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Spring Waltz

2006-07-28T13:13:01Z

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'''Spring Waltz''' is the fourth and final installment of [[Yoon Suk Ho]]'s season drama series. The first drama was [[Autumn Tale]], followed by [[Winter Sonata]] and [[Summer Scent]].

"If you truly love him….if you genuinely miss him, someday you can meet and love him again…. Just like us playing a hide and seek during our childhood days,…. no matter how deep he hides himself from the world, and disappear from my sight, he who hides shall be somewhere out there…..always be waiting for me, the tagger. Regardless of how often failing to catch or missing each other's ways, at the end of the day, your most earnest desire and pray shall lead you to him……only to meet and love again." - ''Excerpts from Eun-young's narration, Episode 1 of Spring Waltz''

==Details==
[[File:Spring Waltz.jpg|frame|Spring Waltz - All rights reserved - Yoon's Color]]
*'''Title:''' 봄의 왈츠 / Bom-ui Wal-cheu
*'''Genre:''' Romance
*'''Episodes:''' 20
*'''Broadcast network:''' KBS2
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2006-03-06 ~ 2006-05-16
*'''Air time:''' Monday & Tuesday 9:55PM
*'''Theme Song:'''Loveholic - One Love

==Introduction==
Spring Waltz, a 20-episode Korean television miniseries, is a final feature of the season-themed drama series directed by Mr. [[Yoon Suk Ho]]. Although the story shares the similar code in telling stories of genuine love and childhood memories, Mr. Yoon takes a bit of different paths this time by adding several twists and turns into the story's complexity. One of those differences, is that the theme of the season of spring is engaged in the drama's message more actively – the way love finds us is just like the way spring blossoms into our lives…bringing a sense of hope and gently embracing a long and harsh coldness of the winter as well as the loneliness in our hearts. Another noticeable fact is that the series is the only feature out of four season series, to include overseas locations – in Austria, where the shootings have taken place around well-known tourist spots such as Hallstatt and Salzburg. Also, most of its production money has come from the external sources and investments made by domestic and foreign interests. With a news that the drama has been sold to nine countries including Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and others, the series has earned a wide-spread attention from the media and the industry even before the series aired in March of 2006.

One of the most striking differences that this series has taken in comparison with former series, is the cast. All four main characters are relatively, or almost completely new faces who take the leading role for the first time. Especially the casting of two main characters playing lovers – [[Seo Do Young]] for Jaeha (a model-turned actor who has appeared minor in few TV shows) and [[Han Hyo Joo]] for Eun-young (appeared in teenage sitcom series "[[Nonstop 5]]"), has brought a controversial yet refreshing breeze into the drama's production. [[Daniel Henney]] for Phillip, (also a model-turned actor) who probably is the most known actor out of four, has established himself solid acting career through "[[My Lovely Sam-Soon]]". [[Lee So Yeon]] for Inna, on the other hand, is traditionally educated actress who has appeared in many TV shows and movies including the film "Untold Scandal"(2003). At interviews, Director Yoon has told the press that he deliberately has chosen to work with new faces rather than the already-established actors who tend to be too-chiseled in their image with not enough flexibility. Working with new faces, he says, is "like working on a new painting on a new white canvas". With that said, it has been still a challenge for Yoon to go with such an unexpected path, considering the amount of anticipation the drama has received.

When the series aired in past March, concerns whether the new actors are capable to carry the weight of the story have disappeared, as Seo and Han making picture-perfect lovebirds and portraying their characters as if they "really" are Jaeha and Eun-young.

==Exploring Fantasy of Love, Spring and Island==
Established for his captivating ability to bring picturesque sceneries and memorable music onto screen, Mr. Yoon takes the maximum advantage for the spectacular view of Hallstatt lake overlaid with Jaeha's sorrow and his yearning for the lost identity and love.

One of his main motif for this series is island, a place that seems to be isolated from the rest of the world. At the beginning of the story, a father and son escape from the city and from the trouble he has caused, ends up arriving at a remote yet beautiful island of Chungsan-do. There a son – named Suho, meets a girl, Eun-Young, who lives with a single mother who happens to be an old friend of his father. Upon the father's request, Suho and Eun-young end up living together under the care of Eun-Young's mother. The story then unfolds into series of incidents that will change these young children's lives forever.

The director Yoon and his production crew has hunted for the perfect island settings for months, eventually deciding on few islands located in southern Cholla province. Chungsan-do appears as the site where the young Suho and Eun-young meets and reunites again as adults, whereas heart-shaped Hanuneom beach in Bigeum-do is the place for the children to share the innocent feeling of affection and love towards each other.

An island as a place, Mr. Yoon says, tends to be remained as certain fantasy in our thoughts, bringing out a sense of nostalgia that can be quite distant from the reality of everyday life. Our childhood love, similarly remains as fantasy in our memory. The story of Spring Waltz explores such fantasy of our first love – how the pure and genuine love for someone can face the reality of living with our bruises and identity-crisis, and eventually heal the painful process of forgiveness and reconciliation, just like the way spring brings us a hope.

==Synopsis==
The story begins with Eun-young's plane ride to Austria, where she happens to sit next to Inna, who is on her way to meet her childhood love, Jaeha. However, Jaeha(a.k.a: Chris Y), who has now grown up to be a young, accomplished pianist in Austria, seems not pleased with meeting Inna again after 15 years for some reason. Eun-young, on the other hand, excited about her first overseas trip, bumps into Phillip (Jaeha's manager and best friend), who has mistaken her as Inna of whom he was suppose to pick up at the airport. The four meet, each in different turns of circumstances and incidents, and their story of love, fate and destiny begins.

On her train ride to classical concert - a gift by Phillip – Eun-young meets Jaeha, who is also on his way to his concert. Despite of him displaying his reluctance and indifference to be friendly to Eun-young, the two are immediately attracted to each other – especially for Jaeha, because of the way she reminds of his long-lost childhood love (and that is not Inna for him). After the concert, Jaeha meets Eun-young again, but soon finds out that she is in fact Phillip's love interest. Even with Inna by his side, and the sense of disappointment that his best friend is interested in Eun-young, Jaeha can't stop thinking about her. Eun-young, realizing that Jaeha is a renowned pianist and Inna's first love, also finds herself drawn to Jaeha time to time.

==Cast==
*[[Seo Do Young]] 서도영 as Yoon Jaeha 윤재하
He is a classical pianist of the next generation who has been closely watched with deep interests and concerns by Koreans since he won a prize in a famous concert. Even though he has grown up in a rich and enviable family under his father who is a diplomatic official, he is a lonely person having only one friend because of his eccentric and particular personality.
He is a well-mannered and dutiful son to his parents and never harms others, but his piano melody always sounds sad. He is hidden in a veil showing his true feelings only to his best friend and manager, Phillip. He is a sad person keeping the secrets of the past that nobody knows although he has a charismatic personality and wonderful environment.

*[[Han Hyo Joo]] 한효주 as Park Eun-young 박은영
She is a diligent person who works at her adoptive mother's Gimbap(Rice roll) house in the daytime and sells homemade accessories and clothes at her street stand at night. Even though she could not finish her studies, she is a talented person who is good with her hands and is to be able to win the grand prize in an handicraft contest open to the public.
She never looses her smile nor her dashing spirit although she lives in poverty. She has an opportunity to visit Australia from her prize winning in the handicraft contest and meets Phillip and Jae-Ha by fate. Eun-Yeong who does not know of this ironic fate deeply misses Su-Ho from her childhood.

*[[Daniel Henney]] as Phillip 필립
He is the only friend as well as the global manager of Yun Jae-Ha. He was born to Australian father and Korean mother and was expected to become a promising musician during his childhood. He plays the piano, the cello, the guitar, etc.
Even though there are no musical instruments that he cannot play, he gave up playing music instruments. Instead, he decided to pursue his dream of a musican by becoming the manager of Jae-Ha who Phillip acknowledges as being a true musical genius. He is not only a considerate and warmhearted person who kindly understands Jae-Ha's fretful personality but also is a romantic person.

*[[Lee So Yeon]] 이소연 as Song Inna 송이나
She is a capable career woman who started her career from the bottom and became the director of the planning department in a leading classical record and concert planning company by her own ability even though the company is owned by her parents. I-na is a perfect woman with remarkable beauty, wonderful background, and outstanding ability, but there is only one thing that she earnestly desires for.
It is Jae-Ha who played the piano with her during her childhood. She has exceptionally liked Jae-Ha ever since her childhood; thus, she gave up playing the piano and left for Canada to find Jae-Ha after he left Korea. She has a reckless personality to do so. However, she could not find Jae-Ha but completed her study in Art Business in Canada. She voluntarily tries to promote Jae-Ha's debut in Korea after she happened to see an article of Jae-Ha activeness in Australia.

===Supporting Cast===
*[[Choi Ja Hye]] 최자혜
*[[Kim Hae Sook]] as Eun-young's adoptive mom, also her aunt
*[[Choi Si Won]] 최시원 as Eun-young's brother, also her cousin
*[[Eun Won Jae]] as young Jae-ha
*[[Han So Hee]] as young Eun-young

==Production and Telecasting==
'''Telecasting''': KBS2
*Executive Producer: Kim, Jong Sik
*Chief Producer: Moon, Bo Hyun
*Producer: Lee, Jae Sang
'''Production''': [http://www.yoonscolor.com/ YOON'S COLOR]
*Executive Producer: Park, In Taek
*Director: [[Yoon Suk Ho]]
*Scripter, Writer: Kim, Ji Eun, Hwang, Daun, Ha, Mi Sun
'''Distributor''': [http://www.yoonscolor.com/ YOON'S COLOR] (email: contact@yoonscolor.com)

==External Links==
*[http://www.springwaltz.com Official Website by Yoon's Color]
*[http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/springwaltz/ Official Website by KBS]
*[http://tv.media.daum.net/program/springwaltz/index.html Daum Spring Waltz Zone (Korean)]

'''Related News'''
*[http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1383504_11858.html Article: ''TV Drama "Spring Waltz" Sold in 8 Countries'' (KBS Global, 2006-02-21)]
*[http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200504/kt2005041819130011680.htm Article: '''Winter Sonata' Producer Readies New Drama'' (The Korea Times, 2005-04-18)]
*[http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/interview/1340789_11775.html Interview: ''Producer Yun Seok-ho, the creator of Yonsama and the "hallyu" frenzy'' (KBS Global, 2005-01-17)]

[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama2006]][[Category:KBS]]

My Girl (SBS)

2006-07-28T03:19:49Z

Matsumotomomo:

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[[File:Mygirlbanner.jpg|center]]

==Details==
[[File:Mygirl2.jpg|thumb|Lee Dong Wook and Lee Da Hae]]
*'''Title:''' 마이걸 / Ma-i-geol
*'''Genre:''' Romance, Comedy
*'''Episodes:''' 16
*'''Broadcast network:''' SBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-12-14 to 2006-02-02
*'''Air time:''' Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
*'''Theme Song:''' Mario & Nesty - Never Say Goodbye

==Synopsis==
Joo Yoorin ([[Lee Da Hae]]) is a tour guide in a small company in charge of running mini tours in the Jeju Island of South Korea. Her father is a gambling addict, but despite all the debts that he runs up, Yoorin always finds a way to help repay them. She leads a below-average life but is happy as long as she has her dad around her. Because of her father's gambling ways, she has had to move from country to country whenever her father runs from one place to another to avoid their debtors. This has in turn brought her the ability to converse fluently in Chinese and Japanese, which are of great help as a tour guide whenever she has to entertain tourists from China and Japan.

Seol Gongchan ([[Lee Dong Wook]]) is the only heir of the owner of L'Avenuel Hotel, which is one of the top hotels in Korea. His grandfather, Seol Woong, charges him with the duty of finding his granddaughter, who is also Gongchan's cousin. Seol Woong had disowned his own daughter, Gongchan's aunt, when she decided to marry a man not of his choice. However, when Seol Woong had a change of heart and wished to accept his daughter back, an earthquake struck where his daughter lived, and since then, he has lost all contact with his kin and perhaps the chance to make amends for his own stubbornness, to take care of his granddaughter and hopefully make things right.

Kim Seohyun ([[Park Si Yeon]]) is the girlfriend of Seol Gongchan. A rising star in the tennis world, she returns to Korea to look for Gongchan as she cannot forget him.

Seo Jung Woong ([[Lee Jun Ki]]) is the son of one of the main shareholders of L'Avenuel Hotel and also the best friend of Seol Gongchan. Unlike Gongchan who is responsible and hardworking, Jung Woong is a flirt who is known to have many girlfriends.

The story starts with Yoorin rushing to the airport. She is helping her friend delay a flight so that the tourists of her friend will not miss their flight. Out of ideas, she plays a damsel in distress, who is apparently mourning her impending death and her dying wish to see her boyfriend who is apparently on the flight. And so after much crying and the entire airport empathizing with her, she gets to get on board the plane to look for her boyfriend who never really existed. As she walks, she realizes she cannot find anyone and pretends to faint. Alas, she faints beside the seat of our male lead, Seol Gongchan, who knows a liar when he sees one. Although their first encounter is weird, it doesn't leave much of an impression in each other's mind.

Later, however, when Gongchan has to entertain a bunch of Chinese visitors and realizes he has no translator, he engages the services of Yoorin coincidentally and through Yoorin, his potential Chinese investors have a great time at the L'Avenuel Hotel branch in Jeju, and Yoorin has much credit to claim for it.

After a series of comical events including Yoorin staying at his hotel lodge without paying, and Yoorin selling his hotel fruityard's oranges to make a small profit (to clear her father's debts again), Gongchan's impression of Yoorin is one of a cheat and he would want to do anything to distance himself from her.

But then word from mainland Korea is that his grandfather is dying and at his bedside, Seol Woong, through his respirator, can only meekly repeat that he must not and cannot die until he sees his granddaughter again.

Driven by desperation and his love for his grandfather, Gongchan will do anything to ease his burden. When pointed out by his secretary that Yoorin bears a resemblance to his aunt, Gongchan hatches a plan to pass off Yoorin as his grandfather's long-lost granddaughter whilst he carries on searching for the real one.

Yoorin, who is desperate for money to repay her father's debt, is unwilling to do the job as it involves lying to a dying man, something that she staunchly refuses to do. But when Seol Gongchan desperately begs her and she realizes she is somewhat indebted to him for not bringing her to the police after her little business in his hotel, she caves in and pretends to the long-lost granddaughter.

And so things seem to be going well, with the search for Gongchan's long-lost cousin making progress and perhaps more importantly, the improvement of Gongchan's grandfather's conditions thanks to Yoorin. As Yoorin spends more time with Gongchan's family, she gets showered with the love she never received as a child and finds herself drawn to Gongchan. She finds herself changing from the liar that she once was to a person who tries to tell the truth when she can. But she knows all too well that her one-sided love will never materialize as the difference in social status between Gongchan and herself is too big.

But unknown to her, Gongchan is also slowly being drawn to her...

==Cast==
*[[Lee Dong Wook]] (이동욱) as Seol Gong-chan
*[[Lee Da Hae]] (이다해) as Joo Yoo-rin
*[[Lee Jun Ki]] (이준기) as Seo Jung-woo
*[[Park Si Yeon]] (박시연) as Kim Seo-hyun
'''Extended Cast'''
*[[Jo Kye Hyung]] (조계형) as Ahn Jin-kyu
*[[Hwang Bo Ra]] (황보라) as Ahn Jin-shim
*[[Lee Eon Jeong]] (이언정) as Yoon Jin-kyung
*[[Byun Hee Bong]] (변희봉) as Seol Woong (Gong-chan's grandfather)
*[[Kim Yong Rim]] (김용림) as Jang Hyung-ja
*[[Ahn Suk Hwan]] (안석환) as Jang Il-do
*[[Choi Ran]] (최 란) as Bae In-sun
*[[Jung Han Hun]] (정한헌) as Joo Tae-hyung
*[[Han Chae Young]] (한채영) as Choi Ha Na (the real granddaughter)
*[[Jae Hee]] (재 희) as Lee Mong Ryong (Ha Na's husband)

==Production Credits==
*'''Chief Producer:''' [[Kim Young Sup]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Bae Tae Sup]] (배태섭)
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Hong Jung Eun]], [[Hong Mi Ran]]
*'''Director:''' [[Jun Ki Sang]]
*'''Asst. Director:''' [[Park Soo Chul]]
*'''Cinematography:''' Bae Hong Soo (배홍수)
*'''Production Company:''' DSP Entertainment / 칼리스타
*'''Line Producer:''' Yang Kwang Shin (양광신)
*'''Marketing Producer:''' Moon Jin Ki (문진기)

==Episode Ratings==
*Viewership ratings and ranking among the daily Top20 TV shows
*SBS aired two episodes on Wednesday December 28th because they were airing their annual award show on December 29th.
{| class="ratingtable"
! width=100 | Date
! width=100 | Episode
! width=100 | Nationwide
! width=100 | Seoul Area
|-
| 2005-12-14 || 1 || 14.6% (8th) || 15.8% (6th)
|-
| 2005-12-15 || 2 || 15.7% (8th) || 17.0% (5th)
|-
| 2005-12-21 || 3 || 16.5% (5th) || 17.5% (4th)
|-
| 2005-12-22 || 4 || 18.8% (4th) || 19.9% (4th)
|-
| 2005-12-28 || 5+6 || 20.3% (3rd) || 21.7% (3rd)
|-
| 2006-01-04 || 7 || 22.8% (2nd) || 24.2% (2nd)
|-
| 2006-01-05 || 8 || 23.3% (2nd) || 25.0% (2nd)
|-
| 2006-01-11 || 9 || 21.3% (3rd) || 22.1% (2nd)
|-
| 2006-01-12 || 10 || 24.1% (2nd) || 24.7% (2nd)
|-
| 2006-01-18 || 11 || 21.0% (5th) || 22.1% (4th)
|-
| 2006-01-19 || 12 || 24.3% (2nd) || 26.0% (2nd)
|-
| 2006-01-25 || 13 || 21.1% (3rd) || 23.1% (3rd)
|-
| 2006-01-26 || 14 || 23.5% (3rd) || 22.8% (3rd)
|-
| 2006-02-01 || 15 || 23.2% (3rd) || 23.7% (3rd)
|-
| 2006-02-02 || 16 || 24.9% (3rd) || 26.0% (3rd)
|-
! colspan=2 | Average || 21.0% || 22.1%
|}
Source: [http://www.tnsmk.co.kr/ TNS Media Korea]

==External Links==
*[http://tv.sbs.co.kr/mygirl/ Official Website]
*[http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-mygirl.html KoreanWiz]
*[http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26537 Discussion in Forum]

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