Beautiful Days (TV series)
| Beautiful Days | |
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Promotional poster
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| Genre |
Romance Drama |
| Written by | Yoon Sung-hee |
| Directed by | Lee Jang-soo |
| Starring |
Lee Byung-hun Choi Ji-woo Ryu Si-won Lee Jung-hyun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Seoul |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 14 March – 31 May 2001 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Beautiful Days | |
| Hangul | |
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| Revised Romanization | Areumdaun Naldeul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Arŭmdaun Naldŭl |
Beautiful Days (Hangul: 아름다운 날들; RR: Areumdaun Naldeul) is a 2001 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Ji-woo, Ryu Si-won and Lee Jung-hyun. The drama is the first entry in director Lee Jang-soo's Heaven Trilogy which includes Stairways to Heaven in 2003 and Tree of Heaven in 2006. It aired on SBS from March 14 to May 31, 2001 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Similar to its drama contemporaries, Beautiful Days involves conflicts in family relationships, as well as a love triangle.
Lee Min-chul (Lee Byung-hun) returns from studying in the US, to take an active role in his father's prospering music business, Victory Records. It turns out that his father (Lee Jung-gil) was involved in unethical practices in the past, as well as the murder of the father of Min-chul's stepbrother, Sun-jae (Ryu Si-won).
Into the scene comes two girls from the orphanage, Yeon-soo (Choi Ji-woo) and Se-na (Lee Jung-hyun), who share a sisterly bond. Se-na gets inspired to become a pop star after a visit by the Victory Records boss on a charity event.
Years pass, and both girls arrive in Seoul to start their adult lives. However, they get separated. Yeon-soo finds a job working at Victory Records in hopes of one day meeting Se-na again and becomes involved in the lives of the stepbrothers, Min-chul and Sun-jae. Yeon-soo and Min-chul make a deal that they will help each other's siblings. Yeon-soo moves into Min-chul's family home as a tutor for his younger sister Min-ji (Shin Min-a), and Min-chul will help Se-na achieve her dream of becoming a singer. A complex drama unfolds,Min-chul and Sun-jae both fall for Yeon-soo. Yeon-soo chooses Min-chul, but their love is threatened by a terminal illness.
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