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My Girl (SBS)

2006-05-26T04:39:47Z

Twnty2:

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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

==Synopsis==
Ju Yoo-rin ([[Lee Da Hae]]) is an imposter proficient in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Seol Gong Chan ([[Lee Dong Wook]]) is the second generation heir of a big corporation. Because of his grandfather's illness, he's forced to ask Yoo-rin to be his long-lost cousin so that his grandfather's last wish can be fullfilled. So therefore, they both are bound in a lie that no-one in the family knows the truth. Kim Sae-hyun ([[Park Si Yeon]]) grew up in a rich family and dreams to become a tennis star with the nickname "Sharapova of Korea". Her charm and intelligence attract many men. She and Yoo-rin have cutthroat competitions. Seo Jeong-woo ([[Lee Jun Ki]]) will fall also for Yoo-rin and finally learn to love that special someone.

==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 || 15.6% || 15.8%
|}
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]

[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama2005]][[Category:SBS]]

Full House

2006-04-16T08:53:22Z

Twnty2:

[[File:FullHouse.jpg|thumb|320px|''From left to right:'' Kang Hae Won, Yu Min Hyuk, Han Ji Eun, Lee Young Jae]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 풀하우스 / Pool Ha-woo-seu
*'''Episodes:''' 16
*'''Broadcasted by:''' KBS
*'''Broadcast year:''' 2004-07-14 to 2004-09-02

==Casts & Credits==
===Director===
:[[Pyo Min Su]]

===Writer===
:[[Min Hyo Jeong]]

===Cast===
:[[Bi]] (Rain) as Lee Young Jae
:[[Song Hye Kyo]] as Han Ji Eun
:[[Han Eun Jung]] as Kang Hye Won
:[[Kim Sung Soo]] as Yu Min Hyuk

==Synopsis==
A story about love and heartbreak, sadness and self-preservation.

A naive, cheerful albeit, somewhat of a recluse writer, Han Ji Eun ([[Song Hye Kyo]]) is swindled out of everything she owns. Not by strangers, but her best friends! Stranded in another country, she is determined to get home with the help of an actor, Lee Young Jae ([[Bi]]), only to find that all which is precious to her has been sold. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she has entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae. It is quite simple, until feelings start to develop. Everyone around them test the "love" Young Jae and Ji Eun have for one another, including Young Jae's grandmother.

In spite of it all, Ji Eun manages to be humorous and endearing - even when her heart is breaking.

==Review by puccakiss79==
Adorable and sweet, ''Full House'' is full of great acting and enjoyable characters and brings to life a wonderful story of endearing relationships which compensate its replica episodes. Most notable is the gorgeous [[Song Hye Kyo]] and her unwavering performance as the charismatic Han Ji-eun. Also, the story provides surprisingly likeable characters with each having a crafted purpose to contribute to building the plot. Although the latter episodes begin to tie down the drama with repeated cause-and-affect situations, fans of [[Song Hye Kyo]] will not be disappointed with her presentation in ''Full House''. 

Adding a fresh character to her works, [[Song Hye Kyo]] takes front-and-center stage with her performance as Han Ji-eun. Effortlessly, she is able to put aside her renowned performances of old with an adorable giggle and a vibrant smile that even shines through her eyes. She brings realism to the character showing Ji-eun's aspiration and determination, her laughter and happiness, her foolishness and regret. Undoubtedly, [[Song Hye Kyo]] plays this role naturally opposite attractive [[Bi]] or Jung Ji-hoon and his fitting performance as Lee Young-jae. Of course, both stars are fortunate to play a part in a drama with well written characters. 

The drama is flavored with different types of likeable characters that similarly push the story forward with their foolish actions. First, Ji-eun and Young-jae thoughtlessly enter into a contract marriage even though they obviously loathe each other. Meanwhile, sly-fox Hye-won desperately tries to sustain Young-jae's companionship despite his marriage. Then, deciding to get involved because of the way Young-jae treats his wife, Min-hyuk knowingly risks their friendships and challenges Young-jae's love for Ji-eun. Finally, the top tier of this foolish cake is the surprisingly enjoyable friends of Ji-eun, Dong-wook and Hee-jin. These two continuously give the plot momentum with their hasty chatter and clever lies. All in all, the characters' irrational personalities are balanced with decency and purpose. 

Towards the end, the drama slow downs and the foolish love-war relationship between Ji-eun and Young-jae is redundant. Whether she is apologizing for upsetting him and doing the housework to makeup for her actions or he is, the same set up and execution is used for several episodes and begins to get old. 

Still, ''Full House'' ranks as a must see drama. [[Song Hye Kyo]] is a sure hit while the story's characters are easily revered despite their faults. With a little tolerance for excessiveness, viewers can walk away from ''Full House'' with hearts full of contentment.

The music of Full House enhances the audience's love for its characters. Songs like Why's 'Unh Myung (translated to 'Fate', track one), Byul's (Star) I think I (track 4), and even Lee Jung Hee's 'Geh Deh Ji Geum' (not featured on OST) beautifully express Young-jae's and Ji-eun's inner struggles. Sung with strong conviction from Young-jae's position, Unh Myung has tender lyrics, "Like a fool, I'm regretting this late…I wished that it wouldn't be you." (KBFD translations) On the other hand, 'Geh Deh Ji Geum' and 'I think I', speaks of the Ji-eun's overwhelming feelings. It is lovely music for a lovely drama. 

'''Rating : See it (4/5)'''

[http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9113 DISCUSSION IN FORUM]

==Other Resources==
*[http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/full/ KBS Homepage]
*[http://contents.kbs.co.kr/program/program_dview.php?contentsUid=33 KBS Global Marketing]
*[http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-fullhouse.html KoreanWiz]
*[http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=819 spcnet.tv Review]

[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama2004]][[Category:KBS]]

Stairway to Heaven

2006-04-16T08:43:07Z

Twnty2:

[[File:Stairway2Heaven.jpg|thumb|320px|Stairway to Heaven]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 천국의 계단 / Cheon-kuk-ui Gye-dan
*'''Also known as:''' Stairs To Heaven / Steps in Paradise
*'''Genre:''' Romance, Drama
*'''Episodes:''' 20
*'''Broadcast network:''' SBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2003-12-03 to 2004-02-05
*'''Air time:''' Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

==Synopsis==
Jung-suh and Song-joo grew up together. They were always there for each other. Tragedy begins when Song Joo begins his studies overseas without her and his father remarries Tae Mira. She takes in her two children from a previous marriage, Tae-hwa and Yuri. Yuri is envious of the life that Jung Suh leads and is determined to take everything away from her, including Song-joo. Tae-hwa begins to develop feelings for his stepsister, however Jung-suh still loves Song-joo. Five years later, tragedy occurs when Jung-suh gets into a car accident causing her to lose her memory. Together with Tae-hwa, they start anew. Song-joo is led to believe that she is dead. However, when they meet again one day, he is determined to remind her of the love they had for one another. When fate finally seemed to be on their side, Jung-suh is diagnosed with eye cancer.

==Cast==
*[[Kwon Sang Woo]] as Cha Song-ju
*[[Choi Ji Woo]] as Han Jung-suh
*[[Kim Tae Hee]] as Han Yu-ri
*[[Shin Hyun Joon]] as Han Tae-hwa
'''Extended Cast'''
*[[Lee Hwi Hyang]] as Tae Mira (Tae-hwa & Yuri's mother)
*[[Ha Jae Young]] as Han Su-ha (Jung-suh's father)
*[[Kim Ji Sook]] as Chairman Min Suh-hyun (Song-ju's mother)
*[[Jung Han Yong]] as Han Pil-su (Tae-hwa & Yuri's father)
*[[Baek Sung Hyun]] as young Cha Song-ju
*[[Park Shin Hye]] as young Han Jung-suh/Kim Ji-su
*[[Lee Wan]] as young Han Tae-hwa/Han Chul-su
*[[Park Ji Mi]] as young Han Yuri

==Production Credits==
*'''Director:''' [[Lee Jang Soo]]
*'''Writer:''' [[Park Hye Kyung]]

==Review==
Jung Suh ([[Choi Ji Woo]]) and Song Joo ([[Kwon Sang Woo]]) were best friends since young and shared a special bond with each other. They became closer when Jung Suh's mum passed away and Song Joo also lost his dad at a young age. Jung Suh's dad remarries and she is now caught with a new stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister. The stepsister, Yoori ([[Kim Tae Hee]]) is envious of Jung Suh and Song Joo's relationship and tries her best to win Song Joo's affection but Song Joo has eyes only for Jung Suh. Meanwhile, Jung Suh is ill treated at home by her stepmom and stepsister. She finds solace in her stepbrother Tae Hwa ([[Shin Hyun Joon]]) when Song Joo is oblivious to her misery. Soon, Tae Hwa develops feelings for the kind and caring Jung Suh, but Jung Suh strongly loves Song Joo and vice versa. Jung Suh and Song Joo are separated when Song Joo starts of his studies overseas first before Jung Suh joins him. But tragedy befalls them when Jung Suh gets involved in a car accident caused by Yoori and loses her memory. Jung Suh's identity is erased by Tae Hwa because he wants her all to himself and he can't let her leave him. Five years past, when Song Joo returns to Korea to resume his family business and encounters Jung Suh who has lost the memory of them together. Hence, the emotional roller coaster begins, as Song Joo and Jung Suh fights their destiny to be together. The story evolves into a romantic journey where Song Joo and Jung Suh reunites, and the trials they have to face together. This drama is definitely emotion packed, with a great cast that brings out perfect chemistry to the screen. Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Ji Woo proved their acting abilities in this drama earning them high praises all around for their professionalism.

The director cleverly brings in familiar themes from different dramas that were successful in the past and wraps its up in a nice package for this drama. It's not just one or two cliche's that you will spot in this drama but many many used scenes. Many people had complained what a big mistake it was to create such an unoriginal drama. However, the success of Stairs to Heaven proved to many that Stairs To Heaven was original in its own sense, and that the audience liked what they saw. One of it was the soundtrack of the drama which was incredibly good with meanings of the songs that relate to the drama, giving the drama a whole new meaning. The amazing chemistry between the cast was also one thing that got me excited to know what was going to happen in episodes after episodes. This was perhaps one of the dramas that literally had me waiting hands and foot for the next episode to know what happened next. The great thing about this drama is that although the main theme of the drama is tragic, there are also light moments that balance it. Watching Stairs to heaven is like watching a magic show and a fairy tale at the same time. If you've fallen out of love, this drama will remind you how it feels like to be in love again. The feeling of loving and being loved is expressed throughout the drama. Stairs to Heaven will definitely end up in my list of Classic Dramas of All times. In other words, I thoroughly enjoyed Stairs to Heaven, in fact, I enjoyed it so much, I feel I could watch it another million times.

Source: [http://www.k-fever.com/REVIEW/STH.html k-fever.com]

==External Links==
*[http://tv.sbs.co.kr/paradise/ Official Website]
*[http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-paradise.html KoreanWiz]
*[[Wikipedia:Stairway to Heaven (TV series)|Wikipedia entry]]

[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama2003]][[Category:SBS]]