Smile Again is a 2010 South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 television show airing on KBS World.

Synopsis

Carl Laker, whose Korean name is ‘Dong-hae’, visits Korea with his mother to participate in the short track speed skating competition as a representative on the American team. Dong-hae’s mother Anna, who is a Korean-American adoptee,had an accident during a server storm and almost drowned at a yound age,which led her to have a mental age of nine. She fell in love with a Korean man name 'James' whom was studying abroad in New York and fell in love with him, but he left promising to come back and never did without knowing that she was pregnant with Dong-hae. Dong-hae's trip to Korea is not just for the competition, but to see his girlfriend Sae-Wa whom he dated for 6 years and promised to marry. However, what awaits him is the changed heart of Sae-wa. She tells him that she cannot be with him as long as he is with Anna.Later Sae-wa causes an accident which led to the end of Dong-hae's carer. Meantime, Anna sees Dong-hae’s father by chance and doesn’t want to leave. Dong-hae decides to stay in Korea and search for his father. He decides to find him and ask him the reason why he left them. And at the mist of all of this is Bon-gi an exspiering chef who wants to be the first female head chef.Bon-gi and her family takes Dong-hae and his mother Anna in, and treat them as family. Dong-hae later fall in love with Bon-gi, and pursues a career as a chef. But for Dong-hae, Anna, and Bon-gi lies a chanllenging path for their happiness, findind his father, and his roots.

Cast

• Ji Chang-wook
  Ji Chang-wook
  Ji Chang-wook is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in Hero, Smile Again, and Warrior Baek Dong-soo....
  
   as Carl Lacker 'Donghae'
• Oh Ji-eun as Lee Bon Gi
• Do Ji-won as Anna Lacker/ Jo Dong Beak (Donghae's Mother)
• Park Jeong-ah Yoon Sae Wa
• Alex
  Alex
  Alex is a common English name, usually a nickname of the male given name Alexander, its female equivalent Alexandra. The East European male name Alexey sometime is also nicknamed as Alex.-People whose names are Alex:...
  
   as Lee Tae Hoon
• Lee Jooyeon as Yoon Sae Yong

Ratings on KBS world was 40%