Saturday, October 22, 2011

korean drama

CITY HUNTER

Title: 시티헌터 / Sitihunteo / City Hunter
Chinese Title: 城市猎人
Genre: Action, suspense, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-May-25 to 2011-July-28
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55


Synopsis
‘City Hunter’ is an original script based on the world-famous novel by Japan’s Tsukasa Hojo. Since it became public that Korea would be the first remake of this story into a drama, ‘City Hunter’ has been receiving worldwide attention. ‘City Hunter’ has switched the setting from Tokyo 1980 to Seoul 2011, and according to the original story structure, the protagonist becomes a city hunter and his character develops while resolving gratifying cases.
The story takes place in Seoul, 2011. Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father’s death with his surrogate father Lee Jin Pyo and eventually becomes a “City Hunter.”

Cast
Main Cast
Lee Min Ho as DR.Lee Yoon Sung / John Lee

Park Min Young as Kim Na Na

Lee Joon Hyuk as Kim Young Joo

Hwang Sun Hee as Jin Soo Hee

City Hunter Clique
Kim Sang Joong as Lee Jin Pyo / Steve Lee


Kim Sang Ho as Bae Shik Joong / Bae Man Deok

Jung Joon as Kim Sang Gook (Jin Pyo’s henchman)


The Blue House
Lee Seung Hyung as Song Young Duk

Baek Seung Hyun as Park Ho Shik

Yang Jin Sung (양진성) as Shin Eun Ah (bodyguard, Na Na’s friend)



Lee Kwang Soo as Go Ki Joon\


Group of Five
Chun Ho Jin as Choi Eung Chan (President)


Choi Il Hwa as Kim Jong Shik (Myung Moon University’s president, Young Joo’s father)


Choi Sang Hoon as Seo Yong Hak (Minister of Defence)

Lee Hyo Jung as Lee Kyung Wan (senator)

Choi Jung Woo as Cheon Jae Man


Extended Cast
Goo Ha Ra as Choi Da Hye (President’s daughter)

Kim Mi Sook as Lee Kyung Hee (Yoon Sung’s mother)

Kim Byung Choon as Jang Woo Hyun

Shin Young Jin (신영진) as Kim Mi Ok (investigator, Na Na’s aunt, Young Joo’s subordinate)
Choi Sung Ho as Jang Pil Jae (investigator, Young Joo’s subordinate)
Maeng Bong Hak (맹봉학) as Na Na’s father
Park Sang Min as Park Moo Yul (Yoon Sung’s real father) (cameo)
Min Young Won as Min Hee (cameo)
Yoon Ye Hee

Production Credits
Original work: Manga by Tsukasa Hojo
Producer: Kim Young Sup
Director: Jin Hyuk
Screenwriter: Hwang Eun Kyung, Choi Soo Jin (최수진)

korean drama

 SECRET GARDEN

Title: 시크릿 가든 / Sikeurit Gadeun / Secret Garden
Chinese Title : 秘密花园
Genre: Romance, comedy, fantasy, melodrama
Episodes: 20 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-13 to 2011-Jan-22
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:45

Synopsis
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.

Production Credits
Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
Awards
2011 Korea Drama Festival Awards: Daesang
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actor – Drama Special (Hyun Bin)
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress – Drama Special (Ha Ji Won)
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Award – Drama
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Award (Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won)
2010 SBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won)


Cast
Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won( pres. of dept. store)
  

Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im ( stunt woman)


Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young/Oska (Joo Won’s cousin)


Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul ( CF director)

Lee Philip as Im Jong Soo ( action director)

Lee Jong Suk as Han Tae Ssun (musician)


Yoo In Na as Im Ah Young (dept. store worker)

Kim Ji Sook as Moon Yeon Hong(Oscar's mom)

Park Joon Geum as Moon Boon Hong( Joo-Won's mom  )


Kim Sung Oh as Kim Sung Woo (Joo Won’s secretary)

Choi Yoon So as Kim Hee Won (Joo Won’s sister)

Kim Sung Kyum as Moon Chang Soo ( Joo-Won's granddad)

Lee Byung Joon as Park Bong Ho ( dept. store director)

Seong Byeong-Suk as Park Bong-Hee( Chang-Soo's wife)

Yun Ki-Won as Choi Dong-Kyu( president of Oscar Ent.)

Kim Gun as Yoo Jong-Hun ( Oscar's manager)

Yoo Seo-Jin as Lee Ji-Hyun (Joo-Won's shrink)
Additional Cast Members

          
Jeong In-Gi - Kil Ra-Im's father
Son Ye-Jin - cameo