that Cho Won, a founding, is destined to be a shaman?

Without informing Cho Won of this, her family have a discussion over this issue and at last her grandfather, Baek Kwang, decides to oust her from the family. Because of the love that they gave her while raising her, her father, Moon Hak, and her mother, Shi Ae, oppose the decision, but because of the firm stance of Baek Kwang, a former legal professional who doesn't want his family image tarnished, the couple unavoidably accepts his decision, breaking into tears. Cho Won's parents rent a room for Cho Won with the money they have saved.

Thanks to Baek Kwang's strict order that Cho Won leave home as soon as possible, the family of her fiance Jung Soo notifies her of its decision to break off the match. She loses her family that she loved so much, her aunt and grandmother, the perfect man, Jung Soo, and even her health. She is on the verge of giving up her life as she has lost everything overnight.

Source: MBC Global Media

Ireland

Title: 아일랜드 / Aillaendeu

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-09-01 to 2004-10-21

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

A westernized Irish adoptee, Joong-Ah inevitably flies back to Korea to confront her past and to see the country she is really from, only to fall in love with her brother, Jae-Bok. Their love is painful, as they are never meant to be together as lovers, but merely as brother and sister. The show's message is that there is no such thing as noble innocent love and that love is adversity itself. Therefore, love mustn't be impeded by so-called “destiny” or family, no matter how ironic or difficult the case may seem. Although destiny is cruel and arduous, the two young lovers radiate pure happiness. The show describes how love survives the tragic bondage of family, destiny and romance.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Lee Na Young as Lee Joong-ah

Hyun Bin as Kang Gook

Kim Min Joon as Lee Jae-bok

Kim Min Jung as Han Shi-yeon

Lee Hwi Hyang as Kim Boo-ja (Jae-bok's mother)

Kim In Tae as Han Sang-man (Jae-bok's stepfather)

Kim Sung Kyum as Shi-yeon's father

Yoon Yuh Jung as Shi-yeon's mother

Lee Dae Yun as Noh Dong-suk (Doctor)

Im Hye Jin as Kwon Byung-ran (Doctor's wife)

Kim Chang Wan as Moon Jae-seok (”Pastor”)

Song Seung Hwan as Park Sa-jang (Hotel president)

Yoon Ji Hye as Go Yang-sook (Bodyguard)

Jung Seung Woo as Baek Ki-woong (Bodyguard)

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Sa Hyun

Director: Kim Jin Man

Writer: In Jung Ok

Han River Ballad

Title: 한강수타령 / Han-kang-soo Ta-ryeong

Also known as: Ode to the Han River / The Ballad of Han River / A Song of Han River

Episodes: 51

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-10-02 to 2005-3-27

Synopsis

“Song of the Han River” is a story of life and love involving a vibrant middle-aged woman, her two daughters, a niece, a nephew, and a cast of other characters surrounding them. The woman, named Kim Young-hee (Go Doo Shim), is a widow who sells fish to support her family. Through their often turbulent lives, we are able to experience the difficulties of a not uncommon family and the persistence of the love its members have for one another.

MBC TV's new weekend drama, “Song of the Han River,” revolves around the lives of a vibrant middle-aged woman, her two daughters and a cast of other characters surrounding them. Like your mother back home, who would take a switch to you if you were bad and give you a pat on the back when you were feeling down, “Song of the Han River” is a warm but enervating story of ordinary people dealing with the normal difficulties of life.

To bring about a sort of renaissance in MBC's weekend drama offerings, “Song of the Han River” ambitiously reunites the team of Kim Jeong-su and Choi Jong-su from the popular MBC drama “You and I” for the first time in 6 years. Planning and preparations for this new presentation were undertaken from last May, and the target audience ranges from those in their early 30s to those in their 50s.

Producer Choi Jong-su revealed that his intention was to create a drama dealing with a variety of characters. “Song of the Han River” also portrays the linkage between the past and present by making use of the Han River as a central theme. Throughout its entire length, this new drama portrays a range of Korean emotions and sentiment, and particular care was taken in casting so as to attract young viewers in addition to the targeted middle-age group. The title comes from the eponymous theme song, “Song of the Han River,” originally a folk song that has been re-cut with an upbeat modern feel by the group The Bubble Sisters. Work is underway however, to connect the mood of the song's original version with the drama's overall feel, and it will be interesting to see just how this is accomplished.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Go Doo Shim as Kim Young-hee

Kim Hye Soo as Yoon Ga-young

Kim Min Sun as Yoon Na-young

Lee Yoon Ji as Yoon Da-young

Choi Sung Joon as Yoon Soo-young

Bong Tae Kyu as Choi Kang-soo

Park Han Byul as Mee-ae

Kim Suk Hoon as Lee Joon-ha

Han In Soo as Lee Tae-keun

Park Jung Soo as Park Dan-ok

Ahn Se Mi as Lee Joon-mi

Choi Min Soo as Shin Ryul

Production Credits

Producer: Choi Jong Soo

Director: Choi Jong Soo

Asst. Directors: Kim Geun Heung, Lee Sang Hyup

Screenwriter: Kim Jung Soo

Full House

Title: 풀하우스 / Pool Ha-woo-seu

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast year: 2004-07-14 to 2004-09-02

Synopsis

A story about love and heartbreak, sadness and self-preservation.

A naive, cheerful albeit, somewhat of a recluse writer, Han Ji Eun (Song Hye Gyo) is swindled out of everything she owns. Not by strangers, but her best friends! Stranded in another country, she is determined to get home with the help of an actor, Lee Young Jae (Bi), only to find that all which is precious to her has been sold. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she has entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae. It is quite simple, until feelings start to develop. Everyone around them test the “love” Young Jae and Ji Eun have for one another, including Young Jae's grandmother.

In spite of it all, Ji Eun manages to be humorous and endearing - even when her heart is breaking.

Cast

Bi (Rain) as Lee Young Jae

Song Hye Gyo as Han Ji Eun

Han Eun Jung as Kang Hye Won

Kim Sung Soo as Yu Min Hyuk

Production Credits

Director: Pyo Min Su

Writer: Min Hyo Jeong

April Kiss

Title: 4월 키스 / Sa-wol-ui Ki-seu

Also Known As: Kiss of April

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast period: 2004-04-21 to 2004-07-08

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday, 9:50 PM

Cast

Soo Ae as Song Chae-won

Jo Han Sun as Kang Jae-sup

Lee Jung Jin as Han Jung-woo

So Yi Hyun as Jang Jin-ah

Extended Cast:

Goo Joon Yup as Kang Jae-dong

Lee Yoon Sung as Shim Soon-young

Kim In Moon as Kang Woon-bong (Jae-sup's father)

Kwon Kwi Ok as Hong Mi-ryun

Lee Jung Kil as Dr. Han Tae-joon (Jung-woo's father)

Lee Hye Sook as Oh Sin-ja

Shin Choong Sik as Song Young-man (Chae-won's mother)

Park Soon Chun as Mrs. Suh In-sook (Jung-woo's mother)

Han In Soo as Chairman Jang Kap-sool

Kim Ji Yoo as Kang Jae-hee

Jang Tae Sung as No Kong-tak

Song Yoon Kyung as Han Jung Yun

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Eung Jin, Choi Ji Young

Writer: Park Bum Soo

The Age of Heroes

Title: 영웅시대 / Yeong-woong-si-dae

Also known as: Heroic Age

Genre: Drama, History

Episodes: 70

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2004-07-05 to 2005-03-01

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

The story is centered on the rise and fall of two major industrialists in South Korea during the second half of the 20th century, depicting the life and times of the founders of Hyundai and Samsung groups.

Source: JoongAng Daily

Cast

Cha In Pyo as Cheon Tae-san (as adult)

Jun Kwang Ryul as Keok Dae-ho

Kim Ji Yoo as Hyun Young-soon (Tae-san's wife)

Jun Soo Yeon as Yoo Sang-hee (Dae-ho's wife)

Kim Ji Soo as Park So-seon (Tae-san's first love)

Im Ji Eun as Kang Hye-young

Choi Bul Am as Cheon Tae-san (as older adult)

Yoo Dong Geun as Park Dae-chul

Kang Min Kyu as Chun Tae-il (Tae-san's younger brother)

Jung In Sun as Chun Tae-sook (Tae-san's younger sister)

Na Han Il as Chun Tae-chang (Tae-san's younger brother)

Lee Hye Sook as Chun Tae-hee (Tae-san's younger sister)

Lee Kye In as Chun Tae-sool

Im Hyun Sik as Tae-san's father

Sun Woo Eun Sook as Tae-san's mother

Baek Sung Hyun as Cheon Tae-san (as teenager)

Production Credits

Director: So Won Young, Park Hong Kyun

Writer: Lee Hwan Kyung

Yellow Handkerchief

Title: 노란 손수건 / No-ran son-su-geon

Also known as: Yellow Ribbon

Genre: Drama

Episodes: 169

Broadcast network: KBS1

Broadcast period: 2003-01-03 to 2003-10-03

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

Synopsis

After being in a relationship with Yoon Ja-young (Lee Tae Ran) for nearly ten years, Lee Sang-min (Kim Ho Jin) dumps her for a richer woman. He plans to marry the president of his company, Jo Min-joo (Choo Sang Mi). Things go astray, though, when Kim finds out that Ja-young is pregnant. He tries to abort it, but fails. Nevertheless, he marries Jo Min-joo in a loveless relationship. On the other hand, Yoon raises the child with her mother, grandmother, sister and brother, waiting for him to come back. Jo Sun-joo (Han Ka In) is Jo's stepsister, a warmhearted girl who seems very cold. She learns the meaning of love through Yoon Ja-young's brother (Yeon Jung Hoon), but things don't go well for them either, especially when there is a pestering neighbor always on the watch. Forgiving and waiting, Yoon Ja-young rises from her hard times to become a successful businesswoman. In the search for success, love is obstructed by greed until the feelings of forgiveness and yearning is realized.

Cast

Jo Min Ki as Jung Young-joon

Lee Tae Ran as Yoon Ja-young

Kim Ho Jin as Lee Sang-min

Choo Sang Mi as Jo Min-joo

Extended Cast

Lee Yoo Ri as Na Mi-ryung

Yeon Jung Hoon as Yoon Tae-young (Ja-young's younger brother)

Han Ga In as Jo Sun-joo (Min-joo's younger sister)

So Yi Hyun as Yoon Na-young (Ja-young's younger sister)

Kang Boo Ja as Ja-young's maternal grandmother

Kim Young Ok as Grandmother Son

Joo Hyun as Lee Woon-kyu (Sang-min's dad)

Jang Yong as Na Young-man (Mi-ryung's dad)

Lee Mi Young as Lee Han-soon (Mi-ryung's mom)

Sun Woo Eun Sook as Oh Kyung-ae (Min-joo's stepmom)

Kim Na Woon as Suh Joo-yun (Ja-young's friend/co-worker)

Lee Chan as Ki-hoon (waiter)

Jun Hye Jin as Hwang Hyun-ji (Young-joon's ex-girlfriend)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Jong Chang, Kim Kyu Tae

Writer: Park Jung Ran

Thousand Years Of Love

Title: 천년지애 / Chun-nyun-ji-ae

Also known as: Loving for a Thousand Years / The Everlasting Love

Genre: Romance, Fantasy

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-03-22 to 2003-05-25

Air time: Saturday & Sunday at 9:45 PM

Synopsis

More than a thousand years ago from the present time, Sung Yu Ri is the Baek Jae Empire's princess Puyeoju. Unlike other princesses, she is active and skilled in the arts and in sports. When the Baek Jae Empire crumbles due to a spy (Kim Sa Rang), she runs away with her bodyguard General Guishil Ari (So Ji Sup), and falls in love with him in the meanwhile. The new conquerer Kim Yu-suk (Kim Nam Jin) is also in love with the princess, but only receives hate in return. In a desperate attempt to win her, he kills Ari, but the princess runs away and jumps off a cliff to kill herself. While falling, she travels more than one thousand years into the future, which is our present time of 2003. Only she remains to be who she was, and she encounters Ari to be an aimless fashion designer Kang In-chul with a warm heart and bad temper. Although he is annoyed at her ignorance of the present world, he comes to fall in love with the princess again. Fujiwara Tatsuji (Kim Nam Jin) is the son of the Fujiwara dynasty, and once again is mysteriously attracted to the princess. Only she knows the past that holds all three of them together, but will things become an exact replica of the situation back then?

Cast

Sung Yu Ri as Princess Puyeo-ju

So Ji Sup as General Guishil Ari / Kang In-chul

Kim Nam Jin as General Kim Yu-suk / Fujiwara Tatsuji

Kim Sa Rang as Kum-hwa / Go Eun-bi

Extended Cast

Lee Mi Young as Chae Yeo-sa (Go Eun-bi's mother)

Park Chil Yong as Ko Bong-su (Go Eun-bi's father)

Im Chae Mu as Doctor Um

Kwon Ki Sun as Doctor Um's wife

Yang Taek Jo as Tatsuji's Housekeeper

Lee Chang Hun as Kim Chun-Chul (Gangster Boss)

Kim Tae Yeon as Yuh-rang

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Kwan Hee

Writer: Lee Sun Mi, Kim Ki Ho

Summer Scent

Title: 여름향기 / Yeoreum Hyanggi

Also known as: Scent of the Summer / Summer Breeze / Summer Fragrant / Endless Love

Chinese Name:夏日的香气

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2003-07-07 to 2003-09-09

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Yoo Min-woo's (Song Seung Heon) first love was Soh Eun-hye (Shin Ae). No love was greater than the love between these two…until Eun-hye get's into a car accident. Eun-hye dies…leaving one thing left behind…her heart. Shim Hye-won (Son Yeh Jin) has suffered from a terrible heart disease ever since childhood. Miraculously she finds that she will be obtaining a heart from a donor, Soh Eun-hye.

Suffering from the pain of a heartache, Min-woo goes to Paris to study…the memories of Eun-hye still rest in his heart. When he returns to Korea, fate takes a turn and brings Hye-won and Min-woo together. When the two first meet, Hye-won's heart (Eun-hye's heart), oddly beats faster when she is around Min-woo.

Park Jung-jae (Ryu Jin) is Hye-won's boyfriend. Park Jung-ah (Han Ji Hye) is Jung-jae's sister and she meets Min-woo in Italy and falls for him…

Hye-won doesn't know why or what she feels when she's with Min-woo…and Min-woo feels guilt toward Eun-hye, because the feeling of love rises once again as he continues to see Hye-won…

Source: K-Dramas

Cast

Song Seung Hun as Yoo Min-woo

Son Yeh Jin as Shim Hye-won

Ryu Jin as Park Jung-jae

Han Ji Hye as Park Jung-ah

Shin Ae as So Eun-hye

Jo Eun Sook as Oh Jang-mi

Ahn Jung Hoon as Ji Dae-poong

Kim Hae Sook as Min-woo's mother

Production Credits

Director: Yoon Suk Ho

Writer: Choi Ho Yun

Cinematography: Kim Yong Su

Lighting: Kim Gwang Su

Production: KBS

Stairway to Heaven

Title: 천국의 계단 / Cheon-kuk-ui Gye-dan

Also known as: Stairs To Heaven / Steps in Paradise

Chinese Name：天国的阶梯

Genre: Romance, Drama

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-12-03 to 2004-02-05

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday at 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Jung-suh and Song-joo grew up together. They were always there for each other. Tragedy begins when Song Joo begins his studies overseas without her and his father remarries Tae Mira. She takes in her two children from a previous marriage, Tae-hwa and Yuri. Yuri is envious of the life that Jung Suh leads and is determined to take everything away from her, including Song-joo. Tae-hwa begins to develop feelings for his stepsister, however Jung-suh still loves Song-joo. Five years later, tragedy occurs when Jung-suh gets into a car accident causing her to lose her memory. Together with Tae-hwa, they start anew. Song-joo is led to believe that she is dead. However, when they meet again one day, he is determined to remind her of the love they had for one another. When fate finally seemed to be on their side, Jung-suh is diagnosed with eye cancer.

Cast

Kwon Sang Woo as Cha Song-ju

Choi Ji Woo as Han Jung-suh

Kim Tae Hee as Han Yu-ri

Shin Hyun Joon as Han Tae-hwa

Extended Cast

Lee Hui Hyang as Tae Mira (Tae-hwa & Yuri's mother)

Ha Jae Young as Han Su-ha (Jung-suh's father)

Kim Ji Sook as Chairman Min Suh-hyun (Song-ju's mother)

Jung Han Yong as Han Pil-su (Tae-hwa & Yuri's father)

Baek Sung Hyun as young Cha Song-ju

Park Shin Hye as young Han Jung-suh/Kim Ji-su

Lee Wan as young Han Tae-hwa/Han Chul-su

Park Ji Mi as young Han Yuri

Production Credits

Director: Lee Jang Soo

Writer: Park Hye Kyung

South of the Sun

Title: 태양의 남쪽 / Tae-yang-ui Nam-jjok
Episodes: 7
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2003-08-30 to 2003-09-27
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 08:45-09:45 PM

Synopsis

South of the Sun is a love story between Kang Sung-jae (Choi Min Soo), who has been in prison despite his innocence and cut off from the world, and Jung Yeun-hee (Choi Myung Kil), who appears to be happy on the surface but is suffering from isolation.

They find each other through a letter by coincidence and madly falls in love after finding out the loneliness they share equally. But when ex-fiancé of Sun-jae, Min-joo, reappears in Sung-jae’s life, they face conflict.

Source: SBS Productions
Cast

Choi Min Soo as Kang Sung-jae
Choi Myung Kil 최명길 as Jung Yeun-hee
Yoo Sun as Lee Min-joo
Myung Ro Jin 명로진 as Kim Yong-tae
Yoon Chul Hyung 윤철형 as Cha Seung-wook
Kang Kyung Hun 강경헌 as Hong Se-young
Kim Joon Sung 김준성 as Jung Yun-soo
Jo Yuh Jung 조여정 as Noh Hye-in
Park Geun Hyung 박근형 as Cha Hoe-jang
Park In Hwan 박인환 as Noh Young-man
Sung Dong Il 성동일 as Choi Tae-sik
Lee Mi Kyung 이미경 as Moon Do-young
Yum Kwan Sup 염관섭 as Kwon-min
Park Young Ji 박영지 as Oh Hoe-jang
Yoon Young Jun 윤영준 as Chang-hee

Production Credits

Director: Kim Soo Ryong
Writer: Kim Eun Sook, Kang Eun Jung

Snowman

Title: 눈사람 / Nun-sa-ram

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 17

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-01-08 to 2003-03-06

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday at 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Although at first unwillingly, Jo and Gong later become the best of sister/brother-in-law. They depend on each other for help, trouble, and fun. Oh Yuhn Soo, Jo's wife, is grateful at the happy relationship, but things go astray when Gong grows a greater affection for Jo. When Gong confesses her feelings for Jo, the two start to grow apart. Although they later end up in the same police department, they try hard to avoid eachother, and Oh starts to realize the reason why. Kim Rae Won is Gong's friend and the son of a rich hotel owner. Although he knows that Gong likes her brother-in-law, he never gives up his feelings for her. Things seem to turn out alright when Gong starts to date Kim and forget about Jo, but her sister Oh dies. The dangerous yet innocent love for her brother-in-law puts Gong in a terrible situation…how is love different in a family?

The beginning of the drama, when Gong is a high school student, is very humorous. The drama is well-written, but if you don't like the unconventional idea of a sister-in-law liking her brother-in-law, you shouldn't watch this drama. Kim Rae Won is portrayed really well, and the character fits him perfectly! worth watching.

Source: Soompi.com

Cast

Gong Hyo Jin as Suh Yeon-wook

Jo Jae Hyun as Detective Han Pil-seung

Oh Yun Soo 오연수 as Suh Yeon-jung (Yeon-wook's sister)

Kim Rae Won as Cha Sung-joon

Supporting Cast

Wang Bit Na 왕빛나 as Lee Soo-jin

Oh Seung Eun 오승은 as Kim Sang-hee (Yeon-wook's friend)

Han In Soo as Cha Hee-jang (Sung-joon's father)

Im Sung Min 임성민 as Lee Mi-young (Yeon-jung's upper classman)

Shim Yang Hong 심양홍 as Pil-seung's father

Kim Ji Young 김지영 as Pil-seung's mother

Park Eun Soo 박은수 as Keun Hyeong

Soon Dong Woon 순동운 as Han Pil-nam (Pil-seung's older brother)

Son Min Woo 손민우 as Han Pil-young (Pil-seung's younger brother)

Baek Jong Hyun 백종현 as Han Pil-joon (Pil-seung's youngest brother)

Kim Dong Joo 김동주 as Pil-nam's wife

Kim Jung Soo 김정수 as Soon-mi (Pil-young's wife)

Myung Kye Nam 명계남 as Capt. Oh (Pil-seung's boss)

Kim Yoon Tae 김윤태 as Detective Lee

Lee Dae Yun 이대연 as Detective Kim

Kim Seung Min 김승민 as Detective Kang (Pil-seung's rookie partner)

Lee Seung Hyung 이승형 as Dept. Chief Choi

Kim Na Woon as Sun-young (Pil-seung's cousin)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Jung Woon Hyun 정운현

Director: Lee Chang Soon 이창순

Writer: Kim Do Woo 김도우

Screen

Title: 스크린 / Seukeurin

Episodes: 18

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-05-31 to 2003-07-27

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:45-10:50 PM

Cast

Park Jung Chul as Park Tae-young

Kim Tae Hee as Kim So-hyun

Oh Seung Hyun as Song Yoo-ra

Gong Yoo as Kim Joon-pyo

Jun Mi Sun as Park Joo-young

Park Hyung Joon as Oh Kwang-soo

Kim Ji Woo as Choi Kyung-ah

Lee Hee Do as Song Hyun-geun (Yoo-ra's father)

Jung Dong Hwan as Park Jin-sup

Kim Se Min as Yang Jin-soo

Lee Moon Soo as Hwang Ki-sa

Production Credits

Director: Lee Seung Ryul

Writer: Im Chae Joon

She is Cool

Title: 그녀는 짱 / Geu-nyeo-neun Jjang!

Also Known As: She's Cool! / She is the Boss

Episodes: 14

Broadcasted by: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2003-11-10 to 2003-12-23

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:50 PM

Cast & Credits

Ryu Shi Won as Yoo Ho-min (aka Michael)

Ahn Jae Mo as Lee Dong-ki

Kang Sung Yun as Ha Hye-kyung

Producer : Kim Yong Kyu

Writer : Jo Hee

Extended Cast

Lee Joong Moon as Im Ho-tae

Cha Seung Hwan as Um Il-sub

Lee Dae Keun as Ha Choong-sik (Hye-kyung's father)

Jung Bo Suk as Bae Jin-chul

Lee Keun Hee as Ham Jung-soo

Kang Yong Suk as Jang Ki-ho

Kim Yong Gun as Jang Sung-taek

Park Ha as Joo Eun-hee

Sang Doo, Let’s Go To School

Title: 상두야,학교가자! / Sang Doo Yah, Hak Gyo Gah Jah!

Also known as: Let's Go to School, Sang-doo! (KBFD-TV)

Genre: Drama, School, Juvenile

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2003-09-15 to 2003-11-04

Air time: Monday & Tuesday at 7:50 PM

Synopsis

Growing up as the best of friends, Bi and Gong Hyo Jin make lots of lasting memories during their shortened high school years. When Gong's family goes into bankruptcy, debtors rush into their house to grab all of her family's belongings away. When somebody takes the photograph she really loves, Bi goes after the guy. In a physical fight, the man falls off the bridge and dies. Gong, not knowing this, runs away from the town. Bi goes to jail, returning to find out that his family and Gong have left him. Years later, he becomes a gigolo (with his uncle) in order to raise the hospital bills for his sick daughter (Hong claims that Bori is his daughter). Eventually, he meets his long-lost first-love, Gong as a high school math teacher. In an effort to never lose her again, he returns as a high school student (to finish his last years of high school) and gets placed in Gong's class. In numerous funny yet heart-touching moments, Bi vows never to become a pimp again. Yet, his past deeds have caught up with him, and he is soon sought after by the police. Gong's boyfriend, Lee Dong Gun, also does not want to let go of Gong. First love is something beautiful yet painful to these two lovers, who have reunited after ten years to find out that everything is not the same anymore.

Source: Soompi.com

Cast

Bi as Cha Sang-doo

Gong Hyo Jin as Chae Eun-hwan

Lee Dong Gun as Kang Min-suk

Hong Su Hyun as Han Se-ra

Song Min Joo as Cha Bo-ri (Sang-doo's daughter)

Lee Young Ha as Cha Man-do (Sang-doo's uncle)

Yeo Seung Hyuk as Chae Ji-hwan (Eun-hwan's brother)

Jun Hye Bin as Yoon HeeSuh

Shin Goo as Song Jong-doo (principal)

Jung Ae Ri as Gong Shim-ran (Eun-hwan's mother)

Yang Hee Kyung as lonely lady

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Hyung Min

Screenwriter: Lee Kyung Hee

Rosemary

Title: 로즈마리 / Ro-seu-ma-ri

Genre: Drama, Romance

Episodes: 18

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2003-10-29 to 2003-12-25

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:50 PM

Synopsis

“Rosemary” is a drama that portrays an ordinary woman with two adorable children, who has just been informed on her terminal illness. While readjusting her surroundings, the woman becomes more aware of love for her family and is reminded of her modest but happy life. This drama has a trace of genuine human touch in that it gives you an opportunity to sense the importance of life through the eyes of terminally ill woman, where ordinary events are portrayed with beauty and inspiration.

“Rosemary” goes beyond presenting the life of a terminally ill woman. It involves a woman who tacitly prepares for death, and her husband who deeply regrets his past for not having fully expressed his love for her. It also involves an indiscreet young woman who has to take care of the dying woman's children. Through their experiences, “Rosemary” helps us to reminisce on the true meaning of life.

Source: KBS Website

Cast

Yoo Ho Jung as Lee Jung-yeon

Kim Seung Woo as Choi Young-do

Bae Du Na as Shin Kyung-su

Yeon Jung Hoon as Jang Jun-oh

Extended Cast

Jang Hyun Sung as Woo Ji-sub (Jung-yeon's doctor)

Baek Jung Hak as Kim Suk-tae (CEO of Mirae Soft)

Kim Mi Kyung as Cho Mi-sook (Jung-yeon's sister-in-law)

Jung Young Sook as Mrs. Oh (Young-do's mother)

Jang Hang Sun as Shin In-sik (Kyung-su's father)

Han Ji Hye as Choi Shi-nae (Jung-yeon's daughter)

Lee Byung Joon as Choi Maru (Jung-yeon's son)

Production Credits

Director: Lee Gun Joon

Writer: Song Ji Na

Punch

Title: 때려 / Ttae Ryeo

Also known as: Punch / Beat

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-Oct-08 to 2003-Nov-27

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Cast

Joo Jin Mo as Lee Han-sae

Shin Min Ah as Jang Yoo-bin

Sung Si Kyung as Jo Sung-woo

So Yi Hyun as Oh Hae-mi

Lim Seong Eon as Bong Mi-ra

Hwang In Young as Yoon Bi-seo

Jo Hye Ryun as Joo Ae-ri

Kim Bin Woo as Seo Ji-soo

Ahn Suk Hwan as Bong gi Bong Kwan-jang

Kim Kwang Il as Jang Yoo-chul

Ko Joo Won as Yoon Pyo

Jung Si Woo as Heung Soo

Yang Taek Jo as O Hee-jang

Yoon Gi Won as Nam Tae-ri

Kim Dong Gyoon

Hoon Ki

Production Credits

Producers: Lee Hyun Jik, Jang Tae Yoo (assistant)

Director: Lee Young Chul

Screenwriter: Lee Yun Jung

Pretty Woman

Title: 귀여운 여인 / Gwi-yeo-woon Yeo-in / Pretty Woman

Chinese title : 可愛的女人

Episodes: 145

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-Nov-10 to 2004-Jun-04

Air time: Monday-Friday 8:20 PM

Synopsis

Convincing men to buy riches for her, Jang Shin Young exchanges these riches for money in order to support herself and her mother (who is in prison). One of these men, Kwon Hae Hyo, uses his friend's money to buy Jang riches. When his friend, Jung Sun Kyung, finds out, she is determined to find the “fox” that stole the money. Jung herself is an inspiring college professor who is a milk delivery lady by morning to support herself. When one of her students, Lee Ji Hoon, starts to hate her, he poses numerous “bad” jokes which make Jung tremble. Therefore, it becomes surprising when Lee gradually falls in love with Jung. Jang, on the other hand, falls in love with Lee Ji Hoon's older brother, Jung Bo Suhk, for his money. Jung Bo Suhk is a player, who is also divorced with a teenage daughter. Eventually, she falls in love with who Jung Bo Suhk truly is. As the sons of the president of Seine hotel, Jung Bo Suhk and Lee Ji Hoon each fall in love with Jang Shin Young and Jung Sun Kyung-facing obstacles because of age difference, class difference and more. In a society where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, Jang Shin Young and Jung Sun Kyung come to help eachother through hard times to become “pretty lady”.

Cast

Jang Shin Young as Kim So Yeon (24)

Jang family

Jung Bo Suk as Jang Dae Woong (37)

Lee Ji Hoon as Jang Se Woong (brother, 26)

Baek Il Sup as Jang Joong Hoon (father)

Lee Hyo Choon as Shim Chung Ja (mother)

Park Ji Mi as Jang Joon Hee (Dae Woong's daughter, 15)

Hong household

Kim Se Ah as Kim Yu Jin (29)

Go Ho Kyung as Yoon Ki Joo (Se Woong's schoolmate, 24)

Kim Young Ran as Hong Hyang Suk (Ki Joo's mother)

Other people

Jung Sun Kyung as Choi Seung Eun (28)

Kwon Hae Hyo as Kang Hyun Jae (teacher)

Yoon Mi Ra as Baek Keum Rye

Kim Hyung Ja as Moon Hye Suk (Joong Hoon's first love, 53)

Production Credits

Producer: Choi Yi Sup

Writer: Jung Sung Hee

One Percent of Anything

Title: 1%의 어떤 것 / 1% eh uh ddun gut

Also known as: Something About 1% / 1% of Anything

Episodes: 26

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-07-06 to 2003-12-28

Air time: Sunday 9:50 AM

Synopsis

Kim Jung Hwa is a young and sincere middle school teacher, who has little interest in money. She is also extremely warm-hearted and loves to help other people. When she helps carry an elderly man's belongings from the train to another location, the elderly man is extremely thankful. This grandfather turns out to be the extremely rich owner of a group of companies. His grandson, Kang Dong Won is a quick-tempered businessman who rivals his grandfather, but in an almost comical way. In an order to “tame” his favorite grandson, the grandfather agrees to give his entire fortune to the person who marries Kim Jung Hwa, therefore forcing Kang to meet the girl whom his grandfather chose. Although at first Kim and Kang don't get along because of Kang's extremely cute but bad temper, their arguments bring them closer together. Kang starts to get jealous when Kim's fellow teacher starts liking her too. Through the clever conditions that Kang's grandfather makes, Kang starts a relationship he does not look forward too. However, what looked like a relationship that would 99% not work out, turns out to be the “perfect” match, the 1% chance.

Source: Soompi.com

Cast

Kim Jung Hwa as Kim Da-hyun

Kang Dong Won as Lee Jae-in

Han Hae Jin as Jung Hyun-jin

Lee Byung Ook as Min Tae-ha

Kim Ji Woo

Kim Seung Min

Production Credits

Director: Jang Geun-Su

Writer: Hyeon Go-Wun

One Million Roses

Title: 백만송이 장미 / Baekmansongi Jangmi

Also known as:A Million Roses/ Million Blossoms of Roses

Genre: Drama

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: KBS

Broadcast period: Oct. 6, 2003 to June 4, 2004

Cast

Son Tae Young as Park Hye-ran

Lee Chang Hoon as Kang Min-jae

Kim Seung Soo as Oh Hyun-kyu

Yoon Hae Young as Suh Yu-jin

Production Credits

Writer: Choi Hyun Kyung

My Fair Lady (2003)

Title: 요조숙녀 / Yo-jo-suk-nyeo

Also Known As: The Perfect Girl

Episodes: 16

Broadcasted by: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-08-13 to 2003-10-02

Synopsis

Min Kyung (Kim Hee Sun) just graduates high school and finishes paying off her father's gambling debt at a liquor restaurant. However, with some borrowed money, she runs away, promising herself that she will find a rich man and live happily ever after. Three years later, she is a stewardess at Asiana Airlines. She constantly looks at the materialistic objects any man has, judging everybody by what they are capable of buying. She meets two-three guys at a time while also attending blind dates with her co-workers. On one blind date, she falls in love with Young Ho (Go Su), thinking that he is one of the few people in the Yacht Club (a meeting of the few richest people in Korea). Young Ho is the son of a poor rice cake house, and works to pay off his dead father's debt. He falls in love with Min Kyung, because she looks exactly like his dead girlfriend. When Min Kyung finds out that Young Ho is not rich, she dumps him, and goes back to a rich man (Son Chang Min) who proposed to Min Kyung once before. However, Min Kyung wakes up to true love and realizes that happiness does not necessarily come in money.

Source: Soompi.com

Credits & Cast

Kim Hee Sun as Min Kyung

Go Su as Young Ho

Son Chang Min

Park Han Byul as Su Yeon

Director : Han Jeong-Hwan

Writer : Lee Hee-Myeong

Love Letter

Title: 러브레터 / Leo-beu Le-teo

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-02-10 to 2003-04-01

Air time: Friday & Saturday at 7:50 PM

Synopsis

As a young “orphan”, Jo Hyun Jae received horrible treatment while growing up under his aunt (father's sister). When his uncle (mother's brother) comes back from Italy, his uncle takes him from his unhappy life. Growing up under a priest uncle in a cathedral, Jo Hyun Jae secretly wishes of being a priest. Years later, Soo Ae comes to live in the cathedral orphanage. Although at first Soo Ae refused to become friends with him, the two become the best of friends throughout their high school years. In college, they move out of the cathedral into a small home in the city, where they help eachother out. Although Soo Ae loves Jo, she hides her feeings from Jo because he wants to become a priest. In the midst, Jo gets to know Ji Jin Hee, a rebellious guy who fell for Soo Ae long ago. As Ji tries really hard to fit into Jo and Soo Aeh's close relationship, feelings become revealed. Through this all, Jo encounters an emotional dilemma between his dream and his feelings of love.

Cast

Soo Ae as Cho Eun-ha / Andrea

Jo Hyun Jae as Lee Woo-jin /Andrew

Ji Jin Hee as Jung Woo-jin

Son Hyun Joo as Father Peter (Andrea's maternal uncle)

Kim Yoon Kyung as Seo-young (Eun-ha's friend)

Kwon Min Joong as Sister Esther

Yoon Yoo Suk as Sister Gemma

Yang Hee Kyung as Maria (Father Peter's housekeeper)

Kim Young Ae as Dr. Yim Kyung-eun (Andrew's mom)

Joo Hyun as Dr. Jung Myung-woo

Production Credits

Writer: Oh Soo Yeon

Director: Oh Kyung Hoon

Into the Sun

Title: 태양속으로 / Tae-yang-sok-eur-ro

Chinese title : 太阳深处/爱在阳光里

Episodes: 20

Broadcast network: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-01-11 to 2003-03-16

Air time: Saturday & Sunday 9:45-10:50 PM

Synopsis

As a healthy and honest Marine, Kwon Sang Woo isn't afraid to reveal his feelings towards anybody, including Myung Se Bin. When his sister (Kim Jung Hwa) is hospitaized, Kwon falls in love with Myung Se Bin, a doctor at the hospital. Trying to win her love isn't easy when Myung is sill grieving for her dead fiancee. Eventually, though, Myung falls her his honest personality, but the mysterious death of her fiancee stirs up trouble later on. Truths become revealed as she finds out that her fiancee's death is related to Kwon and Jung Sung Hwan (another doctor who loves Myung). In the meanwhile, Kwon's Marine “hoo bae” Jung Tae Woo gets to know Kim Jung Hwa at a nightclub. Being the player he is, he tries to win her, not knowing that she is Kwon's sister. They like eachother, but in fear of Kwon finding out, the two use all kinds of methods to hide their relationship. As various characters find love in a different way, this drama attempts to show the healthy love story of four people.

Cast

Kwon Sang Woo as Kang Suk-min

Myung Se Bin as Jun Hye-rin

Jung Tae Woo as Kim Jae-hyun

Kim Jung Hwa as Kang Soo-jin

Jung Sung Hwan as Lee Seung-ha

Lee Yoo Jin as Yoo Bo-na

Production Credits

Director: Moon Jung Soo

Writer: Suh Hee Jung

Good Person

Title: 좋은 사람 / Joh-eun Sa-ram

Also known as: A Good Man

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-08-27 to 2003-10-16

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Nearly twenty years ago, Shin Ha Gyeun is the son of a mafia boss. He is being chased by the police, but takes a day off to take his young son to the department store. Jo Han Sun's dad,a police officier, takes his wife and son to an outing at the store also. At the department store, Jo Han Sun's dad, a police officer, attempts to arrest Shin's dad. Shin's dad grabs Jo's mom as a hostage and accidently kills her. Jo's dad goes crazy and runs after Shin's dad, thinking that he has taken his son also. Jo's dad kills Shin's dad, but realizes too late that the little boy by Shin's dad is not his son, but the criminal's. However, Jo is killed also, and both the small boys become orphans. A fellow police officier takes in Shin as his own son, thinking that the little boy is Jo Han Sun. Jo, however, is taken into an orphan home. Shin knows he is a criminal's son. Twenty years later, Shin is an aspiring young police officier and Jo Han Sun is a boxing bum. When Jo's best friend becomes unfairly murdered, he vows to become a police officer. Two years later, Shin and Jo finally meet again. Rivals but friends at heart, these two guys learn to forgive the past and embrace the future.

Source: Soompi

Cast

Shin Ha Kyun as Park Joon-pil

Soh Yoo Jin as Shin Ji-woo

Jo Han Sun as Kang Tae-pyung

Han Ji Min as Oh Soon-jung

Yoo Min as Yoo Jin

Park In Hwan as Oh Dong-chul

Son Byung Ho as Baek Sang-ho

Park Kwang Jung as Lee Dae-ro

Kim Chung as Jang Yoon-ja

Lee Dae Yeon as Father Choi

Myung Kye Nam as Han Tae-man

Ahn Suk Hwan as Goo Sang-jin

Ki Joo Bong as Park Hyung-sa

Kim Yeo Jin as A-nae

Lee Jong Soo as Byun Bong-doo

Production Credits

Producer: Yoo Jung Joon

Writer: Kang Eun Kyung

Good News

Title: 기쁜 소식 / Ki-bbeun So-shik
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2003-01-05 to 2003-06-29
Air time: Sunday 9:50 AM

Cast

Jung Sun Kyung as Kye Seung-hee
Lee Kyung Ho as Jung Ki-young
Park Chul as Jung Jae-rom
Park Mi Young as Baek Kong-soon
Kim Tae Hyun as Jung Phillip
Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Lee Kook-hee
Song Ki Yoon as Lee Kook-kwang
Park Eun Young as Ha Jin-kyung
Yoon Ji Sook as Yoon Ji-mi
Yoon Hee Joo as Min Hyo-jung
Yang Taek Joo as Kye Young-do (Seung-hee's father)
Sun Woo Eun Sook as Kim Keum-sik (Seung-hee's mother)
Jang Eon as Kye Dong-hee (Seung-hee's younger brother)

Production Credits

Producer: Kwon Lee Sang 권이상
Director: Lee Jung Pyo 이정표
Writer: Kim In Young

First Love

Title: 첫사랑 / Cheot Sa-rang

Episodes: 16

Broadcasted by: SBS

Broadcast period: 2003-08-02 to 2003-09-28

Air time: Saturday & Sunday at 9:45 PM

Production Staff

Production: Kim Jong-Hak Production

Director: Choi Yoon Suk

Writer: Go Eun Nim

Cinematography: Kim Hyeong-Geun

Music: Jeong Yong-Guk

Cast

Shin Sung Woo

Jo An

Kim Ji Soo

Jo Hyun Jae

Ryu Soo Young

Escape From Unemployment

Title: 백수탈출 / Baek-su-tal-chul
Episodes: 36
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2003-04-26 to 2003-08-24
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 08:45-09:45 PM

Cast

Lee Jung Jin
Kim Hyun Soo
Lee Bo Young
Shim Hyung Tak
Nam Sang Mi
Lee Jung Gil
Park Won Sook
Kim Ja Ok
Yoon Mi Ra
Jung Hye Sun

Production Credits

Director: Oh Se Kang
Writer: Han Joon Young

Damo

Title: 조선 여형사 다모(茶母) / Joseon Yeohyeongsa Damo

Also known as: Female Detective Damo (KBFD-TV) / Damo: The Undercover Lady Detective (DVD) / Damo, the Detective in Chosun / The Legendary Police Woman

Episodes: 14

Genre:

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-07-28 to 2003-09-09

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55pm

Synopsis

A drama on an unprecedented scale, Damo tells a tale of love, conspiracy, loyalty, and honor. Taking place in Korea during the 17th century, the story focuses on the relationships and destinies of three central characters. Damo sets a new standard for the meaning of an epic and classic drama. A case of counterfeiting money troubles the Police Bureau of Hansung, the old capital city of Korea. Jang Chae-Ok (Ha Ji Won) a young lady police detective, is sent by Commander Hwangbo Yoon (Lee Seo Jin) to investigate the case. However, what appears to be a small case of counterfeiting turns out to be a much larger national conspiracy. Soon, Chae-Ok finds herself faced with an insurrection lead by the very charismatic, Jang Sung-Baek (Kim Min Joon).

Source: YesAsia.com

Cast

Ha Ji Won as Chae-Ok

Kim Min Joon as Jang Sung-Baek

Lee Seo Jin as Commander Hwangbo

Lee Moon Sik as Ma Chook-Ji

No Hyun Hee as Ta Bak-nyu

Park Young Kyu as Jo Se-ok

Lee Han Wee as Baek Jo-wan

Kwon Oh Joong as Lee Won-hae

Shin Seung Hwan as Ahn Byung-taek

Yoon Moon Sik as Ahn Nok-sa

Jung Wook as Jung Pil-joon

Jung Ho Keun as Choi Dal-pyung

Kwan Yong Woon as No Kak-chool

Ahn Kye Bum as Kato Masayuki

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Jae Kyu

Director:

Screenwriter: Jung Hyung Soo

Dae Jang Geum

Title: 대장금(大長今) / Dae-jang-geum

Also known as: Jewel in the Palace / Great Jang Geum

Episodes: 54

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-09-15 to 2004-03-23

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

About 500 years ago during the time of Chosun Dynasty, Korea boasted a rigidly hierarchical and male dominated social structure. Set in this period, “Jewel in the Palace” is based on a true story about a legendary girl (Jang-Geum) who became the first woman to be the supreme royal physician of her times. Despite her poor condition as a low class girl in the male dominated society, Jang-Geum overcame a series of social discrimination and landed herself as a royal cook, later becoming the royal physician, then ultimately the physician in charge of the king. She was even given by the king the title “The Great Jang-Geum”. The story of her checkered life on her success and breakdown as well as her love story beautifully unfold. “Jewel in the Palace” is sure to touch your heart.

Source: MBC Global Media

Cast

Lee Young Ae as Suh Jang Geum

Ji Jin Hee as Min Jung Ho

Hong Ri Na as Choi Keum Young

Im Ho as King Joong-jong

Yang Mi Kyung as Han Baek-young

Yeo Woon Kye as Jeong Mal-geum

Han Ji Min as Shin-bi

Yim Hyun Sik as Kang Deok-Gu

Park Jung Soo as Park Yong-shin

Jo Kyung Hwan as Oh Gyeom-ho

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Byung Hoon

Writer: Kim Young Hyun

Country Princess

Title: 위 당당 그녀 / Wi-pung-dang-dang Keu-nyeo

Also known as: Country Princess (KBFD-TV) / Funny Wild Girl (YesAsia) / Miss Majesty / Courageous Girl

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 17

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2003-03-12 to 2003-05-08

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

“A Funny Wild Girl” promises to move you all the way!

This dramatic K-TV series tells you the story of two girls that became sisters through a tragic twist of fate. Jin Ji and Yin Ji were born on the same evening but unknown to both of them they belong to different mothers of which one died due to extreme loss of blood. 18 years later a wealthy man comes to the home of the 2 sisters trying to identify his lost grand daughter…

(Source: YesAsia.com)

Cast

Bae Doo Na as Lee Eun-hee

Shin Sung Woo as Suh In-woo

Kim Yoo Mi as Lee Keum-hee

Kang Dong Won as Min Ji-hoon

Kim Hae Sook as Kim Kil-nyeo (Eun-hee and Keum-hee's mother)

Kim Sung Kyum as Kim Hoe-jang (grandfather, Chairman of Tae-sung Group)

Lee Eeh Jung as Kim Eun-soo (Eun-hee's cousin)

Lee Hye Sook as President Yoon Ji-sook of Tae-sung Foods (Eun-hee's aunt)

Jung Jong Joon as Kong Jang-jang

Lee Eun Shil as Wang Kkot-yim (Eun-hee's twin friend)

Lee Eun Joo (twin) as Wang Byul-yim (Keum-hee's twin friend)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Jin Man

Writer: Bae Yoo Mi