Dear Heaven
| Dear Heaven | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Love in Heaven Dear God Sky |
| Genre | Melodrama, Romance |
| Written by | Im Sung-han |
| Directed by | Lee Young-hee Shin Yoon-seob |
| Starring |
Yoon Jung-hee Lee Tae-gon Cho Yeon-woo Lee Soo-kyung Wang Bit-na |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 85 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Yoon Young-muk |
| Producer(s) | Jo Dong-suk Lee Hyun-suk |
| Location(s) | South Korea |
| Running time | 60 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 (KST) |
| Production company(s) | K-BEST |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 10 September 2005 – 2 July 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | That Summer's Typhoon |
| Followed by | Yeon Gaesomun |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dear Heaven (Hangul: 하늘이시여; RR: Haneuliseyeo; also known as Love in Heaven) is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee, Lee Tae-gon,Cho Yeon-woo, Lee Soo-kyung, and Wang Bit-na. It aired on SBS from September 10, 2005 to July 2, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 85 episodes.
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, it was the 5th highest rated TV program in Korea for the year 2006, with an average rating of 28.3%, and a peak rating of 44.5%.
The popular soap opera invited both criticism and high ratings for its provocative plot. The story revolved around a middle-aged woman who introduces her handsome news anchor stepson to her abandoned daughter, who had led a miserable life because of a cruel stepmother. It triggered controversy when the woman was revealed as the girl's biological mother. Viewers were divided on whether it was "immoral" and "incestuous" or a fresh take on relationship dramas, but director Lee Young-hee insisted that the show's theme was "deep maternal love, with a mother reclaiming her own daughter as a daughter-in-law in order to atone for having abandoned her as a baby."
When she was very young, Ji Young-sun (Han Hye-sook) gave away her baby Lee Ja-kyung after giving birth to her. She later remarries and creates a new family, but soon after, her husband dies, leaving her behind with her stepson Gu Wang-mo (Lee Tae-gon), and her daughter Gu Seul-ah (Lee Soo-kyung).
Now grown and a makeup artist, Lee Ja-kyung (Yoon Jung-hee) finds herself adrift with loneliness since her foster parents died when she was a child. She fell in love with her step-uncle but his family shuns her, dashing away any hopes of being with him. Deciding to focus on her career and find a new love, she meets Wang-mo, a TV news anchor.
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