Couple or Trouble

Couple or Trouble

(from left) Oh Ji-ho, Han Ye-seul and Kim Sung-min
Also known as Fantasy Couple
Couple of Fantasy
Fantastic Couple
Genre Romantic comedy
Based on Overboard 
by Leslie Dixon
Written by Hong Jung-eun
Hong Mi-ran
Directed by Kim Sang-ho
Starring Han Ye-seul
Oh Ji-ho
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Location(s) South Korea
Running time 60 minutes
Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 (KST)
Release
Original network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release October 14, 2006 (2006-10-14) – December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
Chronology
Preceded by Outrageous Women
Followed by Miracle
External links
Website

Couple or Trouble (Hangul: 환상의 커플; RR: Hwan-sang-eui Keo-peul; lit. Fantasy Couple) is a 2006 South Korean television series loosely based on the 1987 Hollywood film Overboard. Starring Han Ye-seul and Oh Ji-ho, it aired on MBC from October 14 to December 3, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 for 16 episodes.[1][2] The romantic comedy series was popular in the ratings, and received recognition at the MBC Drama Awards.[3]

Plot

Anna Jo (Han Ye-seul) is a rude, spoiled, arrogant and impossible-to-please American-bred heiress. She returns to Korea only to continue being a controlling wife to her already cowardly husband, Billy Park (Kim Sung-min). When her yacht gets stuck for repairs, she hires local handyman Jang Chul-soo (Oh Ji-ho) to fix her shower, but when they have a heated spat over her dissatisfaction with his work and refusal to pay, she pushes him overboard and dunks his tools into the ocean right along with him. Later, after a quarrel with Billy that threatens to end their marriage, she herself gets drunkenly pitched overboard and falls victim to a bad case of amnesia.

In the hospital, she ends up beside none other than Chul-soo, who's still recovering from his own swim in the ocean for his lost tools. Unknown to her, he's been raising his three orphaned nephews in their unkempt house and desperately needs a nanny. Taking advantage of her memory loss, he manages to convince her that she's his live-in girlfriend and renames her Na Sang-shil. But he didn't expect her spoiled selfishness to slowly turn into compassion. And he didn't expect to fall overboard again — this time, for her.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Awards and nominations

2006 MBC Drama Awards
2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Han Ye-seul Wins Over Detractors as Amnesiac Heiress". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Yang, Sung-jin (12 December 2007). "Herald Interview: Han Ye-seul, a bilingual beauty, eyes foreign entertainment markets". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Couple or Trouble". MBC Global Media. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

External links

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