All About Eve (South Korean TV series)
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Hangul | 이브의 모든것 |
Revised Romanization | Ibeuui Modeun-geot |
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All About Eve (
Besides sharing a title and the premise of female rivalry, this drama has nothing to do with the 1950 film of the same name starring Bette Davis.
Plot
Jin Sun-mi (Chae Rim) is a lovely college student who lives with her upper-middle-class widowed father. She has a happy childhood with her best friend Kim Woo-jin (Han Jae-suk). Life changes radically for Sun-mi when her father decides to support Heo Young-mi (Kim So-yeon), a beautiful girl the same age as Sun-mi.
Young-mi became an orphan when her father, an
Young-mi becomes Sun-mi's rival in every aspect of her life. First, Young-mi steals Woo-jin from Sun-mi, then tries to take over her job at a very important
The climax of the plot comes when a former lover of Young-mi appears and threatens to reveal her deepest secret should she not return to him: a dark past as a prostitute. Since the gangster did not succeed in his attempts, he decides to kill Young-mi. Woo-jin dies while saving her life. However, all of Young-mi's treachery is exposed. Losing everything and heartbroken because of Woo-jin's death, she attempts to commit suicide, but her efforts are frustrated when she is found unconscious by a group of nuns on the shore of the Han River. When Young-mi wakes up, she suffers from amnesia and has lost almost all memories of her past.
The drama ends with a happy reconciliation between Young-mi and Sun-mi, who cries beside Young-mi, forgiving her for the misunderstandings between them since they met. Finally, Hyung-chul swears eternal love and proposes to Sun-mi right in the middle of a street, asking her not to move to London.
Cast
- Jang Dong-gun as Yoon Hyung-chul[2]
- Chae Rim as Jin Sun-mi
- Han Jae-suk as Kim Woo-jin
- Kim So-yeon as Heo Young-mi
- Hyun Seok as Mr. Jin, Sun-mi's father
- Park Won-sook as Mrs. Song, Woo-jin's mother
- Park Chul as Kim Sun-dal
- Kim Jung-eun as Yoo Joo-hee
- Lee Geun-hee as Lee Kyung-hee
- Park Sook-chul as Shin Ki-dong
- Yoon Gi-won as Choi Jin-soo
- Kim Hyo-jin as Jo Cho-jae
- Ahn Jung-hoon as Ahn Joon-mo
- Choi Joon-yong as Bae In-soo
- Han In-soo as Chairman Yoon, Hyung-chul's father
- Lee Kyung-jin as Hyung-chul's mother
- Kyeon Mi-ri as Yoon Hyung-chul's stepmother
Cameo appearance
- Leeteuk as a moviegoer
- Song Il-kook as a field reporter (ep. 11)
- Lee Tae-ran as a celebrity attendee at a fashion show (ep. 12)
- Lee Eon-jeong as a model in the fashion show.
International broadcast
It aired in Japan on TV Asahi from October 11 to December 13, 2002, on Fridays at 11:15 p.m.[3]
Remake
The hit drama has had two remakes.
Fall In Love (Chinese: 爱上女主播; pinyin: Ài Shàng Nǚ Zhǔ Bō; lit. 'Fall In Love With Anchor Beauty') aired in China on Zhejiang Satellite TV in 2010, starring Zhu Dan, Cheryl Yang, Wu Jian, and South Korean actor Jang Hyuk.[6][7] Chae Rim made a cameo appearance as Jang Hyuk's ex-girlfriend.[8]
References
- ^ "Dramas Enjoy Hot Demand Overseas". The Chosun Ilbo. January 22, 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ "Latin America Washed Out to Sea by Korean Wave". The Chosun Ilbo. March 28, 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Brasor, Philip (December 1, 2002). "South Korea helps Japan to get more trendy". The Japan Times. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- GMA News Online(in Tagalog). Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Miralles, Nitz (April 27, 2009). "Sunshine Dizon tells fans not to take onscreen rivalry with Iza Calzado too seriously". Philippine Entertainment Portal (in Tagalog). Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (March 26, 2010). "Jang Hyuk to star in Chinese remake of All About Eve". 10Asia. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (October 15, 2010). "Chinese remake of All About Eve No. 1 show in China". 10Asia. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Kim, Lynn (May 27, 2010). "Chae Rim to appear in Chinese remake of All About Eve". 10Asia. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- All About Eve at IMDb
- All About Eve at HanCinema
- All About Eve at KoreanWiz