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

Perhaps Love

 

Title: 사랑한다면 이들처럼 / Perhaps Love
Also known as: If in love…like them / A Special Promise
Chinese title : 如果相爱就像他们 / 珍贵的约定
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 4
Broadcast network: TV Mnet, SBS
Broadcast period: 2007-Mar-29 to 2007-Apr-09

Synopsis

Lee Na (Lee Hyo Ri) is a rising singer who was about to debut but tradegy struck her when she found out she had leukemia. Another girl took her place and sang her debut song at her concert. Now everybody thinks that the other girl is her. Jung Tae (Lee Dong Gun) survived a department store collapse only to find out that he has cancer. Lee Na and Jung Tae meet and fall in love.

Cast

Lee Hyo Ri as Lee Na
Lee Dong Gun as Jung Tae
Jung Joon Ho as Yeong Noh

Extended Cast

Lee Bum Soo
Ha Suk Jin as Kang Deo
Jung Eun Taek
Jung Chul
Bong Tae Kyu

Production Credits

Producer: Kim Kwang Soo
Director: Cha Eun Taek

Notes

The production cost is around 5 billion won.
It was banned in Korea for various violation reasons.