1. Padam Padam... The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats
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- Title: 빠담빠담... 그와 그녀의 심장박동소리 / Bba-dam-bba-dam... Geu-wa Geu-nyeo-eui Sim-jang-bak-dong-so-ri
- Also known as: Padam Padam
- Genre: Romance, fantasy
- Episodes: 20
- Broadcast network: jTBC
- Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012-TBA
- Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:45
Synopsis
“Padam” which means ‘to thump’ in French is a mellow drama about a man who lived life according to its own course but meets a woman he shouldn’t love and about his breathtaking love for her.
Yang Kang Chil just came out from prison after 16 years. He was jailed because of a murder he never did. After released from prison, he goes to Seoul accompanied by his guardian angel, Lee Gook Soo. Meanwhile, Han Ji Min will play Jung Ji Na, a cheerful veterinarian who loves Kang Chil.
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2. Love Rain
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- Title: 사랑비 / Sa-rang-bi
- Also known as: Love Rain
- Genre: Romance, Melodrama
- Episodes: 24
- Broadcast network: KBS2
- Broadcast period: 2012-March-26 to TBA
- Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Synopsis
"Love Rain" depicts a 1970's pure love and a love from the present day at the same time. It shows how the offsprings of a previous ill-fated couple, who met in the 1970s, managed to meet and fall in love. Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee, a art student and a shy beauty, met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was fated to never be. Now in the present 21st century Korea, Seo In Ha's son, Seo Joon (a liberal photographer) meets and falls in with the daughter of Kim Yoon Hee, Kim Ha Na, a cheerful and energetic girl who's personality is different from her mother's. Will their love for each other keep them together or will they have to face the same fate as their parents?
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3. What's Up?
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- Title: 왓츠업 / What's Up
- Previously known as: Zero Plus
- Genre: Music, romance, and school
- Episodes: 18
- Broadcast network: MBN
- Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-03 to 2012-???-??
- Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
Synopsis
A drama revolving around music and the romance between students enrolled in the theatrical department of a university.
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4. Vampire Idol
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- Title: 뱀파이어 아이돌 / Baempaieo Aidol
- Genre: Sitcom
- Episodes: 120
- Broadcast network: MBN
- Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-05 to 2012-???-??
- Air time: Monday to Friday 21:30
Synopsis
A naive vampire prince struggles to become a global pop idol in this melodramatic youth sitcom.
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5. Fashion King
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- Title: 패션왕 / Paesyeonwang
- Genre: Romance
- Episodes: TBA
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-?? to 2012-May-??
- Air time: Monday & Tuesday Night 21:55
Synopsis
The drama is about the life of individuals who work in the fashion industry.
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6. Absolutely Him
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- Title: 절대그이 / Absolutely Him
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Episodes:
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2012
- Air time:
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7. Full House 2
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- Title: 풀하우스 2 / Poolhawooseu 2
- Genre: Romance, comedy
- Episodes: TBA
- Broadcast network: TBS (Japan), ?? (South Korea)
- Broadcast period: 2012-Mar
Synopsis
This series is based on Woo Soo Yeon's original Full House. Jang Man Ok is an aspiring writer. She later gets contracted in a false engagement with top star, Lee Tae Ik.
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8. The Moon that embraces the Sun
Title: 해를 품은 달 / The Moon That Embraces the Sun
Chinese Title: 月亮怀抱太阳
Also known as: The Sun and The Moon / The Moon Embracing the Sun
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Period
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-04 to 2012-Mar-08
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Synopsis
“The Moon Embracing The Sun” tells a love story between King Lee Hwon and a female shaman named Wol. Wol was born from a noble family and became the crown princess, but she was entrapped and faced execution. Finally, she lived as a shaman.
Cast
Main Cast
Kim Soo Hyun as Lee Hwon
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Yeo Jin Goo as Lee Hwon (young)
Han Ga In as Wol / Heo Yeon Woo
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Kim Yoo Jung as Wol / Heo Yeon Woo (young)
Jung Il Woo as Prince Yang Myung
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Lee Min Ho (1993) as Prince Yang Myung (young)
Kim Min Seo as Yoon Bo Kyung
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Kim So Hyun as Yoon Bo Kyung (young)
Song Jae Hee as Heo Yeom
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Si Wan as Heo Yeom (young)
Song Jae Rim as Kim Chae Woon
- Lee Won Gun (이원근) as Kim Chae Woon (young)
The Palace
Jung Eun Pyo as Hyung Sun
Yoon Hee Suk as Hong Kyu Tae as Hong Gyu Tae
Kim Ye Ryung as Lady Park (Yang Myung’s mother)
Seo Hyun Chul as Shim San
Lee Seung Hyung as Han Jae Gil
Chu Gwi Jung (추귀정) as Court Lady Jo
Kim Min Kyung (김민경) as Court Lady Min
The Sungsuchung
Jun Mi Sun as Female shaman Jang Nok Young
Kim Ik Tae as Hye Gak
Bae Noo Ri as Jan Shil
- Jo Min Ah (조민아) as Jan Shil (young)
Jang Young Nam as Ali (cameo, ep 1)
Lee Hwon’s Family
Kim Young Ae as Queen Jeonghui (Lee Hwon’s grandmother)
Ahn Nae Sang as as King Sung Jo (Lee Hwon’s father)
Kim Sun Kyung as Queen So Hye (Lee Hwon’s mother)
Nam Bo Ra as Princess Min Hwa (Lee Hwon’s sister)
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Jin Ji Hee as Princess Min Hwa (young)
Heo Family
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Heo Young Jae (Yeon Woo and Yeom’s father)
Yang Mi Kyung as Shin Jung Kyung (Yeon Woo and Yeom’s mother)
Yoon Seung Ah as Seol
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Suh Ji Hee as Seol (young)
Yoon Family
Kim Eung Soo as Yoon Dae Hyung (Bo Kyung’s father)
Jang Hee Soo (장희수) as Mrs. Kim (Bo Kyung’s mother)
Kim Seung Wook as Yoon Soo Chan
9. Dream High 2
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: KBS2
- Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-30 to 2012-Mar-20
- Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Cast
Kirin's Teachers
Kirin's Students
10. Rooftop Prince
One of the most desirable men in the Korean entertainment industry,
JYJ‘s
Park Yoochun, has signed up to star in an upcoming historical/modern-day drama entitled
Rooftop Prince with the ever so elegant Han Ji Min. The drama revolves around Yoochun’s character, Crown Prince who time-travels 300 years from the Chosun era to present day to meet the woman who looks like his beloved dead Crown Princess, played by Han Ji Min.
This isn’t Yoochun’s first time delving into the world of acting. The singing superstar starred in past dramas, S
ungkyunkwan Scandal, where he played an intelligent student who falls in love with a he-she man-woman during the Joseon period, and
Miss Ripley, where he played a 21st century bumbling fool in love.
Yoochun’s role in
Sungkyunkwan Scandal won him the
Rookie of the Year award,
Netizens award, and
Best Couple award at the 2010 KBS Drama Awards Ceremony.
Rooftop Prince will air in March on SBS and stars fellow actors Lee Tae Sung and Jung Yoo Mi.