Beautiful Days (TV series)
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| Genre | Romance Drama |
| Written by | Yoon Sung-hee |
| Directed by | Lee Jang-soo |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Choi Ji-woo Ryu Si-won Lee Jung-hyun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | Seoul |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 |
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| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 14 March – 31 May 2001 |
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| Beautiful Days | |
| Hangul | 아름다운 날들 |
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| Revised Romanization | Areumdaun Naldeul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Arŭmdaun Naldŭl |
Beautiful Days (Hangul: 아름다운 날들; RR: Areumdaun Naldeul) is a 2001 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Ji-woo, Ryu Si-won and Lee Jung-hyun. It aired on SBS from March 14 to May 31, 2001 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Contents
Plot
Similar to its drama contemporaries, Beautiful Days involves conflicts in family relationships, as well as a love triangle.
Lee Min-chul (Lee Byung-hun) returns from studying in the US, to take an active role in his father's prospering music business, Victory Records. It turns out that his father (Lee Jung-gil) was involved in unethical practices in the past, as well as the murder of the father of Min-chul's stepbrother, Sun-jae (Ryu Si-won).
Into the scene comes two girls from the orphanage, Yeon-soo (Choi Ji-woo) and Se-na (Lee Jung-hyun), who share a sisterly bond. Se-na gets inspired to become a pop star after a visit by the Victory Records boss on a charity event.
Years pass, and both girls arrive in Seoul to start their adult lives. However, they get separated. Yeon-soo finds a job working at Victory Records in hopes of one day meeting Se-na again and becomes involved in the lives of the stepbrothers, Min-chul and Sun-jae. Yeon-soo and Min-chul make a deal that they will help each other's siblings. Yeon-soo moves into Min-chul's family home as a tutor for his younger sister Min-ji (Shin Min-a), and Min-chul will help Se-na achieve her dream of becoming a singer. A complex drama unfolds,Min-chul and Sun-jae both fall for Yeon-soo. Yeon-soo chooses Min-chul, but their love is threatened by a terminal illness.
Cast
Main characters
- Lee Byung-hun as Lee Min-chul
- Choi Ji-woo as Kim Yeon-soo
- Ryu Si-won as Lee Sun-jae - Min-chul's stepbrother
- Lee Jung-hyun as Kim Se-na - Yeon-soo's sister
Supporting characters
- Shin Min-a as Lee Min-ji - Min-chul's sister
- Lee Yoo-jin as Kang Na-rae - Yeon-soo's roommate and co-worker
- Lee Jung-gil as Lee Sung-chun - Min-chul's father
- Lee Kyung-jin as Jung Myung-ja - Sun-jae's mother
- Ha Jae-young as Lee Young-jun - Sun-jae's father
- Lee Sang-woo as Oh Jung-hun - composer and Sun-jae's high school upperclassman
- Kim Dong-hyun as Min Kyu-suk - bodyguard/chauffeur
- Lee Hwi-hyang as Yang Mi-mi / Yang Kyung-hee - singer
- Lee Ae-jung as Shin Jae-eun
- Baek Sung-hyun as young Lee Min-chul
- Kim Chung
- Kil Yong-woo
- Yoon Gi-won
- Oh Seung-eun
- Kim Min-sang
- Psy as himself (cameo, ep. 15)
Production
Filming locations
Many of the scenes were filmed on location in Seoul:[1]
- The streets and area around Sinchon-dong and Ewha Womans University.
- Synnara Record (formerly Tower Records) in Changcheon-dong, near Sinchon Station, was used as "Victory Records."
- Café Pascucci in Apgujeong-dong was used as the office of "Muse Records" and venue where characters meet and talk.
Ending
The original script had intended that the character of Yeon-soo would die, but in response to a flood of protest letters from anguished viewers, the drama lets her live. Sena went on to succeed as a singer.[citation needed]
Soundtrack
- 그때까지 안녕 - Zero
- 약속 - Zero
- Heaven - Lee Jung-hyun
- 약속 - Ryu Si-won
- 그대뒤에서 - Zero
- For You - Zero
- 그때까지 안녕 - Ryu Si-won
- 언제나 오늘 처럼 - Various Artists
- 꿈 - Lee Jung-hyun
- Missing You - Ryu Si-won
- Please
- 상처 - Ryu Si-won
- 너만을 위해
- 부탁 - Zero
- Heaven (Music Video) - Lee Jung-hyun[2]
International broadcast
The series aired in Japan on NHK in October 2004; it was popular and well received by Japanese viewers.[3][4]
In Thailand first aired on Channel 3 every Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 p.m., starting from January 6 to March 30, 2007.[5]
Remake
An Indonesian remake was titled Cincin.
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External links
- Pages using infobox television with unknown parameters
- Articles containing Korean-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2012
- Articles with Korean-language external links
- 2001 South Korean television series debuts
- 2001 South Korean television series endings
- Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas
- Korean-language television programming
- 2000s South Korean television series
- South Korean romance television series
