Miss Mermaid

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Miss Mermaid
Miss Mermaid TV poster.jpeg
Promotional poster
Also known asLittle Mermaid
Mermaid Lady
Story of a Mermaid
Irene
GenreMelodrama
Romance
Family
Revenge
Written byIm Sung-han
Directed byLee Joo-hwan
StarringJang Seo-hee
Kim Sung-taek
ComposerOh Jin-woo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes265
Production
Executive producerLee Jae-kap
ProducerMBC Drama Division
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original releaseJune 24, 2002 (2002-06-24) –
June 27, 2003 (2003-06-27)
External links
Website

Miss Mermaid (Korean: 인어아가씨; RR: Ineo Agassi) is a South Korean television series starring Jang Seo-hee and Kim Sung-taek.[1] It aired on MBC from June 24, 2002 to June 27, 2003 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:20 for 265 episodes.

Miss Mermaid became a nationwide hit upon airing, reaching a peak viewership rating of 43.6%.[2] The cast won several trophies at the 2002 MBC Drama Awards, notably the Daesang ("Grand Prize") for Jang Seo-hee.[3] The series led to Jang's pan-Asian popularity, particularly in China.[4][5]

But Miss Mermaid was also criticized for Im Sung-han's sensationalistic writing and unrealistic plot twists, as well as the show's multiple extensions.[6][7]

Plot[]

Eun Ah-ri-young is a successful television drama screenwriter with a past. Her father Eun Jin-sub had an affair and left their family for the other woman, and shortly after her autistic brother died and her mother Han Kyung-hye went blind. Ah-ri-young's unrelenting hate for her father throughout her childhood and adolescence drives her to meticulously plan her vengeance. Knowing that Jin-sub's new wife Shim Soo-jung is a popular actress, Ah-ri-young works her way up the ranks until she earns enough cachet in the TV industry. Then she writes a script that's a thinly veiled autobiography of her father's affair and its aftermath, and casts the unsuspecting Soo-jung in the role of the blind mother to make her feel guilty. To complete her revenge and cause the maximum amount of pain, Ah-ri-young also plots to steal the fiancé of her half-sister Eun Ye-young, the gentle-natured Lee Joo-wang. Helping Ah-ri-young in her plans is Jo Soo-ah, her mother's friend whose ulterior motive is that she wants Ah-ri-young to marry her son Ma Ma-joon. But Ah-ri-young finds herself falling in love with Joo-wang for real, and she eventually realizes that there is more to life than hatred and learns the true meaning of forgiveness.

Cast[]

Awards[]

2002 MBC Drama Awards

References[]

  1. ^ Kim Sung-taek later adopted the stage name Kim Sung-min.
  2. ^ "Likable or Not Reach Highest Drama Ratings since 2000". KBS Global. April 25, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Jang Seo-hee to appear on the stage as main guest of a talk show in China". Hancinema. June 28, 2005. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Actresses Jang, Yang, Lee Top Chinese Poll". KBS Global. May 11, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  5. ^ Park, Jin-hai (April 24, 2014). "Jang Seo-hee and hallyu in China". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Viewers Launch Massive Cyber Attack against TV Series The Mermaid". The Dong-a Ilbo. May 27, 2003. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  7. ^ Lee, Sun-min (April 24, 2015). "Censured drama writer to step down". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved April 24, 2015.

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