Sad Love Story

 

Title: 슬픈연가 / Seul-peun Yeon-ga
Also known as: Sad Love Story (KBFD-TV) / Sad Sonata
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2005-01-05 to 2005-03-17
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Synopsis

Sad Sonata is a love story about two men and one woman. The young Joon-young (Kwon Sang Woo), who was raised by his mother who sold liquor to American soldiers, met the blind Hae-in (Kim Hee Sun) and they became childhood sweethearts. Then, Hae-in immigrated to the U.S. following her American adoptive father and met Gun-woo (Yeon Jung Hoon), who was Joon-young’s friend and son of a very rich man. The story picks up again when composer Joon-young, singer Hae-In, and music producer Gun-woo all meet again.

Cast

Kwon Sang Woo as Suh Joon-young/Chi Joon-kyu
Kim Hee Sun as Park Hae-in
Yeon Jung Hoon as Lee Gun-woo
Kim Yeon Joo as Cha Hwa-jung
Na Young Hee as Suh Hyang-ja (Joon-young’s mother)
Lee Young Ha as Choi Jun-il (Joon-young’s father)
MC Mong as Jang Jin-pyo
Jin Hee Kyung as Lee Mi-sook (Hae-in’s aunt)
Jo Kyung Hwan as Lee Kang-in (Gun-woo’s father)
Lee Yeon Soo as Lee Soo-ji (Gun-woo’s older sister)
Lee Jong Won as Oh Sang-jin
Lee Da Hee as Kang Shin-hee (Gun-woo’s friend in NYC)
Lee Mi Young as Hwang Min-kyung (Hwa-jung’s mother)
Choi Ran as Sook-ja
Yang Geum Suk as Gun-woo’s deceased mother
Lee Hyun Woo as Jang-ho
Jung Woo as Lee Min-ho

Production Credits

Director: Yoo Chul Yong
Scriptwriter: Lee Sung Eun

Related Facts
This drama was originally supposed to have actor Song Seung Hun play Gun-woo. However, a draft-dodging scandal involving Song Seung Hun broke out, causing him to enlist in the military service. On short notice, Yeon Jung Hoon was selected as Song Seung Hun’s replacement to play Gun-woo. That is why the Photo Album for this drama (which is on sale at YesAsia) contains photos of Song Seung Hun instead of Yeon Jung Hoon.