Pink Lipstick

Title: 분홍 립스틱 / Pink Lipstick
Chinese Title : 粉红色唇膏
Genre: Romance, family
Episodes: 149
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-11 to 2010-Aug-06
Air time: Monday to Friday 7:50 AM

Synopsis

Yoo Ga Eun is a sweet-natured girl who dated and subsequently married her boyfriend, Park Jung Woo. However, she later discovers that her husband had an affair with her best friend, Mi Ran, and that their adopted daughter is actually Jung Woo and Mi Ran’s lovechild. To get revenge on them, she marries Maeng Ho Geol, a wealthy clothing retailer, and carefully plots their downfall. At the same time, Ga Eun also meets Ha Jae Bum, the man who falls deeply in love with her and promises to support her by her side, no matter what she does.

Cast

Yoo family

Park Eun Hye as Yoo Ga Eun
Nam Il Woo as Yoo Dong Gook (father)
Kim Young Ran as Jung Hae Shil (mother)
Moon Ji Yoon as Yoo Sung Eun (brother)
Kim Min Jwa as Yoo Young Eun (sister)

Park family

Lee Joo Hyun as Park Jung Woo
Oh Mi Yeon as Han Bun Nyeo (mother)
MayBee as Park Jung Hee (sister)
Kim Soo Jung as Park Na Ri (Jung Woo & Mi Ran’s daughter)

Kim family

Seo Yoo Jung as Kim Mi Ran
Yoo Ji In as Jung Mal Ja (mother)

Other people

Park Kwang Hyun as Ha Jae Bum
Dok Go Young Jae as Maeng Ho Geol (owner, Taeyang Apparel)
Sung Woong as Maeng Seo Jin (Ho Geol’s son, Jae Bum’s friend)
Lee Sang Hoon (이상훈) as Yeo Ki Byul
Jung Yoo Chan (정유찬) as Young Gyu
Baek Bo Ram as Yoon Na Na
Lee Jung Yong as Yong Kap
Song Ji Eun as Kim Min Joo (Mi Ran’s friend)
Won Jong Rye as Oh Soo Ji
Sung Hyuk
Kan Jong Wook (간종욱) (cameo)

Production Credits

Producer: Choi Yong Won (최용원)
Director: Choi Chang Wook
Scriptwriter: Seo Hyun Joo (서현주)

Awards

- 2010 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress (Park Eun Hye)

President

Title: 프레지던트 / President
Chinese Title : 总统
Genre: Drama, Politics
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-15 to 2011-Feb-24
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

Three months before the presidential nominating convention, Jang Il Joon, from the New Wave Party, declared his candidacy. On that same day, a woman died in a gas explosion in Sam Chuk. Yoo Min Ki, a documentary producer, heard of his mother’s sudden death and headed back home. As he cast his mother’s ashes in the sea, he thought of his childhood: his father always blurted out that Min Ki was not his son whenever he was drunk. After the funeral, Min Ki returned to Seoul and Jang Il Joon asked Min Ki to work as a PR agent to record the election campaign process. When Min Ki asked Il Joon why he was chosen, Il Joon confessed that Min Ki was his son. Min Ki soon begins to suspect that his mother’s death was not an accident and that Il Joon had actually killed her.

Cast

Choi Soo Jong as Jang Il Joon
Ha Hee Ra as Jo So Hee
Jay Kim as Yoo Min Ki
Wang Ji Hye as Jang In Young
Sung Min as Jang Sung Min
Kang Shin Il as Lee Chi Soo
Im Ji Eun as Oh Jae Hee
Lee Doo Il as Hong Sung Goo
Kim Heung Soo as Ki Soo Chan
Park Mi Jin (박미진) as Jang Se Bin
Shin Choong Shik as Jo Tae Ho
Choi Dong Joon as Jo Sang Jin
Kim Ye Ryung as Yoo Jung Hye
Kang Shin Jo (강신조) as Hwang Chul Woo
Jung Han Yong as Lee Soo Myung
Yang Hee Kyung as Choi Jung Im
Byun Hee Bong as Go Sang Ryul
Lee Ki Yeol as Park Eul Sub
Kim Jung Nan as Shin Hee Joo
Hong Yo Seob as Kim Kyung Mo
Kim Gyu Chul as Baek Chan Ki
??? as Han Dae Woon
Jung Dong Hwan (cameo)

Production Credits

Producer: Shin Chang Suk, Kim Sang Hwi
Director: Kim Hyung Il
Screenwriter: Son Young Mok, Jung Hyun Min (정현민), Son Ji Hye (손지혜)

When Spring Comes

Title: 꽃피는 봄이 오면 / When Spring Comes
Chinese title : 待到春花烂漫时 / 花开的春天到来的话
Also known as: Flowers Bloom When Spring Comes
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-15 to 2007-Mar-20
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

Lee Jung Do’s father is a swindler and intends to resume his old habits as soon as he got out of prison even though he has promised his son to go straight. Because of his father’s record, LJD had a hard time finding jobs but he overcomes these obstacles, passes law exams, and becomes a prosecutor. Oh Young Joo is a detective and her precinct is in LJD’s neighborhood. Kim Joon Ki who comes from a well off family is also keen to become a prosecutor. He meets OYJ through a blind date and has continued to pursue her even though she isn’t interested. Moon Chae Ri is a small time swindler who hooks up with LJD’s dad in his plan to do one last job before fulfilling his promise to his son to stay out of trouble.

Cast

Park Gun Hyung as Lee Jung Do
Lee Ha Na as Moon Chae Ri
Park Si Yeon as Oh Young Joo
Lee Han as Kim Joon Ki

Extended cast

Kim Gab Soo as Lee Duk Soo(Jung Do’s father)
Lee Soon Jae as Lee Jae Sik(Jung Do’s grandfather)
Jung In Ki as Detective Moon (Chae Ri’s father)
Kang Boo Ja as (restaurant grandmother)
Seo Hyo Rim as Hong Yi (Chae Ri’s friend)
Lee Un as Ki Dong
Kim Bo Hee as Kim Boo Seon
?? as (Young Joo’s mother)
?? as (Joon Ki’s father)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Duk Gun
Director: Jin Hyung Wook (진형욱)
Screenwriter: Kwon Min Soo

Mary Stayed Out All Night / Marry Me, Marry

Title: 매리는 외박중 / Maerineun Oebakjoong / Mary Stayed Out All Night
Chinese Title : 玛丽外宿中
Also Known as : Mary is Out at Night / Marry Me, Mary!
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-08 to 2010-Dec-28
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55


Synopsis
Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic daughter of a failed businessman who had grown used to being constantly on the move to escape from debtors. She becomes fast friends with the free-spirited indie singer Kang Moo Kyul when she nearly ran him over in a car. Meanwhile, her father Wi Dae Han is saved from his debtors by his old friend, Jung Suk, who had just returned from considerable success in the Japanese entertainment industry. Jung Suk, who had harboured a secret love for Mae Ri’s mother, sets up a deal with Dae Han to have Mae Ri marry his son, Jung In. In her desperate to escape this predicament, Mae Ri begs Moo Kyul to pose as her husband, and finds herself in even more trouble than before when her father proposes a 100-day period in which she has to divide her time equally between Moo Kyul and Jung In, after which she has to decide who to marry.

Cast

Moon Geun Young as Wi Mae Ri
Jang Geun Suk as Kang Moo Kyul
Kim Jae Wook as Byun Jung In
Kim Hyo Jin as Seo Joon
Park Joon Gyu as Jung Suk (Jung In’s father)
Park Sang Myun as Wi Dae Han (Mae Ri’s father)
Lee Ah Hyun as Kam So Young (Moo Kyul’s mother)
Shim Yi Young as Director Bang
Lee Sun Ho as Lee An
Kim Min Gyu as Ri No
Geum Ho Suk as Yo Han
Park Chul Hyun as Re Oh
Kim Hae Rim as Ji Hye
Lee Eun as So Ra
Chae Min Hee as Jang PD
Yoon Yoo Sun as Lee Kang-Hyun (writer)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Jung Sung Hyo
Producer: Han Sang Woo (한상우)
Director: Hong Suk Goo, Kim Young Kyoon (김영균)
Original writing: Won Soo Yeon (원수연)
Screenwriter: In Eun Ah (1-10), Go Bong Hwang (11-16)

Note

- Based on the internet comic “Maerineun Uibakjoong” by Won Soo Yeon.
- “Maerineun Uibakjoong” was first published online via cartoon.media.daum.net on February 6, 2009. It was then published as comic book on November 24, 2009
- Won Soo Yeon also wrote the manhwa “Full House” which was adapted into the 2004 KBS drama “Full House”.
- Writer In Eun Ah left the drama due to the drama’s low ratings and discord with the production team. She was replaced with Go Bong Hwang who took over the script from episode 11.

Awards

- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Netizens’ Award (Jang Geun Suk)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Moon Geun Young and Jang Geun Suk)
- 2010 koreandrama.org Awards : The Best Korean Drama of 2010