Mary Stayed Out All Night | |
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Promotional poster for Mary Stayed Out All Night
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Also known as | Marry Me, Mary! |
Genre | Romance, Comedy |
Based on |
Mary Stayed Out All Night by Won Soo-yeon |
Written by | In Eun-ah (ep 1-10) Go Bong-hwang (ep 11-16) |
Directed by | Hong Suk-goo Kim Young-kyun |
Starring |
Moon Geun-young Jang Keun-suk Kim Jae-wook Kim Hyo-jin |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Jung Sung-hyo |
Producer(s) | Han Sang-woo |
Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 |
Production company(s) | ACC Korea |
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Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Original release | 8 November | – 28 December 2010
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Sungkyunkwan Scandal |
Followed by | Dream High |
External links | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 매리는 외박중 |
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Hanja | 매리는 外泊中 |
Revised Romanization | Maerineun Oebakjung |
McCune–Reischauer | Maerinŭn Oebakjung |
Mary Stayed Out All Night (Hangul: 매리는 외박중; also known as Marry Me, Mary!) is a 2010 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Moon Geun-young, Jang Keun-suk, Kim Jae-wook and Kim Hyo-jin. It is based on the Daum webtoon of the same title by Won Soo-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from November 8, to December 28, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Wi Mae-ri (Moon Geun-young) is a stubborn young woman with no dating experience. She looks like her late mother, but her hot temper comes straight from her deadbeat father (Park Sang-myun). Her father's business failures always make trouble, but Mae-ri still loves him. Because she can't afford college tuition, she temporarily stops attending college, and without any special skills, starts to work odd jobs. One day, driving friends around as one of those jobs, she accidentally hits musician Kang Mu-gyul (Jang Keun-suk) and over a series of events, they become friends. Mae-ri's father proposes that she marry his rich friend's son Byun Jung-in (Kim Jae-wook) to pay off their debts. She refuses; when her father won't let her, and in fact forges the couple's signatures on a marriage registration, she pretends to have already married Mu-gyul. Instead of accepting that, her father proposes a deal: spend 100 days with both of them and afterwards, she can decide who she wants to marry. And from there, a love triangle forms...
Source: TNS Media Korea
Despite low ratings in South Korea, the series was a huge hit in Japan in terms of both ratings and DVD sales. It aired there on cable channel DATV beginning February 16, 2011. This was followed by a popular run on terrestrial network TBS beginning May 20, 2011, due to the Korean Wave appeal of lead actor Jang Keun-suk.