Smile Again (2010)

This page is about the 2010 show.For the 2006 show, see Smile Again (2006)

Smile Again / Smile, Dong Hae is a 2010 South Korean drama television show airing on KBS World.

Synopsis

Carl Laker, whose Korean name is ‘Dong-hae’, visits Korea with his mother to participate in the short track speed skating competition as a representative on the American team. Dong-hae’s mother Anna, who is a Korean-American adoptee,had an accident during a server storm and almost drowned at a yound age,which led her to have a mental age of nine. She fell in love with a Korean man name 'James' whom was studying abroad in New York and fell in love with him, but he left promising to come back and never did without knowing that she was pregnant with Dong-hae. Dong-hae's trip to Korea is not just for the competition, but to see his girlfriend Sae-Wa whom he dated for 6 years and promised to marry. However, what awaits him is the changed heart of Sae-wa. She tells him that she cannot be with him as long as he is with Anna.Later Sae-wa causes an accident which led to the end of Dong-hae's carer. Meantime, Anna sees Dong-hae’s father by chance and doesn’t want to leave. Dong-hae decides to stay in Korea and search for his father. He decides to find him and ask him the reason why he left them. And at the mist of all of this is Bon-gi an exspiering chef who wants to be the first female head chef.Bon-gi and her family takes Dong-hae and his mother Anna in, and treat them as family. Dong-hae later fall in love with Bon-gi, and pursues a career as a chef. But for Dong-hae, Anna, and Bon-gi lies a chanllenging path for their happiness, findind his father, and his roots.

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Cast

• Ji Chang-wook as Carl Lacker 'Donghae'
• Oh Ji-eun as Lee Bon Gi
• Do Ji-won as Anna Lacker/ Jo Dong Beak (Donghae's Mother)
• Park Jeong-Ah as Yoon Sae Wa
• Lee Jang-woo as Kim Do Jin
• Alex Chu as Lee Tae Hoon
• Lee Jooyeon as Yoon Sae Yong

Ratings on KBS world was 40%

References

External links

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