May Queen (TV series)
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Promotional poster for May Queen
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| Genre | |
| Written by | Son Young-mok |
| Directed by | Baek Ho-min |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Mananatili" by Sheryl Cruz |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 38 |
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| Producer(s) | Jung Min-woo |
| Production company(s) | May Queen Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Original release | August 18 – December 23, 2012 |
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May Queen (Hangul: 메이퀸) is a 2012 South Korean melodrama series about three people who experience ambition, revenge, betrayal and love, against the backdrop of the shipbuilding industry in Ulsan during Korea's modernization. It stars Han Ji-hye, Kim Jaewon and Jae Hee.
The heroine Hae-joo (Han Ji-hye) begins life in utter poverty. But despite being burdened with the secret past of her parents, she navigates treacherous waters and overcomes obstacles to achieve her dreams. Her childhood sweetheart Park Chang-hee (Jae Hee), son of the butler to a company chairman, also rises above his humble beginnings to become a successful prosecutor. Bright and playful Kang San (Kim Jaewon), the rival boss's privileged grandson, returns to Korea after years abroad to find that he still carries a torch for Hae-joo.
The story starts with the murder of a scientist whose name and identity are unknown. On the other hand, his family is scared and worried. Wealthy Jang Do Hyun is revealed to be the murderer. He being the superior of the murdered scientist wears a mask of grief and takes part in the memorial service, only to take his junior's wife as his own wife. Her girl child is robbed from her and given away to an unemployed and debt struck military junior of the head butler of Jang Do-hyun. Even though Jang orders for her to be killed his butler Park Gi-chul, because of his conscience is unable to do so. The story moves forward and we see a young Hae-joo,the murdered scientist's daughter, living with a family that has an ill-mannered and complaining mother, as she believes her to be the husband's illegitimate daughter. Park Chang Hee, the butler's son, who is ill-treated by the owner's son, has his own share of grief. Also there is Kang San, a charming, carefree and cheerful heir of the rival group of Jang Do-hyun, Haepoong. He is the only heir to his grandfather's business as his parents are dead. They all meet under one roof at the local school where Kang San and Chang attend the same class. Due to their similar situations Chang Hee and Hae Joo start liking each other. However Kang San starts falling for Hae Joo because of her welding abilities and cheerful personality. Due to some regrettable situations and events, Jang finds out that Hae Joo is his wife's daughter who he thought had been killed. So, he orders the butler to kill her. Chang Hee's father kills Hae Joo's father instead when the man puts himself between his adopted daughter and the butler's vehicle.
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