Cha Moo Hyuk was adopted by an Australian family but was abused and left homeless at an early age. One day he comes across Song Eun Chae, the coordinator for Choi Yune, a famous singer in Korea, whom she is secretly in love with. Her fateful encounter with Moo Hyuk ends up affecting not only her life but that of her precious Yune as well. Because of an accident involving his ex-girlfriend, Moo Hyuk is left with 3 months to live. This leads him to head back to Korea in search of his biological mother. The discoveries he makes, changes his heart from longing to revenge. Even with all this darkness surrounding him, he finds an unexpected source of happiness with someone he did not expect to love. (DW)

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  Lim Su Jeong (Song Eun Chae)

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  So Ji Sub (Cha Moo Hyuk)

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  Jung Ji Ahn (Song Min Chae)

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  Lee Hye Young (Oh Deul-Hee)

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  Park Gun Tae (Kim Gal Chi)

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  Kim Hye Ok (Jang Hye Sook (Eun Chae's mother))

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• Feb 6, 2012 16 of 16 episodes seen

  manicmuse
  5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  8
  • Story  8
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  8
  • Rewatch Value  7

  This drama is an extremely emotional one, so those looking for a lighthearted romance should avoid it. I would definitely file this drama under tragedy, so keep a box of tissues close. By the end of the first episode, I knew this drama would not hold back.
  
  The story involves longing, betrayal, revenge, secrets, family ties, and ill-fated love. The cast does a good job of balancing really heavy scenes with funny, and sweeter scenes.
  
  Im Su Jung was so good as naive Eun Chae, that she made some of the more over the top moments completely believable. The same can be said for the rest of the cast, including Lee Hye Young's character who I loved to hate, and showed unexpected depth.
  
  My absolute favorite was So Ji Sub. He really played his character brilliantly. He did so much more than just cry, yell, and laugh on cue. As Moo Hyuk, he showed so many complicated emotions, and I could never predict how Moo Hyuk would react. During moments in the drama that started to feel a little repetitive, he always pulled me back in. The fact that he is visually appealing didn't hurt either.
  
  The plot does have the privileged vs the poor, and love triangles/squares, which is expected in most dramas, without following the same path. Every time I felt the story becoming predictable, a new revelation would catch me by surprise. I also could not predict how it would all end, which was refreshing.
  
  Some of the down sides to this drama, to me, was the laughably bad english (so distracting), Yoon's terrible singing (also distracting, since he was supposed to be a pop idol), and showing way too many flashbacks. Later episodes seemed to rely on flashbacks to fill up the time. Some scenes were repeated so often that I no longer needed subtitles to understand them. Still, I never felt like dropping this drama after becoming so invested in the characters, and what would happen to them.
  
  I think the positives heavily outweigh the negatives. So Ji Sub alone would make me recommend it. The soundtrack was good, and included some random songs like Billy Joel's "The Stranger" (which was a perfect fit). I don't know if I can stand emotionally to rewatch the entire drama, but It's so good that I might. read more

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• Dec 22, 2011 16 of 16 episodes seen

  Go-To-The-Extreme
  2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  10
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  9
  • Rewatch Value  8

  I watched this drama a few years back and I still remember the feeling it left me with. Nostalgia. The storyline was heart wrenching and at the same time absolutely beautiful. The acting was realistic and the emotions were in a blunder. At some point I was torn between just giving up or keep going till the end. But I'm glad I watched it till the end. This is one drama I would have regretted skipping.

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