Wednesday, 5 June 2013

The Queen’s Classroom


Title: 여왕의 교실 / The Queen’s Classroom
Chinese Title: 女王的教室
Also known as: Class of The Queen
Genre: School, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-June-12 to 2013-Aug-01
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55


Synopsis
This drama is about a elementary teacher of the 6th grade, Ma Yeo Jin (Ko Hyun Jung) and her students who are reveling against her.
Teacher Ma is very realistic and to her elementary students, she shows how tough it is to live the world. Instead of being a shield for her students, she herself becomes the authority. She often pushes her students to the edge by blackmailing and mischief-making.
Whole class of 6-3 (class 3 of the sixth grade) is rebelling against teacher Ma’s educational attitude which is incomprehensible. Sometimes they would betray each other, sometimes they help each other and gradually they realize secret of the reality and make on their own views of the world. This kind of setting of the drama is totally new compared to the previous drama where the teachers were always the protectors of their students.

Cast
Teachers of San Deul Elementary School
Ko Hyun Jung as Ma Yeo Jin
Yoon Yeo Jung as Yong Hyun Ja (Principal)
Lee Ki Young as Song Young Man
Jung Suk Yong as Goo Ji Song
Choi Yoon Young as Yang Min Hee
Jin Kyung as Jung Hwa Shin
Ricky Kim as Justin

Students of Class 3rd of 6th Grade
Kim Hyang Gi as Shim Ha Na
Chun Bo Geun as Oh Dong Goo
Kim Sae Ron as Kim Seo Hyun
Seo Shin Ae as Eun Bo Mi
Lee Young Yoo as Go Na Ri
Kim Ji Hoon (2000) as Kim Tae Sung

Parents’ Association
Byun Jung Soo as Na Ri’s mother (president)
Lee Ah Hyun as Ha Na’s mother
Kim Young Pil as Ha Na’s father

Production Credits
Production Company: MBC & IOK MEDIA
Chief Producer: Kim Jin Min
Director: Lee Dong Yoon
Screenwriter: Kim Won Suk, Kim Eun Hee

Note
This drama is a remake of a popular and critically-acclaimed 2005 Japanese drama ‘女王の教室‘.

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I Hear Your Voice


Title: 너의 목소리가 들려 / I Hear Your Voice
Chinese Title: 聽見你的聲音
Also known as: I Can Hear Your Voice
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-June-05 to 2013-July-25
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00


Synopsis
The drama is about a lawyer who is appointed by the state to represent a defendant who has “not even a 1% chance of being declared innocent.”
Jang Hye Sung (Lee Bo Young) is a bold, sassy, thick-faced, comical female lawyer. She is a prickly edge, sharp tongue who doesn’t have a bit of concept or manners and finds it hard to be enthusiastic about what she does. Cha Kwan Woo (Yoon Sang Hyun) is a serious, passionate and macho former police officer who becomes a government lawyer. Meanwhile, Park Soo Ha (Lee Jong Suk) is a 19 years old boy who has the superpower to hear people’s thoughts. Together they will team up to solve the cases no one else wants, cases that only have a one percent chance of being found innocent.

Cast
Main Cast
Lee Bo Young as Jang Hye Sung
- Kim So Hyun as Jang Hye Sung (young)
Yoon Sang Hyun as Cha Kwan Woo
Lee Jong Suk as Park Soo Ha
Lee Da Hee as Seo Do Yun

People in Legal Circles
Yoon Joo Sang as Shin Sang Duk
Kim Kwang Gyu as Kim Gong Sook
Choi Sung Joon as Choi Yoo Chang
Jung Dong Hwan as Seo Dae Suk

Other People
Kim Hae Sook as Eo Choon Shim
Jung Woong In as Min Joon Gook
Kim Ga Eun as Go Sung Bin
Kim Byung Ok as Hwang Dal Joong

Production Credits
Production Company: DRM Media and Kim Jong Hak Production
Chief Producer: Kim Young Sup
Producers: Shin Bong Chul, Lee Sung Hoon
Director: Jo Soo Won
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun

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Shark


Title: 상어 / Shark
Chinese Title: 鯊魚
Also known as: Don’t Look Back
Genre: Thriller, Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2013-May-27 to 2013-July-30
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55


Synopsis
After being left for dead and witnessing the death of his father caused by a hit and run accident, Han Yi Soo / Yoshimura Junichiro (Kim Nam Gil) returns to Korea from Japan after changing his looks and identity to take revenge on the people who caused his family’s downfall.
While using Jo Hae Woo (Son Yeh Jin), the daughter of the main mastermind that he was actually close to when they were young, he finds himself truly getting attracted to her.
Meanwhile, Oh Joon Young (Ha Suk Jin) is the man that Hae Woo got engaged to while thinking that Yi Soo had died becomes suspicious of his real identity and motives.
Will Han Yi Soo be able to take back the hotels that belongs rightfully to his family and exposed the dirty secrets of his enemies at the stake of losing the woman that he loves?

Cast
Main Cast
Kim Nam Gil as Han Yi Soo
- Yun Jun Suk as Han Yi Soo (young)
Son Yeh Jin as Jo Hae Woo
- Kyung Soo Jin as Jo Hae Woo (young)
Ha Suk Jin as Oh Joon Young
- No Young Hak as Oh Joon Young (young)
Lee Ha Nui as Jang Young Hee

Han Yi Soo’s family
Jung In Ki as Han Young Man
Nam Bo Ra as Han Yi Hyun (Yi Soo’s sister)
- Ahn Seo Hyun as Han Yi Hyun (young)

People around Han Yi Soo
Lee Jae Goo as Yoshimura Junichiro
Lee Shi Un as Kim Dong Soo
- Oh Hee Joon as Dong Soo (young)

Jo Hae Woo’s family
Lee Jung Gil as Jo Sang Deuk
Kim Gyu Chul as Jo Ui Sun
Oh Hyun Kyung as Yoo Sun Young
Jung Kyung Soon as Mrs. Park

People around Jo Hae Woo
Park Won Sang as Byun Bang Jin
So Hee Jung as Kim Young Joo
Lee Soo Hyuk as Kim Soo Hyun

Oh Joon Young’s family
Jung Won Joong as Oh Hyun Shik

Others
Choi Duk Moon as Kang Hee Soo
Kim Min Sang as Jung Man Chul
Jung Ae Yun as Lee Hwa Young

Production Credits
Director: Park Chan Hong, Cha Young Hoon
Writer: Kim Ji Woo

Note
This drama is The Third revenge trilogy after ‘Resurrection‘ and ‘The Devil‘ by Kim Ji Woo (screenwriter) and Park Chan Hong (director).

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Dating Agency: Cyrano


Title: 연애조작단: 시라노 / Dating Agency: Cyrano
Chinese Title: 戀愛操作團:大鼻子情聖
Previously Known as: Flower Boy Dating Agency
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: tvN
Broadcast period: 2013-May-27 to 2013-July-16
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 23:00
Related Series: Flower Boy Series


Synopsis
This drama is about a dating agency that orchestrates romantic scenarios for paying clients, all in an effort to raise enough money to save an old theater.
After Seo Byung Hoon (Lee Jong Hyuk) loses his best friend in an accident, the once-renowned theater director suffers from guilt and decides to save his late friend’s theater troupe. Using his masterful stage skills, he forms the Cyrano Dating Agency.
Meanwhile, Gong Min Young (Choi Soo Young) is one of the members of the dating agency. She clashes with Byung Hoon due to their opposite personalities. Cha Seung Pyo (Lee Chun Hee) is a man with a mysterious past and the chef of the restaurant that’s next door to the theater where the dating agency is housed. Moo Jin (Hong Jong Hyun) recruited into the dating agency because of his genius engineering skills. He is the brains behind all hi-tech gadgets used by the agency in the field. A Rang (Jo Yoon Woo) is a 19 years old high school young boy who dreams of becoming a theater actor.

Cast
Dating Agency
Lee Jong Hyuk as Seo Byung Hoon
Choi Soo Young as Gong Min Young
Hong Jong Hyun as Moo Jin
Jo Yoon Woo as A Rang

Seung Pyo Restaurant
Lee Chun Hee as Cha Seung Pyo
Bae Sung Woo as Min Sik
Kim Min Kyo as Yeong Dal
Ha Yun Joo as Hye Ri

Cameo
Lee Yoon Ji
Im Hyung Joon

Production Credits
Director: Kang Kyung Hoon
Scriptwriter: Shin Jae Won

Note
- This drama is a prequel to 2010 film “Cyrano Agency“.
- This drama is 4th Series of tvN Successful Flower Boy Series after Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Shut Up Flower Boy Band & Flower Boy Next Door.

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Cruel City


Title: 무정도시 / Cruel City
Chinese Title: 無情都市
Also Known as: Heartless City
Previously Known as: 언더커버 / Undercover
Genre: Crime, Romance, action
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2013-May-27 to 2013-July-30
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:50


Synopsis
A drama about a police officer joining a gang to investigate a drug case.
Yoon Soo Min (Nam Gyu Ri) decides to find her friend’s killer by going undercover and finishing what she started. However, she ends up falling in love with the drug lord, Jung Shi Hyun (Jung Kyung Ho) who might have had a role in her friend’s death.

Cast
Jung Kyung Ho as Jung Shi Hyun
Nam Gyu Ri as Yoon Soo Min
Kim Yoo Mi as Lee Jin Sook
Lee Jae Yoon as Ji Hyung Min
Choi Moo Sung as Moon Duk Bae
Go Na Eun as Lee Kyung Mi
Son Chang Min as Min Hong Ki
Yoon Hyun Min as Kim Hyun Soo
Kim Hyo Sun as Killer Eun soo
Kim Byung Ok as Scale

Production Credits
Director: Jang Yong Woo, Lee Jung Hyo
Screenwriter: Yoo Sung Yul

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Princess Aurora


Title: 오로라 공주 / Princess Aurora
Chinese Title: 歐若拉公主
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 100+
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-May-20
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:15


Synopsis
Aurora (Jun So Min) is the beloved daughter of a big company’s president. She falls in love with a perfect but picky novelist, Hwang Ma Ma (Oh Chang Suk). This drama will tell the story between these two family.

Cast
Aurora’s family
Jun So Min as Aurora
Park Young Kyu as Oh Wang Sung
Son Chang Min as Oh Geum Sung
Oh Dae Gyu as Oh Soo Sung
Byun Hee Bong as Oh Dae San
Seo Woo Rim as Sa Im Dang
Lee Sang Sook (이상숙) as Jang Yun Shil
Lee Ah Hyun as Lee Kang Sook
Lee Hyun Kyung as Kim Sun Mi

Hwang Ma Ma’s family
Oh Chang Suk as Hwang Ma Ma
Kim Bo Yun as Hwang Shi Mong
Park Hae Mi as Hwang Mi Mong
Kim Hye Eun as Hwang Ja Mong

Sa Gong’s family
Im Ye Jin as Wang Yeo Ok
Kim Jung Do as Park Sa Gong
Jung Joo Yun as Park Ji Young
Shin Joo Ah as Park Joo Ri

Others
Jung Yeon Joo as Han Soo Da
Kim Se Min (김세민)
Lee Seung Ha (이승하)
Song Won Geun (송원근)
Jun Jung Ro (전정로)

Production Credits
Production Company: IHQ
Chief Producer: Kim Sa Hyun
Director: Kim Jung Ho, Jang Joon Ho
Screenwriter: Im Sung Han

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Ugly Alert


Title: 못난이 주의보 / Ugly Alert
Chinese Title: 醜八怪警報
Also Known as: Watch Out For Fools
Previously Known as: 브라보 마이 라이프 / Bravo My Life
Genre: Family, Romance
Episodes: 120
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-May-20
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:20


Synopsis
A human drama in which a silly and worthless man changes the people around him. It also delivers the meaning of ‘family’ even though they are not blood related and how everyone within that frame understand and heal each other although sometimes they can be jealous and ignore each other.
Gong Joon Soo (Im Ju Hwan) is a man who has had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his brother commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. After discharged from the prison, his newly acquired skills give him a job in a fashion company and works for Na Do Hee (Kang So Ra), the goody-good daughter of the fashion company which was built by her grandfather. Meanwhile, Gong Joon Soo’s father was married to Jin Joo (Kang Byul)’s mother, both families learns how to understand each other and become a family even though they are not related by blood.

Cast
Joon Soo’s family
Im Ju Hwan as Gong Joon Soo
- Kang Yi Suk as Gong Joon Soo (child)
Kang Byul as Gong Jin Joo
- Jung Da Bin as Gong Jin Joo (child)
Choi Tae Joon as Gong Hyun Suk
- Nam Da Reum as Gong Hyun Suk (child)
Seol Hyun as Gong Na Ri
- Kim Ha Yoo as Gong Na Ri (child)
Ahn Nae Sang as Gong Sang Man
Shin Ae Ra as Jin Sun Hye

Do Hee’s family
Kang So Ra as Na Do Hee
Shin So Yool as Shin Joo Young
Lee Soon Jae as Na Sang Jin
Chun Ho Jin as Na Il Pyung
Yoon Son Ha as Yoo Jung Hee
Lee Il Hwa as Na In Sook
Kim Il Woo as Shin Tae Il

Others
Kim Young Hoon as Lee an Seo
Hyun Woo as Kang Chul Soo
Song Ok Sook as Bang Jung Ja
Kim Ha Kyoon as Choo Man Dol

Production Credits
Production Company: Shin Young ENC Co.,Ltd., Human Nature
Producer: Hong Sung Chang
Director: Shin Yoon Sub
Screenwriter: Jung Ji Woo

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