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Bad Guys
Plot
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To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks
Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of
criminals. He is currently suspended from the police
force for using excessive force. He gathers team
members: Park Woong Cheol who is a gangster, Lee
Jung-Moon who is the youngest serial killer with
extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tai Soo who is a
contract killer. Also, Police Inspector Yoo Mi Young joins
the team. She tries to have the guys work as a team by
dealing with them rationally and sometimes emotionally.
Genre Crime, Thriller, Action
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Channel OCN!
Run 04 Oct 2014 – 13 Dec 2014, Sat at 22:00
No of Episodes 11 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Han Jung Hoon
Director Kim Jung Min
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Ratings in Korea (Pay TV)
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Highest Rating Nationwide 3.2%
Average Rating Nationwide 2.1%
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Best rating at same show time and
attracted 20-40 year-old male audience.
This drama airs on a cable channel/pay
TV which has a relatively small audience
compared to free TV/public broadcasters
Bad Guys
3Cast
Park Hae Jin (Lee Jung
Moon)
Drama: Doctor Stranger,
My Love From The Star,
My Daughter Seo-Young,
East of Eden……
Movie: Snow Is On The
Sea……
Kim Sang Joong (
Oh Goo Tak)
Drama: City Hunter,
A New Leaf, Doctor
Stranger, Gold
Rainbow, Master’s
Sun, The Chaser……
Ma Dong Seok (Park
Woong Cheol)
Drama: Shut Up
Flower Boy Band, Dr
Champ, Swallow
The Sun……
Movie: Kundo:
Rage Of The
Rampant, One On
One, The Five……
Bad Guys
Do Dong Hyuk (Jung
Tae Soo)
Drama: Inspiring
Generations, The Moon
And Start For You,
Brain, Yaksha……
Movie: Camillia,
Searching For The
Elephant, Love
House……
Kang Ye Won (You
Mi Young)
Drama: One
Thousandth Man,
My 19 Year Old
Sister-In-Law……
Movie: My
Ordinary Love Story,
The Huntresses……
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Liar Game
Plot
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When big money is at stake, to what level will people stoop to
win it all? Nam Da Jung, a naïve college student and Cha
Woo Jin, a former psychology professor and genius swindler,
become contestants on the “Liar Game” reality show, which is
billed as “psychological survival game”. Contestants are
expected to lie, cheat and use whatever means possible to
emerge victorious and walk away with 10 billion won. Hosted
by devious MC, Kang Do Young, the reality show pushes its
participants to the edge of morality and beyond.
It is adaptation of manga series “Liar Game” by Shinobu
Kaitani which was first published in Japanese magazine
‘Weekly Young Jump’ in 2005.
Genre Thriller, Psychology, Mystery
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Liar Game
Channel TvN!
Run 20 Oct 2014 – 18 Nov 2014, Mon and Tue at 23:00
No of Episodes 10 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Shinobu Kaitani, Yoo Yong Jae
Director Kim Hong Sun
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Ratings in Korea (Pay TV)
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Average Rating Nationwide 0.866%
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This drama airs on a cable channel/pay
TV which has a relatively small audience
compared to free TV/public broadcasters
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Liar Game Cast
Lee Sang Yoon (Cha
WooJin)
Drama: Angel Eyes,
Goddess of Fire, My
Daughter Seo-young, The
Duo……
Movie: Santa Barbara,
Sex Is Zero 2……
Kim So Eun (Nam da
Jung)
Drama: After School:
Lucky Or Not, Horse
Doctor, A Thousand
Kisses……
Movie: Mourning
Grave, Someone Behind
You, The Show Must
Go On……
Shin Sung Rok (Kang Do
Young)
Drama:Trot Lover, My
LoveFrom The Star, Definitely
Neighbors……
Movie: Pitch High, The
Story Of My Life
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City Hunter
Plot
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In 1983, South Korean officials plan a covert operation to strike back
Rangoon bombing. However, as the team wreaks havoc in Pyongyang,
the five officials abort the plan to avoid an international crisis if the
mission is discovered. The operation is successful but snipers open fire
on the covert team during extraction. The only survivor, Lee Jin Pyo,
Promising to avenge his fallen comrades, he kidnaps his deceased
teammate’s infant son and names him Lee Yoon Sung. He flees to
Golden Triangle to raise the child as his own and trains the bay in
combat. After Yoon Sung finishes his doctorate at MIT, Yoon Sung returns
to South Korea to fulfill his adoptive father’s plan for revenge and enters
Blue House as an IT expert where he meets Kim Na Na. Jin Pyo and
Yoon Sung’s conflict stems from Jin Pyo’s wish to murder each official in
Counsil Five and Yoon Sung’s wish to expose their corruption without
murdering.
Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
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Channel SBS!
Run 25 May 2011 – 28 Jul 2011, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Hwang Eun Kyung, Choi Soo Jin
Director Jin Hyuk
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 19.9%
Highest Rating Seoul 20.5%
Average Rating Nationwide 16.0%
City Hunter
9Cast
Lee Min Ho (Lee Yoon
Sung)
Drama: The Heirs, Faith,
Personal Taste, Boys Over
Flowers……
Movie: Gangnam Blues,
Our School’s E.T., Public
Enemy Returns
Lee Joon Hyuk (Kim
Young Joo)
Drama: My Spring
Days,Man from the
Equator, Secret Garden,
I Am Legend……
Movie: The Peach
Tree, I Saw the Devil….
City Hunter
Kim Sang Joong (Lee
Jin Pyo)
Drama: Bad Guy, A
New Leaf, Doctor
Stranger, Gold Rainbow,
Master’s Sun, The
Chaser……
Park Min Young (Kim Na
Na)
Drama: Healer, A New
Leaf, Dr. Jin,
Sungkyunkwan Scandal,
Glory Jane……
Movie: The Cat
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Three Days
Plot
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The President of South Korea goes on holiday at a private
villa. In the middle of the night, three gunshots are fired,
and the President goes missing. His bodyguards, led by
elite agent Han Tae Kyu, have three days to find the
President and escort him safely back to the Blue House.
Three Days follows the intertwining fates of those sworn to
protect the President, the President himself, his political
staff, and the true power players in the shadows who
decide whether he lives or dies.
Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy
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Three Days
Channel SBS!
Run 05 Mar 2014 – 01 May 2014, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 16 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Kim Eun Hee
Director Shin Kyung Soo, Hong Chang Wook
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 14.5%
Highest Rating Seoul 17.4%
Average Rating Nationwide 12.3%
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Three Days Cast
Park Yoo Chun (Han Tae
Kyu)
Drama: The Rooftop Prince,
Missing You, Sungkyunkwan
Scandal, Miss Ripley……
Movie: Sea Fog, Dating
On Earth
Singer 2003 – present,
member of Pop group JYJ
Son Hyun Joo (Lee Dong
Hwi, President of South
Korea)
Drama: Empire Of Gold,
The Chaser, Living In Style,
Definitely Neighbors……
Movie: The Chronicles
OfEvil, Hide And Seek,
Secretly, Greatly……
Park Ha Sun (Yoon Bo Won)
Drama: Temptation, Yi
SangThat Yi Sang, Two
Weeks, Ad Genius Lee Tae
Baek……
Movie: Tone Deaf Clinic,
Champ, The Last Blossom
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IRIS
Plot
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The story revolves around two friends from the 707th
Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret
South Korean black ops agency known as the National
Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun Jun
begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past may
not be so irrelevant to his joining of the secret
organization after all. As the two friends find their
loyalties tested and forge new, unlikely alliances, the
journey takes them from their home country to
Hungary, Japan, and China where they find
themselves at the center of an international
conspiracy.
Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
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Channel KBS!
Run 14 Oct 2009 – 17 Dec 2009, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Kim Hyun Jun, Jo Gyu Won, Kim Jae Un
Director Yang Yun Ho, Kim Kyu Tae
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 39.9%
Highest Rating Seoul 41.8%
Average Rating Nationwide 31.9%
IRIS
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IRIS Cast
Kim Tae Hee (Choi Seung
Hee)
Drama: Jang Ok Jung
Living By Love, My Princess,
Love Story In Harvard,
Forbidden Love …..
Movie: IRIS: The Movie,
Grand Prix, Venus And
Mars......
Lee Byung Hun (Kim
HyunJun)
Drama: All In, Beautiful
Days, Road……
Movie: The Insiders,
Terminator: Genisys,
Memories Of The Sword,
RED 2, G.I. Joe:
Retaliation……
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IRIS II
Plot
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The sequel to 2009’s IRIS continues the story of
National Security Service agents going up against the
mysterious organization known as IRIS. After agent Kim
Hyun Jun was killed by a sniper shot from IRIS agent,
IRIS went into remission to recover and reconnoiter.
Three years have since passed and NSS is no longer a
secret black ops division as it once was; it is now a
public entity to the world. However, the National
Security Director, who became NSS’s oversight, reduced
the organization’s abilities and limited it to regulating and
controlling federal crime, like shutting down an arms
smuggling ring. It is during that time that he takes note
of Officer Jung Yoo Gun and has him train a new group
of NSS agents to manage future national threats.
Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
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Channel KBS!
Run 13 Feb 2013 – 18 Apr 2013, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Jo Gyu Won
Director Pyo Min Soo, Kim Tae Hoon
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 17.0%
Highest Rating Seoul 19.3%
Average Rating Nationwide 10.7%
IRIS II
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IRIS II Cast
Lee Da Hae (Ji Soo Yeon)
Drama: Hotel King, Miss
Ripley, The Slave Hunters,
East Of Eden, Robber, Hello!
Miss, My Girl…..
Jang Hyuk (Jung Yoo Gun)
Drama: Fated To Love
You,Deep Rooted Tree,
Midas, The Slave Hunter,
Tazza……
Movie: The Insiders,
Terminator: Innocent Thing,
The Flu, The Client,
Searching For The
Elephant……
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Doctor Stranger
Plot
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Park Cheol were tricked by Vice President of South Korea and sent to
North Korea to operate the President of North Korea while his son, Park
Hoon, was kept hostage but they were not released afterwards. Park
Hoon was trained to become a genius thoracic surgeon by his father and
he was forced to cruelly experiment different techniques on people.
However, Hoon’s lover, Jae Hee was captured and Park Cheol were
killed by North Korean government. Hoon tried to flee to South Korea
with Jae Hee but they got separated. So Hoon fled to South Korea alone
and worked as doctor in a top hospital while looking for Jae Hee.
Meanwhile, he found a girl that looks exactly like Jae Hee, Doctor
Han Seung Hee, who claimed to not know Hoon. Then it appears that
she’s involved in a secret mission in killing the President of South Korea.
Genre Medical, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
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Channel SBS!
Run 05 May 2014 – 08 Jul 2014, Mon and Tue at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Park Jin Woo, Kim Joo
Director Jin Hyuk, Hong Jong Chan
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 14.2%
Highest Rating Seoul 18.1%
Average Rating Nationwide 11.8%
Doctor Stranger
21Cast
Lee Jong Suk (Park
Hoon)
Drama: Pinocchio, I
Can Hear Your Voice,
School 2013, Secret
Garden, Prosecutor
Princess……
Movie: Hot Young
Bloods, No
Breathing……
Park Hae Jin (Han Jae
Joon / Lee Sung Hoon
Drama: Bad Guys, My
Love From The Star,
MyDaughter Seo-Young,
East of Eden……
Movie: Snow Is On
The Sea……
Doctor Stranger
Kang So Ra (Oh Soo
Hyun)
Drama: Misaeng, Ugly
Alert, Dream High 2,
The Women Of Our
Home……
Movie: My Paparotti,
Sunny……
Jin Se Yeon (Song Jae
Hee / Han Seung Hee)
Drama: Inspiring
Generation, Five Fingers,
Bridal Mask, My Daughter
The Flower……
Movie: The Language Of
Love, White: The Melody
Of The Curse
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I Can Hear Your Voice
Plot
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The series is a combination of courtroom drama and
romantic comedy with elements of fantasy. Life of
Jang Hye Sung, a public defender, changes when
she encounters Park Soo Ha, a high school boy with
supernatural ability to read other people’s thought by
looking into their eyes. Soo Ha gained his mind-
reading ability after witnessing his father getting
murdered 10 years ago. His father’s death had
initially been dismissed as a car accident until Hye
Sung gave testimony in court despite the killers
threat and Soo Ha has been searching for her ever
since. Together with Cha Gwan Woo, a cop-turned-
lawyer, this unlikely team use unconventional
methods on their cases, proving that while
sometimes justice is blind to fault, she can still hear
your voice.
Genre Courtroom, Fantasy, Romance
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Channel SBS!
Run 05 Jun 2013 – 01 Aug 2013, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 18 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Park Hye Ryun
Director Jo Soo Won
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 26.2%
Highest Rating Seoul 29.0%
Average Rating Nationwide 19.1%
I Can Hear Your Voice
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I Can Hear Your Voice Cast
Lee Bo Young (Jang Hye
Sung)
Drama: God’s Gift – 14
Days, My Daughter Seo-
Young, Man From The
Equator, Hooray for Love
……
Movie: More Than Blue,
Once Upon a Time……
Lee Jong Suk (Park Soo
Ha)
Drama: Pinocchio, Doctor
Stranger, School 2013,
Secret Gardem, Prosecutor
Princess……
Movie: Hot Young Bloods,
No Breathing……
Yoon Sang Hyun (Cha
Gwan Woo)
Gap-dong, Can’t Lose,
Secret Garden, My Fair Lady,
Queen of Housewives, One
Mom and Three Dad……
Movie: Tone-deaf Clinic……
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It’s Okay, That’s Love
Plot
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Jang Jae Yeol is a writer and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit
arrogant, he also suffer from obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Ji Have Soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of
fellowship, who has a negative attitude towards love and
relationships in her private life. Once Jae Yeol and Have
Soo meet, there is much contention between them
caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in
to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love
and they attempt to heal each other’s deep-seated
wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow
when they learn that Jae Yeol’s mental health issues are
more serious than they initially suspected.
Genre Romance, Comedy, Medical
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Channel SBS!
Run 23 Jul 2014 – 11 Sept 2014, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 16 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Noh Hee Kyung
Director Kim Kyu Tae
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 13.4%
Highest Rating Seoul 15.2%
Average Rating Nationwide 10.4%
It’s Okay, That’s Love
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It’s Okay, That’s Love Cast
Jo In Sung (Jang Jae Yeol)
Drama: That Winter The
Wind Blows, Spring Day,
What Happened in Bali,
Piano…..
Movie: A Frozen Flower, A
Dirty Carnival, The Classic
......
Gong Hyo Jin (Ji Hae Soo)
Drama: Master’s Sun,
TheGreatest Love, Pasta,
Thank You……
Movie: Boomerang
Family, Love Fiction,
Sisters on The Road,
Crush and Blush……
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Empress Ki
Plot
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The series revolves around Ki Seung
Nyang, a Goryeo-born woman who
ascends to power despite the restrictions
of the era's class system, later marrying
Emperor Hui Zong to become an empress
of the Yuan Dynasty. The series depicts
her loves with Emperor Hui Zong and
Wang Yoo, and political ambitions as she
is torn between the two nations.
Genre Historical, Romance
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Empress Ki
Channel MBC!
Run Oct 28, 2013 – Apr 29, 2014, Mon and Tue at 22:00
No of Episodes 51 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Jang Young Chul, Jung Kyung Soon
Director Han Hee, Lee Sung Joon
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 28.3%
Highest Rating Seoul 33.9%
Average Rating Nationwide 20.7%
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Empress Ki Cast
Ha Ji Won (Empress Ki)
Drama: Secret Garden,
The King 2 Heart, Hwang
Jini, Something Happened
in Bali……
Movie: Tidal Wave,
Closer To Heaven……
Joo Jin Mo (Wang Yoo)
Drama: Punch, Pasta,
Fashion 70’s, Dream……
Movie: Friend 2, Gabi, A
Frozen Flower……
Ji Chang Wook (Emperor
Huizong)
Drama:Warrior Baek Dong
Soo, Smile Again, My Two
Perfect Son……
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Secret Garden
Plot
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A stuntwoman who dreams of becoming a stunt director and a
department store CEO who has nothing to lose fall in love due
to crazy and hilarious circumstances. Though they live in two
different worlds, Gil Ra Im and Kim Joo Won meet in a twist of
fate that brings them together. Gil Ra Im just wants a modest
life and Kim Joo Won couldn't care less about romance. He's
handsome, rich, and insensitive. Oska is a playboy who wants
to lead a hedonistic life and resume his popular status as a
hallyu star. Then he reunites with his former love Yoon Seul,
who has made a successful directing career for herself. But
Yoon Seul wants nothing to do with Oska, rather she has her
eyes set on Joo Won. The four become tangled in a love
square, that becomes more confusing when Ra Im and Joo
Won begin switching bodies.
Genre Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
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Channel SBS!
Run 13 Nov 2010 – 16 Jan 2011, Sat and Sun at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Kim Eun Sook
Director Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 31.4%
Highest Rating Seoul 38.6%
Average Rating Nationwide 24.4%
Secret Garden
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Secret Garden Cast
Hyun Bin (Kim Joo Won)
Drama: Friend Our
Legend, Worlds Within,
The Snow Queen, Nonstop
5 / 4…..
Movie: The Fatal
Encounter, Come Rain
Come Shine, Late Autumn
......
Ha Ji Won (Gil Ra Im)
Drama: Empress Ki,
The King 2 Heart, Hwang
Jini, Something Happened
in Bali……
Movie: Tidal Wave,
Closer To Heaven……
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Master’s Sun
Plot
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Joo Joong Won is the stingy and greedy
CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that
includes a major department store and
hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong
Shil, who started seeing ghosts after an
accident. Their lives take a new turn as
they work together to deal with the
terror and sadness brought about by
the spirits, while delving into a
kidnapping incident in Joong Won’s
past.
Genre Romance, Comedy, Horror
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Channel SBS!
Run 07 Aug 2013 – 03 Oct 2013, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 17 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Hong Sisters
Director Jin Hyuk
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 21.1%
Highest Rating Seoul 24.4%
Average Rating Nationwide 18.0%
Master’s Sun
36Cast
Gong Hyo Jin (Tae Gong
Shil)
Drama: It’s Okay That’s
Love, The Greatest Love,
Pasta, Thank You……
Movie: Boomerang
Family, Love Fiction,
Sisters on The Road,
Crush and Blush……
So Ji Sub (Joo Joong Won)
Drama: Phantom, Road No.
1, Cain and Abel, I’m Sorry I
Love You, What
Happened in Bali……
Movie: A Company Man,
Always, Sophie’s Revenge,
Rough Cut……
Seo In Guk (Kang
Woo)
Drama: The King’s
Face, High School King
of Savvy, Reply 1994, I
Live Alone……
Movie: No Breathing
Singer 2009 – present
Master’s Sun
Kim Yoo Ri (Tae Yi
Ryung)
Drama: The Fun Sun,
Cheongdam-dong Alice,
Dear My Sister, Royal
Family……
Movie: Secret Love….
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You’re Beautiful
Plot
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Gu Mi Nam must leave the band A.N. JELL in
order to correct his botched plastic surgery. Ma
Hoon Yi, Mi Nam’s manager approaches Mi
Nam’s twin, Mi Nyeo to pose as Mi Nam for a
month till he recovers. Mi Nyeo is against it at first,
but eventually agrees, as a path to fame would
give the twins an opportunity to find their mother.
Mi Nyeo, posing as Mi Nam, joins the band and
meets its members: Hwang Tae Kyung, Kang Shin
Woo and Jeremy. The story follows Mi Nyeo, who
has to keep her secret away from the cameras
while performing with A.N.JELL, and her journey
in discovering her love and friendship with band
members and mother's past, which is somehow
connected with Tae Kyung.
Genre Romance, Comedy, Musical
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Channel SBS!
Run 07 Oct 2009 – 26 Nov 2009, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 16 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran
Director Hong Sung Chang
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 11.9%
Highest Rating Seoul 12.2%
Average Rating Nationwide 10.1%
Secret Garden
39Cast
Park Shin Hye (Gu Mi
Nam / Mi Nyeo)
Drama: The Heirs,
Pinocchio, Fabulous Boys,
Flower Boys Next Door,
Heartstrings……
Movie: The Tailors,
Miracle in Cell No. 7, One
Perfect Day……
Jang Keun Suk (Kwang
Tae Kyung)
Drama: Pretty Man, Love
Rain, Mary Stayed Out All
Night, Hong Gil Dong……
Movie: The Case of
Itaewon Homicide, Crazy
Waiting and Baby and I…..
Singer 2004 – present
Jung Yong Hwa (Kang
Shin Woo)
Drama: The Three
Musketeers, Marry Him
If You Dare, A
Gentleman’s Dignity,
Heartstrings……
Singer 2009 – present,
member of CNBLUE
You’re Beautiful
Lee Hong Gi (Jeremy)
Drama: Bride of the
Century, Muscle Girl……
Movie: Rockin’ on
Heaven’s Door
Singer 2007 – present,
member of F.T. Island
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The Rooftop Prince
Plot
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It is about a Joseon crown prince Lee Gak
who, after his wife dies mysteriously, time
travels to the future with his 3 entourage, fall
onto Park Ha's rooftop house of where he
encounters familiar face of his beloved wife,
modern-day devices and corporate intrigue.
He believes believes that Park Ha in Seoul
year 2012 would bring him closer to solving
the mystery of the Crown Princess' murder
in the Joseon era.
Genre Romance, Comedy, Time Travel
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Channel SBS!
Run 21 Mar 2012 – 24 May 2012, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (70 mins for each episode)
Writer Lee Hee Myung
Director Shin Yoon Sub
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 15.1%
Highest Rating Seoul 17.3%
Average Rating Nationwide 12.1%
The Rooftop Prince
42
The Rooftop Prince Cast
Han Ji Min (Park Ha)
Drama: Pamdam
Pamdam,Cain and Abel, Yi
San,
Capital Scandal……
Movie: Jang-soo Store,
The Fatal Encounter, The
Plan Man......
Park Yoo Chun (Prince Lee
Gak)
Drama: Three Days,
MissingYou, Sungkyunkwan
Scandal, Miss Ripley……
Movie: Sea Fog, Dating
On Earth
Singer 2003 – present,
member of Pop group JYJ
43
Moon Embracing the Sun
Plot
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Adapted from the novel of the same
name written by Jung Eun Gwol. It tells
of a secret, poignant love story between
a fictional king of Joseon Dynasty and a
female shaman against the backdrop
ofKorean traditional palace; and the
conflicts and conspiracy of vying political
powers.
Genre Historical, Romance, Fantasy
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Channel MBC!
Run 04 Jan 2012 – 15 Mar, 2012, Wed and Thur at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (70 mins for each episode)
Writer Jin Soo Wan
Director Kin Do Hoon, Lee Seong Jun
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 42.2%
Highest Rating Seoul 46.1%
Average Rating Nationwide 33.0%
Moon Embracing the Sun
45Cast
Kim Soo Hyun (King Lee
Hwon)
Drama: My Love from the
Star, Dream High, Will It
Snow For Christmas……
Movie: The Thieves,
Secretly, Greatly……
Han Ga In (Heo Yeon Woo)
Drama: Bad Guy, Witch
Yoo Hee, Dr. Kang, Super
Rookie……
Movie: Architecture 101,
Once Upon a Time in High
School……
Jung II Woo (Prince
Yang Myung)
Drama: Night
Watchman’s Journal,
Golden Rainbow,
Flower Boy Ramyun
Shop, 49 Days……
Movie: My Love, The
World of Silence
Moon Embracing the Sun
Kim Min Seo (Yoon
Bo Kyun)
Drama: Good Doctor,
7th Grade Civil Servant,
Sungkyunkwan Scandal,
Bad Guy……
Movie: Murderer
46
Gu Family Book
Plot
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The fusion martial arts action historical
drama is about a half man-half monster
who is searching for a centuries-old book
that according to gumiho legend,
contain the secret to becoming human.
Genre Historical, Romance
Action, Fantasy
Comedy
47
Channel MBC!
Run 08 Apr 2013 – 25 Jun, 2013, Mon and Tue at 22:00
No of Episodes 24 (60 mins for each episode)
Writer Kang Eun Kyung
Director Shin Woo Chul, Kim Jung Hyun
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 19.5%
Highest Rating Seoul 22.9%
Average Rating Nationwide 16.1%
Gu Family Book
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Gu Family Book Cast
Lee Seung Gi (Choi Kang Chi)
Drama: You’re All Surrounded,
The King 2 Hearts, The
Greatest Love, My Girlfriend is a
Nine-Tailed Fox……
Singer 2004 – present
Bae Suzy (Dam Yeo Wool)
Drama: Big, Dream High
……
Movie: Dorihwaga,
Architecture 101
Singer 2010 – present,
member of Pop group Miss
A
49
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Plot
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Set during an era when society does not allow
females to be educated nor employed, Kim Yoon
Hee disguises herself as her brother, she entered
the prestigious Sungkyunkwan by the
encouragement from Lee Sun Joon, in order to
make ends meet for her family. There, she must
bear with the endless mischief of upperclassman
Gu Yong Ha, put up with the constant mood
swings of roommate Moon Jae Shin and keep
her secret from being discovered all the while
trying to hold her growing feelings for Lee Sun
Joon.
Genre Historical, Romance, Comedy
50
Channel KBS!
Run 30 Aug 2010 – 02 Nov 2010, Mon and Tue at 22:00
No of Episodes 20 (70 mins for each episode)
Writer Kim Tae Hee
Director Kim Won Seok, Hwang In Hyuk
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Ratings in Korea
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Highest Rating Nationwide 14.3%
Highest Rating Seoul 15.1%
Average Rating Nationwide 10.1%
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
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Park Min Young (Kim Yoon
Hee)
Drama: Healer, A New
Leaf, Dr. Jin, City Hunter,
Glory Jane……
Movie: The Cat
Park Yoo Chun (Lee Sun
Joon)
Drama: Three Days,
Missing You, Rooftop Prince,
Miss Ripley……
Movie: Sea Fog, Dating
On Earth
Singer 2003 – present,
member of JYJ
Yoo Ah In (Moon Jae
Shin)
Drama: Secret Love
Affair, Jang Ok Jung
Living By Love, Fashion
King, He Who Can’t
Marry……
Movie: Sado,
Veteran……
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Song Joong Ki (Gu
Yong Ha)
Drama: The Innocent
Man, Deep Rooted Tree,
OB/GYN Doctor, Will It
Show For Christmas…
Movie: A Werewolf
Boy, The Grand Heist…
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  • 1. All About ! Korean Drama Recommendation for ! European TV Networks!
  • 3. 1 Bad Guys Plot ! To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. He is currently suspended from the police force for using excessive force. He gathers team members: Park Woong Cheol who is a gangster, Lee Jung-Moon who is the youngest serial killer with extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tai Soo who is a contract killer. Also, Police Inspector Yoo Mi Young joins the team. She tries to have the guys work as a team by dealing with them rationally and sometimes emotionally. Genre Crime, Thriller, Action
  • 4. 2 Channel OCN! Run 04 Oct 2014 – 13 Dec 2014, Sat at 22:00 No of Episodes 11 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Han Jung Hoon Director Kim Jung Min ! Ratings in Korea (Pay TV) ! Highest Rating Nationwide 3.2% Average Rating Nationwide 2.1% ! Best rating at same show time and attracted 20-40 year-old male audience. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV/public broadcasters Bad Guys
  • 5. 3Cast Park Hae Jin (Lee Jung Moon) Drama: Doctor Stranger, My Love From The Star, My Daughter Seo-Young, East of Eden…… Movie: Snow Is On The Sea…… Kim Sang Joong ( Oh Goo Tak) Drama: City Hunter, A New Leaf, Doctor Stranger, Gold Rainbow, Master’s Sun, The Chaser…… Ma Dong Seok (Park Woong Cheol) Drama: Shut Up Flower Boy Band, Dr Champ, Swallow The Sun…… Movie: Kundo: Rage Of The Rampant, One On One, The Five…… Bad Guys Do Dong Hyuk (Jung Tae Soo) Drama: Inspiring Generations, The Moon And Start For You, Brain, Yaksha…… Movie: Camillia, Searching For The Elephant, Love House…… Kang Ye Won (You Mi Young) Drama: One Thousandth Man, My 19 Year Old Sister-In-Law…… Movie: My Ordinary Love Story, The Huntresses……
  • 6. 4 Liar Game Plot ! When big money is at stake, to what level will people stoop to win it all? Nam Da Jung, a naïve college student and Cha Woo Jin, a former psychology professor and genius swindler, become contestants on the “Liar Game” reality show, which is billed as “psychological survival game”. Contestants are expected to lie, cheat and use whatever means possible to emerge victorious and walk away with 10 billion won. Hosted by devious MC, Kang Do Young, the reality show pushes its participants to the edge of morality and beyond. It is adaptation of manga series “Liar Game” by Shinobu Kaitani which was first published in Japanese magazine ‘Weekly Young Jump’ in 2005. Genre Thriller, Psychology, Mystery
  • 7. 5 Liar Game Channel TvN! Run 20 Oct 2014 – 18 Nov 2014, Mon and Tue at 23:00 No of Episodes 10 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Shinobu Kaitani, Yoo Yong Jae Director Kim Hong Sun ! ! Ratings in Korea (Pay TV) ! Average Rating Nationwide 0.866% ! This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV/public broadcasters !
  • 8. 6 Liar Game Cast Lee Sang Yoon (Cha WooJin) Drama: Angel Eyes, Goddess of Fire, My Daughter Seo-young, The Duo…… Movie: Santa Barbara, Sex Is Zero 2…… Kim So Eun (Nam da Jung) Drama: After School: Lucky Or Not, Horse Doctor, A Thousand Kisses…… Movie: Mourning Grave, Someone Behind You, The Show Must Go On…… Shin Sung Rok (Kang Do Young) Drama:Trot Lover, My LoveFrom The Star, Definitely Neighbors…… Movie: Pitch High, The Story Of My Life
  • 9. 7 City Hunter Plot ! In 1983, South Korean officials plan a covert operation to strike back Rangoon bombing. However, as the team wreaks havoc in Pyongyang, the five officials abort the plan to avoid an international crisis if the mission is discovered. The operation is successful but snipers open fire on the covert team during extraction. The only survivor, Lee Jin Pyo, Promising to avenge his fallen comrades, he kidnaps his deceased teammate’s infant son and names him Lee Yoon Sung. He flees to Golden Triangle to raise the child as his own and trains the bay in combat. After Yoon Sung finishes his doctorate at MIT, Yoon Sung returns to South Korea to fulfill his adoptive father’s plan for revenge and enters Blue House as an IT expert where he meets Kim Na Na. Jin Pyo and Yoon Sung’s conflict stems from Jin Pyo’s wish to murder each official in Counsil Five and Yoon Sung’s wish to expose their corruption without murdering. Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
  • 10. 8 Channel SBS! Run 25 May 2011 – 28 Jul 2011, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Hwang Eun Kyung, Choi Soo Jin Director Jin Hyuk ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 19.9% Highest Rating Seoul 20.5% Average Rating Nationwide 16.0% City Hunter
  • 11. 9Cast Lee Min Ho (Lee Yoon Sung) Drama: The Heirs, Faith, Personal Taste, Boys Over Flowers…… Movie: Gangnam Blues, Our School’s E.T., Public Enemy Returns Lee Joon Hyuk (Kim Young Joo) Drama: My Spring Days,Man from the Equator, Secret Garden, I Am Legend…… Movie: The Peach Tree, I Saw the Devil…. City Hunter Kim Sang Joong (Lee Jin Pyo) Drama: Bad Guy, A New Leaf, Doctor Stranger, Gold Rainbow, Master’s Sun, The Chaser…… Park Min Young (Kim Na Na) Drama: Healer, A New Leaf, Dr. Jin, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Glory Jane…… Movie: The Cat
  • 12. 10 Three Days Plot ! The President of South Korea goes on holiday at a private villa. In the middle of the night, three gunshots are fired, and the President goes missing. His bodyguards, led by elite agent Han Tae Kyu, have three days to find the President and escort him safely back to the Blue House. Three Days follows the intertwining fates of those sworn to protect the President, the President himself, his political staff, and the true power players in the shadows who decide whether he lives or dies. Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy
  • 13. 11 Three Days Channel SBS! Run 05 Mar 2014 – 01 May 2014, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 16 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Kim Eun Hee Director Shin Kyung Soo, Hong Chang Wook ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 14.5% Highest Rating Seoul 17.4% Average Rating Nationwide 12.3%
  • 14. 12 Three Days Cast Park Yoo Chun (Han Tae Kyu) Drama: The Rooftop Prince, Missing You, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Miss Ripley…… Movie: Sea Fog, Dating On Earth Singer 2003 – present, member of Pop group JYJ Son Hyun Joo (Lee Dong Hwi, President of South Korea) Drama: Empire Of Gold, The Chaser, Living In Style, Definitely Neighbors…… Movie: The Chronicles OfEvil, Hide And Seek, Secretly, Greatly…… Park Ha Sun (Yoon Bo Won) Drama: Temptation, Yi SangThat Yi Sang, Two Weeks, Ad Genius Lee Tae Baek…… Movie: Tone Deaf Clinic, Champ, The Last Blossom
  • 15. 13 IRIS Plot ! The story revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun Jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past may not be so irrelevant to his joining of the secret organization after all. As the two friends find their loyalties tested and forge new, unlikely alliances, the journey takes them from their home country to Hungary, Japan, and China where they find themselves at the center of an international conspiracy. Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
  • 16. 14 Channel KBS! Run 14 Oct 2009 – 17 Dec 2009, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Kim Hyun Jun, Jo Gyu Won, Kim Jae Un Director Yang Yun Ho, Kim Kyu Tae ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 39.9% Highest Rating Seoul 41.8% Average Rating Nationwide 31.9% IRIS
  • 17. 157 IRIS Cast Kim Tae Hee (Choi Seung Hee) Drama: Jang Ok Jung Living By Love, My Princess, Love Story In Harvard, Forbidden Love ….. Movie: IRIS: The Movie, Grand Prix, Venus And Mars...... Lee Byung Hun (Kim HyunJun) Drama: All In, Beautiful Days, Road…… Movie: The Insiders, Terminator: Genisys, Memories Of The Sword, RED 2, G.I. Joe: Retaliation……
  • 18. 16 IRIS II Plot ! The sequel to 2009’s IRIS continues the story of National Security Service agents going up against the mysterious organization known as IRIS. After agent Kim Hyun Jun was killed by a sniper shot from IRIS agent, IRIS went into remission to recover and reconnoiter. Three years have since passed and NSS is no longer a secret black ops division as it once was; it is now a public entity to the world. However, the National Security Director, who became NSS’s oversight, reduced the organization’s abilities and limited it to regulating and controlling federal crime, like shutting down an arms smuggling ring. It is during that time that he takes note of Officer Jung Yoo Gun and has him train a new group of NSS agents to manage future national threats. Genre Action, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
  • 19. 17 Channel KBS! Run 13 Feb 2013 – 18 Apr 2013, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Jo Gyu Won Director Pyo Min Soo, Kim Tae Hoon ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 17.0% Highest Rating Seoul 19.3% Average Rating Nationwide 10.7% IRIS II
  • 20. 18 IRIS II Cast Lee Da Hae (Ji Soo Yeon) Drama: Hotel King, Miss Ripley, The Slave Hunters, East Of Eden, Robber, Hello! Miss, My Girl….. Jang Hyuk (Jung Yoo Gun) Drama: Fated To Love You,Deep Rooted Tree, Midas, The Slave Hunter, Tazza…… Movie: The Insiders, Terminator: Innocent Thing, The Flu, The Client, Searching For The Elephant……
  • 21. 19 Doctor Stranger Plot ! Park Cheol were tricked by Vice President of South Korea and sent to North Korea to operate the President of North Korea while his son, Park Hoon, was kept hostage but they were not released afterwards. Park Hoon was trained to become a genius thoracic surgeon by his father and he was forced to cruelly experiment different techniques on people. However, Hoon’s lover, Jae Hee was captured and Park Cheol were killed by North Korean government. Hoon tried to flee to South Korea with Jae Hee but they got separated. So Hoon fled to South Korea alone and worked as doctor in a top hospital while looking for Jae Hee. Meanwhile, he found a girl that looks exactly like Jae Hee, Doctor Han Seung Hee, who claimed to not know Hoon. Then it appears that she’s involved in a secret mission in killing the President of South Korea. Genre Medical, Thriller, Conspiracy, Romance
  • 22. 20 Channel SBS! Run 05 May 2014 – 08 Jul 2014, Mon and Tue at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Park Jin Woo, Kim Joo Director Jin Hyuk, Hong Jong Chan ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 14.2% Highest Rating Seoul 18.1% Average Rating Nationwide 11.8% Doctor Stranger
  • 23. 21Cast Lee Jong Suk (Park Hoon) Drama: Pinocchio, I Can Hear Your Voice, School 2013, Secret Garden, Prosecutor Princess…… Movie: Hot Young Bloods, No Breathing…… Park Hae Jin (Han Jae Joon / Lee Sung Hoon Drama: Bad Guys, My Love From The Star, MyDaughter Seo-Young, East of Eden…… Movie: Snow Is On The Sea…… Doctor Stranger Kang So Ra (Oh Soo Hyun) Drama: Misaeng, Ugly Alert, Dream High 2, The Women Of Our Home…… Movie: My Paparotti, Sunny…… Jin Se Yeon (Song Jae Hee / Han Seung Hee) Drama: Inspiring Generation, Five Fingers, Bridal Mask, My Daughter The Flower…… Movie: The Language Of Love, White: The Melody Of The Curse
  • 24. 22 I Can Hear Your Voice Plot ! The series is a combination of courtroom drama and romantic comedy with elements of fantasy. Life of Jang Hye Sung, a public defender, changes when she encounters Park Soo Ha, a high school boy with supernatural ability to read other people’s thought by looking into their eyes. Soo Ha gained his mind- reading ability after witnessing his father getting murdered 10 years ago. His father’s death had initially been dismissed as a car accident until Hye Sung gave testimony in court despite the killers threat and Soo Ha has been searching for her ever since. Together with Cha Gwan Woo, a cop-turned- lawyer, this unlikely team use unconventional methods on their cases, proving that while sometimes justice is blind to fault, she can still hear your voice. Genre Courtroom, Fantasy, Romance
  • 25. 23 Channel SBS! Run 05 Jun 2013 – 01 Aug 2013, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 18 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Park Hye Ryun Director Jo Soo Won ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 26.2% Highest Rating Seoul 29.0% Average Rating Nationwide 19.1% I Can Hear Your Voice
  • 26. 24 I Can Hear Your Voice Cast Lee Bo Young (Jang Hye Sung) Drama: God’s Gift – 14 Days, My Daughter Seo- Young, Man From The Equator, Hooray for Love …… Movie: More Than Blue, Once Upon a Time…… Lee Jong Suk (Park Soo Ha) Drama: Pinocchio, Doctor Stranger, School 2013, Secret Gardem, Prosecutor Princess…… Movie: Hot Young Bloods, No Breathing…… Yoon Sang Hyun (Cha Gwan Woo) Gap-dong, Can’t Lose, Secret Garden, My Fair Lady, Queen of Housewives, One Mom and Three Dad…… Movie: Tone-deaf Clinic……
  • 27. 25 It’s Okay, That’s Love Plot ! Jang Jae Yeol is a writer and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ji Have Soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship, who has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her private life. Once Jae Yeol and Have Soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love and they attempt to heal each other’s deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae Yeol’s mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected. Genre Romance, Comedy, Medical
  • 28. 26 Channel SBS! Run 23 Jul 2014 – 11 Sept 2014, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 16 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Noh Hee Kyung Director Kim Kyu Tae ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 13.4% Highest Rating Seoul 15.2% Average Rating Nationwide 10.4% It’s Okay, That’s Love
  • 29. 27 It’s Okay, That’s Love Cast Jo In Sung (Jang Jae Yeol) Drama: That Winter The Wind Blows, Spring Day, What Happened in Bali, Piano….. Movie: A Frozen Flower, A Dirty Carnival, The Classic ...... Gong Hyo Jin (Ji Hae Soo) Drama: Master’s Sun, TheGreatest Love, Pasta, Thank You…… Movie: Boomerang Family, Love Fiction, Sisters on The Road, Crush and Blush……
  • 30. 28 Empress Ki Plot ! The series revolves around Ki Seung Nyang, a Goryeo-born woman who ascends to power despite the restrictions of the era's class system, later marrying Emperor Hui Zong to become an empress of the Yuan Dynasty. The series depicts her loves with Emperor Hui Zong and Wang Yoo, and political ambitions as she is torn between the two nations. Genre Historical, Romance
  • 31. 29 Empress Ki Channel MBC! Run Oct 28, 2013 – Apr 29, 2014, Mon and Tue at 22:00 No of Episodes 51 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Jang Young Chul, Jung Kyung Soon Director Han Hee, Lee Sung Joon ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 28.3% Highest Rating Seoul 33.9% Average Rating Nationwide 20.7%
  • 32. 30 Empress Ki Cast Ha Ji Won (Empress Ki) Drama: Secret Garden, The King 2 Heart, Hwang Jini, Something Happened in Bali…… Movie: Tidal Wave, Closer To Heaven…… Joo Jin Mo (Wang Yoo) Drama: Punch, Pasta, Fashion 70’s, Dream…… Movie: Friend 2, Gabi, A Frozen Flower…… Ji Chang Wook (Emperor Huizong) Drama:Warrior Baek Dong Soo, Smile Again, My Two Perfect Son……
  • 33. For Teens And Under 30s! Pg. 31 - 51
  • 34. 31 Secret Garden Plot ! A stuntwoman who dreams of becoming a stunt director and a department store CEO who has nothing to lose fall in love due to crazy and hilarious circumstances. Though they live in two different worlds, Gil Ra Im and Kim Joo Won meet in a twist of fate that brings them together. Gil Ra Im just wants a modest life and Kim Joo Won couldn't care less about romance. He's handsome, rich, and insensitive. Oska is a playboy who wants to lead a hedonistic life and resume his popular status as a hallyu star. Then he reunites with his former love Yoon Seul, who has made a successful directing career for herself. But Yoon Seul wants nothing to do with Oska, rather she has her eyes set on Joo Won. The four become tangled in a love square, that becomes more confusing when Ra Im and Joo Won begin switching bodies. Genre Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
  • 35. 32 Channel SBS! Run 13 Nov 2010 – 16 Jan 2011, Sat and Sun at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Kim Eun Sook Director Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 31.4% Highest Rating Seoul 38.6% Average Rating Nationwide 24.4% Secret Garden
  • 36. 33 Secret Garden Cast Hyun Bin (Kim Joo Won) Drama: Friend Our Legend, Worlds Within, The Snow Queen, Nonstop 5 / 4….. Movie: The Fatal Encounter, Come Rain Come Shine, Late Autumn ...... Ha Ji Won (Gil Ra Im) Drama: Empress Ki, The King 2 Heart, Hwang Jini, Something Happened in Bali…… Movie: Tidal Wave, Closer To Heaven……
  • 37. 34 Master’s Sun Plot ! Joo Joong Won is the stingy and greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a major department store and hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong Shil, who started seeing ghosts after an accident. Their lives take a new turn as they work together to deal with the terror and sadness brought about by the spirits, while delving into a kidnapping incident in Joong Won’s past. Genre Romance, Comedy, Horror
  • 38. 35 Channel SBS! Run 07 Aug 2013 – 03 Oct 2013, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 17 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Hong Sisters Director Jin Hyuk ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 21.1% Highest Rating Seoul 24.4% Average Rating Nationwide 18.0% Master’s Sun
  • 39. 36Cast Gong Hyo Jin (Tae Gong Shil) Drama: It’s Okay That’s Love, The Greatest Love, Pasta, Thank You…… Movie: Boomerang Family, Love Fiction, Sisters on The Road, Crush and Blush…… So Ji Sub (Joo Joong Won) Drama: Phantom, Road No. 1, Cain and Abel, I’m Sorry I Love You, What Happened in Bali…… Movie: A Company Man, Always, Sophie’s Revenge, Rough Cut…… Seo In Guk (Kang Woo) Drama: The King’s Face, High School King of Savvy, Reply 1994, I Live Alone…… Movie: No Breathing Singer 2009 – present Master’s Sun Kim Yoo Ri (Tae Yi Ryung) Drama: The Fun Sun, Cheongdam-dong Alice, Dear My Sister, Royal Family…… Movie: Secret Love….
  • 40. 37 You’re Beautiful Plot ! Gu Mi Nam must leave the band A.N. JELL in order to correct his botched plastic surgery. Ma Hoon Yi, Mi Nam’s manager approaches Mi Nam’s twin, Mi Nyeo to pose as Mi Nam for a month till he recovers. Mi Nyeo is against it at first, but eventually agrees, as a path to fame would give the twins an opportunity to find their mother. Mi Nyeo, posing as Mi Nam, joins the band and meets its members: Hwang Tae Kyung, Kang Shin Woo and Jeremy. The story follows Mi Nyeo, who has to keep her secret away from the cameras while performing with A.N.JELL, and her journey in discovering her love and friendship with band members and mother's past, which is somehow connected with Tae Kyung. Genre Romance, Comedy, Musical
  • 41. 38 Channel SBS! Run 07 Oct 2009 – 26 Nov 2009, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 16 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran Director Hong Sung Chang ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 11.9% Highest Rating Seoul 12.2% Average Rating Nationwide 10.1% Secret Garden
  • 42. 39Cast Park Shin Hye (Gu Mi Nam / Mi Nyeo) Drama: The Heirs, Pinocchio, Fabulous Boys, Flower Boys Next Door, Heartstrings…… Movie: The Tailors, Miracle in Cell No. 7, One Perfect Day…… Jang Keun Suk (Kwang Tae Kyung) Drama: Pretty Man, Love Rain, Mary Stayed Out All Night, Hong Gil Dong…… Movie: The Case of Itaewon Homicide, Crazy Waiting and Baby and I….. Singer 2004 – present Jung Yong Hwa (Kang Shin Woo) Drama: The Three Musketeers, Marry Him If You Dare, A Gentleman’s Dignity, Heartstrings…… Singer 2009 – present, member of CNBLUE You’re Beautiful Lee Hong Gi (Jeremy) Drama: Bride of the Century, Muscle Girl…… Movie: Rockin’ on Heaven’s Door Singer 2007 – present, member of F.T. Island
  • 43. 40 The Rooftop Prince Plot ! It is about a Joseon crown prince Lee Gak who, after his wife dies mysteriously, time travels to the future with his 3 entourage, fall onto Park Ha's rooftop house of where he encounters familiar face of his beloved wife, modern-day devices and corporate intrigue. He believes believes that Park Ha in Seoul year 2012 would bring him closer to solving the mystery of the Crown Princess' murder in the Joseon era. Genre Romance, Comedy, Time Travel
  • 44. 41 Channel SBS! Run 21 Mar 2012 – 24 May 2012, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (70 mins for each episode) Writer Lee Hee Myung Director Shin Yoon Sub ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 15.1% Highest Rating Seoul 17.3% Average Rating Nationwide 12.1% The Rooftop Prince
  • 45. 42 The Rooftop Prince Cast Han Ji Min (Park Ha) Drama: Pamdam Pamdam,Cain and Abel, Yi San, Capital Scandal…… Movie: Jang-soo Store, The Fatal Encounter, The Plan Man...... Park Yoo Chun (Prince Lee Gak) Drama: Three Days, MissingYou, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Miss Ripley…… Movie: Sea Fog, Dating On Earth Singer 2003 – present, member of Pop group JYJ
  • 46. 43 Moon Embracing the Sun Plot ! Adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jung Eun Gwol. It tells of a secret, poignant love story between a fictional king of Joseon Dynasty and a female shaman against the backdrop ofKorean traditional palace; and the conflicts and conspiracy of vying political powers. Genre Historical, Romance, Fantasy
  • 47. 44 Channel MBC! Run 04 Jan 2012 – 15 Mar, 2012, Wed and Thur at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (70 mins for each episode) Writer Jin Soo Wan Director Kin Do Hoon, Lee Seong Jun ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 42.2% Highest Rating Seoul 46.1% Average Rating Nationwide 33.0% Moon Embracing the Sun
  • 48. 45Cast Kim Soo Hyun (King Lee Hwon) Drama: My Love from the Star, Dream High, Will It Snow For Christmas…… Movie: The Thieves, Secretly, Greatly…… Han Ga In (Heo Yeon Woo) Drama: Bad Guy, Witch Yoo Hee, Dr. Kang, Super Rookie…… Movie: Architecture 101, Once Upon a Time in High School…… Jung II Woo (Prince Yang Myung) Drama: Night Watchman’s Journal, Golden Rainbow, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, 49 Days…… Movie: My Love, The World of Silence Moon Embracing the Sun Kim Min Seo (Yoon Bo Kyun) Drama: Good Doctor, 7th Grade Civil Servant, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Bad Guy…… Movie: Murderer
  • 49. 46 Gu Family Book Plot ! The fusion martial arts action historical drama is about a half man-half monster who is searching for a centuries-old book that according to gumiho legend, contain the secret to becoming human. Genre Historical, Romance Action, Fantasy Comedy
  • 50. 47 Channel MBC! Run 08 Apr 2013 – 25 Jun, 2013, Mon and Tue at 22:00 No of Episodes 24 (60 mins for each episode) Writer Kang Eun Kyung Director Shin Woo Chul, Kim Jung Hyun ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 19.5% Highest Rating Seoul 22.9% Average Rating Nationwide 16.1% Gu Family Book
  • 51. 48 Gu Family Book Cast Lee Seung Gi (Choi Kang Chi) Drama: You’re All Surrounded, The King 2 Hearts, The Greatest Love, My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox…… Singer 2004 – present Bae Suzy (Dam Yeo Wool) Drama: Big, Dream High …… Movie: Dorihwaga, Architecture 101 Singer 2010 – present, member of Pop group Miss A
  • 52. 49 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Plot ! Set during an era when society does not allow females to be educated nor employed, Kim Yoon Hee disguises herself as her brother, she entered the prestigious Sungkyunkwan by the encouragement from Lee Sun Joon, in order to make ends meet for her family. There, she must bear with the endless mischief of upperclassman Gu Yong Ha, put up with the constant mood swings of roommate Moon Jae Shin and keep her secret from being discovered all the while trying to hold her growing feelings for Lee Sun Joon. Genre Historical, Romance, Comedy
  • 53. 50 Channel KBS! Run 30 Aug 2010 – 02 Nov 2010, Mon and Tue at 22:00 No of Episodes 20 (70 mins for each episode) Writer Kim Tae Hee Director Kim Won Seok, Hwang In Hyuk ! ! Ratings in Korea ! Highest Rating Nationwide 14.3% Highest Rating Seoul 15.1% Average Rating Nationwide 10.1% Sungkyunkwan Scandal
  • 54. 51Cast Park Min Young (Kim Yoon Hee) Drama: Healer, A New Leaf, Dr. Jin, City Hunter, Glory Jane…… Movie: The Cat Park Yoo Chun (Lee Sun Joon) Drama: Three Days, Missing You, Rooftop Prince, Miss Ripley…… Movie: Sea Fog, Dating On Earth Singer 2003 – present, member of JYJ Yoo Ah In (Moon Jae Shin) Drama: Secret Love Affair, Jang Ok Jung Living By Love, Fashion King, He Who Can’t Marry…… Movie: Sado, Veteran…… Sungkyunkwan Scandal Song Joong Ki (Gu Yong Ha) Drama: The Innocent Man, Deep Rooted Tree, OB/GYN Doctor, Will It Show For Christmas… Movie: A Werewolf Boy, The Grand Heist…
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