Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bread, Love And Dreams / Baker King, Kim Tak Goo






Title: 제빵왕 김탁구 / Baker King, Kim Tak Goo
Chinese Title : 烘焙王金桌球
Also known as: King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo / Bread, Love and Dreams
Genre: Family, romance
Episodes: 30
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-June-09 to 2010-Sep-16
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Viewership ratings: Peak=50.8%, Avg=38.6% (TNS Media Korea)

Synopsis
Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo In Jong, the president of Samhwa Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined to succeed his father as president, Goo In Jong’s family plotted to rob him of his inheritance because he was born to In Jong’s mistress. Tak Goo’s determination to become number one in the baking industry drives him to rebuild his career from scratch despite the many trials he faces.

Cast
Yoon Shi Yoon as Kim Tak Goo
Oh Jae Moo as Tak Goo (child)
Eugene as Shin Yoo Kyung
Jo Jung Eun as Yoo Kyung (child)

Goo family
Jun Kwang Ryul as Goo In Jong
Jun In Hwa as Seo In Sook
Joo Won as Goo Ma Joon
Shin Dong Woo as Ma Joon (child)
Choi Ja Hye as Goo Ja Kyung
Ha Seung Ri as Goo Ja Kyung (teen)
Choi Yoon Young as Goo Ja Rim
Kim So Hyun as Goo Ja Rim (child)

Yang family
Jang Hang Sun as Oh Doo Yong / Master Pal Bong
Park Sang Myun as Yang In Mok
Hwang Mi Sun as Oh Young Ja
Lee Young Ah as Yang Mi Sun

Other people
Jung Sung Mo as Han Seung Jae
Jun Mi Sun as Kim Mi Sun (Tak Goo’s mother)
Lee Han Wie as Heo Gap Soo
Park Sung Woong as Jo Jin Goo
Park Yong Jin (박용진) as Go Jae Bok
Kim Jung Hak as Doctor Yoon
Jun Sung Ae (전성애) as woman from Gongju
Jung Hye Sun as Madam Hong
Choi Il Hwa as Park Choon Bae
Kim Sun Hwa as Tak Goo’s landlady
Kwon Yong Woon as Shin Bae (Yoo Kyung’s father)
Kim Hyun Ah as (Yoo Kyung’s mother)
Jun Sung Hwan as fortune teller
Choi Eun Suk (최은석) as trouble-solving broker
Byun Shin Ho (변신호)
Jun Hae Ryong
Min Joon Hyun

Production Credits
Director: Lee Jung Sub
Sceenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung

Awards
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award – Actress (Jun In Hwa)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Mini Series – Actor (Yoon Shi Yoon)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Mini Series – Actress (Eugene)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Writer Award (Kang Eun Kyung)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Youth Actor Award (Oh Jae Moo)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Yoon Shi Yoon and Lee Young Ah)

Presidential Honors
On December 20, 2010, the series received presidential honors in a ceremony that thanked cultural content producers for their achievements. In its 2010 Republic of Korea Content Award ceremony, the state-run Korea Creative Content Agency named the year’s winner as a part of a ceremony which is given to those who contribute to the overseas boom of Korean pop culture. (Source)

Cinderella Man





Title: 신데렐라맨 / Cinderella Man
Chinese title : 男版灰姑娘/乞丐变王子/辛德瑞拉先生
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-15 to 2009-June-04
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis
A story of a rich man (Lee Joon Hee) who switches lives with a man who looks identical to him only the difference between them is the other man is poor (Oh Dae San). Seo Yeo Jin is a girl who studies at fashion design school in Paris but returns to Korea after her life is turned upside down when her father dies.

Cast
Kwon Sang Woo as Oh Dae San / Lee Joon Hee
Im Yoon Ah as Seo Yeo Jin
Han Eun Jung as Jang Se Eun
Song Chang Ui as Lee Jae Min

Extended Cast
Kim Min Hee as Lee Hyun Jung
Jung Hye Sun as Kang Joo Ok
Lee Kyung Jin as Yoon Eun Hee
Yoo Hye Ri as Oh Sun Young
Jung Kyu Soo as Shin Ki Chul
Ryu Sang Wook as Park Seung Jae
Lee Yeon Doo as Kang Yoon Jung
Kang Dong Yup as Kim Dong Hyun
Jang Jung Hee as Lee Soon
Ahn Suk Hwan
Jung Woo
Lee Byung Joon
Hwang Eun Jung (황은정)
Kwon Tae Won (권태원)

Production Credits
Director: Yoo Jung Joon
Screenwriter: Jo Yoon Young (조윤영)

Notes
The plot is similar to the Prince and the Pauper.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Secret Agent Miss Oh





Title: 국가가 부른다 / Gukgaga Bureunda / Secret Agent Miss Oh
Chinese Title : 国家在召唤
Also known as: My Country Calls / Country’s Call / Call of the Country
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-May-10 to 2010-June-29
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55 



Synopsis
Oh Ha Na is a lowly policewoman who lacks a sense of duty and believes that it is worth bending the rules in order to achieve your aims. She meets and begins to investigate Go Jin Hyuk, an elite intelligence agent, and they clash instantly based on their different morals. Their initial dislike of each other masks their romantic attraction, but this development is hindered by the existence of Choi Eun Seo, Jin Hyuk’s first love. 

Cast

Lee Soo Kyung as Oh Ha Na
Kim Sang Kyung as Go Jin Hyuk
Ryu Jin as Han Do Hoon
Horan as Choi Eun Seo
Yang Geum Suk as Lee Soo Ja
Lee Byung Joon as Joo Soo Young
Kang Shin Il as Chief Shin Ki Joon
Lee Ki Yeol as Deputy Manager Lee Hyung Shik
Lee Sang Hwi (이상휘) as Agent Kim Byung Joon
Hyun Woo as Agent Na Joon Min
Park Hyo Joo as Agent Park Se Mi
Lee Dal Hyung as Choi Chil Hyun
Choi Jae Hwan as Lee Geun Bae
Hong Soon Chang as Director Han Dae Soo
Oh Yong as Sergeant Choi Chul Min
Kim Kyung Sook as Cha Mi Sook
Shin Kwi Sik as Han Tae Shik
Lee Chul Min as Ma Gap Sung
Kim Na Young as Lee Sun Mi
Shin Shin Ae as Se Ip Ja
Kim Sook as kiosk owner
Han Song Yi as Min Hye Rin
Kim Sung Hoon as Joo Soo Young’s teammate
Im Seung Dae as International Crime Team 2 member
Lee Jong Soo as Oh Ha Na’s boyfriend (cameo)
Jang Joon Hak (장준학)

Kindergarten Love / Great Expectations








Title: 위대한 유산 / Widaehan Yusan
Also known as: Great Inheritance / Kindergarten Love / Great Expectations
Chinese title : 伟大的遗产
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2006-May-03 to 2006-Jun-29
Episodes: 17
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday



Synopsis
A third rate mobster, Kang Hyunsae (Kim Jae Won), inherits a kindergarten from his recently deceased mother. However, he must go through a teacher training program for a hundred days before legally inheriting the property. Under the order of his boss, he works in the kindergarten as an assistant teacher with a kindergarten teacher, Yu Mirae (Han Ji Min), to inherit and sell the property.

Produced by the same production team as My Girl and Delightful Girl Choon Hyang.


Cast

Han Ji Min as Mirae Yu
Kim Jae Won as Hyunsae Kang
Kim Ji Hoon as Shiwan Chae
Lee Mi Sook as Ara Go
Jung Tae Woo as Nalchi
Son Byung Ho as Dongpa So
Byun Hee Bong as Ildo Jung
Jang Hyun Sung as Manho Jang