Golden Apple (TV series)

Golden Apple (Korean: 황금사과; RR: Hwang-geum Sagwa) is a South Korean television series starring Park Sol-mi, Kim Ji-hoon, Ji Hyun-woo, Go Eun-ah and Jung Chan. It aired on KBS2 from November 16, 2005 to February 23, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 30 episodes. The story about four siblings living in a village in the 1960s, and a woman fighting to clear her dead father's name after he is wrongly accused of her stepmother's murder.[1]

Golden Apple
GenreRomance, Drama
Written byKwon Ki-young
Directed byShin Chang-seok
Park Kyung-ri
Lee Geon-joon
StarringPark Sol-mi
Kim Ji-hoon
Ji Hyun-woo
Go Eun-ah
Jung Chan
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerPark Soo-dong
Production locationKorea
Running timeWednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production companyJS Pictures
Release
Original networkKorean Broadcasting System
Original release16 November 2005 (2005-11-16) –
23 February 2006 (2006-02-23)
Chronology
Preceded byMy Rosy Life
Followed byGoodbye Solo
External links
Website

Golden Apple received average viewership ratings of 17.43%, making it the 13th highest-rated Korean drama in 2006.[2][3]

Plot

Kim Chun-dong (Choi Il-hwa) is a widowed farmer with one daughter, Kyung-sook (Lee Young-ah), and two sons, Kyung-gu (Kim Myung-jae) and Kyung-min (Park Ji-bin). Kyung-sook is committed to maintaining the household after the passing of their mother, and the villagers praise her sweet, cheerful nature and hardworking attitude. Everyday chores leave her little time for fun, but she does shed her tough exterior for Park Jong-gyu, the farm owner's son. A student at Seoul National University, Jong-gyu visits on occasion to the delight of Kyung-sook.

Her father Chun-dong marries again, and the woman (Bang Eun-hee) has a six-year-daughter, Keum-shil (Yoo Yeon-mi). The new siblings live a humble but happy life in the countryside. But the marriage is not a happy one and Keum-shil's mother continues her affair with Park Byung-sam (Lee Deok-hwa) a rich landlord in the village who is running for a seat in the Parliament. After the election, her body is discovered floating in the river and Chun-dong is wrongly accused of being the killer. He confesses after being tortured by the police and later dies in custody before the trial. Park Byung-sam, who is in fact Keum-shil's real father, orders his brother-in-law Jung (Lee Ki-young) to adopt Keum-shil, then gives him a job at the Intelligence Office in Seoul.

Years later, Kyung-sook (Park Sol-mi) has also moved to Seoul and is working hard to raise her brothers (Kim Ji-hoon, Ji Hyun-woo). She vows that she will clear her father's name and find the real killer. Park Byung-sam remains her number one suspect even though she was in love with his son, Jong-gyu (Jung Chan).

Cast
Kim family
Park family
Jung family
  • Lee In-hye as Jung Hong-yeon
    • Park Da-young as young Hong-yeon
  • Lee Ki-young as Chief Jung
  • Lee Jong-nam as Ms. Im, Jung's wife
Jo family
  • Jo Mi-ryung as Jo Mi-ja
  • Kim Soo-yong as Jo Bong-joo
  • Hwang Beom-shik as Jo Hong-man
  • Kim Dong-joo as Ja-shil, Hong-man's wife
Hwang family
  • Moon Won-joo as Hwang Soon-shik
    • Yoon Seok-hyun as young Soon-shik
  • Jung Seung-ho as Hwang Chang-han
  • Baek Seung-hyeon as Hwang Sang-taek
Extended cast
  • Yoon Hye-kyung as Choi Seong-hee
  • Noh Hyun-hee as Oh Mi-ja
  • Kim Hae-in as Joo Jung-eun
  • Im Yae-won as Han Hee-young
  • Kim Byung-ki as CEO Han
  • Won Jong-rye as Hee-young's mother
  • Jung Heung-chae as Mr. Lee, Byung-sam's campaign manager
  • Lee Woo-seok as Mr. Hong, Byung-sam's chauffeur
  • Go In-beom as Detective Shin
  • Kim Soo-hong as Bong-gu
  • Kim Ha-kyun as co-president Kim
  • Lee Won-hee as Doctor Kang
  • Yeo Woon-kye

Awards

2005 KBS Drama Awards

2006 Baeksang Arts Awards

References
  1. "Final episode of My Rosy Life records viewership of 41.5%". KBS Global. 11 November 2005. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  2. "Korean Weekly News - February 13". Twitch Film. 13 February 2006. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. "K-Drama Hub (News/Ratings/Info)". Twitch Film. 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on January 28, 2008. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  4. "Actress Park Sol-mi Returns to TV Screen". KBS World. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  5. Park, Kun-ouc (4 October 2010). "Actor Kim Ji-hoon enters military today". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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