Han Chae Young as Sung Chun Hyang
Jae Hee as Lee Mong Ryong
Eom Tae Woong as Byun Hak Do
"Sassy Girl, Chun-hyang" is the 2005 interpretation of the "Legend of Chun-hyang". The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong's first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong's love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang's love remains unwavering.
One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him.
The production team of this drama says they wanted to present a whole new image of Chun-hyang in line with modern times as she is an attractive female character who showed courage in choosing her love in the Chosun period, when Confucianism was a dominant value.
This fusion-style drama makes various new attempts in terms of genre, such as mixing rap with Pansori music.
This is my favorite korean drama. Well, i have a lot of favorite kdramas but this is the ultimate favorite of mine! When you will read the synopsis, you may think or judge that this is just another teen drama because the main characters play high school roles but I'd have to say that this drama is more than that. It has a depth! Imagine within 17 episodes, you will see two people mature physically, emotionally and mentally. You could find here everything. Suspense, drama and of course, comedy!
Since this is my first blog entry for this blog, I should give this prestigious award to my fave kdrama!
Chunhyang (Han Chae Young) is a smart girl and ever since Lee Mong Ryong (Jae Hee) appeared in her life, her life was a mess! at first, i wasn't interested in watching this drama because of Chunhyang's weird hairstyle. Maybe the producers of this show think it looks funky and all that..but i would have to say it sucks. But then this "Chunhyang hairstyle" helped Chunhyang's character. Nowadays, if you will see people tying their hair like that, Chunhyang's face will flash in your mind. Anyway, aside from the hairstyle, I think Han Chae Young was able to portray Chunhyang's role well. I could not imagine anybody playing Chunhyang aside from her. She does not have the ordinary features of a Korean girl, but she's pretty. Her facial expressions were great especially when she's checking out Lee Mong Ryong. Whenever i watched Han Chae Young on interviews and fan meets, i could see in her body language that she is a very shy girl. But since Chunhyang's character is a very dominant one, i am hands down to her ability to portray Chunhyang's strong personality.
Then there's Jae Hee who played Lee Mong Ryong. How do i start my feelings for this guy?Well, during the start of the show, his gorgeous face will attract you to watch the series, but his acting skills will force you to keep watching till the last episode and leave you asking for more! That's how powerful Jae Hee is. You will just love him. He could make you laugh, and he could amazingly make you cry. You would see how Mongryong realized his undying love for Chunhyang. He's just great.
There's is something about Han Chae Young and Jae Hee that you can't figure out. in the whole series, there were some scenes wherein you would think that HCY and JH are not acting anymore. I haven't seen that kind of thing on other kdramas. Its like the director would just tell them, "ok just have fun with each other", and they will do the rest. I love that. I could not get over that! hehe their chemistry is so strong, i guess so strong that they were asked to have a guest appearance for another kdrama, My Girl. They complement each other. You could feel the love of the characters even though they always argue about eveything. Another thing that i find it very amazing with HCY and JH is that they were able to portray the high school roles even though they were 24 or 25 years old already at that time. Its good to look young.
i am just irritated with Hong Chae Rin and Byun Hakdo. i guess that means how effective Eom Tae Woong and Park Shi Eun were. I hate how they tried to separate the young lovers who were just realizing their feelings. well i guess that's how the story should unfold.
Overall, i have nothing but high praises for this korean drama. The whole story makes sense (except the disappearance of Chunhyang's mother at the latter episodes). If you crave for something to make you laugh yet doesn't fail to make you cry, then grab a copy of SASSY GIRL CHUNHYANG!
