Be Strong, Geum-soon!
| Be Strong, Geum-soon! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Romance Comedy Family |
| Written by | Lee Jung-sun |
| Directed by | Lee Dae-young |
| Starring | Han Hye-jin Kang Ji-hwan |
| Opening theme | "One Fine Day" by Marry M |
| Ending theme | "Can't This Be Love" by Ki-hoo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 163 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jang Geun-soo |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | February 14 – September 30, 2005 |
Be Strong, Geum-soon! (Korean: 굳세어라 금순아; RR: Gutse-eora Geumsuna) is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Han Hye-jin and Kang Ji-hwan. It aired on MBC from February 14, 2005 to September 30, 2005 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:20 for 163 episodes.[1]
Synopsis
The drama starts off with Geum-soon in the midst of a hairdressing exam in a hairdressing school, but failed after suffering a high tide in her bladder. Geum-soon later married Song-hwan, who died in a car accident within days of their marriage. She later gave birth to a boy, Hwi-seong and lived with her in-laws.
Geum-soon took on various jobs to earn her keep, from a nutritional drink seller promoting her products in the Korea University Hospital but later went on to be an apprentice in a hair salon, after much pleas from her mother-in-law, who initially insisted that she should stay at home for another year to look after her son.
Geum-soon encountered an accident after her scooter crashed onto the car of a young, fastidious doctor, who reported her to the police and picked up every tiny little fault from a broken finger to a sprained ankle. Later, much to her surprise, when she signed up to be an apprentice in a hair salon, she realized that the man was the son of the salon's owner. The assistant manager of the salon, Eun-ju, initially rejected her application on grounds that the salon had more than enough staff, but a decision was made after Jae-hee and Mi-ja find it better to employ her.
Geum-soon was placed under the guidance of a colleague, Hae-mee, but found herself to be bullied by her. Around this time, Geum-soon changed her hairstyle from a "cabbage-head" hairstyle (which became her nickname for Jae-hee) to her normal straight and curly hairstyle and eventually she managed to leak out Geum-soon's secret that she was a mother shortly after she revealed her past to Miss Yoon after being late one day. When the secret was discovered by the assistant manager, she was rapidly fired.
Cast
- Han Hye-jin - Na Geum-soon
- Kang Ji-hwan - Goo Jae-hee
- Kim Nam-gil (credited as Lee Han) - Noh Seong-hwan
- Lee Min-ki - Noh Tae-hwan
- Kim Seo-hyung - Ha Seong-ran
- Youn Yuh-jung - Kim Jin-soon
- Choi Ja-hye - Na Geum-ah
- Yang Hee-kyung - Ahn Soon-ji
- Park In-hwan - Noh So-jang
- Kim Ja-ok - Son Jung-sim
- Kim Yu-seok - Noh Si-hwan
- Jang Yong - Jang Ki-jong
- Yang Mi-kyung - Kim Young-ok
- Lee Se-eun - Jang Eun-ju
- Yoon Mi-ra - Oh Mi-ja
- Lee Hee-do - Na Sang-do
- Chae Eun-seo - Ahn Hae-mee
- Hwang Hye-hee - Yun So-ran
- Woo Kang-ha - Ah-ki
References
- ^ Park, Chung-a (August 31, 2005). "Tough Women Win Audiences' Hearts". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
External links
- Be Strong, Geum-soon! official MBC website Template:Ko icon
- Be Strong, Geum-soon at MBC Global Media
- Be Strong, Geum-soon! at HanCinema
- Be Strong, Geum-soon!' at Koreanwiz