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Salaryman

 

Title: 샐러리맨 초한지 / Salaryman
Chinese Title: 工薪族楚汉志
Also Known as : History of the Salaryman / Salaryman Chohanji
Genre: melodrama, Comedy
Episodes: 22
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-02 to 2012-March-13
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

 

Synopsis

This drama depicts the trial and tribulations of the average salaryman, from humble beginnings to success. This drama portray the salaryman’s loneliness and isolation, struggles, sorrows, hopes and successes in a realistic light.

One night Yoo Bang  enters a dark, mysterious villa with nothing but a flashlight, only to find an executive of the Chunha Medical Group, Ho Hae slouched in a chair, dead and Jin Ho Hae’s niece, Yeo Chihiding behind a curtain. At Ho Hae’s funeral, Yoo Bang and Yeo Chi are suddenly taken into custody for his murder. We’re taken three months into the past to reveal what led to this murder and exactly who was responsible. During this flashback we meet Choi Hang Woo , a director from Ho Hae’s rival pharmaceutical company, who is undercover to steal the formula for their new drug and the Chief Researcher from Chunha Group, Cha Woo Hee . The lives of these individuals will all be intertwined within these three months to reveal exactly just who murdered Ho Hae, and why.

Cast

Main cast

Lee Bum Soo as Oh Yoo Bang
Jung Ryu Won as Baek Yeo Chi
Jung Gyu Woon as Choi Hang Woo
Hong Soo Hyun as Cha Woo Hee

Supporting cast

Kim Suh Hyung as Mo Ga Bi
Lee Duk Hwa as Jin Shi Hwang
Kim Il Woo as Jang Ryang
Yoon Yong Hyun as Bun Kwae
Lee Ki Young as Park Beom Jeung
Yoo Hyung Kwan as So Ha
Yang Hyung Wook as Han Shin
Kim Eung Soo as Oh Ji Rak
Park Sang Myun as Jin Ho Hae
Jang Hyun Sung as Choi Hang Ryang
Lee Seung Yun (이승연) as Kim Ban Jang

Cameo

Lee Joon as Yeo Chi’s boyfriend
Lee Joo Shil as Yoo Bang’s mother
Im Hyun Shik as Yoo Bang’s father
Jung Bo Suk as Jo Pil Yun
Kang Kyung Joon
Jun Jae Hyung

Production Credits

Director: Yoo In Sik
Screenwriter: Jang Young Chul, Jung Kyung Soon (정경순)

Color of Woman

 

Title: 컬러 오브 우먼 / Color of Woman
Chinese Title: 女人的色彩
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: Channel A
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012-Feb-07
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:20 (Episode 1-6)
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:50 (Episode 7-20)

 

Synopsis

A drama that contrasts a woman who succeeds with knowledge and reason and a woman who weaponizes appearance and sensitivity.

Byun So Ra comes from an ordinary background, but she works very hard. She is then betrayed by her boyfriend and her dreams of becoming a professor fails. Byun So-Ra then joins a cosmetics company and she also meets a rival with whom she clashes in this cosmetics company.

Jae Hee will play the leading man, Yoon Joon Soo. His character is a good looking, smart, and talented chaebol, as he’s the head of this cosmetics company.

Cast

Main Cast

Yoon So Yi as Byun So Ra
Jae Hee as Yoon Joon Soo
Shim Ji Ho as Kang Chan Jin
Lee Soo Kyung as Wang Jin Joo

Supporting Cast

Park Geun Hyung as Yoon (Company president)
Park Sang Myun as Park Woo Chul (cafe owner)
Sung Dong Il as Park Chan Ho (section chief)
Ahn Sun Young as Song Ye Jin (Deputy section chief)
Lee Ah Hyun as Oh Mi rae
Jun Soo Kyung as Sung Ae Sim (director)
Kim Byung Se as Nam Joong Geun
Ji Yoo as Lee Mi So
Kim Joo Young as Lee Joon Sang
Lee Hyun Jae as Jason Heo

Production Credits

Director: Kim Soo Young (김수영)
Screenwriter: Lee Shi Hyun (이시현), Choi Yeon Ji (최연지), Jeon Yong Sung (정용성), Park Hyun Jin (박현진)

Vampire Idol

 

Title: 뱀파이어 아이돌 / Vampire Idol
Chinese Title: 吸血鬼偶像
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: 120
Broadcast network: MBN
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012
Air time: Monday to Friday 21:30

 

Synopsis

A naïve vampire prince struggles to become a global pop idol in this melodramatic youth sitcom.

Cast

Lee Jung as Prince
Kang Min Kyung as Min Kyung
Shin Dong Yup as Dong Yub
Kim Soo Mi as Soo Mi
Lee Soo Hyuk as Soo Hyuk
No Min Woo
Oh Kwang Rok
Lee Hae In
Kim Woo Bin
Hong Jong Hyun
Chun Woo Hee

Production Credits

Producer: Sidus HQ Productions
Director: Lee Gun Wook
Screenwriter: Ha Chul Song, Lee Sung Eun

I Live in Cheongdam Dong

 

Title: 청담동 살아요 / I Live in Cheongdam Dong
Chinese Title: 住在清潭洞
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: to be announced
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012
Air time: Monday to Friday 09:00

 

Synopsis

The events that happen while running a boarding house and a comic book store in a run down 2-story building located in an about-to-be redeveloped luxury street in Cheongdam Dong.

Ji Eun is thrilled to hear that her mother Hye Ja is moving to Cheongdam Dong neighborhood. Hye Ja & Ji Eun lived in the suburbs for thier whole life. Ji-Eun dreams of living a luxurious life, but her reality is quite different. The house they move into is on the 2nd story of a building which looks like it will collapse. The first floor of the building is a comic book shop and the second floor is a lodging house. Their building is located between luxurious buildings in Cheongdam Dong neighborhood.

Cast

Kim Hye Ja as Kim Hye Ja
Oh Ji Eun as Oh Ji Eun
Hyun Woo as Hyun Woo
Lee Sang Yeob as Lee Sang Yeob
Lee Bo Hee as Lee Bo Hee
Suh Seung Hyun as Suh Seung Hyun
Woo Hyun as Kim Woo Hyun
Hwang Jung Min as Hwang Jung Min
Jo Kwan Woo as Jo Kwan Woo

Production Credits

Director: Kim Seok Yoon

Bachelor’s Vegetable Store

 

Title: 총각네 야채가게 / Bachelor’s Vegetable Store
Chinese Title: 蔬菜店的帥小子
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: Channel A
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-21 to 2012-March-08
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 20:50

 

Synopsis

“Bachelor’s Vegetable Store” is based on the true story of Lee Young Suk who started selling vegetable at a small store in 1998 and now owns 33 vegetable stores nationwide. A book was published in 2003, and now the story takes to the screen.

Cast

Main Cast

Ji Chang Wook as Han Tae Yang
- Oh Jae Moo as Han Tae Yang (child)
Wang Ji Hye as Mok Ga On
Kim Young Kwang as Lee Seul Woo
Park Soo Jin as Jung Dan Bi
Hwang Shin Hye as Choi Kang Sun
Lee Se Young as Han Tae In

Supporting Cast

Park Won Suk as Hwang Soo Ja
Jang Hang Sun as Jung Goo Gwang
Kim Do Yun as Yeon Boong Hong
Jun Noh Min as Mok In Beom
Lee Kwang Soo as Nam Yoo Bong
Ji Hyuk as Yoon Ho Jae
Sung Ha as Jung Ki Young
Shin Won Ho as Lee Chan Sol
Sa Mi Ja as Park Geum Soon
Lee Eun as Hong Jung Ah

Production Credits

Director: Lee Joon Hyeong
Screenwriter: Yoon S

Come, Come, Absolutely Come

 

Title: 왔어왔어 제대로 왔어 / Come, Come, Absolutely Come
Chinese Title: 木已成舟
Also Known as: You’re Here, You’re Here, You’re Really Here
Previously known as: You Drive Me Crazy
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: 60
Broadcast network: MBN
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012-March-02
Air time: Monday to Friday 21:00

 

Synopsis

Sitcom depicts the lives of two women and a man who live together in the same house.

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Soo Kyung as Bae Soo Jin
Jin Yi Han as Go Chan Young
Yoo In Young as Lee Sae Bom

Supporting Cast

Oh Won Bin as Ji Park Ho
Kang Nam Gil as Kim Gool Jong
Lee Hwi Hyang as Oh Se Ah
Cha Hwa Yun as Jun Mi Ok
Lee Kyun as Moon Hye Sung
Han Jin Hee as Kim Gool Ji
Jun Tae Soo as Kim Gool Joo
Uhm Hyo Sup as Company president Kong
Joo Sang Wook as Sang Hoon (cameo)
Ahn Sang Tae as Head of film company (cameo)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Hee Won
Screenwriter: Hwang Yeo Reum, Kim Kyeong Mi, Seon Seung Yeon

Bolder By the Day

 

Title: 갈수록 기세등등 / Bolder By the Day
Chinese Title: 越走越有氣勢
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBN
Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-03 to 2012-May-20
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:00

 

Synopsis

The wife of an army commander is promoted to colonel before her husband gets a promotion. Their daughter is commissioned as a second lieutenant. “Bolder By The Day” depicts a family who are all involved in the military.

Cast

Main Cast

Park Hae Mi as Park Hae Mi
Lee Jae Yong as Lee Jae Yong
Park Han Byul as Lee Han Byul
Yoon Joo Hee as Lee Eun Byul
Kang Ji Sub as Kang In Han

Supporting Cast

Ji Sang Min as Han Myung Sik

Production Credits

Director: Jo Jin kyoo
Screenwriter: Choi Dae Woong, Moon Seon Hee

Lights and Shadows

 

Title: 빛과 그림자 / Lights and Shadows
Chinese Title: 光与影
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Episodes: 60
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Nov-28 to 2012-June-19
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

 

Synopsis

MBC’s special 50th-anniversary drama production “Light and Shadow” draws a man’s up and down life with modern history as its background starting from the 1960s during the Vietnam War. Ahn Jae Wook will play the role of Kang Ki Tae who is the first national entertainer for soldiers in war fields.

Cast

Main Cast

Ahn Jae Wook as Kang Ki Tae
Nam Sang Mi as Lee Jung Hye
Lee Pil Mo as Cha Soo Hyuk
Son Dam Bi as Yoo Chae Young

Supporting Cast

Jun Kwang Ryul as Jang Chul Hwan
Lee Jong won as Jo Myeong Gook
Sung Ji Roo as Sin Jeong Goo
Shin Da Eun as Kang Myeong Hee
Son Jin Yeong as Hong Soo Bong
Ahn Kil Kang as No Sang Taek
Lee Se chang as Choi Seong Won
Kim Hee Won as Yang Tae Seong
Ryu Dam as Yang Dong Cheol
Jun Gook Hwan as Kang Man Sik
Park Won Sook as Park Kyeong Ja
Kim Mi kyung as Kim Geum Rye
Seo Seung Man as Johnny Boy
Kim Dong Gyoon as Cherry Boy
Ha Jae Sook as Kim Gye Soon
Lee Ah Yi as Lee Kyung Sook
Lee Hwi Hyang as Victoria Nightclub boss (To be confirmed)

Production Credits

Director: Lee Joo Hwan
Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu

Me Too, Flower!

 

Title: 나도, 꽃!/ Me Too, Flower!
Chinese Title: 我也是花
Also known as: I’m A Flower, Too
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 15
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Nov-09 to 2011-Dec-28
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

 

Synopsis

A complex love story involving three women and one man.

Cast

Main Cast

Yoon Shi Yoon as Seo Jae Hee
Lee Ji Ah as Cha Bong Sun
Han Go Eun as Park Hwa Young
Jo Min Ki as Park Tae Hwa
Seo Hyo Rim as Kim Dal

Supporting Cast

Lee Ki Kwang as Jo Ma Roo
Im Ha Ryong as Bae Sang Uk
Kim Ji Sook as Kim Do Mi
Lee Byung Joon as Team leader Kim
Son Il Kwon as whimsical Manager Lee
Jung Man Shik as Kim Do Gyun
Baek Seung Hee as Lee Young Hee
Ki Joo Bong
Baek Bong Ki
Baek Seung Hwan
Jo Sung Kyu
Heo Ga Yoon (허가윤)

Production Credits

Director: Go Dong Sun
Screenwriter: Kim Do Woo

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop

 

Title: 꽃미남 라면가게 / Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
Chinese Title: 花美男拉面店
Also known as: Flower Boy Ramen Shop
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: tvN
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-31 to 2011-Dec-20
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 23:00
Related Series: Oh! Boy Series

 

Synopsis

This romantic comedy deals with “pretty boys,” who with good looks and individuality, operate a ramen shop with lively college girls and experience the happenings of daily life.

Yang Eun Bi is a University student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo, an arrogant son of the biggest food conglomerate in Korea. Cha Chi Soo looks cool, confident and fascinates women with his bright smile and pure love. Both of them ends up working at a ramen shop runned by the lazy Choi Kang Hyuk.

Cast

Main Cast

Jung Il Woo as Cha Chi Soo
Lee Ki Woo as Choi Kang Hyuk
Lee Chung Ah as Yang Eun Bi

Suppporting Cast

Kim Shin Ah as Kang Dong Joo
Park Min Woo as Kim Ba Wool
Jo Yoon Woo as Woo Hyun Woo
Ho Soo as Yoon So Yi
Joo Hyun as Cha Ok Gyun
Jung In Ki as Yang Chul Dong
Seo Bum Suk a Coach Seo
Song Jae Rim as Hee Gon
Kim Hye Soo as fortuneteller (cameo, ep 1)
Gong Hyo Jin as store owner (cameo, ep 9)

Production Credits

Director: Jung Jung Hwa (정정화)
Screenwriter: Yoon Nan Joong (윤난중)