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K-Drama: 누구세요, (Who Are You?)
Who Are You is an MBC drama that began on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, on Station LA-18 (KSCI). It will air Wed–Thurs from 9:50–10:50p. No Eng Subs
(Replaces New Heart)
[Note: I am unable to upload images for the past several days. If the Imageshack feature again starts working on our board, I will plug in the pictures. In the meantime, please refer to the Soompi Thread for all pictures/images.]
Cast: Yoon Kye Sang, Go Ara, Lee Eon, Jin Lee Han, Kang Nam Gil
Number of Episodes: 16
Official Homepage: Korean
SYNOPSIS & CAST/CHARACTERS
Courtesy of yeohweping and Sandy @ purpletiger86 at Soompi class ul Cha Seung Hyo (Yoon Kye Sang) is an abandoned child who gets adopted in the United States and grows up to be a cold hearted, rich enterprise hunter. Upon returning to Korea, he gets possessed by Song Il Gun (Kang Nam Gil), a quick service deliveryman who has became a ghost [who] uses his body by force to look after her for three hours daily. During this period, he begins to open up himself to Son Young In (Go Ara), who is the complete opposite of him and falls for her.
Son Young In, [is] a manhwa author wannabe, quick-tempered girl who meets Cha Seung Hyo during her part-time job and has a really bad impression of him from the start. She found out that her dad has been using Cha Seung Hyo when she felt that he had become too nice towards her. But still, she falls for the lonely Seung Hyo who is unable to open up to anyone else because of his bitter past.
Son Il Gun is a quick service deliveryman who dies worrying for his twenty-year-old only daughter 'Young In,' although their relations weren‛t too good when he was alive. He becomes a ghost who manages to 'take over' Cha Seung Hyo's body for three hours daily for a limited time of 49 days to watch over Young In and buy her things that he couldn't provide for her when he was alive using Cha Seung Hyo's money.
But little does he know that Cha Seung Hyo will really fall for his daughter. class p CAST/CHARACTERS (credit Sandy @ purpletiger86)
Cha Seung Hyo (a cold-blooded business hunter) class ul He is Korea's representative and leading businessman for the globally known fund consultant company "Blues Tone" in America. He works with all different kinds of funds, but he especially specializes in M&A. He was abandoned by his biological parents at a young age and lived temporarily at an orphanage until his foster parents adopted him when he was seven years old. His IQ is over 150! This is the reason why they selected him. He immigrated to America and is by law a US citizen. Due to his work, he flies back to Korea and gets into an unexpected accident and now his mind wanders (goes back and forth)?! class ul As hard it is to believe… Seung Hyo is able to see spirits (ghost)! Seung Hyo is able to have a conversation with a spirit! Although it's hard to admit that the spirit that is inside Seung Hyo's body (without getting permission) is the father of the daughter/girl Seung Hyo loves! The only thing to believe is that the person that she loved was not Seung Hyo, but her father's spirit!!!Son Young In (a weird and aspiring comic artist) class ul She just graduated from high school. She got accepted admissions to Sae Jong University as a comic animation major, however, due to her father’s unexpected death, she gives up going to school and instead decides to work two part-time jobs to earn a living. During the day she works at a BBQ restaurant and during the night she works at a mini market. As writing her daily life on a blog, she draws comic strips of her life every day. She believes it's impossible to enter into college right now, but is thinking about entering a competition. While fighting through each day, drawing comic strips is what makes her sane; gives her hope and a reason to live. She's weird. She's an unbelievably difficult girl to understand. She seems like the reverse of a thriller movie. However, she's a girl who's very lovable like the warm sunshine! After her mother's death, she lived ten years with her father. After her father's death, a man whom she met for the first time in her life comes into her life and acts like her father?! class ul Sweet and brutal, a man who is hard to understand, Cha Seung Hyo... Who is he? A person who's difficult to understand exactly who is he?Supporting cast
Son Il Gun (clumsy father spirit) class ul He was a quick service deliveryman. He died due to an unexpected accident and now lives on as a ghost spirit. He was awarded 49 days before he crosses the river of oblivion (Lethe). Although his body has disappeared, his memories have not disappeared! Within 49 days, he needs to tell his daughter who is left all alone something! He was an unknown artist in the past but one of his works was sold for a really high price recently. He's trying all sorts of things to get in contact with his daughter! He is a childish and clumsy father who makes things so awkward. He lives his life full of mistakes in reality as well. Have it or not, he’s a type of father who would do anything possible (even donating blood) to make his mind comfortable.
They say that I'm dead! My daughter does not even cry! She probably is extremely angry after hearing that I might have committed suicide from the cops! I did not commit suicide! I am not as bad as to leave my 18-year-old daughter behind to commit suicide! I must tell my daughter this! There are so many things I haven't told my daughter! I'll do anything to meet with my daughter again!”Shim Jae Ha (Jin Lee Han) class ul Shim Jae Ha is a Fine Arts representative/museum CEO who gets involved in a love triangle between the quick-tempered Young In and cold-hearted Seung Hyo. Jae Ha is an overseas graduate who came back to take over his dad's art gallery. He came near to Young In at first with the purpose of getting the other paintings that her dad left behind after one of them was auctioned off for a high price. He always tries to convince himself that he's not being greedy but is really focused on his work to ease off his guilt around the innocent Young In, whom he gets attracted to on first sight.Yoo Ha Young (Kim Sung Eun) class ul Yoo Ha Young (a careful curator working for promotional, marketing, and planning projects) is the girlfriend of Shim Jae Ha, who helped him to be successful with her connections. She loves Jae Ha a lot but she feels that Jae Ha doesn't as he always ingores it whenever she tells him that she does. She began to feel threatened when Jae Ha brings Young In back to work with them.Kwon Yong Duk (Lee Eon) class ul Young In's best friend, Yong Duk has been always been a guardian angel to her and they are known to be inseparable friends with a very strong bond.Yang Ji Suk (Lee Min Jung) class ul Ji Suk is another best friend of Young In and had known each other since they were in school. She is a tomboyish girl that Young In leans on during her times of need and vice visa. Ji Suk is a cheerful and strong girl despite being paralyzed in the lower half of her body since the time of junior high school because of the damage in the thoracic pad and spinal cord during an accident. Ji Suk and Yong Duk forms a love bond in this drama.Kim Young Ae (Park Ji Young) class ul Kim Young Ae who was formerly a singer, is the girlfriend of Il Gun that he had hoped to marry.Death Angel "Sa Sang" (Yoon Joo Sang) class ul He's the court officer of the underworld who was to bring Il Gun's soul to heaven after he died. Pitying Il Gun, he offers Il Gun an option to let him stay for another 49 days to look after Young In (Il Gun has to go to hell after the grace period ends).Extra plot translations by Sandy (purpletiger86) class ul It's a special love story between a bad father and a bad daughter, who come to forgive and understand each other after experiencing death (in this case, the father dies). It's a human family/romantic melodrama about a father who dies and becomes a ghost/spirit. In order to meet his daughter, he borrows a young man's body and appears in front of his daughter and showers her with the love that he wasn't able to give when he was alive. So the father borrows/uses the young man's (Cha Seung Hyo) body for 49 days. His goal is to do everything that he wasn't able to do for his daughter within the 49 days he has...buys her food, clothes...etc. Cha Seung Hyo is a young and wealthy man. Although it's a typical story, it has a unique twist to it as well.
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4/24/2008, 3:16 pm
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Re: K-Drama: 누구세요, (Who Are You?)
The following is a response I received from LA 18 to our question about the lack of Eng subbed programs. When I first began watching K and J dramas 3 years ago, I recall that at least the MT and WTH 9:50 dramas were broadcast with Eng subs but now we are left with strictly native language content. There must be more watchdogs and controls being placed on distributors coupled with the additional costs incurred in providing the service. Perhaps the producers have caught on to the $$$$$ that can be made with DVD sales but with dramas of extended length, the retail prices for these puts many people out of the market.
Dear Dawn,
Thank you for your inquiry and viewership as LA 18 KSCI-TV always greatly appreciate it. We have received many calls and mails regarding the issue with subtitling request and have looked into the matter to better meet the viewers' needs. LA18 KSCI-TV deals with many outside producers who lease airtime on our station and provide us programming.
KSCI does not require other producers to provide us English subtitling because many producers do not have the broadcasting license to produce works in English. We strongly encourage our producers to provide subtitling, but as you may already know it can be time consuming and very expensive. For these following reasons, LA18 is not able to require producers to provide subtitles.
Our station deals with several Mandarin drama distributors, and it is up to them to obtain the rights to English subtitling. Our priority is to satisfy our core audience who speak the language. However, we understand that there are large group of audience who rely on the English subtitling. For this reason, whenever we have a drama that has English subtitles, we air it during primetime so that more viewers can enjoy the show.
Many of the Korean programming which air on our station is produced by KTAN, and we do not have rights to place subtitling over their material as well as all other producers' programs. Please feel free to contact KTAN directly at 323-964-0101 for all further inquiries. Also, please feel free to contact UTB (United Television Broadcast). Most of their programs have English subtitling for their programs such as dramas, variety, and news. They may be reached at 323-469-2929 or www.utbhollywood.com. Thank you.
Regards,
Emiko Eda | 江田 恵美子
Programming Assistant
LA 18 KSCI-TV
1990 South Bundy Drive, Suite 850
Los Angeles, CA. 90025
Phone: (310) 442-2338
Fax: (310) 442-2339
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Re: K-Drama: 누구세요, (Who Are You?)
I don't think this drama was shown yet. I happen to be watching this elsewhere and I am totally involved in it and enjoying every episode. It is a crazy premise to start with but it works as long as you put yourself into the idea of the story. The actor playing the father is great and the actor playing the coldblooded businessman is so good that I have finally fallen for him now that it is almost the end of the drama. In fact I was so into this that when I got to the middle of the one episode I was petrified. I really wondered if there could be a happy ending and I felt a sense of doom with the way the dialogue and actions were going. I finally asked a question about this on another forum to make sure it would not end up in tragedy before I could go on watching any more.I don't think I could have watched anymore if it was tragic.
Yes it really hooked me and I can't wait for the final episode although I wish it could go on longer.
Just realised that this is indeed being shown but I did not watch it because no subs and this one really needs subs. However, if you can watch it somewhere with the subs I think you would really like this drama.
Peg
I highly recommend this drama. You just have to stay with the first few episodes.
Peg
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5/6/2008, 11:24 pm
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Re: K-Drama: 누구세요, (Who Are You?)
when I first watched this drama without subs, I already found it interesting - so I went somewhere to find out what the title is - and there it is. Like Peg, I got hooked on it too - very interesting.
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5/13/2008, 8:24 pm
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Re: K-Drama: 누구세요, (Who Are You?)
Loved this drama. The actor playing Seong Hyo was fabulous. Switching from one personality to another...great! This is one that I will purchase and share with my non-Kdrama friends. I think this one, along with Hong Gil Dong will catch their interest. (of course there are others that I personally like that I want them to see as well but I have to start slow with that bunch on non believers!)
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5/27/2008, 9:23 am
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Re: K-Drama: 누구세요, (Who Are You?)
Such a huge fan of this show:
here's my favorite song from the series:
http://daumbgm.nefficient.co.kr/mgbdamu/A0700001/A070000141066406.wma
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