Winter Sonata History
The story begins when Joon-sang, the son of an eminent musician, moves to Chuncheon, a rural city in South Korea. As an extraordinarily talented student, Joon-sang is welcomed by his fellow students as well as his teachers, but remains a quiet, introverted teenager.
As he intends to find out about his biological father, whom his mother claims has died, his search to find out more about his father is what made him want to move to the province. Having an identity crisis in adolescence because of the father he has never met, and blaming his mother for this, Joon-sang believes that no one truly loves him.
On his way to school one day, Joon-sang's classmate Yoo-jin, while sitting next to him on the bus, falls asleep on his shoulder. Joon-sang soon falls in love with Yoo-jin, who opens her innocent heart to him. Their love, however, is cut short after Joon-sang is seriously injured in a car accident and, due to brain damage, suffers from amnesia, unable to remember anything prior to his accident.
Joon-sang's mother, yearning for Joon-sang's love and respect, has Joon-sang brainwashed by a psychologist, so that Joon-sang will not remember his painful childhood as an illegitimate child. As a result, Joon-sang's memories prior to the accident are erased. Joon-sang's mother decides to move to the United States with Joon-sang, where he can start a new life under the identity of Lee Min-hyeong. His friends and teachers are told that Joon-sang is dead.
Ten years later, Min-hyeong is an award-winning architect in the United States. He does not remember anything about his life in Korea. He is completely different, an open-minded person who cares about other people, including his mother. He returns to Korea and Yoo-jin sees him on the street, prompting her to put off her engagement to her childhood friend Sang-hyeok. Little does she know that Min-hyeong is dating her friend and sometime past rival Chae-rin. The story's plot intensifies when Yoo-jin begins to work for the firm where Min-hyeong is employed, and tries to find out if he is her supposedly dead first love Joon-sang.
Winter Sonata (Hangul: 겨울연가; RR: Gyeoul Yeonga; also known as Winter Love Story or Winter Ballad) is a South Korean television drama series that aired on KBS2 in 2002. The second part of the season-themed Endless Love series directed by Yoon Seok-ho, it stars Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo. Filming primarily took place on the resort island of Namiseom and Seoul.
It is widely considered to be the Korean drama that launched the Korean Wave throughout Asia and worldwide.
It has also been adapted into an anime series, and a stage musical.
CAST:
- Bae Yong-joon as Kang Joon-sang / Lee Min-hyeong
- Choi Ji-woo as Jeong Yoo-jin
- Park Yong-ha as Kim Sang-hyeok
- Park Sol-mi as Oh Chae-rin
- Lee Hye-eun as Kong Jin-sook
- Ryu Seung-soo as Kwon Yong-gook
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Kim seonbae
- Song Ok-sook as Kang Mi-hee, Joon-sang's mother
- Jung Dong-hwan as Kim Jin-woo, Sang-hyeok's father
- Kim Hae-sook as Lee Yeong-hee, Yoo-jin's mother
- Ha Ji-hye as Jeong Hee-jin, Yoo-Jin's younger sister
- Jung Won-joong as Park Jong-ho, "Gargamel"
- Jang Hang-sun as Supervisor Min
- Lee Hyo-chun as Park Ji-young, Sang-hyeok's mother
- Park Hyun-sook as Lee Jeong-ah, Yoo-jin's colleague at Polaris
- Son Jong-bum as Yoo-jin's colleague at Polaris
- Yoo Yul as Radio broadcaster
- Ha Jae-young as Jeong Hyeon-soo, Yoo-jin's father
RECEPTION:
Winter Sonata is credited with causing the second wave of the Korean wave and extending it to Japan and the Philippines. It improved the image of South Korea among the Japanese and set fashion trends throughout East Asia. The series was a commercial success; 330,000 DVDs and 1,200,000 copies of Winter Sonata novelizations were sold. The series yielded more than US$27 billion when taking into account the profit it contributed to tourism. The number of visitors to the island of Namiseom (where the series was shot) grew from 250,000 to over 650,000 after the series was aired.
A statue of the main characters can also be found on the island at the spot where they first kissed.
The series shot actor Bae Yong-joon into stardom in Asia, and he became especially popular among middle-aged Japanese women. When he first visited Japan in 2004, more than 3,000 women guarded by 350 policemen gathered at the airport to welcome him. Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister at the time, was quoted saying that Bae was more popular in Japan than himself.
The series was a success in a number of other Asian countries as well.
SOUNDTRACK:
- 처음부터 지금까지 Cheoeumbuteo Jigeumkkaji (From the Beginning Until Now) - performed by Ryu (류)
- "My Memory" - performed by Ryu
- 처음 Cheoeum (First Time)
- 그대만이 Geudaeman'i (Only You) - performed by Ryu
- 처음부터 지금까지 Cheoeumbuteo Jigeumkkaji (From the Beginning Until Now) - instrumental version
- "My Memory" - piano and violin version
- 보낼 수 없는 사랑 Ponael Su Eobsneun Sarang (The Love I Cannot Send) - performed by Seon (선)
- 시작 Shijak (The Beginning)
- 그대만이 Geudaeman'i (Only You) - piano and violin version
- "My Memory" - piano version
- 잊지마 Itjima (Don't Forget) - performed by Ryu
- 기억속으로 Gieoksog'euro (Inside the Memories)
- 연인 Yeon'in (Lover) - performed by Ryu
- 제비꽃 Jebikkoch (Violet) - performed by Ryu
- 그대만이 Geudaeman'i (Only You) - piano version
- 처음 Cheoeum (First Time) - piano version
- 제비꽃 Jebikkoch (Violet) - instrumental
- "Love Hurts" - Yiruma (Ep 1)
- "When The Love Falls" - Yiruma (Ep 2)
In addition, "Moment" performed by Ryu and available on his album Ryu 2 is included on some bootleg versions of the Winter Sonata soundtrack.
REARINGS:
The drama first aired in Japan on NHK in 2004; it was dubbed in Japanese and edited into 60-minute episodes. The final episode (which aired on August 23, 2004) recorded ratings of 20.6% in Kanto, 22.5% in Nagoya, and 23.8% in the Kansai regions. The series as a whole had an average viewership in the 14% to 15% range. Due to overwhelming demand from viewers to watch the series in its original format, it was re-aired on NHK's satellite channel BS2 unedited (in its original Korean audio, with Japanese subtitles), beginning December 20, 2004.
ANIME:
An anime adaptation of Winter Sonata premiered on Japan's SKY PerfecTV! on October 17, 2009, consisting of 26 episodes subtitled in Japanese. Directed by Ahn Jae-hoon and written by Kim Hyeong-wan, the program featured 23 members of the original Korean cast voicing the characters, including Bae and Choi who reprised their roles. The role of "Sang-hyeok," originally played by Park Yong-ha, was voiced by singer Kang Yo-hwan and "Chae-rin" was dubbed by newcomer Lee Se-na in place of Park Sol-mi. During October 2011, Animax Asia aired the anime in Korean audio and English subtitles across Asia.
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