Gu Family Book

Title: 구가의서 (九家의 書) / Gu Family Book
Chinese Title: 九家之書
Genre: Melodrama, Historial, Fantasy
Episodes: 24 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-April-08 to 2013-June-25
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

A melodrama epic about the great deal of trouble Choi Kang Chi (Lee Seung Ki), born as a half-human-half-mythical-creature, who goes through in order to become human and a story of Choi Kang Chi’s journey of struggling in order to live more like a human than anyone else despite not being able to become human.

Yoon Seo Hwa (Lee Yeon Hee ) and the guardian god of Jiri mountains, Gu Wal Ryung (Choi Jin Hyuk) fell in love but due to the trap of their enemies, the Yoon family status fell into ruins. While Seo Hwa was on the run with her maid, she received news that Wal Ryung had disappeared after a mishap. Feeling unable to raise her son while escaping, she sent him down the river in a basket hoping that someone could take him in.

Choi Kang Chi (Lee Seung Ki) was raised by the Choi family after having been picked up from the river. Meanwhile, Dam Yeo Wool (Bae Suzy) is a master of martial arts and archery. Yeo Wool is an upright character who really values the Three Bonds and Five Relationships in Confucianism, and becomes an instructor at a martial arts center at a young age.

Cast

Lee Seung Ki as Choi Kang Chi
Bae Suzy as Dam Yeo Wool
Yoo Yun Suk as Park Tae Seo
Lee Yoo Bi as Park Chung Jo (Kang Chi’s 1st love)
Lee Sung Jae as Jo Gwan Woong
Lee Yeon Hee as Yoon Seo Hwa (Kang Chi’s mother)
Jung Hye Young as Chun Soo Ryun (head gisaeng)
Choi Jin Hyuk as Gu Wal Ryung (Kang Chi’s father)
Uhm Hyo Sup as Park Moo Sol (Kang Chi’s 1st love’s father)
Jo Sung Ha as Dam Pyeong Joon
Kim Hee Won as Sojung Monk
Kim Ki Bang as Eok Man
Yoo Dong Geun as Lee Soon Shin
Sung Joon as GonYi
Otani Ryohei as best ninja master
Jo Jae Yoon as Wal Pae
Kim Hee Jung as Madam Yoon

Production Credits

Production Company: Samhwa Networks
Chief Producer: Lee Chang Sub
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kim Jung Hyun
Screenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung

A Hundred Year’s Inheritance

Title: 백년의 유산 / A Hundred Year’s Inheritance
Chinese Title: 百年的遺產
Also known as: One Hundred Year’s Legacy / 100 Year’s Legacy
Previouly Known as: 삼대째 국수집 / Third Generation Noodle House
Genre: Family, Romance
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-05 to 2013-June-23
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50

Synopsis

A drama about a household that’s been running a noodle house for three generations.

Min Chae Won (Eugene) is the eldest granddaughter of a noodle family, who comes back to the family business after a divorce. She eventually turns the small mom-and-pop operation into a “designer noodle company”. Lee Se Yoon (Lee Jung Jin) is a guy who seems cold and prickly on the outside but is actually warm and cuddly on the inside.

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Jung Jin as Lee Se Yoon
Eugene as Min Chae Won
Choi Won Young as as Kim Chul Goo
Yoon Ah Jung as Kim Joo Ri

Noodle House

Shin Goo as Uhm Pyung Dal
Jung Hye Sun as Kim Kkeut Soon
Jung Bo Suk as Min Hyo Dong
Jun In Hwa as Yang Choon Hee
Kim Myung Soo as Uhm Ki Moon
Park Joon Geum as Do Do Hee
Seo Young Hoon (서영훈) as Uhm Seul Hong
Kwon Oh Joong as Uhm Ki Choon
Kim Hee Jung as Gong Kang Sook
Lee Tae Woo as Uhm Bo Reum
Sun Woo Sun as Uhm Ki Ok
Park Young Kyu as Kang Jin

Other People

Cha Hwa Yun as Baek Sul Joo
Nam Myung Ryul as Lee Dong Kyu
Park Won Sook as Bang Young Ja

Production Credits
Director: Joo Sung Woo
Screenwriter: Ku Hyun Sook

Jang Ok Jung

Title: 장옥정 / Jang Ok Jung
Chinese Title: 張玉貞
Previous Known as: 장옥정, 사랑에 살다 / Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love
Genre: Period, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-08 to 2013-June-25
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama tells the story of Jang Hee Bin (Kim Tae Hee), one of the most famous royal concubines in the Joseon Dynasty who was behind the deposition of King Sook Jong’s (Yoo Ah In) wife, Queen In Hyun (Hong Soo Hyun). However, unlike the countless dramas and movies about this famous villain, this drama will tell the story of Jang Ok Jung before she became concubine Jang Hee Bin and focus on her role as a fashion designer and cosmetic maker in the Joseon era.

Cast

Kim Tae Hee as Jang Ok Jung
- Kang Min Ah as Jang Ok Jung (young)
Yoo Ah In as King Sook Jong
- Chae Sang Woo as King Sook Jong (young)
Jae Hee as Hyun Chi Soo
Lee Sang Yeob as Dong Pyung Goon
Han Seung Yeon as Choi Sook Bin
Hong Soo Hyun as Queen In Hyun
Sung Dong Il as Jang Hyun
Yoon Yoo Sun as Kang’s Wife
Kim Seo Ra as Jang Hyung
Lee Gun Joo
Lee Hyung Chul as Bok Sun Goon
Go Young Bin as Jang Hee Jae
Kim Ha Eun as Queen In Kyung
Lee Ja Min as Yun Hong
Kim Min Ha as Ja Kyung (Child)
Jang Young Nam as Court lady Chun
Kim Se In as Jung Hon Ja
Dal Shabet’s Ah Young as Princess Myungan

Production Credits

Director: Boo Sung Chul
Screenwriter: Choi Jung Mi

Monstar

Title: 몬스타 / Monstar
Genre: Musical
Episodes:12
Broadcast network: Mnet
Broadcast period: 2013-April-06 (To Be Confirmed)
Air time: Saturday

Synopsis

A music drama that shows the story of auditions and passion, as well as the birth of stars.

‘Monstar’ will be about the stories of students learning about themselves and each other in the setting of a high school music club. The behind-the-scenes concept of the drama will capture the craziness of auditions and the rise to stardom.

Yoon Sul Chan (Yong Joon Hyung) is the vocalist for the group “Man in Black”. Meanwhile, Min Se Yi (Ha Yeon Soo) will play as his girlfriend.

Cast

Yong Joon Hyung as Yoon Sul Chan
Ha Yeon Soo as Min Se Yi
Kim Jae Heung
Lee Hee Jin as Dok Go Soon
Dahee
Kim San Ho as as Choi Joon Goo
Kim Sun Kyung
Kim Min Young as Sim Eun Ha
Kang Ha Neul as Jung Sun Woo

Production Credits

Director: Kim Won Suk

When A Man Loves (Poster)

When A Man Loves

Title: 남자가 사랑할 때 / When A Man Loves
Chinese Title: 當男人戀愛時
Also Known as: When a Man Falls in Love / When a Man is in Love
Genre: Melodrama. Romance
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-April-03 to 2013-June-06
Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55

Synopsis

Han Tae Sang (Song Seung Hun) is a gangster with a painful past. He is the trusty under-man and the one who is caught up in the whirlwind of love. He married Baek Sung Joo (Chae Jung Ahn), the ex-wife of his old mob boss after the boss died.

He later meets and falls in love with Seo Mi Do (Shin Se Kyung) who is a poor but hardworking young woman. Meanwhile, Lee Jae Hee (Yun Woo Jin) is a confident young man who’s used to be Han Tae Sang’s friend but turned to rival after that. He also falls in love with Seo Mi Do.

Cast

Song Seung Hun as Han Tae Sang
Shin Se Kyung as Seo Mi Do
Yun Woo Jin as Lee Jae Hee
Chae Jung Ahn as Baek Sung Joo
JB as Seo Mi Joon
Jr as Ddol Yi
Kim Sung oh as Lee Chang Hee
Lee Chang Hoon as Goo Yong Gap
Jung Young Sook as Yoon Hong Ja
Kang Shin Il as Seo Kyung Wook
Oh Young Shil as Choi Sun Ae
Lee Seung Hyung
Park Min Ji

Production Credits

Director: Kim Sang Ho
Writer: Kim In Young

That Winter, The Wind Blows

Title: 그 겨울, 바람이 분다 / That Winter, The Wind Blows
Chinese Title: 那年冬天，起風了
Also known as: Wind Blows in Winter
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Feb-13 to 2013-Apr-03
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

A melodrama about a man and a blind woman who don’t believe in love.

Oh Young (Song Hye Kyo) is a blind heiress to a large corporation who lost her parents in a tragic accident along with her sight. She lives in lonely.

Meanwhile, Oh Soo (Jo In Sung) is a gambler and playboy who lives in a meaningless life after being abandoned by his parents at an early age as well as his first love.

In order to repay the enormous amount of debt, Oh Soo approach Oh Young for money purpose but ends up falling in love with her….

Cast

Main Cast

Jo In Sung as Oh Soo
- Lee Tae Woo as Oh Soo (child)
Song Hye Kyo as Oh Young
Kim Bum as Park Jin Sung
Jung Eun Ji as Moon Hee Sun

Supporting Cast

Bae Jong Ok as Wang Hye Ji
Kim Tae Woo as Jo Moo Chul
Kim Gyu Chul as Jang Sung
Kim Young Hoon as Lee Myung Ho
Seo Hyo Rim as Jin So Ra
Im Se Mi as Son Mi Ra
Choi Seung Kyung as Shim Joong Tae
Han Jung Hyun (한정현) as Kim Jung Hyun
Yoo Gun as Jung Woo
Kyung Soo Jin as Moon Hee Joo
Go In Bum as Park Jin Sung’s father
Lee Jae Woo as Oh Soo (Oh Young’s older brother)

Production Credits

Producers: Lee Dong Hoon, Lee Young Joon
Director: Kim Kyu Tae
Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung