Powerful Opponents

 

Title: 강적들 / Powerful Opponents
Also known as: Powerful Opponents / Rivals / Adversaries
Chinese title : 强敌
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-14 to 2008-June-3
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Cha Young Jin is the first female to ever work as a bodyguard in the Presidential resident, Chungwadae. Young Jin and Ryu Gwan Pil work as bodyguards assigned to watch over the president’s son, Kang Soo Ho. They are assigned to guard Soo Ho for 15 months.

Cast

Chae Rim as Cha Young Jin
Lee Jin Wook as Kang Soo Ho
Lee Jong Hyuk as Yoo Gwang Pil
Choi Ja Hye as Jung Yoo Min

Extended Cast

Lee Duk Hwa as President Kang / Kang Min Gook
Lee Kyung Jin as First Lady Shin Ok Hee
Shin Eun Jung as Kang Soo Ri (Soo Ho’s sister)
Yim Hyun Sik as Cha Il Sang (Young Jin’s grandfather)
Oh Kwang Rok as Cha Gwang Soo (Young Jin’s father)
Kim Si Hoo as Cha Young Gu (Young Jin’s brother)
Kim Hye Ok as Mrs Oh Mi Ja
Kim Yoo Jung as Yoo Kkot Nim
Park Ha Sun as Seo Eun Young
Go Myung Hwan as Kim Byung Wook
Ma Dong Seok as Pyo Chul Ho
Lee Keon as Nam Do Woo

Production Credits

Producer: Han Joon Suh
Scriptwriter: Kang Eun Kyung

Please Come Back, Soon-Ae

 

Title: 돌아와요 순애씨
English title: Please Come Back, Soon-Ae
Also Known as : The Return of Soon-Ae
Chinese title : 回来吧顺爱
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2006/07/12 to 2006/08/31
Air time: Wednesday and Thursday 9.55PM

Synopsis

For once, something a little fresh, at least by K-Drama standards. We’re talking body exchange, which has been done many times on the big screen, but rarely on Korean TV. The idea of Park Jin-Hee playing an Ajumma and Shim Hye-Jin going into sexy mode sounds just about right (the initial setup is the opposite, obviously), and if the script builds on the interesting outline, this could be fun.

Cast

Shim Hye Jin as Huh Soon Ae
Park Jin Hee as Han Cho Eun
Yoon Da Hoon as Yoon Il Suk
Lee Jae Hwang as Jang Hyun Woo

Phoenix

 

Title: 불새 / Bul Sae
Also known as: The Fire Bird
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 26
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2004-04-05 to 2004-06-29
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM
Average viewing rate: 25.3%
Peek viewing rate: 31.4%

Synopsis

Love is timing. Love needs just the “right time”. It’s not because you loved him or her less that you parted. Heaven brings you your soul mate when the time is just “right”. Phoenix shows you this heaven’s work.

There is a young couple who desperately fell in love but who couldn’t be together because the time wasn’t just right for them. Years pass by and these two meet again. And the trick of fortune switches their situation and environments. A daughter of a millionaire (Lee Eun Joo) has now become an helper suffering from the grim realities of life. On the other hand, an orphan self-supporting student (Lee Seo Jin) is now an accomplished wealthy businessman. Now these two people are looking at the world with different eyes. The childlike girl has finally learned the harshness of the world and the guy with once twisted mind has learned to enjoy the latitude of mind. In the end, these two start to understand each other, thus arriving at the “right time”.

Source: MBC Global Media
Cast

Lee Seo Jin as Jang Sae-hoon
Lee Eun Joo as Lee Ji-eun
Jung Hye Young as Yoon Mi-ran
Eric as Suh Jung-min
Kim Bin Woo as Lee Young-eun (Ji-eun’s younger sister)
Lee Yoo Jin as Nam Bok-ja (Ji-eun’s friend)
Lee Kyung Jin as Jo Hyun-sook (Ji-eun’s mom)
Han In Soo as Lee Sang-bum (Ji-eun’s dad)
Kim Byung Se as Kim Ho-jin (Sae-hoon’s upperclassman)
Park Geun Hyung as Suh Moon-soo (Jung-min’s dad)

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Eun Kyu
Director: Oh Kyung Hoon
Writer: Lee Yoo Jin