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Kang
Yong-gi, played by Kwon
Sang-woo
His
father, Mr. Kang, is the owner of a
large domestic corporation who cheated
on his wife, and whose mistress gave birth
to Yong-gi, which is why Yong-gi is
so troubled. He is defiant and lives
his life the way he intended.
While he works as a pop artist he meets
Joanne, a colleague, and they love each
other passionately. However, his father’s
strong opposition leads to Joanne’s
suicide, which pains Yong-gi. He has
a troubled heart because of his clashes
with his father and the grief surrounding
his birth, but meets In-jeong, who is
emotionally hurt in love just like he
is, and they start a relationship. He
decides to not let love affect him anymore
and vows to never lose the person he
loves.
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Na
In-jeong, played by Lee Yo-won
She is a refined and beautiful
cellist who is so successful that she
even has her own album. However, her
love for a married man, Soo-hwan, results
her losing her parents and her baby.
She is forced to give up playing the
cello, which she had played all her
life, and she is on the verge of committing
suicide. However, five years later,
In-jeong has become a strong woman who
shapes her own life and shows no sign
of her earlier weakness. She is attracted
to Yong-gi, who has a bad temper and
who she fights with all the time, yet
she is shaken when her first love, Soo-hwan,
appears.
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Lee
Soo-hwan, played by Kim Seong-su
He thinks he can sacrifice
love to fulfill his ambitions. He marries
Joo-ran, the daughter of the company
president Mr.
Kang, and is set to become his successor,
but his married life is miserable. He
falls in love with In-jeong at first
sight, but doesn’t hesitate to dump
In-jeong when his wife, Joo-ran, finds
out. However, even time does not help
him forget his ardent love for In-jeong.
He is a cold and strong-hearted man
who will go to any extreme in order
to inherit the company of Mr. Kang.
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Joo-ran,
played by Kim Ga-yeon
She is the wife of Soo-hwan,
the only daughter of Mr. Kang, and the
stepsister of Yong-gi. She does whatever
she wants, and fears nothing in this
world. She has been suffering from a
menstruation disorder since she was
little, which is why she becomes a kleptomaniac
and short-fused when she is menstruating.
She is almost irrationally attached
to her husband, Soo-hwan. She loves
him, but is child-like and doesn’t
know how to love. She is selfish and
is relentless in taking revenge against
In-jeong, who her husband had an affair
with.
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Joanne,
played by Cha Ye-ryeon
She is the first love of Yong-gi
who studies art in New York. She is
a proud, free spirited artist, and falls
passionately in love with Yong-gi. However,
she makes an extreme choice—suicide—when
she finds out that Mr. Kang opposes
their relationship. She is like a shadow
to Yong-gi; she is a person he will
never forget for the rest of his life.
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Locations |
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 Pocheon
Banweol Art Hall
When In-jeong is practicing with
orchestra members, Joo-ran, the wife
of Soo-hwan, barges in. She takes away
the bow from In-jeong’s hand then injures
her wrist. From this incident In-jeong
can no longer play the cello. This scene
was filmed at Pocheon Banweol Art Hall.
The hall is three stories tall, with
two basement levels. It consists of
a large performance hall with 910 seats,
a small performance hall, a gallery,
a multipurpose hall, and a square. Movies
are screened and various concerts are
given at Pocheon Banweol Art Hall. The
building is unique in that it is shaped
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Directions: Get
off at Gangbyeon Station on subway line
no. 2 -> Take a bus bound for Pocheon
(73 times a day, every 15 minutes from
06:05 to 23:30; fare: 5,300 won; travel
time: 90 minutes) -> Get off at Pocheon
Cross-country Bus Terminal and take
a taxi
Address:
596-2 Haseongbuk-ri, Gunnae-myeon, Pocheon
City, Gyeonggi Province
Tourist
information: +82-31-1330 (Korean,
English, Japanese, Chinese)
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 Jeju
Gimnyeong Maze Park
After In-jeong and Soo-hwan pass
each other in the elevator, they meet
again at Jeju Gimnyeong Maze Park, which
is a famous spot on Jeju Island. Soo-hwan,
who is disappointed because he didn’t
get a promotion, and In-jeong, who took
a trip alone to Jeju, coincidentally
met at the Maze Park while trying to
find their way out of the maze. The
park is the only foliage maze park in
Asia, and is designed based on seven
symbols that represent the history and
topography of Jeju Island. There are
a total of four paths from the entrance
to the exit. You can get out of the
maze in as early as five minutes if
you are good with maps or you can be
stuck in the maze as long as an hour.
The maze is completely cut off from
its surroundings, which is why many
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Directions: Go to
Jeju International Airport -> Take
a taxi or rent a car
Tourist
information: +82-64-1330 (Korean,
English, Japanese, Chinese)
Homepage:
http://www.jejumaze.com/
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
Hours: 08:00–18:00
Entrance fee: Adults
19 and over: 3,300 won; Teens 13–18
years old: 1,650 won; Children 5–12
years old: 880 won
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 Yacht
tour
In-jeong and Soo-hwan fall in
love at first sight, and the first thing
they do together is go on the Shangri-La
Yacht, where they reveal their passionate
love for each other. Images of this
beautiful yacht and the blue waters
of Jeju fill the screen. Shangri-La
Yacht No. 1 is where the romantic date
between the two was filmed. The yacht
was built in 2007, and is equipped with
top-notch facilities such as a seminar
room, a DVD room, a foot massage room,
a card game room, and a singing room
furnished with a karaoke system, bedroom,
and bathroom. There are various customized
outings available including a one-hour
tour that sails from Seongcheon Inlet
within the Jungmun Tourism Complex in
Seogwipo City, Jeju Island, to the waters
by Jusangjeollidae (Seaside Cliff) and
back. |
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Directions: Take
limousine bus no. 600 at the limousine
bus stop located next to gate no. 1
at Jeju International Airport (every
15 minutes from 06:20 to 22:00; fare:
3,900 won (Jungmun)/5,000 won (Seogwipo)
-> Get off at the entrance of Pacific
Land
Address:
Within the Jungmun Tourism Complex at
2950-5 Saekdal-dong, Seogwipo City,
Jeju Island
Tourist information:
+82-61-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese,
Chinese)
Rates:
Public tour: 40,000 won–300,000 won;
Private tour: 400,000 won–700,000 won
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Jeju yacht experience
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Jeju
Haevichi Hotel
This is where the first scene of the
drama was filmed, and also where four
characters—Joanne, Kang Yong-gi, Soo-hwan,
and In-jeong—meet each other. Because
of Joanne and Yong-gi, who passionately
kiss in a glass elevator and then walk
toward a room, Soo-hwan and In-jeong
get on the same elevator. The scene
in the first episode where they first
meet was filmed at the Jeju Haevichi
Hotel, where you can take in an expansive
and breath-taking view of the seashores
of Jeju. The Haevichi Hotel has a golf
course and resort facility. It is a
large hotel with 288 rooms, including
46 suites. The hotel offers beautiful
scenery, such as Pyoseon Beach and palm
trees, that are uniquely found in Jeju
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Directions: Board
a Haevichi Hotel shuttle bus at large
bus stop no. 7 at Jeju International
Airport (nine times a day at 09:00,
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:90, 14:30, 15:50,
17:00, 20:30; travel time: 90
minutes; reservation required)
Telephone: +82-64-780-8000
(Korean, English, Japanese)
Tourist
information: +82-64-1330 (Korean,
English, Japanese, Chinese)
Homepage:
www.haevichi.com
(Korean, English, Japanese)
→Accommodations
in Jeju Island
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Incheon International Airport
Incheon
International Airport was where the scenes of Yong-gi’s
departure from Korea and his return to Korea with
Joanne’s ashes were filmed. Most of the airport
scenes in movies, dramas, and commercials are filmed
at Incheon International Airport, an airport of
global scale. It is known as the main filming location
for the drama Air
City, and so it evokes fond memories for
fans of Korean dramas. It has various amenities,
including shops, restaurants, health clinics, pharmacies,
bookstores, convenience stores, cafes, and saunas.
An airport railway linking the downtown area with
Incheon International Airport has been in operation
since March 2007, offering convenient transportation.
→Visit
the Incheon International Airport site
Samcheok
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The place Yong-gi moves to is the
Yangji branch of Gungchon Elementary
School. Yong-gi buys the school and
spruces it up charmingly. It remains
the actual school that was closed down
and taken up by artists as a place of
work. It is located in Maewon-ri, which
is close to the secluded Gungchon Beach,
so it is not an easy place to reach.
The place where “Cockadoodle-doo Chicken,”
the restaurant In-jeong runs, is located
and where the lively harbor scenes were
filmed is Jeongnajin Harbor, which is
easy to get to from downtown Samcheok.
This is where Yong-gi and In-jeong fall
in love with each other and where Soo-hwan
comes to meet In-jeong. The Cockadoodle-doo
Chicken restaurant was built for the
filming of the drama, and is located
on a street adjacent to Jeongnajin Harbor.
Samcheok City is already well known
because it is where the movie April
Snow starring Bae
Yong-jun was filmed. The entire
city, with its traditional atmosphere,
is certainly an apt filming location
for movies and dramas. When touring
Samcheok, don’t forget to visit the
tourist attractions shown in the film
April
Snow.
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Directions: Get off at Gangbyeon
Station on subway line no. 2 -> Board
a bus to Samcheok at the Dong Seoul
Bus Terminal (15 times a day from 07:10
to 20:05; travel time: 3 hours, 40 minutes;
fare: 14,900 won) -> Get off at Samcheok
Cross-country Bus Terminal and take
a taxi
Tourist information: +82-33-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
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Visit
the Samcheok City site
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