A Thousand Kisses (TV series)

A Thousand Kisses

Promotional poster for A Thousand Kisses
Genre
Written by Park Jung-ran
Directed by Yoon Jae-moon
Starring
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 50
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release August 20, 2011 (2011-08-20) – February 5, 2012 (2012-02-05)
External links
Website
Korean name
Hangul 천번의 입맞춤
Revised Romanization Cheonbeon-ui Immatchum
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ŏnbŏnŭi Immatch'um

A Thousand Kisses (Hangul: 천번의 입맞춤; RR: Cheonbeon-ui Immatchum) is a 2011 South Korean television series, starring Seo Young-hee, Ji Hyun-woo, Ryu Jin and Kim So-eun. It explores the question of age differences in romance. It aired on MBC from August 20, 2011 to February 5, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 50 episodes.

Plot

Woo Joo-young (Seo Young-hee) is the eldest daughter in the family and have come through hardships in life thanks to her bright and caring personality. Her husband Tae-kyung has an affair which ends in their divorce. One day, Joo-young takes her son Chan-noh to a soccer game and meets Jang Woo-bin (Ji Hyun-woo), a former national soccer player who’s now a sports agent. Chan-noh warms to Woo-bin and this leads to a close friendship between Joo-young and Woo-bin. Woo-bin romances the divorced single mom, but their differences in age, social status and life experience create obstacles to their relationship.

Jang Byung-doo (Lee Soon-jae) is the chaebol head of a resort group who falls in love with his caregiver Yoo Ji-sun (Cha Hwa-yeon), and they marry. (In real life the actors have a 25-year age gap; Lee is 75 and Cha is 50.)

Meanwhile, the chaebol’s son Jang Woo-jin (Ryu Jin) is the cold and haughty planning manager at his father’s resort, who has a strained relationship with his father marked by lingering resentment — he feels Dad showed little kindness to his mother, who died of a hereditary illness. Woo Joo-mi (Kim So-eun) is a freelance reporter for a magazine who doesn’t remember her own mother’s face, having been raised by her older sister Joo-young and grandmother. She falls for Woo-jin at first sight despite their 9-year age difference, and thanks to her proactive personality, tackles her crush head-on. Rather than suffering from lovesickness on her own, she goes after him assertively, and wins him over by melting his icy exterior with her optimistic, affectionate nature.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

International broadcast

References

  1. "Actress Seo Young-hee Takes Center Stage After Decade on Sidelines". The Chosun Ilbo. August 27, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. "Actress Kim So-eun Seeking New Challenges". The Chosun Ilbo. December 3, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  3. Park, Hyun-min (December 12, 2011). "Interview: Kim So Eun Says Bright Characters Have Changed Her Personality". enewsWorld. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

External links

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