You Are My Destiny (2008 TV series)

You Are My Destiny (Korean: 너는 내 운명; RR: Neoneun Nae Unmyeong) is a South Korean television series television series that aired on KBS1 from May 5, 2008 to January 9, 2009 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 178 episodes.[1][2] Starring Im Yoon-ah, Park Jae-jung,[3] Lee Ji-hoon and Gong Hyun-joo,[4] the rating of the drama started at more than 20% in the first episode, and kept increasing. It reached a peak viewership rating of 41.6% in its final episode and was a huge success overall in Korea and many other Asian countries.

You Are My Destiny
Also known asYou Are My Life
Created byKorean Broadcasting System
Written byMoon Eun-ah
Directed byKim Myung-wook
StarringIm Yoon-ah
Park Jae-jung
Lee Ji-hoon
Gong Hyun-joo
Country of originSouth Korea
No. of episodes178
Production
Running time30 minutes
DistributorKorean Broadcasting System
Release
Original networkKBS1
Original releaseMay 5, 2008 (2008-05-05) 
January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09)
External links
Website

Im Yoon-ah is a member of the K-pop group Girls' Generation, and this was her first leading role.

Plot

Jang Sae-byuk is a cheerful and grateful orphan who always tries her best. She dreams of one day becoming an interior designer, despite her lack of education and money. Because of an accident that happened before the story starts (about three years ago), she loses her sight and undergoes corneal transplant surgery. Different events unravel when she encounters the Kim family, who has lost a daughter in a horrible car crash, unbeknownst to everyone besides the father and older brother. The stories then intertwine when Sae-byuk meets the Kim's extended family and the son of a big interior design company, Lohas, in Korea.

Cast

  • Im Yoon-ah as Jang Sae-byuk, a milk delivering woman who finds her way through Lohas' design competition
  • Park Jae-jung as Kang Ho-sae, manager of Rohas, a company specializing in making kitchen sets
  • Lee Ji-hoon as Kim Tae-pung
  • Gong Hyun-joo as Kim Su-bin (Kim Tae-pung and Kim Tae-young's cousin)
  • Lee Pil-mo as Kim Tae-young. Tae-young is a teacher at a course institution
  • Jang Yong as Kim Dae-jin (Tae-pung's father). Dae-jin owns a mover service company, Pung Express. Before establishing Pung Express, Dae-jin was the Kang family's driver.
  • Jung Ae-ri as Oh Young-sook (Tae-pung's mother). Works at a food catering company owned by Lee Hwa-ran for some time. Used to work as a housemaid at the Kang family's house.
  • Kim Hyo-seo as Kim Na-young (Tae-pung's deceased twin sister).
  • Sa Mi-ja as Son Poong-geum (Dae-gu's and Dae-jin's mother)
  • Kang Seok-woo as Kim Dae-gu (Su-bin's father). He worked as a mayor
  • Lee Hye-sook as Hong Yeon-sil (Su-bin's mother). Nosy and gossipy.
  • Lee Seol-ah as Kang Yu-ri (Ho-sae's sister).
  • Hyun Seok as Kang Chil-bok (Ho-sae's father). Chil-bok is the president of Lohas.
  • Yang Geum-seok as Seo Min-jung (Ho-sae's mother).
  • Kim Hyung-il as Kang Charles (Chil-bok's brother / Yeon-sil's dance tutor)
  • Kim Jung-nan as Ban So-young (Tae-young's love interest and Yun-hui's single mother)
  • Park Min-ji as Ban Yun-hui (So-young's daughter)
  • Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Lee Hwa-ran (So-young's mother). She owns a food catering company named "Sandeul Bada".
  • Choi Won-young as Nam Gyeong-woo (Na-young's boyfriend). He survived the accident they were in together.
  • Park Seul-gi as Bok-ju (Sae-byuk's best friend). Ditched Sae-byuk and stole her money. Sae-byuk later sees her in town and finds out why she left.
  • Kwak Hyun-hwa as Oh Sun-jeong (female Lohas employee)
  • Lee Jung-ho as Lee Dong-soo (male Lohas employee)
  • Yoo Hye-ri as Jeong Mi-ok (Sae-byuk's biological mother)
  • Jung Jae-gon as Jo Sang-ki (Yun-hui's biological father)
  • Kim Sung-hoon as Jang Pan-jae (night sales manager)
  • Shin Pyo as assistant director

Ratings

In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. Source: AGB Nielsen[5]

Episode Date Average audience share
Nationwide Seoul
1 May 5, 200823.4% (2nd)21.9% (2nd)
2 May 6, 200823.4% (2nd)22.7% (3rd)
3 May 7, 200823.1% (2nd)23.2% (2nd)
4 May 8, 200820.4% (2nd)20.0% (2nd)
5 May 9, 200822.5% (1st)21.4% (1st)
6 May 12, 200819.2% (2nd)18.3% (2nd)
7 May 13, 200824.7% (2nd)23.3% (2nd)
8 May 14, 200822.7% (2nd)21.3% (2nd)
9 May 15, 200822.8% (2nd)21.8% (2nd)
10 May 16, 200818.3% (1st)18.6% (1st)
11 May 19, 200824.8% (2nd)23.7% (2nd)
12 May 20, 200822.4% (2nd)21.5% (2nd)
13 May 21, 200821.2% (1st)20.1% (1st)
14 May 22, 200819.9% (1st)19.3% (1st)
15 May 23, 200820.5% (1st)19.5% (1st)
16 May 26, 200822.1% (2nd)21.7% (2nd)
17 May 27, 200823.4% (2nd)23.2% (2nd)
18 May 28, 200821.4% (1st)20.4% (1st)
19 May 29, 200821.4% (1st)21.6% (1st)
20 May 30, 200820.6% (1st)19.9% (1st)
21 June 2, 200824.1% (2nd)23.1% (2nd)
22 June 3, 200823.6% (2nd)22.3% (2nd)
23 June 4, 200824.2% (1st)23.0% (1st)
24 June 5, 200821.0% (1st)19.9% (1st)
25 June 6, 200821.1% (1st)19.3% (1st)
26 June 9, 200823.7% (2nd)23.0% (2nd)
27 June 10, 200822.3% (2nd)20.6% (2nd)
28 June 11, 200822.6% (1st)21.1% (1st)
29 June 12, 200822.9% (2nd)21.5% (2nd)
30 June 13, 200820.7% (1st)19.9% (1st)
31 June 16, 200823.7% (2nd)22.0% (2nd)
32 June 17, 200824.7% (1st)23.1% (1st)
33 June 18, 200825.2% (1st)23.1% (2nd)
34 June 19, 200822.3% (2nd)20.5% (2nd)
35 June 20, 200823.1% (1st)21.5% (1st)
36 June 23, 200823.9% (1st)21.4% (1st)
37 June 24, 200825.0% (1st)23.6% (1st)
38 June 25, 200823.4% (1st)21.4% (2nd)
39 June 26, 200823.8% (2nd)22.0% (2nd)
40 June 27, 200821.8% (1st)19.5% (1st)
41 June 30, 200825.9% (1st)24.2% (1st)
42 July 1, 200823.8% (1st)22.7% (1st)
43 July 2, 200825.8% (1st)24.4% (2nd)
44 July 3, 200823.4% (2nd)21.0% (2nd)
45 July 4, 200824.3% (1st)23.1% (1st)
46 July 7, 200826.8% (1st)26.2% (1st)
47 July 8, 200824.3% (1st)22.8% (1st)
48 July 9, 200824.0% (2nd)22.4% (2nd)
49 July 10, 200824.2% (2nd)22.3% (2nd)
50 July 11, 200823.7% (1st)22.1% (1st)
51 July 14, 200827.3% (1st)25.2% (1st)
52 July 15, 200825.1% (1st)23.5% (1st)
53 July 16, 200824.8% (2nd)23.0% (2nd)
54 July 17, 200824.7% (2nd)23.5% (2nd)
55 July 18, 200824.5% (1st)23.3% (1st)
56 July 21, 200825.0% (1st)23.3% (2nd)
57 July 22, 200825.1% (1st)23.4% (1st)
58 July 23, 200826.3% (2nd)25.5% (2nd)
59 July 24, 200828.8% (2nd)28.3% (2nd)
60 July 25, 200826.8% (1st)25.2% (1st)
61 July 28, 200827.0% (1st)24.9% (1st)
62 July 29, 200826.1% (1st)23.9% (2nd)
63 July 30, 200825.4% (2nd)24.3% (2nd)
64 July 31, 200824.8% (2nd)23.6% (2nd)
65 August 1, 200824.5% (1st)23.6% (1st)
66 August 4, 200827.8% (1st)25.8% (1st)
67 August 5, 200828.9% (1st)28.3% (1st)
68 August 6, 200825.6% (1st)24.5% (1st)
69 August 7, 200825.9% (1st)24.2% (1st)
70 August 11, 200825.2% (1st)23.9% (2nd)
71 August 12, 200821.6% (1st)20.4% (1st)
72 August 13, 200823.6% (3rd)22.7% (3rd)
73 August 14, 200826.4% (1st)25.2% (1st)
74 August 18, 200828.4% (1st)27.6% (1st)
75 August 19, 200830.2% (1st)28.9% (1st)
76 August 20, 200829.5% (1st)28.8% (1st)
77 August 21, 200827.8% (1st)26.3% (1st)
78 August 22, 200829.8% (1st)28.4% (1st)
79 August 25, 200829.8% (1st)28.1% (1st)
80 August 26, 200830.0% (1st)29.0% (1st)
81 August 27, 200828.9% (1st)27.6% (1st)
82 August 28, 200829.5% (1st)27.9% (1st)
83 August 29, 200828.5% (1st)27.3% (1st)
84 September 1, 200832.7% (1st)31.0% (1st)
85 September 2, 200827.9% (1st)25.5% (1st)
86 September 3, 200828.0% (1st)26.4% (1st)
87 September 4, 200828.7% (1st)26.9% (1st)
88 September 5, 200826.4% (1st)24.4% (1st)
89 September 8, 200828.8% (1st)27.5% (1st)
90 September 9, 200827.1% (1st)26.1% (2nd)
91 September 10, 200827.6% (1st)27.0% (1st)
92 September 11, 200827.6% (1st)26.2% (1st)
93 September 12, 200825.9% (1st)24.2% (1st)
94 September 15, 200826.6% (1st)25.0% (1st)
95 September 16, 200828.9% (1st)27.3% (2nd)
96 September 17, 200827.7% (1st)26.9% (1st)
97 September 18, 200829.6% (1st)28.6% (1st)
98 September 19, 200827.6% (1st)26.3% (1st)
99 September 22, 200832.0% (1st)30.3% (1st)
100 September 23, 200829.8% (1st)28.7% (1st)
101 September 24, 200828.8% (1st)26.3% (1st)
102 September 25, 200829.1% (1st)27.9% (1st)
103 September 26, 200826.7% (1st)25.9% (1st)
104 September 29, 200830.5% (1st)28.5% (1st)
105 September 30, 200830.2% (1st)28.1% (2nd)
106 October 1, 200830.2% (1st)29.0% (1st)
107 October 2, 200827.6% (1st)26.0% (1st)
108 October 3, 200828.5% (1st)26.7% (1st)
109 October 6, 200829.6% (1st)27.7% (1st)
110 October 7, 200828.9% (1st)28.3% (1st)
111 October 8, 200827.5%(1st)26.1% (1st)
112 October 9, 200827.9% (1st)27.2% (1st)
113 October 10, 200828.3% (1st)26.5% (1st)
114 October 13, 200830.3% (1st)28.7% (1st)
115 October 14, 200828.6% (1st)26.9% (2nd)
116 October 15, 200827.5% (1st)25.8% (1st)
117 October 16, 200827.8% (1st)26.9% (1st)
118 October 17, 200828.4% (1st)28.7% (1st)
119 October 20, 200827.8% (2nd)25.8% (2nd)
120 October 21, 200829.3% (1st)27.4% (2nd)
121 October 22, 200830.2% (1st)28.8% (1st)
122 October 23, 200828.6% (1st)27.6% (1st)
123 October 24, 200826.8% (1st)25.1% (1st)
124 October 27, 200828.3% (1st)26.9% (1st)
125 October 28, 200828.6% (1st)27.1% (1st)
126 October 29, 200826.6% (1st)24.3% (1st)
127 October 30, 200829.4% (1st)27.3% (1st)
128 October 31, 200826.9% (1st)24.8% (1st)
129 November 3, 200830.6% (1st)28.5% (1st)
130 November 4, 200831.0% (1st)29.0% (1st)
131 November 5, 200830.1% (1st)28.6% (1st)
132 November 6, 200828.1% (1st)26.2% (1st)
133 November 7, 200828.9% (1st)26.5% (1st)
134 November 10, 200831.0% (1st)28.7% (1st)
135 November 11, 200829.8% (1st)27.0% (1st)
136 November 12, 200830.4% (1st)28.0% (1st)
137 November 13, 200830.8% (1st)29.0% (1st)
138 November 14, 200832.0% (1st)30.2% (1st)
139 November 17, 200835.3% (1st)32.5% (1st)
140 November 18, 200837.1% (1st)35.1% (1st)
141 November 19, 200835.8% (1st)33.8% (1st)
142 November 20, 200834.3% (1st)32.5% (1st)
143 November 21, 200835.8% (1st)34.6% (1st)
144 November 24, 200836.7% (1st)34.3% (1st)
145 November 25, 200835.6% (1st)33.5% (1st)
146 November 26, 200837.2% (1st)35.4% (1st)
147 November 27, 200838.2% (1st)37.1% (1st)
148 November 28, 200836.7% (1st)34.8% (1st)
149 December 1, 200836.3% (1st)35.0% (1st)
150 December 2, 200835.3% (1st)33.4% (1st)
151 December 3, 200835.7% (1st)34.0% (1st)
152 December 4, 200836.1% (1st)34.5% (1st)
153 December 5, 200836.0% (1st)34.3% (1st)
154 December 8, 200837.0% (1st)35.4% (1st)
155 December 9, 200835.7% (1st)34.4% (1st)
156 December 10, 200833.9% (1st)32.4% (1st)
157 December 11, 200838.1% (1st)36.9% (1st)
158 December 12, 200828.6% (1st)27.0% (1st)
159 December 15, 200839.0% (1st)37.0% (1st)
160 December 16, 200837.6% (1st)35.9% (1st)
161 December 17, 200837.3% (1st)35.4% (1st)
162 December 18, 200836.5% (1st)34.7% (1st)
163 December 19, 200836.3% (1st)35.0% (1st)
164 December 22, 200839.4% (1st)37.0% (1st)
165 December 23, 200838.4% (1st)36.4% (1st)
166 December 24, 200833.1% (1st)31.4% (1st)
167 December 25, 200838.6% (1st)35.6% (1st)
168 December 26, 200838.0% (1st)35.9% (1st)
169 December 29, 200838.4% (1st)36.0% (1st)
170 December 30, 200837.6% (1st)36.2% (1st)
171 December 31, 200834.6% (1st)33.4% (1st)
172 January 1, 200938.6% (1st)36.6% (1st)
173 January 2, 200939.3% (1st)37.6% (1st)
174 January 3, 200941.6% (1st)38.9% (1st)
175 January 4, 200939.6% (1st)37.8% (1st)
176 January 7, 200940.6% (1st)39.0% (1st)
177 January 8, 200939.7% (1st)36.9% (1st)
178 January 9, 200940.6% (1st)38.9% (1st)

Awards

2008 2nd Korea Drama Awards
2008 KBS Drama Awards
2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards

International broadcast

Country Network(s)/Station(s) Series premiere Title
 VietnamVTC1July 15, 2009Em Là Định Mệnh Đời Anh
 PhilippinesTV5January 13, 2013You Are My Destiny
 ThailandChannel 3September 13, 2014ชะตารัก ลิขิตหัวใจ (Chatarak Likithuajai; literally: Destiny Love[6])

References

  1. "New Drama Series You Are My Destiny Off to a Fresh Start". KBS Global. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  2. "You Are My Destiny Viewer Ratings at 30%". KBS Global. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  3. Kim, Heidi (22 December 2010). "Actor Park Jae-jung takes off to China for promotion". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  4. Kim, Heidi (1 July 2011). "Kong Hyun-joo most anticipated Hallyu star of 2011, says Youku.com". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  5. "AGB Nielsen Korea daily ratings" (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. Archived from the original (To retrieve data, enter the desired date in the drop down menu) on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  6. เรื่องย่อ ชะตารัก ลิขิตหัวใจ. Kapook.com (in Thai). 20 October 2015.
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