Star in My Heart

Star in My Heart
Also known as	Wish Upon a Star
Created by	MBC Production
Written by	Kim Ki-ho
Directed by	Lee Jin-suk Lee Chang-hoon
Starring	Choi Jin-sil Ahn Jae-wook Cha In-pyo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release	10 March (1997-03-10) – 29 April 1997 (1997-04-29)
External links
Website

Star in My Heart (Korean: 별은 내 가슴에; RR: Byeol-eun Nae Gaseum-e) was a 1997 Korean drama series run on MBC. One of the earlier Korean dramas to air outside Korea, as part of what became known as the Korean Wave, it was very popular and helped its cast (particularly Ahn Jae-wook) become widely recognized.^[1][2], The drama also marked Jeon Do-yeon's final small screen appearance prior to transition in the big screen with The Contact later that year.

Story[]

Orphan Lee Yun-hee (Choi Jin-sil) is adopted into a hostile family environment. She harbors an undiscovered artistic talent, which helps to catapult her into the lives of two men. She was taken to her father's friend family, after her father died, although while his father's friend had warm feeling towards her she was met with hostility from her new stepmother (Park Won-sook) and her stepsister Ahn Yi-hwa (Jo Mi-ryung), who throughout the series are intriguing with against her. She becomes engaged in a relationship with a young, promising star Kang Min-hee (Ahn Jae-wook) a son of a rich businessman who's against his only son being a singer because it doesn't uphold to his values of a good occupation a man should be busy with. Lee Joon-hee (Cha In-pyo), who's a lead designer in one of the fashion houses, becomes a friend of Yun-hee and eventually helps her to make a career as a designer as well.

Cast[]

• Choi Jin-sil as Lee Yun-hee
• Ahn Jae-wook as Kang Min-hee
• Cha In-pyo as Lee Joon-hee
• Jeon Do-yeon as Soon-ae
• Jo Mi-ryung as Ahn Yi-hwa
• Park Won-sook as Mrs. Song
• Lee Young-hoo as Mr. Ahn
• Park Chul as Ahn Yi-ban
• Oh Ji-myung as Min-hee's father
• Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Min-hee's mother
• Maeng Sang-hoon as Heo Kwang-young
• Kang Nam-gil as Han Jae-bong
• Yoo Tae-woong as Joon-young
• Han Seung-yeon as orphan

See also[]

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean television shows
• Contemporary culture of South Korea

References[]

External links[]

• Star in My Heart at HanCinema
• Star in My Heart at IMDb
• Star in My Heart at YA Entertainment