Star In My Heart was a 1997 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...

 series run on MBC

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

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. One of the earlier Korean dramas, it was very popular and helped its cast (namely Ahn Jae Wook) become widely recognized.

Story

An orphan (Choi Jin-sil) is adopted into a hostile family environment. She harbors an undiscovered artistic talent, which helps to catapult her into the lives of two men. She was taken to her father's friend family, after her father died, although while his father's friend had warm feeling towards her she was met with hostility from her new stepmother (Park Won Sook) and her stepsister (Jo Mi Ryung), who throughout the series are intriguing with against her. She becomes engaged in a relationship with a young, promising star (Ahn Jae Wook) a son of a rich businessman who's against his only son being a singer because it doesn't uphold to his values of a good occupation a man should be busy with. Joon-hee (Cha In Pyo) who's a lead designer in one of the fashion houses, becomes a friend of Yun-hee and eventually helps her to make a career as a designer as well.

Cast

• Ahn Jae Wook as Min-hee
• Choi Jin-sil
  Choi Jin-sil
  Choi Jin-sil was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the best actresses in South Korea, nicknamed "The Nation's Actress"...
  
   as Yun-hee
• Cha In Pyo as Joon-hee
• Jeon Do-yeon
  Jeon Do-yeon
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• Jo Mi Ryung
• Park Won Sook as Mrs. Song
• Park Chul as I-ban
• Maeng Sang Hoon as Kwang-young
• Kang Nam Gil
• Kim Jung Eun
• Lee Jae Hoon
• Yoo Tae Woong as Joon-young

Staff

• Director: Lee Jin Suk, Lee Chang Han
• Screenwriter: Kim Ki Ho

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean television shows
• Contemporary culture of South Korea
  Contemporary culture of South Korea
  The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea, and on its own path away from North Korean culture since the division of Korea in 1948. The industrialization and urbanization of South Korea, especially Seoul, have brought many changes to the way Korean...