Saturday, August 21, 2010

Cloud Stairs







Title: 구름계단 / Gurem Gaedan / Cloud Stairs
Chinese title : 白云阶梯 / 云的阶梯
Also known as: Cloud Stairs / Stairway of Clouds
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2006-Sep-18 to 2006-Nov-7
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis
Choi Jung Soo (Shin Don Wook) was left in an orphnage by his father who could no longer take care of him after his wife left him for another man. He had a bright future in medicine but could ill afford the tuition fee. In despair, he took off to the remote island where his father grew up in the hope that he would find him there. He ended up spending 7 years there working under the guidance of the island’s only doctor and became very good at it. But when he saved Yoon Jung Won (Han Ji Hye) who suffered from an acute appendicitis, he became mistaken as a skillful doctor and his life became complicated. YJW was the daughter of the owner of an elite hospital in Seoul and the two began to develope feelings for each other even though she was engaged to be married. He couldn’t help falling in love with YJW and began to lie to himself and others about his medical credentials. The higher he rose, the harder he fell. The love that he thought would give him everything turned into poison. He lost his world … except the love of his woman who stood by him no matter what.

Cast
Shin Dong Wook (신동욱) as Choi Jung Soo
Han Ji Hye (한지혜) as Yoon Jung-Won
Lim Jung Eun (임정은) as Oh Yoon-Hyi
Kim Jung Hyun (김정현) as Kim Do-Hyung

Production Credits
Producer: Hong Sung Duck
Director: Kim Yong Gu
Writer: Kim Shi Hyun

Friday, August 20, 2010

Three Brothers






Title: 수상한 삼형제 / Susanghan Samhyungje / Three Brothers
Chinese Title : 可疑的三兄弟
Also known as: Suspicious Three Brothers / Strange Brothers
Genre: Romance, drama
Episodes: 70
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-17 to 2010-June-13
Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 19:55

Synopsis
Kim Sun Kyung is a retired police officer and father of three sons, Gun Kang, Hyun Chal and Yi Sang.
His eldest son Gun Kang made many wrong decisions in life, ending up being divorced and going bankrupt. Gun Kang gets remarried to Chung Nan. His second son Hyun Chal is the envy of the town and pride of his father. He runs a number of businesses which are quite successful. His wife Woo Mi often sacrificed her happiness for the benefit of the Kim family. As for the last son Yi Sang, he follows in his father’s footsteps by becoming a police officer. Oftentimes the father and the son clash each other. As Yi Sang married Eo Young, the daughter of his father’s deadly foe, an ex-convict Sun Kyung traced and eventually arrested a long time ago.

“Three brothers” revolves around their relations full of conflicts and love.

Cast
Kim family
Ahn Nae Sang as Kim Gun Kang (eldest)
Do Ji Won as Uhm Chung Nan
Oh Dae Gyu as Kim Hyun Chal (middle, businessman)
Kim Hee Jung as Do Woo Mi (Hyun Chal’s wife)
Lee Joon Hyuk as Kim Yi Sang (youngest, police officer)
Park In Hwan as Kim Soon Kyung (father)
Lee Hyo Choon as Jun Kwa Ja (mother)
Kim Jin Seong as (Hyun Chal & Woo Mi’s son)

Joo family
Oh Ji Eun as Joo Eo Young (Yi Sang’s girlfriend)
No Joo Hyun as Joo Beom In (Eo Young’s father)
Jang Da Yoon as Joo Boo Yeong (Eo Young’s younger sister)

Other people
Lee Bo Hee as Kye Sol Yi (Woo Mi’s mother)
Lee Jang Woo as Baek Ma Tan (police officer, Yi Sang’s friend)
Kim Ae Ran (김애란) as Tae Yeon Hee (Hyun Chal & Woo Mi’s friend)
Go Se Won as Wang Jae Soo (Eo Yeong’s ex-boyfriend)
Im Seo Yeon as Ji Seong Mi (Jae Soo’s fiancée)
Yoon Joo Hee as Lee Tae Baek (Prosecutor)
Son Jong Bum as Police Sgt Yoo
Na Jong Soo (나종수) as Bang Bum Yong
Moon Soo (문수) as Ha Haeng Sun
Jung Yoon Suk as (Chung Nan’s son)

Production Credits
Director: Jin Hyung Wook
Screenwriter: Moon Young Nam

Awards
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Supporting Actress (Lee Bo Hee)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Newcomer Actress Award (Oh Ji Eun)

Gumiho: Tale of the Fox's Child



Title: 구미호 : 여우누이뎐 / Gumiho: Yeowoonuidyun / Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child
Chinese Title : 九尾狐:狐狸孩子傳
Also known as : Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho
Previously known as: 구미호의 복수 / Gumihoui Boksoo / The Gumiho’s Revenge
Genre: Thriller, melodrama, period
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-July-05 to 2010-Aug-24
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis
The legendary gumiho or nine-tailed fox, Goo San Daek, leaves her husband after his betrayal renders her unable to shapeshift. She takes her nine-year-old daughter, Yeon Yi, who has yet to gain the ability to use her gumiho powers, to a village in order to protect her. As Yeon Yi turns ten, her physical transformation begins, putting her in increasing danger of being discovered by her neighbors.

Cast
Han Eun Jung as Goo San Daek (Gumiho)
Jang Hyun Sung as Yoon Doo Soo
Kim Yoo Jung as Yeon Yi
Seo Shin Ae as Yoon Cho Ok
Kim Jung Nan as Lady Yang
Kim Gyu Chul as Steward Oh
Suh Joon Young as Chun Woo
Im Seo Yeon as Kye Hyang
Kim Woo Suk (김우석) as Yoon Choong Il
Woo Min Gyu (우민규) as Yoon Choong Yi
Chun Ho Jin as psychic
Park Soo Hyun as exorcist
Yoon Hee Suk as Jo Hyun Kam
Lee Min Ho as Jo Jung Kyu
Jung Eun Pyo as San Daek’s husband
Baek Bong Ki
Jang Hang Sun as monk

Production Credits
Producer: Lee Jae Young (이재영), Kim Shin Il (김신일)
Director: Lee Gun Joon, Lee Jae Sang
Assistant Director: Lee Choon Gil (이춘길)
Screenwriter: Oh Sun Hyung (오선형), Jung Do Yeon (정도윤)

Awards
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Special Planning Drama – Actress (Han Eun Jung)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Youth Actress Award (Kim Yoo Jung and Seo Shin Ae)

Sunday, August 1, 2010

I Am Sam / I Am Teacher





Title: 아이엠샘 / I am Sam
Chinese title : 我是老师
Also known as: I am Teacher
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2007-Aug-06 to 2007-Oct-02
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis
The story focuses on the conflicts between the young teachers and the problems that high school students have. Jang Yi San is a timid and incompetent classical music teacher who has to teach the only daughter of a highly dangerous mob leader. Eun Byul is the mob leader’s daughter and she is also a new student at MyungMoon High but knows nothing whatsoever.

Cast
Yang Dong Geun as Jang Yi San
Park Min Young as Yoo Eun Byul
T.O.P as Chae Moo Shin
Son Tae Young as Shin So Yi

Extended Cast
Ryan as Ji Seon Hoo
Park Jae Jung as Kim Woo Jin (Mr. Yoo’s right hand man)
Park Chae Kyung as Min Sa Kang
Park Joon Gyu as Yoo Jae Gon (Eun Byul’s father)
Lee Min Ho as Heo Mo Se
Kwak Ji Min as Da Bin
Dan Ji as Ye Bin
Ban So Young as Hyo Bin
Choi Jae Hwan as Han Tae Sung (Moo Shin’s friend)
Kim Yoo Bin as Kim Hee Chul
Park Chul Ho as Kim In Seol
Jo Hyang Ki as Hong Dae Ri (Mr. Yoo’s assistant)
Yoo Tae Woong as Go Dong Sool
Kim Hong Sik as Park Nam Kyu
Choi Joo Bong as Heo Duk Bae (principal / Mo Se’s father)

Production Credits
Scriptwriter: Lee Jin Mae
Producer: Kim Jung Kyu