WHICH STAR ARE YOU FROM?

Title: 넌 어느 별에서 왔니 / Which Star Are You From?

Chinese title : 你来自哪颗星?

Also known as: What Star Did You Come From ? / What’s Your Star?

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2006-03-13 to 2006-05-02

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55 PM

Synopsis:

Sueng Hui (Kim Rae Won) is a director who was deeply in love with Hae Soo (Jung Ryu Won). Even though her family was opposed to Sueng Hui, Hae Soo still wanted to marry Sueng Hui. As he is proposing marriage to her in the car, they end up getting into a car accident resulting in Hae Soo’s death. The drama takes place 3 years after Hae Soo has passed away.  Even after three years, Seung Hui’s cannot seem to forget Hae Soo nor put his life back into order. Determined to forget Hae Soo, Sueng Hui takes a trip into the the rural areas of Korea. There, after declaring that he is going to move on with his life and forget about his girlfriend, he goes into town where he sees a girl (Bok Shil) that looks just like his past girlfriend. The resemblence is so startling that he can’t help but stare at her and ends up following her. They eventually end up spending a few days together but after parting, end up meeting again when Bok Shil comes to Seoul and ends up working with Sueng Hui.

It is later revealed that Bok Shil is actually Hae Rim, Hae Soo’s youger sister that was lost in a fire. Additionally, a close male family friend was secretly in love with Bok Shil’s older sister and seems to be attracted to Bok Shil as well.

Cast:

Kim Rae Won (Attict Cat, Love Story In Hardvard)

as Choi Seung Hui

A scenario writer, film director. 

He studied in a U.S. college and later

specialized in film direction at a Research Institute in New York. The first short film he made won a prized in a world movie festival, and held much public attention of him as a promising director.

Just when he took the advantage of the victory to make a long drive, his life braked. It happened so suddenly. He was driving the car when he crashed into a truck. His lover died, leaving him all alone, living a sad life. He stopped all activities, not leaving his living place for three whole years.

He was born with a wily and weird temperament and his lover's death drives him to extremes. His obsessive-compulsive disorder gets worse. He washes his hands 12 times a day, refuses to eat anything he's not tired before and never steps onto the sidewalk.

He thinks he killed her lover driving so he doesn't drive anymore. Burying himself in guilt, he doesn't trust anybody. And when there's anything not going in his ways he loses temper. He can't stand people regarding him as unimportant. When he's fed up with his own self and is feeling real lonely....a strange thing happens. A young girl which looks exactly like Hyu Su appears...

 Jung Ryeo Won (My Name Is KIM SAM SOON, Autumn Showers)

as Hye Su

She was introduced by Han Jeong Him to Choi Seung Hui in the award commemorative party of a world film festival. The two fell in love at first sight. She later died in a car accident...

also as KIM Bok Sil

A girl growing up in a small village of less then 30 people, in the remote mountainous area of kangwang-Do. To get to the nearest town, it takes more than 2 hours of rugged car travel.

Her mother was hurt in a coal gas accident and left with an IQ of a ten-year-old. Her father abandoned them and left when she was born.

Her youth is buried in a sad family and in the mountains.

Nevertheless, she fights hard against fate with her resilient and easy-going character.

Her positive attitude towards life is a result of her living in hardships. In her wild imagination, she's a singer, a news anchor, a teacher, a man and even an American. Her dream is visiting Jeju Island (but she hasn't even been to Seoul). She hopes she can pass the college entrance exam and enter college, wear pretty clothes as an office lady after graduation. She will travel to walk every morning by subway and buy a beautiful house with her saves salaries. She will not marry but stay with her mom forever...

However, these are all dreams far away from reality. Just when she is angry with herself being stuck in the small village forever, her life comes to a turning point. That is, she meets Seung Hui..

Park Si Hu ( Let's Get Married)

as Han Jeong Hun

Seung Hui's high school senior, grandson of the founder of a big publication company.

He inherited his corporation head position from his father who lied of brain hemorrhage a year ago.

With straight family education, he has this serious, humble and matured character.

A typical weak-outside-but-tough-inside person, he holds on tight to his targets and always wants to win in whatever he does. He has silenced out all the accusations of his ruling power out of inheritance with his ability and sincerity.

To find Seung Hui who is living alone, he travels to the remote mountains untiringly. There he met a girl who looks exactly like Hye Su, saying to him impolitely, "Uncle, your PRINCE syndrome is real serious!" And his nice attitude just can't help changing...

In the beginning, he's nice to this village girl Bok Sil out of sympathy. Inside, he looks down upon her but he pretends to be polite and nice. But his pretence is exposed by Bok Sil every time and he is embarrassed. In this way, slowly.....unbelievably, he falls for her. He can't understand himself doing this. She's a high school drop-out living in the mountains and her mother is unmarried and mentally challenged.

Then one day, he finds out that she may be the lost granddaughter of Billionaire Lee. He's the first to notice this and...

 Kang Jung Hwa ( Dae Jang Geum, Let's Go To The Beach)

as Yun Mi Hyeon

Billionaire Lee's granddaughter and cousin of Hye Su, working in film music production.

She is proud of her ability to get to her present position but she actually got help from a director working in his grandfather's corporation.

She and her cousin Hye Su who came back after studying abroad are like real sisters. Staying close with Hye Su and her lover Seung Hui, she unexpectedly develops a loving feeling towards Seung Hui. With Hye Su's death, she has her chance to get close to Seung Hui.

One day, she went with Jeong Hun to look for Seung Hui who's hiding in the mountainous area. She backed off in panic by what she saw...

Production Note:

The drama focuses on the virtues of a girl. They are simplicity, frankness, selflessness and trust on people, which are long forgotten by modern people. And the story tells how people around her are changed and turned pure as well.

Based on Chinese translation by 紫烟轻娆 of 韩剧热线 and news articles translated by akie.

Production Credits:

Directors: Pyo Min Su, Han Joo Suk
Scriptwriter: Jung Yoo Kyung


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