Friday, October 14, 2011

Poseidon




Title: 포세이돈 / Poseidon
Chinese Title: 海神号/波塞冬
Also Known as: Coast Guard Investigation 9 (CGI9)
Genre: Action, romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Sep-19 to 2011-Nov-08
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis
This drama is the story of the members life savers of the coast guard. The drama is based on the special duties of the Korean Coast Guard officers (rescues, terrorism threats, and other special missions) and also their obstacle in life and love. The drama takes its name from the Poseidon Team, a special forces unit of the Marines. Using the strong bonds of humanity as a basis, and through the challenges faced by the protagonists and their spirit of self-sacrifice, the drama movingly shows the significance of life and the stories of how people overcome obstacles in life.
Kim Sun Woo, who spent his school days as a troublemaker, decides to make a change in his life and joins the sea special attack team, which is called Poseidon. Sun Woo works as a promising commando, but he unexpectedly becomes entangled in an unsavory incident after 2 years. He is demoted and is sent to a maritime police office in Gunsan city. Sun Woo’s passion cools down and he slowly loses his vision as a maritime policeman. Then one day, Jung Ryul, who has formed a new crime investigation section in Incheon city, visits Sun Woo and asks him to join the team.

Cast
Choi Si Won as Kim Sun Woo
Lee Si Young as Lee Soo Yoon
Lee Sung Jae as Kwon Jung Ryul
Han Jung Soo as Oh Min Hyuk
Jung Woon Taek as Lee Choong Shik
Kil Yong Woo as Oh Yong Gap
Jang Dong Jik as Kang Joo Min
U Know Yunho as Kang Eun Cheul
Im Ki Hyuk (임기혁) as Kim Sang Soo
Kim Tae Hyung (김태형) as Woo Hyun Tae
Jin Hee Kyung as Hyun Hye Jung
Lee Dong Shin as Kwon Chang Bum
Choi Jung Woo as Han Sang Goon
Lee Byung Joon as Superintendent Gu
Son Jong Bum as Captain Oh
Park Sung Kwang (박성광) as Kim Dae Sung
Lee Sang Hoon (이상훈) as Lee Won Tak
Kim Joon Bae (김준배) as Jung Duk Soo
Jang Won Young as Ahn Dong Chool
Park Won Sook as Uhm Hee Sook
Choi Ran as Young Ran
Kim Soo Hyun (김수현) as Kwon Ha Na
Lee Joo Shil as Cha Myung Joo
Im Seung Dae as Kim Joo Hyung
Lee Han Sol as Chang Kil
Moon Jun Young as Cha Hyun Seung
Cha Ki Joo (차기주) as Moo Young
Jang Yong as Yoo Young Kook
Jun Mi Sun as Park Min Jung (cameo)
Kim Sun Kyung as Go Na Kyung (cameo)
Jung Ho Bin as Jung Do Young (cameo)
Jung Joo Ri (cameo)

Production Credits
Chief Producer: Kwak Ki Won
Producer: Moon Jung Kwang (문성광), Lee So Yeon
Director: Yoo Chul Yong, Oh Sang Won (오상원)
Screenwriter: Jo Kyu Won (조규원)

Trivia
This Drama was original casting by Eric Moon Jeong Hyuk, Kim Kang Woo, Kim Ok Bin and Jeon Hye Bin, but they all left after the filming of drama was repetitively delayed since 2010, due to Bombardment of Yeonpyeong incident and bad weather.

Secret Garden



Title: 시크릿 가든 / Sikeurit Gadeun / Secret Garden
Chinese Title : 秘密花园
Genre: Romance, comedy, fantasy, melodrama
Episodes: 20 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-13 to 2011-Jan-22
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:45

Synopsis
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.

Cast
Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won
Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im
Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young/Oska (Joo Won’s cousin)
Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul
Lee Philip as Im Jong Soo
Lee Jong Suk as Han Tae Ssun
Yoo In Na as Im Ah Young
Kim Ji Sook as Moon Yeon Hong
Park Joon Geum as Moon Boon Hong
Kim Sung Oh as Kim Sung Woo (Joo Won’s secretary)
Choi Yoon So as Kim Hee Won (Joo Won’s sister)
Kim Sung Kyum as Moon Chang Soo
Lee Byung Joon as Park Bong Ho
Sung Byung Sook as Park Bong Hee
Yoon Gi Won as Choi Dong Kyu
Yoo Seo Jin as Lee Ji Hyun
Kim Gun as Yoo Jong Heon
Baek Seung Hee as Park Chae Rin
Jang Seo Won as Hwang Jung Hwan
Kim Dong Gyoon as director
Kim Mi Kyung as guest house ahjumma
Song Yoon Ah as herself (cameo)
Lee Joon Hyuk as himself (cameo)
Beige (베이지) (cameo)
Baek Ji Young as herself (cameo, ep 13)
Han Ye Won as Cherry (cameo, ep 15)
Son Ye Jin as herself (cameo, ep 20)
Kang Chan Yang
Kim Sung Hoon
Sa Hee

Production Credits
Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook

Awards
2011 koreandrama.org‘s Awards : The Best Korean Drama of 2011
2011 Korea Drama Festival Awards: Daesang
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actor – Drama Special (Hyun Bin)
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress – Drama Special (Ha Ji Won)
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Award – Drama
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Award (Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won)
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won)

Queen Seon Duk




Title: 선덕여왕 / Queen Seon Duk
Chinese Title : 善德女王
Genre: Historical, period
Episodes: 62
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2009-May-25 to to 2009-Dec-22
Air time: Monday & Tuesdays 21:55

Synopsis
King Jinpyeong did not have any sons to name as a successor to his throne. Thus he named his eldest daughter, Princess Duk Man, to be his successor. The drama will be about the life of Princess Duk Man who was later known as Queen Seon Duk, the first Queen of Silla.

Cast
Lee Yo Won as Princess Duk Man, later Queen Seon Duk
Nam Ji Hyun as Princess Duk Man (15 year old)
Ko Hyun Jung as Lady Mi Shil
UEE as Mi Shil (18 year old)
Uhm Tae Woong as Kim Yoo Shin
Lee Hyun Woo as Kim Yoo Shin (young)
Park Ye Jin as Princess Chun Myung
Shin Se Kyung as Princess Chun Myung (15 year old)
Kim Yoo Jung as Princess Chun Myung (10 year old)
Yoo Seung Ho as Kim Chun Chu (Chun Myung and Kim Yong Soo’s son, ep34~)
Kim Nam Gil as Bi Dam (King Jinji and Mi Shil’s son, ep21~)
Park Ji Bin as Bi Dam (young)
Lee Seung Hyo as Alcheon
- Ho Hyo Hoon (호효훈) as Alcheon (young)
Jung Ho Bin as Moon No (the 8th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
Jo Min Ki as King Jinpyeong (Duk Man and Chun Myung’s father)
Baek Jong Min as Jinpyeong (young)
Kang San as Jinpyeong (child)
Yoon Yoo Sun as lady Ma Ya (King Jinyeong’s wife)
Park Soo Jin as Ma Ya (young)
Seo Young Hee as So Hwa
Im Ye Jin as Lady Man Myeong (Jipyeong’s sister; Kim Yoo Shin’s mother)
Jung Sung Mo as Kim Seo Hyun (Man Myeong’s husband; Kim Yoo Shin’s father)
Park Jung Chul as Kim Yong Soo (King Jinji’s eldest son; Princess Chun Myung’s husband)
Do Yi Sung as Kim Yong Choon (King Jinji’s 2nd son)
Shin Goo as Eul Je
Lee Soon Jae as King Jin Heung (ep1)
Im Ho as King Jinji (ep1)
Jung Woong In as Mi Saeng (Mi Shil’s younger brother; the 10th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
Dok Go Young Jae as Se Jong (Mi Shil’s husband; the 6th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
Jun Noh Min as Seol Won (Mi Shil’s lover; the 7th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
Kim Jung Hyun as Ha Jong (Mi Shil and Se Jong’s son; the 11th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
Baek Do Bin as Bo Jong (Mi Shil and Seol Won’s son)
- Kwak Jung Wook as Bo Jong (young)
Song Ok Sook as Seo Ri
Ahn Kil Kang as Chil Sook
Lee Moon Shik as Jook Bang
Ryu Dam as Go Do
Kang Sung Pil as San Tak
Joo Sang Wook as Wol Ya
Jung Ho Geun as Seol Ji
Jun Young Bin as Gok Sa Heun
- Jung Hyung Min as Gok Sa Heun (young)
Park Young Seo as Dae Pung
- Lee Suk Min (이석민) as Dae Pung (young)
Go Yoon Hoo as Ho Jae (the 14th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
Hong Kyung In as Seok Pum
- No Young Hak as Seok Pum (young)
Kang Ji Hoo as Im Jong
- Kim Suk as Im Jong (young)
Suh Dong Won as Deok Chung
- Lee Do Hyun as Deok Chung (young)
Jang Hee Woong as Bakui
- Seo Sang Won as Bakui (young)
Lee Sang Hyun as Pil Tan
- Kim Tae Jin (김태진) as Pil Tan (young)
Kim Dong Hee as Wang Yoon
- Choi Woo Sung (최우성) as Wang Yoon (young)
Ryu Sang Wook as Dae Nam Bo
- Kim Sang Bin (김상빈) as Dae Nam Bo (young)
Kim Dong Soo as Hyeop Seong
Moon Ji Yoon as Si Yeol
- Shin Tae Hoon as Si Yeol (young)
Choi Sung Jo as Seon Yeol
- Oh Eun Suk (오은석) as Seon Yeol (young)
Jung Hye Sun as Lady Man Ho (Jinpyeong and Man Myeong’s mother)
Park Eun Bin as Bo Rang (Bo Jong’s daughter; Kim Chun Chu’s wife)
Qri as Young Mo (Ha Jong’s daughter; Kim Yoo Shin’s wife)
Seo Bum Shik as General Ga Baek
Park Jae Jung as Sa Da Ham (Mi Shil’s first love; cameo, ep13)
Mametkulovs Mansur as Mr. Cartan

Production Credits
Director: Park Hong Kyun (박홍균) & Kim Geun Hong (김근홍)
Screenwriter: Kim Young Hyun & Park Sang Yun (박상연)

Awards
2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize) (Ko Hyun Jung)
2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actor Award (Kim Nam Gil)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize) (Ko Hyun Jung)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award – Actress (Lee Yo Won)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award – Actor (Uhm Tae Woong)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award – Actor (Kim Nam Gil)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Best New Actor Award (Yoo Seung Ho and Lee Seung Hyo)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Drama of the Year Award
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Kim Nam Gil and Lee Yo Won)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: PD Award (Shin Goo)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Special Child Actor Award (Nam Ji Hyun)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Ahn Kil Kang)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Seo Young Hee)
2009 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award (Kim Young Hyun and Park Sang Yun)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Mackerel Run




Title: 달려라 고등어 / Mackerel Run
chinese title : 奔跑吧 鲭鱼
Also known as: Run! Mackerel / Go Mackerel / Dal Go
Genre: Comedy, Drama, High School
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2007-May-12 to 2007-Jun-30
Air time: Saturdays 16:40 (4:40 Korean time)


Synopsis
A high school drama filled with hilarious moments.

Cast
Lee Min Ho as Cha Gong Chan
Moon Chae Won as Min Yoon Seo
Kwon Se In (권세인) as Baek Hyun
Jung Yoon Jo as Yoon Sae Mi

Extended Cast
Lee Bong Gyu as Min Joo Hwa (Yoon Seo’s father)
Lee Sa Jang as Heo Young Sook (Yoon Seo’s mother)
Lee Geum Ja as Lee Kyun Jin (Gong Chan’s mother)
Lee Byung Joon as Ma Do Shik
Kim Joo Young (김주영) as Go Bong Tae (Gong Chan’s friend)
?? as Jang Dong Gul
?? as Shim Chung Ah
?? as Ahn Kyung Tae
?? as Kim Doo Son
?? as Yoon Taek Han
?? as Ki Yeo Woon

Monday, October 10, 2011

Lovely In-Laws / Daughter In-Laws




Title: 며느리와 며느님 / Daughter in-Law
Chinese title : 媳妇儿和少奶奶
Genre: Romance, family
Episodes: 131
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2008-July-21 to 2008-Dec-20
Air time: Mondays to Saturdays 8:30


Synopsis
Not Yet Available

Cast


Ma Family
Jung Chan as Ma Kang Min
Lee Jong Soo as Ma Kang San
Choi Jong Won as Ma Pyung Moon
Jung Kyung Soon as Ma Kang Ja
Yoo Eun Mi as Ma Ye Kyung (Soon Jung’s daughter)

Lee Family
Moon Jung Hee as Lee Soon Jung
Park Young Tae as Lee Sang Man
Park Soo In as Lee Yoo Jung (Soon Jung’s younger sister)

Kim Family
Kim Yeon Joo as Kim Joo Ri
Uhm Yoo Shin as Oh Young Shil (Joo Ri’s mother)
?? as Kim Byung Chul (Joo Ri’s father)

Other people
Yoon Young Joon as Park Min Hyuk
Ahn Do Kyoon as Park Joon
Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Jang Ok Soon
Kim Seung Hwan as Oh Young Hoon
Kim Myung Jin as Choi Soo Ho
Kim Soo Yeon as Kang Mi Ra
?? as Yoo Ki Baek
?? as Ha Yoo Mi
Jung Yong Rye