A Thousand Kisses (Korean: 천번의 입맞춤) 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.
| A Thousand Kisses | |
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 Promotional poster for A Thousand Kisses | |
| 천번의 입맞춤 | |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Park Jung-ran |
| Directed by | Yoon Jae-moon |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Chang-sup |
| Producer | Oh Sung-min |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | GnG Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | August 20, 2011 – February 5, 2012 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
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| Revised Romanization | Cheonbeon-ui Immatchum |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏnbŏnŭi Immatch'um |
Plot edit
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.)
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 edit
Main characters edit
- Seo Young-hee as Woo Joo-young[1]
- Ji Hyun-woo as Jang Woo-bin
- Ryu Jin as Jang Woo-jin (Woo-bin's cousin)
- Kim So-eun as Woo Joo-mi (Joo-young's younger sister)[2][3]
Supporting characters edit
- Cha Soo-yeon as Han Yoo-kyung (Woo-bin's first love)
- Shim Hyung-tak as Park Tae-kyung
- Lee Soon-jae as Jang Byung-doo
- Cha Hwa-yeon as Yoo Ji-sun
- Goo Seung-hyun as Park Chan-noh
- Kim Chang-sook as Min Ae-ja
- Jung Ga-eun as Jang Hye-bin
- Jung Jae-soon as Yum Jung-soon
- Nam Ji-hyun[a] as Jang Soo-ah
- Ban Hyo-jung as Cha Kyung-soon
- Lee Mi-young as Oh Bok-joo
- Lee Ja-young as Yang Joon-hee
- Kim Chang-wan as Jang Byung-shik
- Yoon Doo-joon as Yoon Ki-joon (cameo)
- Lee Tae-ri[b] as Moon Gi-joon (cameo)
- Yoo Yeon-seok as Hyung-soo, soccer player
Notes edit
International broadcast edit
References edit
- ^ "Actress Seo Young-hee Takes Center Stage After Decade on Sidelines". The Chosun Ilbo. August 27, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ "Actress Kim So-eun Seeking New Challenges". The Chosun Ilbo. December 3, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
- ^ Park, Hyun-min (December 12, 2011). "Interview: Kim So Eun Says Bright Characters Have Changed Her Personality". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
- ^ "A Thousand Kisses on Oh!K". Facebook. OhK TV Asia. November 20, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
External links edit
- A Thousand Kisses official MBC website (in Korean)
- A Thousand Kisses at MBC Global Media
- A Thousand Kisses at HanCinema