TV Novel – The Stars Are Shining

Title: TV소설 – 별이 되어 빛나리 / TV Novel – The Stars Are Shining
Chinese Title: TV小說-星星閃爍
Genre: Period, Family, Romance
Episodes: 128 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2015-Aug-31 to 2016-Feb-26
Air time: Monday to Friday 09:00
Related Series: TV Novel


Synopsis
Set in the 1960s. Jo Bong Hee (Go Won Hee) and family falls into difficulties after the death of her father. She then overcomes obstacles to become the best fashion designer in South Korea.

Cast
Main Cast
Go Won Hee as Jo Bong Hee
– Kim Yoo Bin as Jo Bong Hee (child)
Lee Ha Yool as Yoon Jong Hyun
– Jang Seung Ha (장승하) as Yoon Jong Hyun (young)

Kang Min Kyung Photo Collection

Kang Min Kyung Profile

Name: 강민경 / Kang Min Kyung
Profession: Singer and actress
Birthdate: 1990-Aug-03
Star sign: Leo
KPOP group: Davichi


TV Shows
Best Couple (MBC, 2015)
Haeundae Lovers (KBS2, 2012)
Vampire Idol (MBN, 2011)
Smile, Mom (SBS, 2010)

TV Show Theme Songs

• It's Okay, It's Love OST with Davichi - It's Okay, It's Love OST (2014)
• Don't You Know? with Davichi - IRIS II OST (2013)
• Farewell is Coming - Haeundae Lovers OST (2012)
• Because It's You with Davichi - Big OST (2012)

Best Couple

Title: 최고의 연인 / Best Couple
Also Known as: The Greatest Couple / Best Lovers / The Dearest Lady
Chinese Title: 最佳戀人
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 120 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2015-Dec-07
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:15


Synopsis
This is a drama about love and relationships, from the point of view of a mother and two daughters. The story is told through their flings, love and relationships, and marriage, and the drama will try to tell its viewers about the trials and strife of the single, divorced, and re-married women in our era.
Han Ah Reum (Kang Min Kyung) is a design assistant at a high-end boutique clothing shop. She is the younger daughter of a divorced woman, Na Bo Bae (Ha Hee Ra). Meanwhile, Han Ah Jung (Jo An) will be her elder sister.

Yoo In Young Profile

Name: 유인영 / Yoo In Young
Real name: 유효민 / Yoo Hyo Min (Yu Hyo Min)
Profession: Model and Actress
Birthdate: 1984-Jan-05
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 172cm
Weight: 50kg
Star sign: Capricorn
Blood type: A
Family: Two sisters and one brother
Education: Girls High School
Hobbies: Inline Skating and taking pictures



TV Series
Oh My Venus (KBS2, 2015)
Mask (SBS, 2015)
The Three Musketeers Season 1 (tvN, 2014)
You Who Came From the Stars (SBS, 2013)
Empress Ki (MBC, 2013)
The Strange Cohabitation (KBS2, 2013)
A Faded Memory (KBS2, 2013)
Wonderful Mama (SBS, 2013)
Advertising Genius Lee Tae Baek (KBS2, 2013)
Unexpected You (KBS2, 2012) (cameo)

Yoo In Young Photo Collection

Shin Min Ah Profile

Name: 신민아 / Shin Min Ah
Real name: 양민아 / Yang Min Ah
Nickname: Do Duk Do Duk
Profession: Model and actress
Birthdate: 1984-Apr-05
Birthplace: South Korea
Height: 168cm
Weight: 48kg
Star sign: Aries
Blood type: O
Family: Older sister and younger brother
Talent agency: Star M Entertainment
Education: Hyosung High School, Dong Gook University (Performing Arts degree)
Hobby: Listening to music
Specialty: Imitating other people’s voices and skating



TV Series
Oh My Venus (KBS2, 2015)
Arang and the Magistrate (MBC, 2012)
My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox (SBS, 2010)
The Devil (KBS, 2007)
A Love to Kill (KBS, 2005)
Punch (SBS, 2003)
Beautiful Days (SBS, 2001)

Shin Min Ah Photo Collection

Oh My Venus

Title: 오 마이 비너스 / Oh My Venus
Chinese Title: Oh 我的维纳斯
Previously Known as: 오 마이 갓 / Oh My God
Genre: Romantic, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2015-Nov-16 to 2016-Jan-05
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00


Synopsis
This is a drama about two Childhood friends meet again in their adulthood and find themselves making a bet on a “diet challenge”. The story focuses on their journey of searching for love and health.
Kim Young Ho (So Ji Sub) is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang Joo Eun (Shin Min Ah) is 33-years-old lawyer. She has struggled to support her family. Now, she is overweight and challenge her-selves for a diet.

Witch’s Castle

Title: 마녀의 성 / Witch’s Castle
Chinese Title: 魔女之城
Previously Known as: 당신은 나의 별 / 你是我的星星
Genre: Melodrama, Romance, Family
Episodes: 120 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Dec-14
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:20



Synopsis
The story of a mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and sister-in-law overcoming their differences and becoming the stars of each others’ lives.
Oh Dan Byul (Choi Jung Won) lost her parents due to her own mistake. She marries Joon Young (Kim Jeong Hoon), but her husband passes away. Meanwhile, her mother-in-law, Yang Ho Duk (Yoo Ji In), divorces because of her husband’s infidelity and her sister-in-law, Kong Se Sil (Shin Dong Mi) also returns to South Korea after divorcing her Italian husband. Now, these three women live together while overcoming their own personal problems…

Cast
Main Cast
Choi Jung Won as Oh Dan Byul
Seo Ji Suk as Shin Gang Hyun
Yoo Ji In as Yang Ho Duk (Dan Byul’s mother-in-law)
Shin Dong Mi as Kong Se Sil (Dan Byul’s sister-in-law)

The Merchant: Gaekju 2015

Title: 장사의 신 – 객주 2015 / The Merchant: Gaekju 2015
Chinese Title: 生意之神 – 客主2015
Also Known as: God of Commerce: Gaekju 2015
Previously known as: 객주 (The Innkeeper)
Genre: Period, Romance
Episodes: 36+5 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2015-Sep-23 to 2016-Feb-18
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00


Synopsis
Based on the ten-volume original novel “Gaekju” by Kim Joo Young which was published from 1979-June to 1983-Feb through daily newspaper “The Seoul Shinmun”.
A drama that tells the story of tradesmen in the late years of the Joseon era. Cheon Bong Sam (Jang Hyuk), the descendant of a merchant family, starts off in the market as a barker and makes his way up to become a wealthy merchant.

Cast
Main Cast
Jang Hyuk as Cheon Bong Sam
– Jo Hyun Do as Cheon Bong Sam (child)
Yoo Oh Sung as Gil So Gae
Kim Min Jung as Mae Wol
Han Chae Ah as Jo So Sa
Cheon Bong Sam’s Family
Jung Tae Woo as Seon Dol
Ryu Dam as Gom Bae
Moon Ga Young as Wol Yi
Park Eun Hye as Cheon So Rye
– Seo Ji Hee as Cheon So Rye(child)
Im Hyung Joon as Oh Deuk Gae

My Daughter, Geum Sa Wol

Title: 내 딸, 금사월 / My Daughter, Geum Sa Wol
Chinese Title: 我的女兒金四月
Previously Known as: 내가! 금사월 / I Am Geum Sa Wol
Genre: Melodrama, Family
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2015-Sep-05 to 2016-Feb-21
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 22:00


Synopsis
What happens when the “sister” you grow up with at an orphanage ends up taking your life and becoming your biggest professional rival?
Geum Sa Wol (Baek Jin Hee) and Oh Hye Sang (Park Se Young) arrived at an orphanage on the same day and grew up like close sisters. But Hye Sang is adopted by Oh Min Ho (Park Sang Won) and Han Ji Hye (Do Ji Won) and ends up living a very comfortable life. But things get complicated because Min Ho’s first love, Shin Deuk Yee (Jun In Hwa), who happens to be Ji Hye’s best friend, secretly gave birth to his daughter, but the baby girl was accidentally switched at the hospital with another baby. Deuk Yee ends up marrying Kang Man Hoo (Son Chang Min), the family driver who throws away his first wife, Choi Ma Ri (Kim Hee Jung), to have a better life with Deuk Yee. Ma Ri becomes a mistress in Man Hoo’s new life but her son, Kang Chan Bin (Yoon Hyun Min), is raised as the legal son of Deuk Ye. While Chan Bin tries his hardest to be the dutiful son, Joo Se Hoon (Do Sang Woo), the son of a moneylender, is the opposite, trying to escape the life that his father created for him. When the truth comes out about Sa Wol and Hye Sang, can the two former orphanage sisters find their true place in life?

Lee Min Jung Profile

Name: 이민정 / Lee Min Jung (Yi Min Jeong)
Profession: Actress
Birthdate: 1982-Feb-16
Birthplace: South Korea
Height: 167cm
Weight: 49kg
Star sign: Aquarius
Blood type: O
Family: One older brother
Husband: Lee Byung Hun (Married on 10/Aug/2013)
Talent agency: Barunson Entertainment
Education: Sungkyunkwan University (Theatre degree)
Hobbies: Piano, swimming


TV Shows
Please Come Back, Mister (SBS, 2016)
Cunning Single Lady (MBC, 2014)
All About My Romance (SBS, 2013)
Big (KBS2, 2012)
Midas (SBS, 2011)
Lunch Box (MBC, 2010)
Smile, You (SBS, 2009)
Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2009)
Who Are You? (MBC, 2008)
Kimcheed Radish Cubes (MBC, 2007)
Love Me When You Can (MBC, 2006)
Love and Sympathy (SBS, 2005)

Lee Min Jung Photo Collection

Oh Yeon Seo Profile

Name: 오연서 / Oh Yeon Seo (Oh Yun Suh)
Profession: Actress
Birthdate: 1987-Jun-22
Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea
Height: 170cm
Weight: 48kg
Star sign: Cancer
Blood type: O
Talent agency: Star Avenue Entertainment
Education: Dongguk University


TV Shows
Please Come Back, Mister (SBS, 2016)
Shine or Go Crazy (MBC, 2015)
Come! Jang Bo Ri (MBC, 2014)
Medical Top Team (MBC, 2013)
Oh Ja Ryong is Coming (MBC, 2012)
Unexpected You (KBS2, 2012)
Baby-faced Beauty (KBS2, 2011)
Dong Yi (MBC, 2010)
Merchant Kim Man Deok (KBS1, 2010)
Returned Earthen Bowl (KBS2, 2008)
Daewang Sejong (KBS1, 2008)
H.I.T (MBC, 2007)
Sharp 1 (KBS, 2003)

Oh Yeon Seo Photo Collection

Please Come Back, Mister

Title: 돌아와요 아저씨 / Please Come Back, Mister
Chinese Title: 回來吧大叔
Also known as: Come Back Ahjussi / Come Back Mister
Previously known as: 안녕 내 소중한 사람 / Hello My Precious
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2016-Feb-24 to 2016-Apr-14
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00

Synopsis
This drama was based on the Japanese Novel “Mr. Tsubakiyama’s Seven Days / 椿山課長の七日間“ by Jiro Asada which was published from 2001-July-02 to 2002-April-16 through “Asahi Shimbun“.
A man is worked to death, but he comes back to the living world in the attractive body of another man for a limited amount of time.
Lee Hae Joon (Rain) is a perfect man with good looking appearance. He works as a section chief in the women’s apparel section at a department store. His body is actually possessed by the spirit of Kim Young Soo (Kim In Kwon) who was worked to death. Meanwhile, Hong Nan (Oh Yeon Seo) is a beautiful woman, but her spirit is possessed by a tough guy, Han Ki Tak (Kim Soo Ro). At the same time, Shin Da Hye (Lee Min Jung) is a beautiful housewife, but her husband suddenly dies. She falls into a love triangle with Lee Hae Joon and a promising store employee Jung Ji Hoon (Yoon Park).

Bi @ Rain / Jung Ji Hoon (Jeong Ji Hun) Profile

Name: 비 / Bi (Rain)
Real name: 정지훈 / Jung Ji Hoon (Jeong Ji Hun)
Also known as: Rain (West) / Pi (Japan)
Nickname: Dog (Collie)
Profession: Actor, singer, model and dancer
Birthdate: 1982-Jun-25
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 184cm
Weight: 75kg
Star sign: Cancer
Blood type: O+
Family: Father and younger sister Hanna
Talent agency: J. Tune Entertainment, William Morris (U.S.)
Education: Kyung Hee University (Post Modern Music Department)
Languages: Korean, Mandarin, and English
Skill: Dance
Debut: In May 13, 2002 as a singer with his first album Bad Guy / 나쁜 남자
Bi created his own company under the name J. Tune Entertainment in 2007.

Bi @ Rain / Jung Ji Hoon (Jeong Ji Hun) Photo Collection