New Korea Drama "Lovers"

I was watching a new korea drama "Lovers" earlier. It is the last instalment of the Lovers series produced by Seoul Broadcasting System, after the phenomenally popular "Lovers In Paris" and "Lovers In Prague". I had enjoyed watching both drama previously and bought "Lovers In Paris" vcd set to add to my drama collections. "Lovers" has also manages to impress with a tremendously engaging love story and charismatic characters that are similar, and yet vastly different, from the earlier two titles. I have come across several positive reviews of the drama online.

It is now showing on starhub cable tv chn 55 every Saturday 10.30pm. I just finished watching the first two episodes and am craving for more. The plot is quite refreshing and the pairing of Lee Seo Jin and Kim Jung Eun are perfect! Both actor and actress have great chemistry and i heard that they had develop real feelings for each other while filming the drama and are a couple now. Below are info (spoiler alert!) and some nice pictures of the drama that i managed to find online :

Cast:

Lee Seo Jin as Ha Kang Jae

Kim Jung Eun as Yoon Mi Joo

Jung Chan as Kang Sae Yeon

Kim Kyu Ri as Park Yu Jin

Synopsis:

Yoon Mi Joo, daughter of a village pastor in one of the islands of Korea, worked her way to become a plastic surgeon. Although successful, she needs to support 6 adopted brothers and sisters back home, so she leads a frugal life in Seoul. Kang Jae, adopted by the boss of a secret society since teenage years, is a senior member of the same secret society. He has a long-time girlfriend, Yu Jin, whom he loves but refused to marry. Sae Yeon is the playboy son of Kang Jae's boss.

Kang Jae met Mi Joo when she mistook him for her pregnant sister's boyfriend. Mi Joo had wanted to confront her sister's boyfriend for dumping her sister, but Kang Jae and his gang helped her to beat him up and Mi Joo was impressed. Their paths crossed again when Mi Joo found that Kang Jae's girlfriend, Yu Jin, is her neighbour. At the same time, Sae Yeon was being matchmaked with Mi Joo by his mother, and he began to take a liking with Mi Joo.Later, Mi Joo found that Kang Jae is the person who wanted to buy the land that her father's house is on. She met him and his right-hand man for a talk, but was being attacked by Kang Jae's enemies. Kang Jae, in order to protect her, was stabbed. Mi Joo, despite having sweared not to be involved in people's life and death, saved Kang Jae's life and nursed him back to health in the village.

Their paths crossed again in China's Hainan Island, when Mi Joo accepted Sae Yeon's invitation to have "Cha Jiang" noodles there, and Kang Jae was there to bring Sae Yeon back to Korea.As the story developed, Mi Joo and Kang Jae found themselves falling in love with each other despite finding out that Yu Jin is pregnant with Kang Jae's child, and despite Sae Yeon declaring his love for Mi Joo and Mi Joo accepted his short courtship. Fortunately or unfortunately, Yu Jin miscarriaged and Sae Yeon gave them his blessings. However, life has more in store for Kang Jae when he found out that his boss is actually and his father, and Sae Yeon was actually not his boss's son. After that a violent power struggle broke out in the gang, resulting in the death of his father. In a bid to seek revenge, Kang Jae hurt his enemy and was jailed.Kang Jae and Mi Joo finally got together after his release. (I always enjoy happy ending :> would consider buying the vcd set to add to my collection.)