The Kingdom Of The Winds / The Land Of Wind

Title: 바람의 나라 / The Kingdom of The Winds
Also known as: Country of Wind / The Land of Wind
Chines title : 风之国
Genre: Period Drama, Fantasy
Episodes: 36
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2008-Sept-04 to 2009-Jan-15
Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

The drama about the life of Jumong’s grandson, Moo Hyul, who later became Daemusin.

Cast

Song Il Gook as Prince Moo Hyul / Daemusin
Choi Jung Won as Princess Yeon
Park Gun Hyung as Prince Do Jin
Jung Jin Young as King Yuri

Extended Cast

Kim Hye Ri as Lady Mi Yoo (Yeo Jin’s mother)
Lee Jong Won as Prince Hae Myeong (Moo Hyul’s brother)
Kim Hye Sung as Prince Yeo Jin
Oh Yoon Ah as Hye Ap
Kim Jae Wook as Chu Bal So
Jang Tae Sung as Ma Ro (Moo Hyul’s friend)
Kim Sang Ho as Ma Hwang
Park Sang Wook as Gwi Yoo
Han Jin Hee as King Daeso
Park Jung Hak as Sa Goo
Im Jung Eun as Princess Se Ryu
Kim Byung Gi as Sang Ga
Kim Gyu Chul as Myung Jin
Kim Won Hyo as Gong Chan
Kim Myung Soo as Goo Chu
Jung Sung Mo as Bae Geuk
Jung Da Bin as young Princess Se Ryu
?? as Queen Seohwa (Seryu & Moo Hyul’s mother)
?? as Tak Rok

Production Credits
Original Work: Comic by Kim Jin
Director: Kang Il Soo
Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu, Park Jin Woo, Jung Jin Ok

Awards
2008 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Song Il Gook and Choi Jung Won
2008 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor (Song Il Gook)
2008 KBS Drama Awards: Mini Drama Excellence Award – Actor (Jung Jin Young)
2008 KBS Drama Awards: Mini Drama Excellence Award – Actress (Choi Jung Won)

Notes
- This drama is a remake of a comic by Kim Jin.
- One of the filming sites included a 45 day shoot in China.
- Song Il Gook will be portraying Jumong’s grandson. He also portrayed Jumong in ‘Jumong-Prince of The Legend‘ in 2006.

Twinkle Twinkle / Shining @ Sparkling

Title: 반짝반짝 빛나는 / Banjjak Banjjak Bitnaneun / Shining
Chinese Title : 闪闪发光
Also known as: Twinkle Twinkle / All That Glitters / Sparkling
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 54
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Feb-12 to 2011-Aug-14
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:40

Synopsis

This drama tells the success story of Han Jung Won, a workaholic careerwoman who is determined to make her own way in life without the help of her family, which has garnered considerable wealth from their publishing company. Her life is turned upside down due to someone’s mistake, and she faces numerous setbacks on the road to recovery.

Cast

Kim Hyun Joo as Han Jung Won
Lee Yoo Ri as Hwang Geum Ran
Kim Suk Hoon as Song Seung Joon
Kang Dong Ho as Kang Dae Bum

Han family

Jang Yong as Han Ji Woong
Park Jung Soo as Jin Na Hee
Kim Hyung Bum as Han Sang Won
Park Yoo Hwan as Han Seo Woo

Hwang family

Go Doo Shim as Lee Kwon Yang
Kil Yong Woo as Hwang Nam Bong
Lee Ah Hyun as Hwang Tae Ran
Han Ji Woo as Hwang Mi Ran
Kim Sang Ho as Park Joong Hyuk (Tae Ran’s husband)
Shin Soo Yun (신수연) as Park Ji Won (Tae Ran’s daughter)

Other people

Kim Ji Young as Seung Joon’s mother
Jung Tae Woo as Yoon Seung Jae
Yoo Sa Ra as Han Song Yi
Gong Ki Tak (공기탁) as Song Kwang Hee
Won Ki Joon as Jegal Joon Soo (Tae Ran’s first love)
Jun Soo Kyung (cameo) as Lee Eun Jung
Choi Soo Rin as Kim Ji Soo
Yoon Hee Suk as Nam Sung Woo
Joo Da Young as Hye Rin
Yoo Chae Young (cameo)
Kim Ji Sung (김지성)
Kim Soo Hyun (1971)

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Dae Young
Director: Noh Do Chul
Screenwriter: Bae Yoo Mi

Awards

2011 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award (Serial Drama), Actor (Kim Suk Hoon)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award (Serial Drama), Actress (Kim Hyun Joo)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award (Serial Drama), Actress (Lee Yoo Ri)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Serial Drama), Actor (Kil Yong Woo)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award (Bae Yoo Mi)

Miss Ripley

Title: 리플리 / Miss Ripley
Chinese Title : 雷普利小姐
Also Known as : Miss Ripley Who I Loved…
Previously known as: 굿바이 미스 리플리 / Goodbye Miss Ripley
Genre: Melodrama, romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-May-30 to 2011-July-19
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

Two very different men fall in love with Jang Mi Ri, a woman whose life is a complicated web of lies, propelled by her greedy desires that stem from an unfortunate childhood. Jang Myung Hoon is an ambitious hotelier who maintains perfect control of himself and his life, while Yutaka is the warm and gentle heir of a Korean-Japanese hotel conglomerate. Their love for Mi Ri and her tragic ambition eventually leads them down the path of destruction.

Miss Ripley is based on the real life case of Shin Jung Ah, a university professor and art curator at Dongguk University who was discovered to have forged her creditials in order to get hired, with the help of her boyfriend (then presidential secretary) Byun Yang Kyoon, and embezzled funds from the art gallery’s corporate sponsorship.

Cast

Lee Da Hae as Jang Mi Ri
- Park Ha Young as Mi Ri (young)
- Jung Da Bin as Mi Ri (teen)
Micky Yoochun as Yutaka / Song Yoo Hyun
Kim Seung Woo as Jang Myung Hoon
Kang Hye Jung as Na Hee Joo

Extended Cast

Hwang Ji Hyun as Lee Gwi Yeon
Choi Myung Gil as Lee Hwa
Lee Sang Yeob as Ha Chul Jin
Song Jae Ho as President Lee
Jang Yong as Song In Soo
Kim Na Woon as Kang Shi Young
Kim Chang Wan as Director Choi
Baek Bong Ki as as Deputy Manager Kim
Lee Soo Mi (이수미) as Jo Eun Bom
Kim Jung Tae as Hirayama
Min Joon Hyun as Manager Han
Park Ji Yeon as Yuu (cameo, ep 3)
X-5 as themselves (cameo, ep 3)
Yang Mi Kyung as Yoo Hyun’s mother
Uhm Ki Joon as prosecutor (cameo)
Maeng Sang Hoon

Production Credits

Producer: Han Hee
Director: Choi Yi Sup, Choi Won Suk
Screenwriter: Kim Sun Young

Awards

2011 MBC Drama Awards: Newcomers Awards (Mini Series), Best New Actor (Park Yoo Chun)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Producer’s Award, Actor (Kim Jung Tae)

Swallow The Sun

Title: 태양을 삼켜라 / Swallow the Sun
Chinese Title : 吞没太阳
Also known as: All In 2
Previously known as: 히든 / Hidden, 꾼들의 나라 / The Land of Professionals / All In 2
Genre: Romance, Action
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2009-July-08 to 2009-Oct-01
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

“Swallow the Sun” revolves around three young people in Jeju Island and how they develop Seogwipo, Jeju into a world city.

Kim Jung Woo (Ji Sung) is the illegitimate child of a gangster father and a haenyeo (a traditional freediver) mother. He was raised in an orphanage and soon developed a rebellious temperament.

Lee Soo Hyun (Sung Yu Ri) has a strong will and is focused on achieving her goals. She overcame many unfortunate situations in her life to first study overseas and then become the organizer for a world famous performance team.

Jang Tae Hyuk (Lee Wan) was raised without ever knowing his father. After he entered adulthood, Tae-hyeok meets Jun Kwang Ryul (Jang Min Ho), a wealthy businessman, who claims to be his father. This changes Tae-hyeok’s life entirely as he now works to excel in business management.

Cast

Ji Sung as Kim Jung Woo
- Yeo Jin Goo as Kim Jung Woo (child)
Sung Yu Ri as Lee Soo Hyun
- Lee Young Yoo as Lee Soo Hyun (child)
So Yi Hyun as Yoo Mi Ran
Lee Wan as Jang Tae Hyuk
Han Ji Yun as Han Sun Young
Yoo Oh Sung as Jeuk Seun Ri / Jackson
Jun Kwang Ryul as Jang Min Ho
Kim Jung Tae as Han Suk Tae
Ma Dong Suk as Lee Kang Rae
Kim Sae Rom as Ha Sang Mi
Jo Sang Kyu as Jo Chi Gook
Yun Woo Hyun Jin as Amy
Choi Ran as Choi In Sook
Lee Jae Yong as Hyun Ki Sang
- Park Kwang Hyun as Ki Sang (younger)
Kim Yong Gun as Yoo Kang Hyun
Yeo Ho Min as Jang Se Dol
Go Doo Shim as (Mi Yeon’s mother)
Im Jung Eun as Mi Yeon
Jin Goo as Il Hwan
Hong Suk Chun as Jimmy
Kim Byung Se as Tony
Jung Ho Bin as Baek Sil Jang
Moon Chang Gil as Moon Sung Chul
Ahn Nae Sang as Soo Chang
Kim Roe Ha
Son Hyun Joo
Shim Eun Jin

Production Credits

Director: Yoo Chul Yong
Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu

Notes

- All scenes shot in Korea took place on Jeju Island, while overseas scenes were filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A shooting site of 6,417 square meters was especially constructed in Seoguipo, Jeju for this drama.
- Production was shut down due to several cases of the H1N1 virus among staff members. This in turn caused the cancellation of the press conference and episode 1 being pushed back to air on 2009-July-09.

Lie To Me

Title: 내게 거짓말을 해봐 / Naege Geojitmaleul Haebwa / Lie to Me
Chinese Title : 骗我试试 / 對我說謊看看
Also known as: Try Lying to Me
Previously known as: 달콤한 스캔들 / Sweet Scandal
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-May-09 to 2011-June-28
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

Gong Ah Jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she’s married to Hyun Ki Joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki Joon’s ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother’s, Oh Yoon Joo, reappears in his life.

Cast

Yoon Eun Hye as Gong Ah Jung
Kang Ji Hwan as Hyun Ki Joon
Sung Joon as Hyun Sang Hee
Jo Yoon Hee as Oh Yoon Joo
Hong Soo Hyun as Yoo So Ran
Ryu Seung Soo as Chun Jae Bum

Extended Cast

Oh Mi Hee as Hyun Myung Jin
Kwon Se In as Park Hoon
Park Ji Yoon as Manager Park
Kang Shin Il as Gong Joon Ho
Lee Kyung Jin as Shim Ae Kyung
Kwon Hae Hyo as Hwang Suk Bong
Kang Rae Yun as Rae Yeon
Song Ji Eun as Ji Eun
Kim Bo Yun (김보연) as Bo Yeon
Jang Woo Young (장우영) as Kim Yeon Nim
Kim Gyu Jin as Gyu Jin
Ahn Jung Hoon as Manager Ahn
Park Hyo Joon as Hyo Joon
Ja Doo (자두) as Ja Doo
Min Joon Hyun as journalist
Danny Ahn as Ki Joon’s friend (cameo)
Choi Yoon So as arranged marriage partner (cameo)
Baek Seung Hyun as Ah Jung’s blind date (cameo, ep9)
Yoo Ha Na (cameo)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Jo Nam Kook
Producer: Jo Sung Won (조성원)
Director: Kim Soo Ryong, Kwon Hyuk Chan
Screenwriter: Kim Ye Ri (김예리)

Wild Romance

Title: 난폭한 로맨스 / Wild Romance
Chinese Title: 暴力罗曼史 / 狂野罗曼史
Also Known as: Aggressive Romance
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-04 to 2012-Feb-23
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama tells a love story between a baseball player and a female guard who is a former judo athlete.

Cast

Lee Dong Wook as Park Moo Yul
Lee Si Young as Yoo Eun Jae
Kang Dong Ho as Kim Tae Han
Oh Man Suk as Jin Dong Soo
Hwang Sun Hee as Oh Soo Young
Jessica Jung as Kang Jong Hee
Im Joo Eun as Kim Dong Ah
Lee Won Jong as Yoo Young Kil
Lee Hee Joon as Ko Jae Hyo
Lee Han Wie as Kevin Jang
Lee El as Mi Jin
Jang Tae Hoon as Yoo Chang Ho (Yoo Eun Jae younger brother)

Production Credits

Director: Bae Kyung Soo
Screenwriter: Park Yun Sun