First Love (1996 TV series)
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First Love is a 66-episode television drama produced and broadcast by KBS2 between September 1996 and January 1997 on Thursday nights. It stars popular actor Bae Yong Joon.
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[edit] Synopsis
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Chan Woo (Bae Yong Jun) and Chan Hyuk (Choi Soo Jung) stars as brothers falling for the same woman. Chan Woo wanders about for a while when he is in high school, after he finds out that Hyokyung, who he had a crush on in elementary school, is dear to his older brother. Chan Hyuk falls in a vegetative state following a traffic accident in which he was chased by Hyokyung’s family for their forbidden love, Chanwoo decides to give up his own aspirations to pass the bar examination and begins learning about the casino business. Chan Woo, working for the Daemyung Group, . Then Chan Woo works up his plan of revenge against Hyokyung’s father and her uncle. Eventually, he returns back to studying law, giving up his revenge plan and his position in the company as his older brother pleads forgiveness for his first love and also because he remembered his promise to Suk Hee (Choi Ji Woo). Chan Woo's close buddy in university, Hyong Ki, also harbored feelings for Suk Hee because of her kind nature and caring attittude towards friends. Hyong Ki somehow acted as a bridge in the relationship between Suk Hee and Chan Woo.
[edit] Cast
- Bae Yong Joon as Sung Chan-woo
- Lee Seung-yeon as Lee Hyo-kyung
- Choi Soo Jong as Sung Chan-hyuk (Chan-woo's brother)
- Song Chae Hwan as Sung Chan-ock (Chan-woo's sister)
- Park Sang Won as Kang Suk-jin
- Park Sang Min
- Choi Ji Woo as Kang Suk-hee (Suk-jin's sister)
- Lee Hae Young as Park Shin-ja
- Lee Kyung Shim
- Son Hyun Joo as Ju Jung-nam (guitarist)
- Bae Do Hwan as Oh Dong-pal
- Park In Hwan
- Jo Kyung Hwan as Lee Jae-ha (Hyo-kyung's father)
- Yoon Mi Ra as Hyo-kyung's mother
- Kim In Moon as Sung Duk-bae (Chan-woo's father)
- Jun Yang Ja as Chairman Jun (Suk-jin's mother)
- Park Jung Soo as Shin-ja's mother
- Kim Tae Woo as Park Hyong-ki (Chan-woo's classmate)
- Song Hye Kyo as Jung Ah {Hyo-Kyung's friend}
- Cha Tae Hyun
[edit] Ratings
It remains as the top one on the top rated Korean dramas:
- First Love (KBS2, 1996) - 65.8% (1997-04-20)
- What Is Love? (MBC, 1992) - 64.9% (1992-05-24)
- The Sandglass (SBS, 1995) - 64.5% (1995-02-06)
- Huh Joon (MBC, 1999) - 64.4% (2000-06-27)
- A Sunny Place of the Young (KBS2, 1995) - 62.7% (1995-11-12)
[edit] Production Credits
- Producer: Lee Eung Jin
- Screenwriter: Jo So Hye
[edit] See also
- List of top rated Korean Dramas
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Korean television shows
- Contemporary culture of South Korea
