Jang Gook Becomes Dallae [K-Drama]

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• Title: 달래 된, 장국: 12년만의 재회 / Wild Chives and Soy Bean Soup: 12 Years Reunion
• Chinese Title: 山蒜酱汤：12年后的重逢
• Also Known as: Jang Gook Becomes Dallae
• Genre: Family, Romance
• Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
• Broadcast network: jTBC
• Broadcast period: 2014-March-22 to 2014-Sep-07
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:45

Synopsis

Two high school students break up because of their parents. They meet again 12 years later.


Cast

Yoon So Hee as Jang Gook (young)
Nam Goong Min as Yoo Joon Soo
Lee Won Geun as Yoo Joon Soo (young)
Bae Jung Ok as Choi Go Soon (Jang Kook’s mother)
Chun Ho Jin as Yoo Jung Han (Joon Soo’s father)
Park Hae Mi as Pyung Bum Soon (Joon Soo’s mother)
Lee Han Wie as Joo Chul Soo
Ji Soo Won as Kim Young Hae
Danny Ahn as Yoo Soo Han
Seo Wo Rim as Yeo Il Sook
Kim Young Ran as Yeo Sam Sook
Shin Dong Mi as Yeo Ok
Ryu Hyo Young as Joo Da Hae (young)
Ah Young as Park Moo Hee
Jung Chan Woo as Yoo Joon Sung (young)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Do Hyung
Screenwriter: Kim Yi Kyung

Mother’s Garden [K-Drama]

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• Title: 엄마의 정원 / Mother’s Garden
• Chinese Title: 妈妈的庭院
• Genre: Family, Romance
• Episodes: 100+ (To Be Announced)
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 2014-March-17
• Air time: Monday to Friday 21:00

Synopsis

A drama that revolves around Seo Yoon Joo’s family bonding and love.

Seo Yoon Joo (Jung Yoo Mi) is the daughter of a family that runs a large company. She works as a veterinarian and works specifically with horses. She has a bright and honest personality. She is in love with Cha Ki Joon (Choi Tae Joon) who is also come from a wealthy family.


Cast

Jung Yoo Mi as Seo Yoon Joo
Choi Tae Joon as Cha Ki Joon
Uhm Hyun Kyung as Kim Soo Jin
Go Se Won as Cha Seong Joon
Choo So Young as Cha Bo Yeong
Kim Bo Ra as Kim Soo Ah
Lee El as Kim Ja Kyung
Jung Hwan
Go Doo Shim
Kim Chang Sook
Kil Yong Woo
Na Young Hee
Kim Sa Kwon
Min Do Hee (cameo)

Production Credits

Director: Noh Do Chul
Screenwriter: Park Jung Ran

Secret Love Affair [K-Drama]

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• Title: 밀회 / Secret Love Affair
• Chinese Title: 密会
• Genre: Melodrama, Romance
• Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
• Broadcast network: jTBC
• Broadcast period: 2014-March-17 to 2014-May-20
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:50

Synopsis

This drama tells the story of secret romance between a woman in her 40′s and a man in his 20′s.

Oh Hye Won (Kim Hee Ae) works as the director of planning for the Seohan Arts Foundation. She is elegant and excels at dealing with other people. Meanwhile, Lee Sun Jae (Yoo Ah In) is a genius like pianist in his 20′s. They will getting involved in a love affair through a piano.


Cast

Kim Hee Ae as Oh Hye Won
Yoo Ah In as Lee Sun Jae
Shim Hye Jin as Han Sung Sook
Park Hyuk Kwon as Kang Joon Hyung
Kyung Soo Jin as Park Da Mi
Kim Hye Eun as Seo Young Woo
Kim Yong Gun
Kim Chang Wan
Shin Ji Ho as Ji Min Woo
Jin Bo Ra as Jung Yoo Ra
Kim Kwon as Woo Sung

Production Credits

Director: Ahn Pan Suk
Writer: Jung Sung Joo

The Blade and Petal [K-Drama]

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• Title: 칼과 꽃 / Sword and Flower
• Chinese Title: 劍與花
• Also Known as: The Blade and Petal
• Genre: Historical, Romance, Action, Melodrama, Political
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2013-July-03 to 2013-Sep-05
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

A drama set in the Goguryo period.

It is about how Moo Young (Kim Ok Bin), the daughter of King Young Ryu, falls in love with Yeon Choong (Uhm Tae Woong), the son of Yeon Gaesomun had with a concubine.

But Moo Young debates whether she should have her revenge, as Yeon Gaesomun is the man who killed her father. Meanwhile, Yeon Choong as the son of a noble blood father and a servant mother, despite his talent, he finds he cannot rise higher in rank due to the fact that he is a concubine′s son. He is later ordered by his father to kill the person he loves, and comes into inner conflict.


Cast

Main Cast

Kim Ok Bin as Princess Moo Young
Uhm Tae Woong as Yun Choong
- Chae Sang Woo as Yun Choong (young)
Kim Young Chul as King Young Ryu
Choi Min Soo as Yeon Gaesomun
Ohn Joo Wan as Jang (later King Bojang)
Lee Jung Shin as Shi Woo
Park Soo Jin as Moo Sul

Geum Hwa Dan

Kim Sang Ho as So Sa Bun
Jo Jae Yoon as Boo Chi
Yoo Seung Mok as Sul Young
Kim Hyo Sun as Young Hae
Kwak Jung Wook as Chi Woon
Shin Hye Jung as Dal Ki
Yoo Jae Myung (유재명) as Gil Boo
Hyun Seung Min as Cho Yi

People on King Young Ryu’s Side

Lee Min Ho as Prince Tae Ja (King YoungRyu’s first son)
Lee Dae Ro as Sun Hoe Young
Kim Joo Young as Hae Tae Soo
Jun Hyun as Tae Kyung

People on Yeon Gae So Moon’s Side

Goo Won as Ho Tae
Ahn Dae Yong as Yun Jung Ro
Lee Dae Yeon as Do Soo
Park Yoo Seung (박유승) as Ohn Sa Moon

Neutral Nobles

Joo Jin Mo as Yang Moon
Hyun Chul Ho (현철호) as Yang Jin Wook

Jo-Ui Boo

No Min Woo as Yeon Nam Saeng
Lee Yi Kyung as Tae Pyung
Kim Dong Suk as Ji Kwan
Lee Won Jong as Jang Po

Jo Jung

Jun Jin Ki as Sun Dong Hae

Other People

Moon Hyuk as Jin Goo
Bang Hyung Joo (방형주) as Choon Myung
Yoon So Hee as Nang Ga
Park Joo Hyung as mysterious assassin (cameo)

Production Credits

Production Company: Blade and Petal Culture Industry Co.Ltd., Love Letter, KBS Media
Chief Producer: Lee Gun Joon
Producer: Yoon Jae Hyuk
Director: Kim Yong Soo
Screenwriter: Kwon Min Soo

Jung Yi, The Goddess of Fire [K-Drama]

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• Title: 불의 여신 정이 / Jung Yi, The Goddess of Fire
• Chinese Title: 火之女神 靖兒
• Genre: Historical, Romance, Political, Melodrama
• Episodes: 32 + 2 Special
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 2013-July-01 to 2013-Oct-22
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama will potray the live of Yoo Jung, also known as Jung Yi (Moon Geun Young), the first female potter in the Joseon Dynasty. After she was kidnapped to Japan during a war, she demonstrated the superiority of Joseon potters in Japan.

This drama also depicts the story of Prince Gwang Hae (Lee Sang Yoon), a sad prince whose life was like a wild storm. He had to let go of Jung Yi no matter how deep his love. He will go through a lonely struggle because he could not put out a flame in his heart toward a woman he loved.


Cast

Main Cast

Moon Geun Young as Yoo Jung
- Jin Ji Hee as Yoo Jung (young)
Lee Sang Yoon as Prince Kwang Hae
- No Young Hak as Kwang Hae (young)
Kim Bum as Kim Tae Do
- Park Gun Tae as Kim Tae Do (Young)
Park Gun Hyung as Lee Yook Do
- Oh Seung Yoon as Lee Yook Do (Young)
Seo Hyun Jin as Hwa Ryung
- Kim Ji Min as Hwa Ryung (Young)
Jun Kwang Ryul as Lee Kang Chun

Royal Palace

Jung Bo Suk as King Sun Jo
Han Go Eun as Lady Kim In Bin
Lee Kwang Soo as Prince Im Hae
- Lee In Sung as Prince Im Hae (young)

Boon Won

Byun Hee Bong as Moon Sa Seung
Lee Jong Won as Yoo Eul Dam
Sung Ji Roo as Shim Jong Soo

Other People

Jang Kwang as Lee Pyung Ik
Jang Hyo Jin as Ma Poong
Song Ok Sook as Son Haeng Soo
Choi Ji Na as Yeon Ok (Jung Yi’s mother)

Production Credits

Chief Producers: Go Dong Sun, Kim Seung Mo
Producer: Kim Kwang Il
Directors: Park Sung Soo, Jung Dae Yoon
Screenwriters: Kwon Soon Gyu, Lee Seo Yoon

Note

- This drama is based on a true historical figure, Baek Pah Sun.

- Due to an on-set accident when a piece of camera equipment fell onto lead actress Moon Geun-young’s face and injured her eye. MBC have to pre-empt episodes 25-26 on 2013/Sep/23-24, airing a special with highlights and behind-the-scenes clips instead.

Empire of Gold [K-Drama]

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• Title: 황금의 제국 / Empire of Gold
• Chinese Title: 黃金帝國
• Also Known as: The Golden Empire
• Genre: Political, Thriller, Melodrama, Action, Family
• Episodes: 24
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2013-July-01 to 2013-Sep-17
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

The series is a multi-generational saga that covers a twenty-year span from 1990 to 2010, and follows one chaebol family as it arises out of the ruins of the 1990s IMF financial crisis that wreaked so much havoc on the Korean economy, and becomes the top conglomerate in the nation. Three people become locked in a power struggle for control of this chaebol empire.


Cast

Main Cast

Go Soo as Jang Tae Joo
Lee Yo Won as Choi Seo Yoon
Son Hyun Joo as Choi Min Jae
Ryu Seung Soo as Cha Pil Doo
Jang Shin Young as Yoon Seo Shi

Supporting Cast

Lee Hyun Jin as Choi Sung Jae
Yoon Seung Ah as Jang Hee Joo
Kim Kang Hyun as Na Choon Ho

Sung Jin Group

Park Geun Hyung as Choi Dong Sung
Jung Han Yong as Choi Dong Jin
Kim Mi Sook as Han Jung Hee
Uhm Hyo Sup as Choi Won Jae
Go Eun Mi as Park Eun Jung
Shin Dong Mi as Choi Jung Yoon
Jung Wook as Son Dong Hwi
Kim Hyung Kyu as Choi Yong Jae

People around Jang Tae Joo

Nam Il woo as Jang Bong Ho
Sun Woo Eun Sook as Tae Joo’s mother
Kim Jung Hak as Shin Jong Ho

Others

Choi Yong Min as Park Jin Tae
Park Ji Il as Kang Ho Yun
Jin Seo Yun as Jung Yoo Jin
Kwon Tae Won as Jung Byung Gook
Lee Won Jae as Kim Kwang Se
Lee Il Hwa as Im Yoon Hee (Choi Min Jae’s wife)
Go In Bum

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Hyun Jik
Producers: Kim Jin Geun, Lee Young Joon
Director: Jo Nam Kook
Screenwriter: Park Kyung Soo

Awards

2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars – Lee Yo Won (Empire of Gold)
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress (Mid-Length Series) – Lee Yo Won (Empire of Gold)

Scandal [K-Drama]

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• Title: 스캔들 : 매우 충격적이고 부도덕한 사건 / Scandal : a Shocking and Wrongful Incident
• Chinese Title: 醜聞：極具衝擊性與不道德的事件
• Also Known as: Scandal: That Very Shocking and Immoral Incident
• Genre: Romance, Melodrama, Family
• Episodes: 36
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 2013-June-29 to 2013-Oct-27
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50

Synopsis

Ha Eun Joong (Kim Jae Won) was kidnapped in an act of revenge when he was really young by the man who believed that Eun Joong’s real father was the mastermind behind the collapsed building incident that killed his son. Eun Joong who grew up to be a policeman, was shocked to find out the truth that the father he loved so much was actually his kidnapper. His life began to get entwined with Woo Ah Mi (Jo Yoon Hee), a 26 year old single mom as he seeks out the meaning of life after encountering numerous despairs and tries to heal the wounds in his heart. (Source)


Cast

Main Cast

Kim Jae Won as Ha Eun Joong
- Kim Hwi Su as Ha Eun Joong (5 years old) (see note)
- Jung Yoon Suk as Ha Eun Joong (8 years old)
Jo Yoon Hee as Woo Ah Mi
Jo Jae Hyun as Ha Myung Geun
Park Sang Min as Jang Tae Ha
Shin Eun Gyung as Yoon Hwa Yeong
Ki Tae Young as Jang Eun Joong (see note)
- Jung Joon Won as Jang Eun Joong (8 years old)
Kim Hye Ri as Go Joo Ran
Kim Kyu Ri as Jang Joo Ha
- Jo Min Ah as Jang Joo Ha (10 years old)

Supporting Cast

Jo Han Chul as Shin Kang Ho
Choi Chul Ho as Kang Joo Pil
Ahn Suk Hwan as Jo Chi Gook
Han Groo as Ha Soo Young
- Lee Ye Sun as Ha Soo Young (child)
Park Jung Chul as Jin Woong (Jang Joo Ha’s husband)
Kim Jin Tae (김진태) as Detective Goo
Park Min Woo as hacker Batman
Jo Hwi Joon as Ha Gun Young (Ha Myung Geun’s real son)
Choi Yong Min as Tae Ha Construction worker
Jung Ho Geun as Tae Ha Construction worker
Jung Kyu Soo as section leader Song Jae Moon
Hong Jae Sung (홍재성) as Detective Lee
Yang Jin Woo as Gong Gi Chan (Woo Ah Mi’s ex-boyfriend)
Hong Yeo Jin as Ki Chan’s mother
Kim Hae Gon (김해곤) as inspection team leader
Han Ki Won as Kim Joong Hyuk

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Kim Sang Ho
Directors: Kim Jin Man, Park Jae Bum
Screenwriter: Bae Yoo Mi

NOTE

Kim Hwi Su is a 5 years old child with his real name was Jang Eun Joong but after he was kidnap it was change to Ha Eun Joong. Meanwhile, Ki Tae Young is a child with his real name was Manbok, he was left in an orphanage when he was still a baby. After 3 years of search of Jang family for their kidnap son, Hwa Young adopted Manbok and named him after her missing son Jang Eun Joong.

Awards

- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Actor Acting Awards: Jo Jae Hyun (Scandal)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress (Special Production): Shin Eun Gyung (Scandal)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor (Special Production): Kim Jae Won (Scandal)

Goddess of Marriage [K-Drama]

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• Title: 결혼의 여신 / Goddess of Marriage
• Chinese Title: 結婚的女神
• Genre: Family, Romance, Melodrama, Comedy
• Episodes: 36
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2013-June-29 to 2013-Oct-27
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50

Synopsis

A drama about four women in different stages of marriage with different values ​​and philosophies of love and conflicts finding the true meaning and the importance of marriage through the story.

Song Ji Hye (Nam Sang Mi), a assertive radio writer, dreams of an ideal love but finds herself embroiled in a love triangle between two good men, architect Kim Hyun Woo (Lee Sang Woo) and prosecutor Kang Tae Wook (Kim Ji Hoon).

Hong Hye Jung (Lee Tae Ran) is a mother of two who used to work as a television announcer and is married to Tae Wook’s older brother (Kim Jung Tae) and must always maintain the refined appearances expected of a Cheongdam-dong daughter-in-law.

Song Ji Sun (Jo Min Soo) 
is Ji Hye’s older sister and is a supermom to three kids who rules over her meek husband, No Jang Soo (Kwon Hae Hyo).

Kwon Eun Hee (Jang Young Nam) also is a wife and mother who suddenly discovers that her husband, No Seung Soo (Jang Hyun Sung) is cheating on her.

How will these women behave in their respective predicaments?


Cast

Main Cast

Nam Sang Mi as Song Ji Hye
Kim Ji Hoon as Kang Tae Wook
Lee Sang Woo as Kim Hyun Woo
Lee Tae Ran as Hong Hye Jung
Kim Jung Tae as Kang Tae Jin
Jo Min Soo as Song Ji Sun
Kwon Hae Hyo as No Jang Soo
Jang Young Nam as Kwon Eun Hee
Jang Hyun Sung as No Seung Soo

Parents

Jun Gook Hwan as Kang Man Ho (Tae Wook’s father)
Yoon So Jung as Lee Jung Sook (Tae Wook’s mother)
Baek Il Sub as Song Nam Gil (Ji Hye and Ji Sun’s father)
Kim Ki Chun as Noh Hee Bong (Ji Sun’s father in-law)
Sung Byung Sook as Byun Ae Ja (Ji Sun’s mother in-law)
Kim Mi Kyung as Hyun Woo’s mother
Yun Woon Kyung as Hye Jung’s mother

Others

Lee Se Young as No Min Jung (Ji Sun’s daughter)
Yang Han Yeol as Noh Chang Ho (Eun Hee’s son)
Kim Joon Goo (김준구) as Kim Ye Sol
Shim Yi Young as Nam Mi Ra
Park Wan Kyu (박완규) as Jung Dae Hyun (Yun Soo’s husband)
Lee Seol Hee as Kim Yeon Soo (Ji Hye’s friend)
Lee Sung Min as Cynthia Jung
Yum Dong Hun as Manager Hwang
Go Na Eun as Han Se Kyung
Park Joon Geum as Se Kyung’s mother
Jo Woo Jin as Hye Jung’s younger sister’s husband
Kwak Hee Sung as Pil Ho
Lee Joo Hyun as Nam Sang Hoon (Hye Jung’s ex boyfriend)
Ban Hyo Jung as Jin Hee (Kim Ye Sol’s grandmother)
Choi Da In

Production Credits

Production Company: Samhwa Networks
Chief Producer: Han Jung Hwan
Producer: Park Young Soo, Lee Hee Soo
Director: Oh Jin Suk
ScriptWriter: Jo Jung Sun

Awards

2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars – Nam Sang Mi (Goddess of Marriage)
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Actress (Long-Length Series) – Jang Yeong Nam (Goddess of Marriage)
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Actor (Long-Length Series) – Jang Hyun Sung (Goddess of Marriage)
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Actor (Long-Length Series) – Kim Ji Hoon (Goddess of Marriage)
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress (Long-Length Series) – Nam Sang Mi (Goddess of Marriage)

I Hear Your Voice [K-Drama]

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• Title: 너의 목소리가 들려 / I Hear Your Voice
• Chinese Title: 聽見你的聲音
• Also known as: I Can Hear Your Voice
• Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
• Episodes: 18
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2013-June-05 to 2013-Aug-01
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00

Synopsis

The drama is about a lawyer who is appointed by the state to represent a defendant who has “not even a 1% chance of being declared innocent.”

Jang Hye Sung (Lee Bo Young) is a bold, sassy, thick-faced, comical female lawyer. She is a prickly edge, sharp tongue who doesn’t have a bit of concept or manners and finds it hard to be enthusiastic about what she does. Cha Kwan Woo (Yoon Sang Hyun) is a serious, passionate and macho former police officer who becomes a government lawyer. Meanwhile, Park Soo Ha (Lee Jong Suk) is a 19 years old boy who has the superpower to hear people’s thoughts. Together they will team up to solve the cases no one else wants, cases that only have a one percent chance of being found innocent.


Cast

Main Cast

Lee Bo Young as Jang Hye Sung
- Kim So Hyun as Jang Hye Sung (young)
Lee Jong Suk as Park Soo Ha
- Goo Seung Hyun as Soo Ha (child)
Yoon Sang Hyun as Cha Kwan Woo
Lee Da Hee as Seo Do Yun
- Jung Min Ah as Do Yun (young)

People in Legal Circles

Yoon Joo Sang as Shin Sang Duk
Kim Kwang Gyu as Kim Gong Sook
Choi Sung Joon as Choi Yoo Chang
Jung Dong Hwan as Seo Dae Suk
Choi Dae Sung as Yang (chief clerk)

Other People

Kim Hae Sook as Eo Choon Shim
Jung Woong In as Min Joon Gook
Kim Ga Eun as Go Sung Bin
Kim Byung Ok as Hwang Dal Joong
Park Doo Shik as Choong Ki
Jang Hee Soo as Do Yun’s mother
Jo Duk Hyun as Park Joo Hyuk (Soo Ha’s father)
Kim Soo Yun as Moon Dong Hee
Kim Mi Kyung as Dal Joong’s wife
Lee Jung Hyuk as Soo Ha’s classmate
Yeo Ho Min as Woon Seung
Jang Hee Woong as prosecutor

Cameos

Han Ki Won as Jung Pil Jae (ep. 4-6)
Han Ki Woong as Jung Pil Seung (ep. 4-6)
Park Chul Hyun (박철현) as Basketball boy (ep. 1-2)
Lee Byung Joon as the head of free newspaper company (ep 7)
So Yi Hyun as Min Joon Gook’s lawyer (ep. 1, 12)
Kim Hwan (김환) as announcer (ep 8)
Kim Hak Rae (김학래) as sauna constumer (ep. 10)
Kim Ki Chun as a crook disguised as a blind person (ep 9)
Kim Sung Kyun as detective at the hospital (ep 1)
Jun Soo Kyung as Dental pad lady (ep. 1)
Ahn Moon Sook as representative of orphanage (ep 13)
Kim Min Jong as Lawyer Choi Yoon – Cha Kwan Woo’s senior (ep 14)
Uhm Ki Joon as new public defender (ep 14)

Production Credits

Production Company: DRM Media and Kim Jong Hak Production
Chief Producer: Son Jung Hyun
Producers: Shin Bong Chul, Lee Sung Hoon, Kim Jung Mi, Park Bo Kyung
Director: Jo Soo Won
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun

Awards

- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: New Star – Lee Da Hee (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars – Lee Jong Suk (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars – Lee Bo Young (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Producer Award – Lee Bo Young (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Actress (Mini-Series) – Kim Mi Kyung (The Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, The Master’s Sun)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Actor (Mini-Series) – Jung Woong In (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Actor (Mini Series) – Lee Jong Suk (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Daesang – Lee Bo Young (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Best Leading Actress: Lee Bo Young (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Excellence Actor: Lee Jong Suk (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Actor Acting Award: Jung Woong In (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Best Couple: Lee Jong Suk and Lee Bo Young (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 – Best Couple: Lee Jong Suk & Lee Bo Young (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 – Excellence Actor: Lee Jong Suk (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 – Top Excellence Actor: Jung Woong In (I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 – Best Production Director (Jo Soo Won, I Hear Your Voice)
- 2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 – Grand Prize: Lee Bo Young (My Daughter Seo Young, I Hear Your Voice)

Shark [K-Drama]

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• Title: 상어 / Shark
• Chinese Title: 鯊魚
• Also known as: Don’t Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus
• Genre: Thriller, Melodrama, Romance
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2013-May-27 to 2013-July-30
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

After being left for dead and witnessing the death of his father caused by a hit and run accident, Han Yi Soo / Yoshimura Junichiro (Kim Nam Gil) returns to Korea from Japan after changing his looks and identity to take revenge on the people who caused his family’s downfall.

While using Jo Hae Woo (Son Yeh Jin), the daughter of the main mastermind that he was actually close to when they were young, he finds himself truly getting attracted to her.

Meanwhile, Oh Joon Young (Ha Suk Jin) is the man that Hae Woo got engaged to while thinking that Yi Soo had died becomes suspicious of his real identity and motives.

Will Han Yi Soo be able to take back the hotels that belongs rightfully to his family and exposed the dirty secrets of his enemies at the stake of losing the woman that he loves?


Cast

Main Cast

Kim Nam Gil as Han Yi Soo
- Yun Jun Suk as Han Yi Soo (young)
Son Yeh Jin as Jo Hae Woo
- Kyung Soo Jin as Jo Hae Woo (young)
Ha Suk Jin as Oh Joon Young
- No Young Hak as Oh Joon Young (young)
Lee Ha Nui as Jang Young Hee

Han Yi Soo’s family

Jung In Ki as Han Young Man
Nam Bo Ra as Han Yi Hyun (Yi Soo’s sister)
- Ahn Seo Hyun as Han Yi Hyun (young)

People around Han Yi Soo

Lee Jae Goo as Yoshimura Junichiro
Lee Shi Un as Kim Dong Soo
- Oh Hee Joon as Dong Soo (young)

Jo Hae Woo’s family

Lee Jung Gil as Jo Sang Deuk
Kim Gyu Chul as Jo Ui Sun
Oh Hyun Kyung as Yoo Sun Young
Jung Kyung Soon as Mrs. Park

People around Jo Hae Woo

Park Won Sang as Byun Bang Jin
So Hee Jung as Kim Young Joo
Lee Soo Hyuk as Kim Soo Hyun

Oh Joon Young’s family

Jung Won Joong as Oh Hyun Shik

Others

Choi Duk Moon as Kang Hee Soo
Kim Min Sang as Jung Man Chul
Jung Ae Yun as Lee Hwa Young

Production Credits

Production Company: Annex Telecom (에넥스텔레콤)
Chief Producer: Hwang Eui Kyung
Producer: Ji Byung Hyun
Director: Park Chan Hong, Cha Young Hoon
Screenwriter: Kim Ji Woo

Note

This drama is The Third revenge trilogy after ‘Resurrection‘ and ‘The Devil‘ by Kim Ji Woo (screenwriter) and Park Chan Hong (director).

Awards

2013 KBS Drama Awards: Best Child Actor – Yun Joon Suk (Shark)
2013 KBS Drama Awards: Rookie Actress – Kyung Soo Jin (Shark)

Dating Agency Cyrano [K-Drama]

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• Title: 연애조작단: 시라노 / Dating Agency: Cyrano
• Chinese Title: 戀愛操作團：大鼻子情聖
• Previously Known as: Flower Boy Dating Agency
• Genre: Romance, Comedy
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2013-May-27 to 2013-July-16
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 23:00
• Related Series: Flower Boy Series

Synopsis

This drama is about a dating agency that orchestrates romantic scenarios for paying clients, all in an effort to raise enough money to save an old theater.

After Seo Byung Hoon (Lee Jong Hyuk) loses his best friend in an accident, the once-renowned theater director suffers from guilt and decides to save his late friend’s theater troupe. Using his masterful stage skills, he forms the Cyrano Dating Agency.

Meanwhile, Gong Min Young (Choi Soo Young) is one of the members of the dating agency. She clashes with Byung Hoon due to their opposite personalities. Cha Seung Pyo (Lee Chun Hee) is a man with a mysterious past and the chef of the restaurant that’s next door to the theater where the dating agency is housed. Moo Jin (Hong Jong Hyun) recruited into the dating agency because of his genius engineering skills. He is the brains behind all hi-tech gadgets used by the agency in the field. A Rang (Jo Yoon Woo) is a 19 years old high school young boy who dreams of becoming a theater actor.


Cast

Dating Agency

Lee Jong Hyuk as Seo Byung Hoon
Choi Soo Young as Gong Min Young
Hong Jong Hyun as Moo Jin
Jo Yoon Woo as A Rang

Seung Pyo Restaurant

Lee Chun Hee as Cha Seung Pyo
Bae Sung Woo as Min Sik
Kim Min Kyo as Yeong Dal
Ha Yun Joo as Hye Ri

Other

Kim Jung Hwa as Yoon Yi Seol
Lee Min Woo as Go Do Il
- Kim Dong Suk as Do Il (young)

Cameo

Im Hyung Joon as Jin Joon Hyuk (ep 1-3)
Lee Yoon Ji as Ma Jae In (ep 1-3)
Ji Jin Hee as F Grade Man (ep 1)
Lee Chung Ah as Sul Yoo Jin (ep 1)
Choi Won Young as restaurant waiter (ep 1)
Lee Tae Min as Ray (ep 3-5)
Yoon Seo as Min Se Kyung (ep 3-5)
Lee Kwang Soo as Choi Dal In (ep 6-8 )
Goo Eun Ae as Dok Go Mi Jin (ep 6-8 )
Jung Yoo Mi (ep 8 – 9)
Gong Yoo (ep 9)
Im Won Hee as Kim Chul Soo (ep 10-12)
Ye Ji Won as Lee Hae Shim (ep 10-12)
Yoon So Jung as Madam Hwang (ep 10-12)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Bae Jong Byung
Producers: Kang Hee Joon, Lee Ye Rim
Director: Kang Kyung Hoon
Scriptwriter: Shin Jae Won

Note

- This drama is a prequel to 2010 film “Cyrano Agency“.

- This drama is 4th Series of tvN Successful Flower Boy Series after Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Shut Up Flower Boy Band & Flower Boy Next Door.

Heartless City [K-Drama]

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• Title: 무정도시 / Cruel City
• Chinese Title: 無情都市
• Also Known as: Heartless City
• Previously Known as: 언더커버 / Undercover
• Genre: Crime, Thriller, Romance, action
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: jTBC
• Broadcast period: 2013-May-27 to 2013-July-30
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:50

Synopsis

A drama about a police officer joining a gang to investigate a drug case.

Yoon Soo Min (Nam Gyu Ri) decides to find her friend’s killer by going undercover and finishing what she started. However, she ends up falling in love with the drug lord, Jung Shi Hyun (Jung Kyung Ho) who might have had a role in her friend’s death.



Cast

Main Cast

Jung Kyung Ho as Jung Shi Hyun
Nam Gyu Ri as Yoon Soo Min
Lee Jae Yoon as Ji Hyung Min
Son Chang Min as Min Hong Ki
Kim Yoo Mi as Lee Jin Sook

Supporting Cast

Choi Moo Sung as Moon Duk Bae
Yoon Hyun Min as Kim Hyun Soo
Go Na Eun as Lee Kyung Mi
Kim Hyo Sun as Killer Eun soo
Jung Soo Young as Oh Jung Yun
Jung Ji Soon as Director Jo
Jung Moon Sung as Shi Hyun’s underling
Kim Byung Ok as Jeo Wool / Scale
Kim Jae Hwa as Park Eun Ae

Production Credits

Production Company: DRM Media (DRM 미디어)
Producer: Jo Joon Hyung, Go Jung Ho
Director: Jang Yong Woo, Lee Jung Hyo
Screenwriter: Yoo Sung Yul

Monstar [K-Drama]

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• Title: 몬스타 / Monstar
• Genre: Musical, Romance, Youth
• Episodes:12
• Broadcast network: Mnet & tvN & KM & Onstyle
• Broadcast period: 2013-May-17 to 2013-Aug-02
• Air time: Friday 21:50

Synopsis

A drama about behind-the-scenes stories of many people who want to become singers and how teenagers who have been hurt and scarred will be healed through music while find out about love, friendship, and their dreams along the journey.

Yoon Sul Chan (Yong Joon Hyung) is vocalist of fictional band called Men in Black. His past have made him, cold, cynical and hot temper that get him in many troubles. Therefore, he was sent to new high school where he has to behave or else. He will join the high school band and help his fellow students achieve their dream. Yoon Sul Chan will be a pair with Min Se Yi (Ha Yeon Soo), a high school student who moved to Korea from New Zealand and though she isn′t interested in school or her studies, she feels happy whenever she sings. She will join the band with Yoon Sul Chan and gets involved in the incidents scattered throughout the story.


Cast

Main Cast

Yong Joon Hyung as Yoon Sul Chan
- Park Ji Woo as Yoon Sul Chan (young)
Ha Yeon Soo as Min Se Yi
Kang Ha Neul as Jung Sun Woo
Ahn Nae Sang as Han Ji Woong

Monstar Members

Kim Min Young as Sim Eun Ha
Park Kyu Sun as Cha Do Nam
Kang Ui Sik as Park Kyu Dong
Dahee as Kim Ha Na

All For One Members

Moon Yong Suk as Ma Joon Hee
Kim Yoo Hyun as Ma Hyo Rin
Yoon Jong Hoon as Shin Jae Rok

Others

Lee Hee Jin as Dok Go Soon
Kim San Ho as as Choi Joon Goo
Kim Sun Kyung as Choi Kyung
Jo Jae Yoon as Manager Hong
Kim Hee Won as CEO Go
Kim Jae Heung as math teacher
Kim Young Hee (김영희) as language teacher
Lee Dal Hyung as head teacher

Cameos

Lee Joo Yeon as Ah Ri (ep 1)
Lee Sung Min as movie PD (ep 1)
Lee Min Hyuk as Men In Black member (ep 2,6)
Im Hyun Shik (임현식) as Men In Black member (ep 2,6)
Lee Chang Sub (이창섭) as Men In Black member (ep 2,6)
Yook Sung Jae (육성재) as Men In Black member (ep 2,6)
Kim Young Ho as Min Kwang Ho
- Kim Tae Hyun (김태현) as Kwang Ho (teenage)
Kim Ye Ryung as Sul Chan’s mother
Natthew (나튜) as Nawin Thammarat (ep 4, 8, 11)
Go Chang Suk as Do Nam’s judo master (ep 5)
Ivy as adult Eun Ha (ep 5)
Kim Ji Soo (ep 10)
Jo Moon Geun (ep 10)
Kim Jin Pyo (김진표) as ‘Kiss of The Goddess’ MC (ep 12)
Nam Ji Hyun (ep 12)
No Min Woo (ep 12)
Kim Young Jae as Byun Hee Sool PD (ep 8)

Production Credits

Production Company: CJ E&M
Chief Producer: Kang Hee Jung, Lee Chan Ho
Producer: Yoon Hyun Ki
Director: Kim Won Suk
Screenwriter: Jung Yoon Jung

Awards

2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 – Best Rookie Actor: Yong Joon Hyun (Monstar)

Nailshop Paris [K-Drama]

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• Title: 네일샵 파리스 / Nailshop Paris
• Chinese Title: 巴黎彩绘美甲店
• Genre: Romance, Comedy
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast network: MBC QueeN
• Broadcast period: 2013-May-03 to 2013-June-28
• Air time: Friday 23:00

Synopsis

A romance drama about the pretty boys working around a nail shop.

Hong Yuh Joo (Park Gyu Ri) is a woman, but she disguises herself as a man to work at the nail salon “Paris”, where only pretty men work.


Cast

Park Gyu Ri as Hong Yuh Joo
Cheon Doong as Jin
Song Jae Rim as Kay / Kang Jong Hyuk
Jun Ji Hoo as Alex / Kim Ji Hun
Byun Woo Min as Woo Min
Kim Chae Yun as Geum Mi Ryu
Han So Young as Kim Ji Soo
Lee Seung Yub (이승엽) as Hyun Woo
Gil Eun Hye as Mi Hye
Jung So Young as Tae Hee
Yoo Soo In (유수인) as Hee Young
Song Young Kyu as Tae Hee’s Husband

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Hong Chul
Producer: Lee Man Oh
Director: Park Soo Chul
ScriptWriter: Sung Min Ji

Note

1st and 2nd episode aired on same day (3/May/2013).

Birth Secret [K-Drama]

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• Title: 출생의 비밀 / Birth Secret
• Chinese Title: 出生的祕密
• Genre: Family, Melodrama, Romance, Comedy
• Episodes: 18
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2013-April-27 to 2013-June-23
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50

Synopsis

Jung Yi Hyun (Sung Yu Ri) lost memory of her husband , Hong Gyung Doo (Yoon Joo Sang) and their daughter, Hae Deum (Kal So Won) due to amnesia. She has lost ten years of her life in memory, not able to recall the events specifically from age 17 to 27. This drama will show us the journey to recovering her memory piece by piece, and also falling in love with him all over again.

Meanwhile, Lee Sun Young (Lee Jin) will plays as her high school best friend and Park Soo Chang (Kim Young Kwang) will plays as her ex-boyfriend.


Cast

Main Cast

Yoon Joo Sang as Hong Kyung Doo
Sung Yu Ri as Jung Yi Hyun
- Kim So Hyun as as Jung Yi Hyun (young)
Kal So Won as Hong Hae Deum

People of Ye Ga Group

Kim Gab Soo as Choi Gook
Lee Hyo Jung as Choi Suk
Lee Jin as Lee Sun Kyung
Kim Young Kwang as Park Soo Chang
Han Sang Jin as Choi Ki Tae
Jin Hyuk as Choi Ki Joong
Yoo Hye Ri as Mrs. Jo

People in the Market

Jo Mi Ryung as Shim Yun Jung
Jung Suk Yong as Tae Man
Shin Seung Hwan as Jong Tae
Park Eun Ji (박은지) as Kwang Sook

Other People

Seo Hyun Chul as Go Eun Pyo
Kim Hye Jin as Lee Hye Young
Choi Soo Rin as Jung Joo Gyum
Im Hyung Joon as Tae Soo

Production Credits

Production Company: IHQ
Director: Kim Jong Hyuk
Screenwriter: Kim Kyu Wan

Awards

2013 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Actress (Mini Series) – Sung Yuri (Birth Secret)
2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 : Best Child Actor/Actress: Kal So Won (Birth Secret)

The Fugitive of Joseon [K-Drama]

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• Title: 천명 : 조선판 도망자 이야기 / Mandate of Heaven: The Fugitive of Joseon
• Chinese Title: 天命: 朝鮮版逃亡者故事
• Also Known as: Heaven’s Order / Heaven’s Will
• Genre: Historical, thriller, medical, melodrama, political
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-24 to 2013-June-27
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

The Joseon version of a Chaser about a medical practitioner who struggles to save his daughter from a terminal illness while being caught up in a plot to poison King Injong.

Royal Physician Choi Won (Lee Dong Wook), who works for the royal family, becomes involved with the plot to poision King Injong and is now a fugitive. He tries to save his daughter Choi Rang (Kim Yoo Bin), who has an incurable disease. Choi Won has raised his daughter alone since his wife passed away. Hong Da In (Song Ji Hyo) is the nurse who’s in love with him.

Meanwhile, Lee Jung Hwan (Song Jong Ho ) is the Euigeumbu detective who’s the one to capture him and he get help from bandit’s daughter, So Baek (Yoon Jin Yi) while he is a fugitive. Crown Prince Lee Ho (Im Seul Ong) is the suspicious crown prince who ends up thinking he was betrayed by the one person he trusted in the world.


Cast

Main Cast

Lee Dong Wook as Choi Won
Kim Yoo Bin as Choi Rang
Song Ji Hyo as Hong Da In
Im Seul Ong as Crown Prince Lee Ho, later King In Jong
Park Ji Young as Queen Moon Jung
Song Jong Ho as Lee Jung Hwan
Yoon Jin Yi as So Baek

Choi Won’s family

Kang Byul as Choi Woo Young
Jang Yong Bok as Choi Chang Son
Go In Bum as Choi Hyung Goo
Yoo Chae Young as Geum Ok

Royal Medical Staff

Choi Phillip as Min Do Saeng
Kim Mi Kyung as Jang Geum

People on Lee Ho’s Side

Choi Il Hwa as King Joong Jong
Lee Jae Yong as Chun Bong

People on the Queen’s Side

Seo Dong Hyun as Grand Prince Kyung Won
Jun Gook Hwan as Kim Chi Yong
Lee Hee Do as Jang Hong Dal
Sung Woong as Do Moon
Jo Dal Hwan as Deok Pal
Kim Jung Kyoon as Yoon Won Hyung

Police Investigator (Ui Geum Boo Officer)

Kim Yoon Sung as Gon Oh

Bandit Group Heuk Suk Gol

Kwon Hyun Sang as Im Kkeok Jung
Lee Won Jong as Geo Chil
Park Sun Woo as Gae Pal Son

Other People

Yoon Gi Won as Mak Bong
Kim Hyung Bum as Pil Doo
Jung Yoon Sun as Wol Ha
Kim Dong Joon as Moo Myung
Yum Dong Hun as eunuch

Production Credits

Production Company: Dream E&M
Chief Producer: Moon Bo Hyun
Producer: Yoo Jong Sun
Director: Lee Jin Suh, Jun Woo Sung
Screenwriter: Choi Min Ki, Yoon Soo Jung

Awards

2013 KBS Drama Awards: Best Child Actress – Kim Yoo Bin (Mandate of Heaven)

She is WOW [K-Drama]

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• Title: 우와한 녀 / She is WOW
• Chinese Title: 驚豔的她
• Genre: Family, Comedy, Romance
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Episodes: 12
• Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-18 to 2013-July-04
• Air time: Thursday 23:00

Synopsis

A satirical drama about how the popular announcer Gong Jung Han and top actress Jo Ah Ra pretend to be a close couple on the outside when they′re full of their own problems, a typical show-window couple who attempt to protect their elegant lives made of bluff and their neighbors’ lives shown pleasantly.


Cast

Main Cast

Oh Hyun Kyung as Jo Ah Ra
Park Sung Woong as Gong Jeong Han
Jin Young as Gong Ming Kyu
Han Jung Soo as Choi Go Ya
Ahn Sun Young as Jin Bo Yeo
Kwon Se Un as Ji Seong Gi

Supporting Cast

Jo Han Chul as Hyeon Sang Beom
Park Lydia as Ji Ban Il
Yang Jin Sung as Yoo Nan Hee
Bang Joong Hyun as Cha Se Dae
Park Seong Joon as Na Jae Soo
Choi Jung Woo as Park Ooi Won
Jun Bong Hyun (전봉현) as Kim Il Byung
Ahn Se Ha as Jo Sang Byung
Lee Ah Rin as Lee Ah Rin
Kim Boo Sun as Jung Dang Hee

cameo

Kim Jung Hwa as actress
Jo Dong Hyuk as actor

Production Credits

Director: Kim Chul Kyu
Screenwriter: Park Eun Hye

Special Affairs Team TEN 2 [K-Drama]

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• Title: 특수사건전담반 TEN 2 / Special Affairs Team TEN 2
• Chinese Title: 特殊案件专案组 TEN 2
• Also Known as: Special Crimes Force TEN 2
• Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
• Broadcast network: OCN
• Episodes: 12
• Broadcast period: 2013-April-14 to 2013-June-30
• Air time: Sunday 23:00
• Related Series: Ten

Synopsis

This drama is follow up to “Special Affairs Team TEN“

“Special Affairs Team TEN” is a criminal investigation unit that tackles the most violent crimes in South Korea. These crimes usually have less than a 10% rate for arrests. They chase the most notorious killers who attempt to commit the perfect crimes.

Yeo Ji Hoon (Joo Sang Wook) is former top-notch detective, but now works as a professor. He then becomes the leader of Special Affairs Team TEN. He will lead this special crime unit.

Baek Do Sik (Kim Sang Ho) is as good-natured veteran detective. He possesses a keen sense of intuition, which he honed from his many years as a detective.

Nam Ye Ri (Jo An) has been a detective for 4 years. She joins Special Affairs Team TEN because of her psychological reasoning powers.

Park Min Ho (Choi Woo Sik) is a new detective. He joins Special Affairs Team TEN after impressing Professor Yeo Ji Hoon with his reasoning powers.


Cast

Main Cast

Joo Sang Wook as Yeo Ji Hoon
Kim Sang Ho as Baek Do Shik
Jo An as Nam Ye Ri
Choi Woo Shik as Park Min Ho
Yoon Ji Hye as Seo Yoo Rim
Choi Bum Ho
Kim Hae In
Choi Song Hyun as Yoon Seo Hyun (ep.9)
Lee Hee Jin as Song Hwa Young (ep.8)
Choi Jae Woong as Prof. Shin Young Geun

Jang Ok Jung [K-Drama]

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• Title: 장옥정 / Jang Ok Jung
• Chinese Title: 張玉貞
• Previous Known as: 장옥정, 사랑에 살다 / Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love
• Genre: Period, Romance, Melodrama
• Episodes: 24
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-08 to 2013-June-25
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama tells the story of Jang Hee Bin (Kim Tae Hee), one of the most famous royal concubines in the Joseon Dynasty who was behind the deposition of King Sook Jong’s (Yoo Ah In) wife, Queen In Hyun (Hong Soo Hyun). However, unlike the countless dramas and movies about this famous villain, this drama will tell the story of Jang Ok Jung before she became concubine Jang Hee Bin and focus on her role as a fashion designer and cosmetic maker in the Joseon era.


Cast

Main Cast

Kim Tae Hee as Jang Ok Jung (later Lady Jang Hee Bin)
- Kang Min Ah as Jang Ok Jung (young)
Yoo Ah In as Lee Soon (later King Suk Jong)
- Chae Sang Woo as Lee Soon (young)
Hong Soo Hyun as Queen In Hyun
Jae Hee as Hyun Chi Soo
- Baek Seung Hwan as Hyun Chi Soo (young)
Lee Sang Yeob as Dong Pyung Goon Yi Hang
- Kwak Dong Yun as Dong Pyung Goon (young)
Han Seung Yeon as Choi Musuri (later Lady Choi Suk Bin)

Supporting Cast

Sung Dong Il as Jang Hyun
Lee Hyo Jung as Min Yoo Joong
Kim Seo Ra as Ok Jung’s mother, Lady Yoon
Go Young Bin as Jang Hee Jae
- Lee Ji Oh as Jang Hee Jae (young)
Jun In Taek as King Hyun Jong
Kim Sun Kyung as Queen Dowager Kim
Lee Hyo Choon as Great Queen Dowager Jo
Dal Shabet’s Ah Young as Princess Myung Ahn
Lee Dong Shin as Kim Man Ki
Kim Ha Eun as Queen In Kyung
Yoon Yoo Sun as Lady Kang
Jang Young Nam as Court lady Chun
Ji Yoo as Ja Kyung
- Kim Min Ha as Ja Kyung (young)
Choi Sang Hoon as Jo Sa Seok
Lee Hyung Chul as Bok Sun Goon
Bae Jin Sub as Hyun Moo
Lee Gun Joo as Yang Goon
Kim Ga Eun as Hyang Yi
Lee Hyo Rim (이효림) as Seol Hyang
Kim Se In as Bok Choon Nyeo
Kim Nan Joo as Court Lady Choi
Min Ji Ah as Hong Joo
Yoo Sa Ra as Sol Bi
Lee Ja Min as Yun Hong
Ra Mi Ran as a noble’s wife

Production Credits

Production Company: Story TV
Chief Producer: Lee Hyun Jik
Producer: Kim Jin Geun, Lee Sung Hoon
Director: Boo Sung Chul
Screenwriter: Choi Jung Mi

Note

This drama is based on Novel ‘Jang Hee Bin, Living in Love‘ by Choi Jung Mi.

Awards

2013 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Actor (Mid-Length Series) – Lee Hyo Jung (Jang Ok Jung)
2013 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Actor (Mid-Length Series) – Sung Dong Il (Jang Ok Jung)

Gu Family Book [K-Drama]

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• Title: 구가의서 (九家의 書) / KangChi, The Beginning
• Chinese Title: 九家之書
• Also Known as: Gu Family Book
• Genre: Fantasy, human, melodrama, historical, romance
• Episodes: 24
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 2013-April-08 to 2013-June-25
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

A melodrama epic about the great deal of trouble Choi Kang Chi (Lee Seung Ki), born as a half-human-half-mythical-creature, who goes through in order to become human and a story of Choi Kang Chi’s journey of struggling in order to live more like a human than anyone else despite not being able to become human.

Yoon Seo Hwa (Lee Yeon Hee ) and the guardian god of Jiri mountains, Gu Wal Ryung (Choi Jin Hyuk) fell in love but due to the trap of their enemies, the Yoon family status fell into ruins. While Seo Hwa was on the run with her maid, she received news that Wal Ryung had disappeared after a mishap. Feeling unable to raise her son while escaping, she sent him down the river in a basket hoping that someone could take him in.

Choi Kang Chi (Lee Seung Ki) was raised by the Choi family after having been picked up from the river. Meanwhile, Dam Yeo Wool (Bae Suzy) is a master of martial arts and archery. Yeo Wool is an upright character who really values the Three Bonds and Five Relationships in Confucianism, and becomes an instructor at a martial arts center at a young age.


Cast

Main Cast

Lee Seung Ki as Choi Kang Chi
- Jung Joon Won as Kang Chi (child)
Bae Suzy as Dam Yeo Wool
- Jo Min Ah as Yeo Wool (child)
Lee Sung Jae as Jo Gwan Woong
Jo Sung Ha as Dam Pyung Joon
Yoo Yun Suk as Park Tae Seo
Lee Yoo Bi as Park Chung Jo
Sung Joon as GonYi

Kang Chi’s Biological Parents

Choi Jin Hyuk as Gu Wol Ryung (Kang Chi’s father)
Yoon Se Ah as Ja Hong Myung / middle age Yoon Seo Hwa (Kang Chi’s mother)
- Lee Yeon Hee as Yoon Seo Hwa

Supporting Cast

Kim Hee Won as Monk So Jung
Uhm Hyo Sup as Park Moo Sol (Chung Jo’s father)
Jung Hye Young as Chun Soo Ryun (head gisaeng)
Son Ga Young as Wol Sun
Yoo Dong Geun as Lee Soon Shin
Jo Jae Yoon as Ma Bong Chool
Lee Do Kyung as Gong Dal
Kim Hee Jung as Lady Yoon (Kang Chi’s adoptive mom)
Nam Hyun Joo as gisaeng house’s chief maid
Park Joo Hyung as Han Noh
Kim Ki Bang as Eok Man
Kim Bo Mi as Dam Yi (Seo Hwa’s maid) (ep1)
Lee David as Yoon Jung Yoon (Seo Hwa’s brother) (ep1)
David McInnis as Kageshima
Kim Dong Kyoon as Choi Ma Reum
Song Young Kyu as Pil Mok
Kim Sung Hoon as Wol Dae
Jin Kyung as Yeo Wool’s teacher
Lee Hye In as Gob Dan
Otani Ryohei as best ninja master
Yum Dong Hun

Production Credits

Production Company: Samhwa Networks
Chief Producer: Lee Chang Sub
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kim Jung Hyun
Screenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung

Awards

- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Awards – Lee Seung Gi and Suzy (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Popularity Actor Awards – Lee Seung Gi (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress (Mini Series) – Suzy (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor (Mini Series) – Lee Seung Gi (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Best Action Award (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Best Rookie Actor: Choi Jin Hyuk (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 Apan Star Awards – Best Rookie Actress: Lee Yoo Bi (Gu Family Book)
- 2013 Korea Drama Festival Award 2013 : Best OST: 4Men (Only You – Gu Family Book)