Kim Ji-yeong (김지영)

Movie captures Athens Olympics handball drama

2008/01/16 | Source | Permalink |

Mee-suk (Moon So-ri), a 34-year-old veteran handball player, wins a semi-professional handball tournament, but the same day she hears her team's going to disband.
That's bad enough, but it's nothing compared to four years ago when she won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
When Mee-suk came back home proudly wearing her Olympic gold, the rest of the country seemed indifferent.
Handball had not captured the imagination of the country.
Mee-suk, starring in Yim Soon-rae's film, "Forever the Moment", which was released last Thursday, suffers even more setbacks. Her husband (Park Won-sang), a former handball player, runs away from debts brought on by a failed business, and Mee-suk starts working at a mall as a shop assistant.
Mee-suk's life takes a turn when Hye-kyung (Kim Jeong-eun) takes over as the newly appointed national handball coach for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Hye-kyung persuades Mee-suk to come out of her retirement from the game and join the national team....| More

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A father-daughter version drama of "A Moment to Remember"

2006/12/21 | Source | Permalink |

"A Moment to Remember", a film that stars Son Ye-Jin and Jeong Woo-Seong, had touched the hearts of 2.6 million viewers, letting them know that one can suffer from Alzheimer's Disease regardless of age. In this Christmas season, a drama on the same subject matter will be broadcast. This time, however, it will not be about a couple but a father and a daughter. Even sadder is that the two are not related by blood.

SBS will broadcast its Christmas special, the two-hour TV drama "My Love Clementine" (written by Park Beom-Soo and directed by Hong Chang-Wook), at 10:40 AM on Dec. 25.

Dal-Ho, who is in his thirties, and his wife decide to adopt a child due to their sterility. When Seok-Tae, Dal-Ho's friend, has an unwanted baby, Dal-Ho and his wife take the baby as their daughter on the condition that Seok-Ho would never look for her again.

Naming the baby Bada, the couple devotes themselves to raising her. One day, when Bada is five years old, the family goes on a picnic and has a t...| More

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