Protect The Boss

Title: 보스를 지켜라 / Boseureul Jikyeora / Protect the Boss
Chinese Title: 守护老板
Previously known as: 보스가 달라졌어요 The Boss Has Changed / 마지막 여비서 The Last Secretary
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 18
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Aug-03 to 2011-09-29
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

No Eun Seol finally gets a job as a secretary at a law firm after struggling with unemployment, only to fall in love with her boss, Cha Ji Heon, the immature youngest son of a chaebol family.

Cast

Choi Kang Hee as No Eun Seol
Ji Sung as Cha Ji Heon
Hero Jaejoong as Cha Moo Won
Wang Ji Hye as Seo Na Yoon
Lee Hee Won as Yang Ha Young
Park Young Kyu as Chairman Cha
Cha Hwa Yun as Shin Sook Hee
Kim Young Ok as Mrs. Song
Ha Jae Sook as Lee Myung Ran
Jung Kyu Soo as No Bong Man
Kim Hyung Bum as Secretary Kim
Kim Ha Kyoon as Secretary Jang
Kim Chung as Hwang Kwan Jang
Kim Seung Wook as Park Sang Moo
Lee Hee Jin
Ahn Nae Sang (cameo)
Oh Hyun Kyung (cameo)
Yoon Gi Won (cameo)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Choi Moon Suk
Producer: Lee Sang Baek (이상백)
Director: Son Jung Hyun
Screenwriter: Kwon Ki Young (권기영)

Awards

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Awards, Best Actress (Drama Special): Choi Kang Hee
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Awards, Best Actor (Drama Special): Ji Sung
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Awards, Actor (Drama Special): Park Young Kyu
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Awards, Actress, Choi Kang Hee
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award, Ji Sung & Choi Kang Hee
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award, Kim Young Ok
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars, Choi Kang Hee
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars, Ji Sung
2011 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Wang Ji Hye
2011 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Kim Jae Joong

War Of The Roses (SBS)

Title: 장미의 전쟁 / Jangmi-ui Jeonjaeng / War of the Roses
Chinese Title : 玫瑰的战争
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 102
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Jan-03 to 2011-May-24
Air time: Monday to Friday 8:40am

Synopsis

A daily drama about the crises in the life of a middle-aged couple. Lee Hae Joo is a dedicated homemaker who has already forgotten her dreams and self-value after years of marriage to her salaryman husband, Park Dae Sung. Everything, from his character, tastes, habits, and outlook on life clashes with hers, and she regrets not noticing this sooner. If Dae Sung’s apathetic attitude, laziness and general disinterest wasn’t unbearable enough, he is also having an affair with his co-worker, Bae Yoo Mi.

Cast

Main Cast

Kim Hye Ri as Lee Hae Joo
Oh Dae Gyu as Park Dae Sung
Kim In Seo as Bae Yoo Mi
Lee Hyung Chul as Hwang Dong Tak

Extended Cast

Yang Hee Kyung as So Young Ja
Song Yong Tae as Lee Man Bok
Yoon Mi Ra as Mrs. Yoo
Choi Sung Ho as Lee Hyun Ki
Han Soo Jin (한수진) as Park Woon Hee
Lee Seung Hyung as Song Hyung Joon
Wie Yang Ho (위양호) as Director Nam
Sung Chang Hoon (성창훈) as Chief Song
Lee Hye Eun as Min Ah Ri
Jin Kyung (진경) as Kim Nan Jung
Jung Joo Eun as Na Mi Young
Kim Hee Joon as Jang Dae Ri
?? as Park Tae Hoon
?? as Park Joon Hee

Production Credits

Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Choi Young Hoon
Screenwriter: Lee Geun Young

Royal Family

Title: 로얄 패밀리 / Royal Family
Chinese Title : 皇室家族 / 豪门皇室
Genre: Family, romance
Episodes: 18
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Mar-02 to 2011-Apr-28
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55


Synopsis
For 18 years Kim In Sook has been ignored and never regarded as sister-in-law by her husband’s brother and sisters. She’s been isolated by everybody in her husband family and she lived like an invisible person. The thing got worse when her husband died in a helicopter crash. Since then, her mother-in-law tried to turn her into an interdicted person and deprived her of her guardianship of her son. Then Han Ji Hoon, who has a relationship with her mysterious past appeared as the lawyer of JK clan. And he witnessed her miserable situation. Then he decides to help her and resets his goal of life. That is, to turn In Sook, a woman who has been treated as rubbish into a Queen. Ji Hoon leads a double life in JK clan, and makes arduous effort for the goal of saving In Sook. Accidentally he finds that his feelings toward In Sook is more than gratitude and pity. She has become the only woman who makes his heart beating faster at her sight. It’s just an untutored feeling. And he could abandon it just for the sake of In Sook. The story of Kim In Sook’s battle against all odds to rise to the top of JK Group with the help of the lawyer Han Ji Hoon, a man who has supported her since they were children.

Cast
Yum Jung Ah as Kim In Sook
Ji Sung as Han Ji Hoon
Kim Young Ae as Gong Soon Ho
Cha Ye Ryun as Jo Hyun Jin
Jun Noh Min as Uhm Ki Do
Jun Mi Sun as Im Yoon Seo
Seo Yoo Jung as Yang Ki Jung
Ahn Nae Sang as Jo Dong Jin
Kim Young Pil (김영필) as Jo Dong Ho
Kim Jung Hak as Jo Dong Min
Dok Go Young Jae as Kim Tae Hyuk
Dong Ho (동호) as Jo Byung Joon
Ki Tae Young as Kang Choong Ki
Lee Ki Young as Kang Il Shik
Jo Sang Ki as James Dean
Ryu Dam as Kkak Chi
Kim Hye Ok as Seo Soon Ae
Lee Chae Young as Park Min Kyung
Ha Yun Joo as Ji Eun
Min Joon Hyun as staff
Lee Da Hee

Production Credits
Producer: Han Hee
Director: Kim Do Hoon (김도훈)
Assistant Director: Kim Sung Wook (김성욱), Park Ji Hyun (박지현)
Screenwriter: Kwon Eun Mi (권음미)

Romance Town

Title: 로맨스 타운 / Romance Town
Chinese Title: 浪漫小镇
Previously known as: 식모들 / Maids
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-May-11 to 2011-July-14
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

The story of domestic help who work for rich households. No Soon Geum is one of these housekeepers; despite the master-maid heirarchy, she’s bold, fearless, and unafraid of doing hard work in order to support herself. As a child, Soon Geum had dreamt of living a grand life in a Cinderella story, complete with her own white knight, but that dream had faded as reality took over. However, she reaches a turning point in her life when she is hired as a maid for the rich and handsome Kang Gun Woo.

Cast

Sung Yu Ri as No Soon Geum
Jung Gyu Woon as Kang Gun Woo
Kim Min Joon as Kim Young Hee
Min Hyo Rin as Jung Da Kyum
Lee Jae Yong as Kang Tae Won
Yang Jung Ah as Seo Yoon Joo
Jo Hwi Joon (조휘준) as Kang San
Ban Hyo Jung as Yoo Choon Jak
Park Ji Young as Oh Hyun Joo
Lee Jung Gil as Jang Chi Gook
Shin Shin Ae as Kim Soon Ok
Kwon Ki Sun as Oh Boon Ja
Kim Ye Won as Thu Zar Lin
Jo Sung Ha as Hwang Yong
Yoo Ri El as Hwang Joo Won
Lee Kyung Shil as Uhm Soo Jung
Kim Jae In as Yoon Shi Ah
Joo Jin Mo as No Sang Hoon
Kim Dong Bum as Choi Goon
Heo Tae Hee as Son Jin Pyo
Im Ye Jin as Soon Geum’s mother

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Moon Bo Hyun
Producer: Im Kyu Yong (임규용), Jun Woo Sung (전우성)
Director: Hwang Eui Kyung, Kim Jin Won (김진원)
Screenwriter: Seo Sook Hyang

The Scale of Providence

Title: 신의 저울 / The Scale of Providence
Chinese Title : 神的天秤
Also known as: God’s Balance / Land of Providence / Scale of God
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-29 to 2008-Oct-24
Air time: Fridays 20:55 (2 episodes back-to-back)

Synopsis
Jang Joon Ha is a man out for vengeance. In one day, Joon Ha lost the two most important people in his life. His brother, Young Ha, was wrongly convicted of a crime that he did not commit. The woman that he loved was murdered and his brother was the prime suspect. Joon Ha, an attorney, sets out to prove that someone else committed the crime.

Cast
Song Chang Ui as Jang Joon Ha
Lee Sang Yoon as Kim Woo Bin
Kim Yoo Mi as Shin Young Joo
Jun Hye Bin as No Se Ra

Extended Cast
Moon Sung Geun as Kim Hyuk Jae
Kim Seo Ra as Song Yeo Sa (Woo Bin’s mother)
Oh Tae Kyung as Jung Young Ha (Joon Ha’s’ younger brother)
Yun Un Kyung as Kang Kyung Daek (Joon Ha’s mother)
Im Hyo Sun as Oh Eun Ji
Maeng Sang Hoon as Shin Dal Soo (Young Joo’s father)
Choi Yong Min as No Joo Myung (Se Ra’s father)
Song Young Kyu as Moon Hak Bum
Lee Hye Eun as Go Sun Ah
Kim Seung Wook as Hong Gun Pyo
Jang Hyun Sung as Jung Soo Young
Park Chung Sun as Detective Jo
Choo Sang Rok as Detective Kang

Production Credits
Director: Hong Chang Wook
Screenwriter: Yoo Hyun Mi

Shining Inheritance

Title: 찬란한 유산 / Shining Inheritance
Chinese title : 灿烂的遗产
Also known as : Brilliant Legacy / Chanranhan Yusan/ Beautiful Legacy
Previously known as: 인생은 아름다워 / Life Is Beautiful
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 28
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-25 to 2009-July-26
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:55


Synopsis
Go Eun Sung’s life is similar to Cinderella’s. After her father died, her step-mother, Baek Sung Hee, took away all of her assets and her younger brother, Eun Woo, suddenly disappears without a trace. Despite this, Eun Sung preservers and works really hard to fulfill her dreams. When the CEO of a food company, Jang Sook Ja, suffers amnesia and can’t remember who she is Eun Sung takes her in. However, Eun Sung does not know that she is the grandmother of Sun Woo Hwan, the man who she switched bags with at the airport. How will their constant bickering lead them to realize that they care more about each other than they let on?

Cast
Han Hyo Joo as Go Eun Sung
Lee Seung Ki as Sun Woo Hwan
Bae Soo Bin as Park Jun Se
Moon Chae Won as Yoo Sung Mi

Extended Cast
Kim Mi Sook as Baek Sung Hee
Min Young Won as Lee Hye Ri (Eun Sung’s friend)
Yun Joon Suk as Go Eun Woo
Jung Suk Won as Jin Young Suk (Hwan’s friend)
Han Ye Won as Sun Woo Jung
Ban Hyo Jung as Jang Sook Ja
Yoo Ji In as Oh Young Ran (Hwan & Jung’s mother)
Kim Jae Seung as Lee Hyung Jin
Son Yeo Eun as Jung In Young
Choi Jung Woo as Park Tae Soo
Lee Seung Hyung as Pyo Sung Chul
Jun In Taek as Go Pyung Joong (Eun Sung’s father)
Baek Seung Hyun as Manager Lee Joon Young
Park Sang Hyun as Han Soo Jae

Production Credits
Director: Jin Hyuk (진혁)
Screenwriter: So Hyun Kyung (소현경)

City Hunter

Title: 시티헌터 / Sitihunteo / City Hunter
Chinese Title: 城市猎人
Genre: Action, suspense, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-May-25 to 2011-July-28
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

‘City Hunter’ is an original script based on the world-famous novel by Japan’s Tsukasa Hojo. Since it became public that Korea would be the first remake of this story into a drama, ‘City Hunter’ has been receiving worldwide attention. ‘City Hunter’ has switched the setting from Tokyo 1980 to Seoul 2011, and according to the original story structure, the protagonist becomes a city hunter and his character develops while resolving gratifying cases.

The story takes place in Seoul, 2011. Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father’s death with his surrogate father Lee Jin Pyo and eventually becomes a “City Hunter.”

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Min Ho as Lee Yoon Sung / John Lee
Park Min Young as Kim Na Na
Lee Joon Hyuk as Kim Young Joo

City Hunter Clique

Kim Sang Joong as Lee Jin Pyo / Steve Lee
Kim Sang Ho as Bae Shik Joong / Bae Man Deok
Jung Joon as Kim Sang Gook (Jin Pyo’s henchman)

The Blue House

Lee Seung Hyung as Song Young Duk
Baek Seung Hyun as Park Ho Shik
Yang Jin Sung as Shin Eun Ah (bodyguard, Na Na’s friend)
Lee Kwang Soo as Go Ki Joon

Group of Five

Chun Ho Jin as Choi Eung Chan (President)
Choi Il Hwa as Kim Jong Shik (Myung Moon University’s president, Young Joo’s father)
Choi Sang Hoon as Seo Yong Hak (Minister of Defence)
Lee Hyo Jung as Lee Kyung Wan (senator)
Choi Jung Woo as Cheon Jae Man

Extended Cast

Hwang Sun Hee as Jin Soo Hee (veterinarian, Young Joo’s ex-wife)
Goo Ha Ra as Choi Da Hye (President’s daughter)
Kim Mi Sook as Lee Kyung Hee (Yoon Sung’s mother)
Kim Byung Choon as Jang Woo Hyun
Shin Young Jin (신영진) as Kim Mi Ok (investigator, Na Na’s aunt, Young Joo’s subordinate)
Choi Sung Ho as Jang Pil Jae (investigator, Young Joo’s subordinate)
Sung Chang Hoon (성창훈) as Suk Doo Shik (Cheon Jae Man’s henchman)
Maeng Bong Hak (맹봉학) as Na Na’s father
Park Sang Min as Park Moo Yul (Yoon Sung’s real father) (cameo)
Min Young Won as Min Hee (cameo)
Yoon Ye Hee as Mrs. Yong (First Lady) (cameo)

Production Credits

Original work: Manga by Tsukasa Hojo
Producer: Kim Young Sup
Director: Jin Hyuk
Screenwriter: Hwang Eun Kyung, Choi Soo Jin (최수진)

Awards

2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Awards, Best Actor (Drama Special): Lee Min Ho
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Awards, Actor, Lee Min Ho
2011 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars, Lee Min Ho
2011 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Goo Ha Ra

You Don't Know Women

Title: 여자를 몰라 / You Don’t Know Women
Chinese Title : 不懂女人 / 你不了解女人
Also Known as : Don’t Know Her
Previously Known as 행복의 조건 / Conditions of Happiness / Terms of Happiness
Genre: Family, romance
Episodes: 109
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Aug-02 to 2010-Dec-31
Air time: Monday to Friday 8:40 AM

Synopsis
Lee Min Jung becomes pregnant after discovering her husband’s affair with Oh Yoo Ran. A drama about her life as a single mom and the man who loves her unconditionally.

Cast


Lee family
Kim Ji Ho as Lee Min Jung
Lee Kyung Jin as Han Pyung Ja
Goo Seung Hyun (구승현) as Lee Sa Rang (Min Jung’s son)
Park family
Go Se Won as Park Moo Hyuk
Ki Joo Bong as President Park
Kang family
Im Ho as Kang Sung Chan
Chae Min Seo Oh Yoo Ran
Moon Ji Eun as Oh Kyung Ran
Im Ye Jin as Jang Geum Sook
Lee Jung Gil as Kang Gyo Jang
Other people
Jung Kyung Soon as Go Mi Ae
Park Jung Woo as Ma Kang Soo
Baek Seung Hyun as Kim Jin Woo
Park Sun Joon (박선준) as Jin Sung Mo
Park Young Jin (박영진) as Joo Ki Ja
Ji Yoo as Jang Eun Young
Son Jung Min
Kim Ga Eun

Production Credits
Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Bae Tae Sup
Screenwriter: Kim Young In

Smile Mom

Title: 웃어요, 엄마 / Useoyo, Eomma / Smile, Mom
Chinese Title : 微笑妈妈
Genre: Family, romance
Episodes: 50
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-06 to 2011-April-24
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:50

Synopsis

A drama about three women and their families. Jo Bok Hee is dealt with a huge blow when her successful daughter, Shin Dal Rae, is diagnosed with an incurable disease. Kang Shin Young is betrayed when her husband, Shin Muh Roo, continues to meet his first love, Hwang Bo Mi. When he enters the race for congressman, she runs against him.

Cast

Shin family

Lee Mi Sook as Jo Bok Hee
Lee Jae Hwang as Shin Muh Roo
Kang Min Kyung as Shin Dal Rae
- Jun Min Seo as young Dal Rae
Jung Ji Ahn as Shin So Ra
Kim Yong Gun as Shin Ki Bong
Kang Ye Seo as (Muh Roo & Shin Young’s daughter)

Kang family

Yoon Jung Hee as Kang Shin Young
Park Won Sook as Park Soon Ja
Yoon Joo Sang as Kang Dong Poong
Suh Dong Won as Kang Do Young
Hwang Bo Ra as Kim Mi So (Do Young’s wife)
Im Ye Jin as Kang Seo Poong

Bae family

Ji Soo Won as Yoon Min Joo
Kim Jin Woo as Bae Yun Woo
Yeo Min Joo as Bae Yun Seo

Other people

Go Eun Mi as Hwang Bo Mi
Park Sung Min as Goo Hyun Se
Suh Joon Young as Lee Kang So
Choi Sung Ho as drama PD
Jung Han Hun as Park Eui Won
Won Jong Rye as Park Eui Won’s wife
Jung Chan as Choi Jung Woon
Lee Mi Eun (이미은) as Hye Ryun
Lee Hyun Kyung as Kang So’s sister
Kim Gyu Jin
Seo Ji Young (cameo)
Chung Lim (cameo)
Bae Geu Rin (cameo)
Kim In Suk (김인석) (cameo)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Hyun Suk, Yoon Soon Hwan (윤순환)
Producer: Kim Yong Jin (김용진), Ahn Gil Ho (안길호)
Director: Hong Sung Chang
Screenwriter: Kim Soon Ok