Sweet 18 (Korean: 낭랑18세; RR: Nangrang 18-se; lit. "18-year-old Bride") is a South Korean television series that aired on KBS2 in 2004. The story strongly focuses on both personal and clan-level relationships between Jung-sook, a member of Papyeong's Yun clan, and Hyuk-joon, a member of Andong's Kwon clan. Both clans had hoped for re-establishing good relations after being separated for three generations by war, by arranging a marriage between Jung-sook and Hyuk-joon upon Jung-sook's birth.[1]
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| Hangul | 낭랑18세 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Nangrang 18-se |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nangrang 18-se |
| Written by | Kim Eun-hee Yoon Eun-kyung |
| Directed by | Kim Myung-wook Kim Jung-gyu |
| Starring | Han Ji-hye Lee Dong-gun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Release | January 19 – March 9, 2004 |
Plot
editYoon Jung-sook (Han Ji-hye) is an eighteen-year-old, dreamy, lively school girl. One day, she encounters a mysterious man in traditional Korean clothing on the streets who carries a piece of literature her quite famous grandfather treasured. Despite not seeing his face, she falls head-over-heels in love with him and vows to marry him. Since she is the member of an ancient and noble Korean Clan, the Yun clan, she will marry Kwon Hyuk-joon (Lee Dong-gun), the heir of the Kwon clan. Hyuk-joon is ten years older than Jung-sook and already a prosecutor. Jung-sook finds out that Hyuk-joon is the mysterious man whom she fell in love with and willingly marries him. She becomes a housewife while her friends continue to attend college. Two worlds clash, as Jung-sook is still an immature teenager and Hyuk-joon a grown man. However, slowly, they become attracted to each other and fall in love, despite the fact that Jung-sook is pursued by a school mate and Hyuk-joon meets his first love again, who wants him back. Jung-sook has much to learn about the ancient traditions of the family of her husband and what it means to be married to a first-born son, however in the end, they are deeply in love with each other. Jung-sook gives birth to twins and starts a sewing business. Hyuk-joon continues working as a prosecutor in the police force in Seoul.[2]
Cast
edit- Han Ji-hye[3] as Yoon Jung-sook
- Lee Dong-gun as Kwon Hyuk-joon
- Lee Da-hae as Moon Ga-young
- Lee In[a] as Ji Nam-cheol
- Yoo Hye-jung as Kwon Sun-ah
- Park Joon-hyuk as Jung Chan
- Lee Soon-jae as Hyuk-joon's grandfather
- Kim Hae-sook as Jung-sook's mother
- Jung Kyung-ho as Jung-sook's blind date
- Lee Eun-joo as Seo Hyun-ju (Second Princess)
- Lee Eun-shil as Eun-ju (Third Princess)
- Kim Sun-hwa as Madam Kim
- Jo Yeon-hee as Hyuk-jun's college junior
- Ko Kyu-pil as Hyuk-joon's co-worker
- Park Ji-il as Hyuk-joon's uncle
Notes
edit- ^ Credited as Lee Joon.
References
edit- ^ "Sweet 18 (Korean Drama - 2004) - 낭랑 18세". HanCinema. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ Jeong, Soo-jin (November 25, 2019). "우울할 때 보면 딱 좋은 로맨틱 코미디 '낭랑 18세'". BizKorea. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ Lee, Chan-ho (13 August 2020). "KBS '낭랑 18세' 한지혜, 드라마 살린 '당찬 20세'". www.chosun.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
External links
edit- Sweet 18 official KBS website (in Korean)
- Sweet 18 at HanCinema
- Sweet 18 at IMDb