Wish Upon A Star

Star in My Heart

Details

• Title: 별은 내가슴에 / Byeol-eun Nae-ga-seum-e
• Also known as: Wish Upon A Star / Star in My Heart
• Genre: Family, Romance
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 1997-Mar-10 to 1997-Apr-29
• Viewership ratings: peak=49.3% (1997-Apr-29)

Synopsis

A Korean Cinderella Story kind of...

"Wish Upon a Star aka Star in My Heart" has it all High fashion, music, love, hate, dreams and let downs. Yun Hee (Choi Jin Shil) has lived in an orphanage since her father passed away. Later she's adopted into a hostile family environment by one of her father's friends. With the evil stepmother Ms. Song (Park Won Sook) and evil stepsister (Jo Mi Ryung) treating her like low class theif she decides to take her fate into her own hands. Yun Hee has two heroes to help her along the way: Kang Min Hee (Ahn Jae Wook), a young man who dreams of becoming a successful singer despite his father's objections, and Lee Joon Hee (Cha In Pyo), a top fashion design executive.

Cast

• Choi Jin Shil as Lee Yun Hee
• Ahn Jae Wook as Kang Min Hee
• Cha In Pyo as Lee Joon Hee
• Jun Do Yun as Soon Ae (Min Hee's orphanage friend)

Ahn family

• Park Won Sook as Ms. Song (mother, dress shop owner/designer)
• Lee Young Hoo as Mr Ahn (father, Yun Hee's father's friend)
• Park Chul as Yi Ban (older son)
• Jo Mi Ryung as Yi Hwa (younger daughter)

Other people

• Oh Ji Myung as Min Hee's father
• Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Min Hee's mother
• Maeng Sang Hoon as Heo Kwang Young (tailor)
• Kang Nam Gil as Han Jae Bong (tailor)
• Yoo Tae Woong as Joon Young
• Kim Jung Eun
• Lee Jae Hoon
• Seo Bum Shik
• Han Seung Yeon as orphan

Production Credits

• Director: Lee Jin Suk, Lee Chang Han
• Screenwriter: Kim Ki Ho

Trivia

1997 MBC Best Performance of the Year Award: Choi Jin Shil

External Links

• MBC Official Site
• Twitch Review
• SPCnet Review
• English Wikipedia