Sweet 18
Sweet 18 (Korean: 낭랑18세; RR: Nangrang 18-se; lit. "18-year-old Bride") is a South Korean television series that aired on KBS2 in 2004. The story strongly focuses on both personal and clan-level relationships between Jung-sook, a member of Papyeong's Yun clan, and Hyuk-joon, a member of Andong's Kwon clan. Both clans had hoped for re-establishing good relations after being separated for three generations by war, by arranging a marriage between Jung-sook and Hyuk-joon upon Jung-sook's birth.
| Sweet 18 | |
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 Promotional poster for Sweet 18 | |
| Written by | Kim Eun-hee Yoon Eun-kyung |
| Directed by | Kim Myung-wook Kim Jung-gyu |
| Starring | Han Ji-hye Lee Dong-gun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Original release | January 19 – March 9, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | She Is Cool |
| Followed by | Snow White (Taste Sweet Love) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Sweet 18 | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Nangrang 18-se |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nangrang 18-se |
Plot
Yoon Jung-sook (Han Ji-hye) is an eighteen-year-old, dreamy, lively school girl. One day, she encounters a mysterious man in traditional Korean clothing on the streets who carries a piece of literature her quite famous grandfather treasured. Despite not seeing his face, she falls head-over-heels in love with him and vows to marry him. Since she is the member of an ancient and noble Korean Clan, the Yun clan, she will marry Kwon Hyuk-joon (Lee Dong-gun), the heir of the Kwon clan. Hyuk-joon is ten years older than Jung-sook and already a prosecutor. Jung-sook finds out that Hyuk-joon is the mysterious man whom she fell in love with and willingly marries him. She becomes a housewife while her friends continue to attend college. Two worlds clash, as Jung-sook is still an immature teenager and Hyuk-joon a grown man. However, slowly, they become attracted to each other and fall in love, despite the fact that Jung-sook is pursued by a school mate and Hyuk-joon meets his first love again, who wants him back. Jung-sook has much to learn about the ancient traditions of the family of her husband and what it means to be married to a first-born son, however in the end, they are deeply in love with each other. Jung-sook gives birth to twins and starts a sewing business. Hyuk-joon continues working as a prosecutor in the police force in Seoul.
Cast
- Han Ji-hye as Yoon Jung-sook
- Lee Dong-gun as Kwon Hyuk-joon
- Lee Da-hae as Moon Ga-young
- Lee In (credited as Lee Joon) as Ji Nam-cheol
- Yoo Hye-jung as Kwon Sun-ah
- Park Joon-hyuk as Jung Chan
- Lee Soon-jae as Hyuk-joon's grandfather
- Kim Hae-sook as Jung-sook's mother
- Jung Kyung-ho as Jung-sook's blind date
- Lee Eun-joo as Seo Hyun-ju (Second Princess)
- Lee Eun-shil as Eun-ju (Third Princess)
- Kim Sun-hwa as Madam Kim
References
External links
- Sweet 18 official KBS website (in Korean)
- Sweet 18 at HanCinema
- Sweet 18 on IMDb