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Directed by Lee Dae-yeong (이대영), Lee Sang-yeob-I (이상엽)
Screenplay by Seo Yeong-myeong (서영명)
MBC | Airing dates : 2009/05/25~2009/10/23Mon~Fri 20:15
Synopsis
Cho Young-ran is in a loveless marriage due to her aloof and insensitive husband.
Her shopaholic older sister desires a glamorous life, but her poor economic situation leads her to frequently quarrel with her husband. Young-ran’s younger sister has a well-paying job, but is married to a mama’s boy.
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By Kim Tong-hyung
Staff Reporter The government is vowing stricter control on television materials amid growing viewer complaints over sex, violence and indecency. Although the strengthened decency standards will be enforced to all national, local and cable channels, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) said, the dramas and game shows on national networks clearly seem to be the biggest targets. It remains to be seen how television stations will react to the plan of heavier fines and sanctions, as they have been moaning that the commission's decency rules were vague and curbing creativity. However, KCSC was under pressure to take stronger action to clear up the airwaves, with an increasing number of national television programs being slammed for their disturbing content and offensive language. The debate over taste and decency has reached a point where extreme dramas and blunt game shows have become part of daily vocabulary here. "Extreme dramas, based...| More | |||
One of the viewers of the KBS TV2 drama "He Who Can't Marry" has recently written that she was surprised by its main male character, Cho Jae-hee, who is played by actor Ji Jin-hee. So far, Ji has mostly played gentle and smart men, but this time he has been transformed into a narrow-minded old bachelor, whom he portrays in a comical way. The viewer said she had no idea Ji could portray comical roles and that they suited him perfectly.
Ji is not the only one to reflect the latest small-screen trend. A growing number of male actors are shedding their existing images to try on new roles. Despite the risk, so far the majority of them have succeeded in their transformations. Ji Jin-hee, Lee Jong-won Realize Their Long-cherished Dreams Ji Jin-hee has played only serious roles so far, such as Min Jung-ho in "Dae Jang Geum", Oh Tae-seok in "Spotlight" and his big-screen roles in the movies "Soo" and "The Old Garden". But in the TV drama "He Who Can't Marry", Ji plays a very rigid man ...| More | |||
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