Green Rose is a Korean drama

Korean drama

Korean drama refers to televised dramas, in a miniseries format, produced in the Korean language. Many of these dramas have become popular throughout Asia and have contributed to the general phenomenon of the Korean wave, known as "Hallyu", and also "Drama Fever" in some countries...

 television series that aired on SBS which stars Go Soo, Lee Da Hae

Lee Da Hae

Lee Da-hae , is a South Korean actress who has appeared in a number of Korean television series and dramas such as My Girl and Green Rose.-Biography:...

, Lee Jong Hyuk and Kim Suh Hyung.

Korean series normally run for 16 episodes, but Green Rose was extended up to 22 because of the good feedback that the show garnered in Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

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Green Rose interweaves romance into a story of revenge to offer a fascinating drama. The series received great popularity when it was aired on SBS in March 2005. Due to its high viewing rate in Korea, a Japanese company has already bought the series' broadcasting rights in for showing Green Rose in Japan. Philippine

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 broadcasting giant ABS-CBN Corporation also aired a remake of Green Rose

Green Rose (Philippine TV series)

Green Rose is a critically acclaimed Philippine television drama that aired on ABS-CBN. It is a remake of the Korean drama of the same title aired by SBS.-Adaptation:...

 in 2011.

Plot

Lee Jung-hyun (Go Soo) and Oh Soo-ah (Lee Da Hae) are living a normal life as a couple until it is revealed that Soo-ah is actually the daughter of Oh Byung-moo, chairman of SR Electronics, the very company he works at. Shocked and hurt that Soo-ah wasn't honest with him, Jung-hyun tries to break up with her but she convinces him to give their relationship another chance. One night, Jung-hyun is summoned to the chairman's vacation house. Inside, Jung-hyun finds the chairman and the housekeeper both on the floor, the former unconscious and the latter dead. When Jung-hyun attempts to carry the chairman out of the house, a fire is started and Jung-hyun is knocked out. After the evidences point to Jung-hyun as the main suspect, he is sentenced to life imprisonment. To give his son a chance to get out of jail and prove his innocence, his mother kills herself. Cornered by policemen and the SWAT team after a long and exhausting car chase, Jung-hyun jumps off a bridge. Believed to be dead by everyone, he flees to China where he struggles to survive. In Shanghai he suffers much, being homeless and begging from strangers or scavenging garbage cans for food for a certain period of time. Time passes and he meets a Korean man named Lee Choon-bok (Park Sang Myun) who eventually becomes his good friend and guardian who takes good care of him. He also finds Cha Yoo-ran (Kim Suh Hyung), the chairman's secretary and Director Shin Hyun-tae's (Lee Jong Hyuk) ex-lover, who decides to help him after Shin orders some men to dispatch her. Under the guidance of Chen Daren, a Chinese business tycoon whose life he and his friends had saved from an assassination attempt, Jung-hyun develops acute business skills and becomes chairman of Super Digital Enterprise, a large Chinese company. After three years, he (under the alias Zhang Zhongyuan), Cha Yoo-ran and Choon-bok return to Korea to help him discover the truth and punish the people who framed him. Soo-ah, who is dating Shin Hyun-tae upon his return, immediately sees through his Zhang Zhongyuan facade and recognizes him as Jung-hyun himself. With the help of Soo-ah, Choon-bok and his best friend Suh Jun-moo (Sun Woo Jae Duk), he discovers that Shin is the person who tried to kill Soo-ah's father. Secretly desiring Soo-ah for years, he also framed Jung-hyun to have her all to himself. Director Suh, who witnessed the crime, is the man who had hit Jung-hyun on the head and attempted to kill the chairman as well. In the end, Jung-hyun is able to successfully clear his name and Director Suh and Shin commit suicide. He and Soo-ah happily reunite.

Cast

Main Cast

• Go Soo as Lee Jung-hyun/Zhang Zhongyuan
• Lee Da Hae
  Lee Da Hae
  Lee Da-hae , is a South Korean actress who has appeared in a number of Korean television series and dramas such as My Girl and Green Rose.-Biography:...
  
   as Oh Soo-ah
• Lee Jong Hyuk as Director Shin Hyun-tae
• Kim Suh Hyung as Cha Yoo-ran

Extended Cast

• Sun Woo Jae Duk as Suh Jun-moo
• Jung Sang-hoon
  Jung Sang-Hoon
  Jung Sang-Hoon is a South Korean football player who plays for Busan Kyotong in the Korean second division. He has played for K-League side Gyeongnam FC during 1 season.- External links :*...
  
   as Kim Dong-wook
• Zhang Kang'er as Chen Daren
• Park Sang Myun as Lee Choon Bok
• Han Jin Hee as Chairman Oh Byung Moo
• Suh Jin Ah as Hong So Ra
• Lee Won Jae as Yoo Kwang Il
• Sung Dong Il as Jung Taek Soo
• Kang Shin Il as Investigator Jo
• Choi Sang Hoon as Prosecutor Oh
• Yoo Jung Ki as Prison Guard Ahn
• Jang Hoon as Investigator Kim
• Lee Seung Ho as Chief Judge
• Byun Hee Bong as Prosecutor
• Jung Hye Sun as Han Myung Sook
• Kim Ji Young as Park Soon Nyeo

Staff

• Producer: Kim Young Sup
• Directors: Kim Soo Ryong and Kim Jin Geun
• Asst. Director: Lee Chang Min
• Writers: Yoo Hyeon Mi and Kim Doo Sam

Remake

The Philippines produced their own version of this series., produced by SBS and was distributed in the Philippines by ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

. The remake stars Jericho Rosales

Jericho Rosales

Jericho Vibar Rosales, is a Filipino cinema and television actor, singer, and songwriter....

 as Jerome Delgado (Lee Jung-hyun/Zhang Zhongyuan), Anne Curtis

Anne Curtis

Anne Ojales Curtis-Smith, also known as Anne Curtis is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host, singer and VJ currently active in the Philippines....

 as Angela Tuazon (Oh Soo-ah), Jake Cuenca as Edward Fuentebuella (Shin Hyun-Tae) and Alessandra de Rossi as Geena Rallos (Cha Yoo-Ran).

See also

• Korean drama
  Korean drama
  Korean drama refers to televised dramas, in a miniseries format, produced in the Korean language. Many of these dramas have become popular throughout Asia and have contributed to the general phenomenon of the Korean wave, known as "Hallyu", and also "Drama Fever" in some countries...
  
  
• List of Korean television shows
• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• SBS Green Rose Homepage
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Rose_(Philippine_TV_series)