Sad Love Story

Infobox kdrama/Header
title_name = Sad Love Story/Sad Sonata/Sad Love Song
size = 200px
caption = Screen Shot for Sad Love Story
ko_name = 슬픈연가
ko_name_trans = Seulpeun YeongaInfobox kdrama
genre = Drama
producer = Yoo Chul Yong
network = MBC
first_aired = 2005-01-05
last_aired = 2005-03-17
num_episodes = 20
timeslot = Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PMInfobox kdrama/Namebox
title = Sad Love Story
hangul = 슬픈연가
hanja = 슬픈戀歌
rr = Seulpeun Yeonga
mr = Sǔlpǔn Yǒnga

"Sad Love Story", romanized as "Seulpeun Yeonga", and also known as "Sad Sonata" (its literal translation and the alternate official title) is a Korean romantic drama, which ran from January 05 to March 17, 2005. It was distributed by MBC, which ran episodes on Wednesdays and Thursdays every week until the show's completion. It consist of 20 episodes and has been a major part of the Korean Wave both in Asia and throughout the United States.

Details

*Title: 슬픈연가 / Seul-peun Yeon-ga
*Also known as: Sad Love Story (KBFD-TV) / Sad Sonata
*Genre: Drama, Romance
*Episodes: 20
*Broadcast network: MBC
*Broadcast period: 2005-01-05 to 2005-03-17
*Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

In elementary school, a young boy, Suh Joon-young (played by Kwon Sang-woo), meets a pretty little blind girl named Park Hae-in (played by Kim Hee Sun). At first, he seems to despise her, but as they become closer and closer they learn to fall in love with each other. Their childhood goes on and finishes in the first episode. Hae-in and Joon-young are always together, facing problems with Joon-young's mother, Hwa-jung, who won't stop trying to tear the two apart, for she likes Joon-young but he ignores her while Min-ho, who likes Hwa-jung, hates and detests Joon-young. Later on, they are separated even further under unfair consequences and just as they reunite after maybe a month or two, Hae-in moves to New York with her aunt and her new uncle. But luck is still not with them because of the uncle, Hwa-jung's ability to intercept any messages between the two and the horrible lie that Hwa-jung weaves that Hae-in faces, making her face away slowly from Joon-young and falls in love with another, Lee Gun-woo and the he is Joon-young's best friend after their first bad meeting. Everything soon leads to shock, realization, heartbreak and in some ways, betrayal.

Trivia

This drama was originally supposed to have actor Song Seung Hun play Gun-woo. However, a draft-dodging scandal involving Song Seung Hun broke out, causing him to enlist in the military service. On short notice, Yeon Jung Hoon was selected as Song Seung Hun's replacement to play Gun-woo. [ [http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004102215068 Article: "Kim Hee-sun, A Blind Singer in the New Drama Sad Love Song"] Dong-a Ilbo, 2004-10-21]

See also

*List of Korea-related topics
*List of Korean television shows
*Contemporary culture of South Korea

Notes

External links

* [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/sadlovesong/ Official Website]
* [http://www.yaentertainment.com/catalog/sad.html U.S. Publisher]
* [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=25876 DVD Talk Review]
* [http://drama.wwcast.com/sadlovestory/ WWCast Website (Korean)]
* [http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-sad.html KoreanWiz]
* [http://www.sokorean.com/drama/ Review by minny1104]