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Monday 12 December 2011

Glory Jane @ Man Honour


Title: 영광의 재인 / Glory Jane
Chinese Title: 荣光的在仁
Also known as: Man of Honor
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-12 to 2011-Dec-29
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis
Kim Young Kwang (Chun Jung Myung) is a baseball player on a minor league team, former 4th hitter of the major league team, is an innocently confident man who never stops trying his best to re-live past glories. Yoon Jae In (Park Min Young) works as a nurse’s aide is a struggling young, cheery, bright girl who always maintains a positive attitude despite her poor background and dreams of becoming a nurse. She meets Kim Young Kwang at the hospital when he sustains injures, as they struggling to overcome their fates, they find love. Seo In Woo (Lee Jang Woo) is the future heir of a sports clothing company and also the clean-up hitter for the a professional baseball team that his father owns. A love triangle ensues between these three characters.
Cast
Main Cast
Chun Jung Myung as Kim Young Kwang
- Ahn Do Gyu as child Young Kwang
Park Min Young as Yoon Jae In
- Ahn Eun Jung (안은정) as child Jae In
Lee Jang Woo as Seo In Woo
- Kim Ji Hoon (김지훈) as child In Woo
Supporting Cast
Park Sung Woong as Seo In Chul
Son Chang Min as Seo Jae Myung
Choi Myung Gil as Park Goon Ja
Lee Jin as Cha Hong Joo
Lee Ki Yeol as Kim In Bae
Kim Yun Joo as Kim Kyung Joo
Nam Bo Ra as Kim Jin Joo
Jung Hye Sun as Oh Soon Nyeo
Kim Sun Kyung as Im Jung Ok
Lee Moon Shik as Heo Young Do
Kim Sung Oh as Joo Dae Sung
Choi Seung Kyung as Go Kil Dong
Ahn Nae Sang as Yoon Il Goo
Jang Young Nam as Yeo Eun Joo
Kim Seung Wook as Coach Choi
Choi Ran as nursing director
No Kyung Joo (노경주) as Oh Jung Hae
Production Credits
Director: Lee Jung Sub
Screenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung

Vampire Idol


Title: 뱀파이어 아이돌 / Vampire Idol
Chinese Title: 吸血鬼偶像
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: 120
Broadcast network: MBN
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012
Air time: Monday to Friday 21:30

Synopsis
A naïve vampire prince struggles to become a global pop idol in this melodramatic youth sitcom.
Cast
Lee Jung as Prince
Kang Min Kyung as Min Kyung
Shin Dong Yup as Dong Yub
Kim Soo Mi as Soo Mi
Lee Soo Hyuk as Soo Hyuk
No Min Woo
Oh Kwang Rok
Lee Hae In
Kim Hyun Joong (1989)
Hong Jong Hyun
Chun Woo Hee
Production Credits
Producer: Sidus HQ Productions
Director: Lee Gun Wook
Screenwriter: Ha Chul Song, Lee Sung Eun

Padam..Padam...The sound Of his/Her heartbeats


Title: 빠담빠담… 그와 그녀의 심장박동소리 / Padam Padam… The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats
Chinese Title: 吧嗒吧嗒~他和她的心跳聲
Also known as: Padam Padam
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012-Feb-07
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:45

Synopsis
“Padam” which means ‘to thump’ in French is a mellow drama about a man who lived life according to its own course but meets a woman he shouldn’t love and about his breahtaking love for her.
Yang Kang Chil just came out from prison after 16 years. He was jailed because of a murder he never did. After released from prison, he goes to Seoul accompanied by his guardian angel, Lee Gook Soo. Meanwhile, Han Ji Min will play Jung Ji Na , a cheerful veterinarian who loves Kang Chil.
Cast
Main Cast
Jung Woo Sung as Yang Kang Chil
Han Ji Min as Jung Ji Na
Kim Bum as Lee Gook Soo
Supporting Cast
Na Moon Hee as Mi Ja
Lee Jae Woo as Kim Young Cheol
Jang Hang Sun as Detective Jung (Ji-Na’s dad)
Yoon Joo Sang as Prison officer Kim
Kim Hyung Bum as Yong Hak
Production Credits
Director: Kim Kyu Tae
Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung

49 days


Title: 49일 / 49 Il / 49 Days
Chinese Title : 49天
Genre: Fantasy, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Mar-16 to 2011-May-19
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis
Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store for 49 days.
Cast
Lee Yo Won as Song Yi Kyung
Nam Gyu Ri as Shin Ji Hyun
- Kim Yoo Bin as young Ji Hyun
Jo Hyun Jae as Han Kang
Bae Soo Bin as Kang Min Ho
Jung Il Woo as scheduler / Song Yi Soo
Seo Ji Hye as Shin In Jung
Extended Cast
Choi Jung Woo as Shin Il Shik (Ji Hyun’s father)
Yoo Ji In as Ji Hyun’s mother
Bae Geu Rin as Park Seo Woo
Son Byung Ho as Oh Hae Won
Moon Hee Kyung as Bang Hwa Joon
Kang Sung Min as No Kyung Bin
Yoon Bong Gil (윤봉길) as Cha Jin Young
Kim Ho Chang as Ki Joon Hee
Jin Ye Sol as Ma Soon Jung
Lee Jong Park (이종박) as Go Mi Jin
Ban Hyo Jung as sunbae Scheduler (cameo)
Kim Hyung Bum as another 49-days-traveller (cameo, ep 15)
Jung Da Hye (정다혜) (cameo)
Production Credits
Producer: Choi Moon Suk
Director: Jo Young Kwang (조영광)
Screenwriter: So Hyun Kyung

Colour of woman


Title: 컬러 오브 우먼 / Color of Woman
Chinese Title: 女人的色彩
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: To Be Announced
Broadcast network: Channel A
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:20

Synopsis
A drama that contrasts a woman who succeeds with knowledge and reason and a woman who weaponizes appearance and sensitivity.
Byun So Ra comes from an ordinary background, but she works very hard. She is then betrayed by her boyfriend and her dreams of becoming a professor fails. Byun So-Ra then joins a cosmetics company and she also meets a rival with whom she clashes in this cosmetics company.
Jae Hee will play the leading man, Yoon Joon Soo. His character is a good looking, smart, and talented chaebol, as he’s the head of this cosmetics company.
Cast
Main Cast
Yoon So Yi as Byun So Ra
Jae Hee as Yoon Joon Soo
Shim Ji Ho as Kang Chan Jin
Lee Soo Kyung as Wang Jin Joo
Supporting Cast
Sung Dong Il
Park Sang Myun
Kim Joo Young
Production Credits
Director: Kim Soo Young
Screenwriter: Choi Yeon Ji, Park Hyun Jin, Jeon Yong Sung
Note
Actress Eugene was originally cast for the leading role of Byun So Ra. Her sister was then seriously in a car accident that occurred in Guam. Eugene then decided to withdraw from the drama series.
Poster

Saturday 10 December 2011

Scent of a Women!


Title: 여인의 향기 / Yeoineui Hyanggi / Scent of A Woman
Chinese Title: 女人的香氣
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-July-23 to 2011-Sep-11
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50

Synopsis
A woman, Lee Yeon Jae, is given the grim prognosis that she only has a short time left to live. She decides to quit her job at a travel agency and live her life to the fullest.
Cast
Kim Sun Ah as Lee Yeon Jae
Lee Dong Wook as Kang Ji Wook
Uhm Ki Joon as Chae Eun Suk
Seo Hyo Rim as Im Se Kyung
Extended Cast
Kim Hye Ok as Kim Soon Jung (Yeon Jae’s mother)
Sa Hyun Jin as Yoo Hye Won
Choi Jung Hoon as Oh Sang Mok
Lee Jung Gil as Kang Chul Man (Ji Wook’s father)
Park Jung Sun (박정선) as Park Sang Woo
Kim Kwang Gyu as Yoon Bong Kil
Shin Jung Geun as Noh Sang Shik
Son Sung Yoon as Nam Na Ri
Nam Gung Won as Im Joong Hee (Se Kyung’s father)
??? as Kim Dong Myung
Shin Ji Soo as Yang Hee Joo
Cha Ji Yun (차지연) as Cha Ji Yeon
Production Credits
Director: Park Hyung Ki
Screenwriter: No Ji Seol (노지설)

Dream High


Title: 드림하이 / Dream High
Genre: School, drama, comedy, romance
Episodes: 16 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Jan-03 to 2011-March-01
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis
Dream High tells the story of six students at Kirin Art High School who work to achieve their dreams of becoming music stars in the Korean music industry. Go Hye Mi is a student who had majored in classical music but has to give up her dream by entering Kirin Art High School to pay off her father’s debt. However, she needs to get two other students to also come to the school in order for her to enroll in the school conditionally. These two students are Song Sam Dong, who lives in the countryside, and Jin Guk, whom she accidentally meets while trying to escape from a loan shark. Yoon Baek Hee, formerly Hyemi’s sidekick, becomes her rival in school because Hye Mi betrays her during an audition to enter the school.
Cast
Suzy as Go Hye Mi
Kim Soo Hyun as Song Sam Dong
Taecyeon as Jin Gook / Hyun Shi Hyuk
Ham Eun Jung as Yoon Baek Hee
Jang Woo Young as Jason
IU as Kim Pil Sook
Extended cast
Ahn Kil Kang as Ma Doo Shik
Ahn Sun Young as Kang Oh Sun (Oh Hyuk’s older sister)
Ahn Seo Hyun as Go Hye Sung (Hye Mi’s little sister)
- Park Eun Bin as 16 year old Hye Sung (ep 16)
Lee Hye Sook as Song Nam Boon (Sam Dong’s mother)
Choi Il Hwa as Hyun Moo Jin (Jin Gook’s father)
Park Hyuk Kwon (박혁권) as Go Byung Jik (Hye Mi’s father)
Park Hwi Soon as Jin Gook’s roommate (ep 1,2,5)
Cameos
Jo Soo Mi (조수미) as herself (ep 1)
Kim Hyun Joong as himself (ep 1)
Nichkhun as Ri Ah’s CF partner (ep 8)
Hwang Chan Sung as Oh Sun’s imaginary boy (ep 12)
Lee Teuk as himself (ep 13)
Eun Hyuk as himself (ep 13)
Miss A as flash mob dancers (ep 16)
2AM as flash mob dancers (ep 16)
Dal Shabet as Baek Hee’s Kirin students (ep 16)
Goo Joon Yup
Kirin’s Teachers
Uhm Ki Joon as Kang Oh Hyuk
Lee Yoon Ji as Shi Kyung Jin
Park Jin Young (박진영) as Yang Jin Man (English teacher)
Lee Byung Joon as Shi Bum Soo (Principal)
Lee Yoon Mi as Maeng Seung Hee
Baek Won Kil (백원길) as Gong Min Chul
Bae Yong Joon as Jung Ha Myung (President) (ep 1-4)
Joo Young Hoon (주영훈) as composing teacher (ep 11)
Kirin’s Students
Jun Ah Min as Jo In Sung (Jin Gook’s friend)
Jung Min Joo (정민주) as Jung Ah Jung
Han Ji Hoo as Park Do Joon (sunbae)
Yoon Young Ah as Lee Ri Ah
Park Jin Sang (박진상) as Jun Tae San (sunbae)
Kim Bo Reum as Ha So Hyun (sunbae)
Bae Noo Ri (배누리)
Production Credits
Production Companies: KeyEast, JYPE, and CJ Media
Producer: Bae Yong Joon, Park Jin Young
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun (박혜련)
Director: Lee Eung Bok