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Sassy Girl: Choon Hyang was one of the earliest k-dramas aired in GMA 7 that I watched. I really liked the way Chun Hyang and Mong Ryong (sounds like Mu-Ryong from Witch Yoo Hee, huh?) deal with each other XD I think they look really good together. Actually, I have watched the tagalized version of this drama since DVD copies were not yet sold in stores. It has 17 episodes.

Here’s a synopsis from Wikipedia:

Delightful Girl Chun Hyang is the 2005 interpretation of the Legend of Chun-hyang. The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong, son of a famous chief of police, is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province, because he is a trouble maker. He accidentally bumps into Chun-hyang, shoots embarrassing photos of her and ends up swapping her cell phone with his. As a result, they are constantly in touch with each other and find out they attend the same school. Mong-ryong constantly bullies Chun-hyang and thanks to him, she becomes slightly sick. Feeling guilty, he visits her, only to mistakenly drink a whole bottle of wine, assuming it is juice. He immediately falls asleep on the only bed in the house, which consequently is the one Chun-Hyang is sleeping in. Thus, they spend the night with each other. Nothing sexually occurs, but thanks to their best friends, who know what happened and accidentally announce it on the school intercom, they are forced to marry each other in order to save their families’ reputation, seeing as everyone at school assumes they have slept together. They eventually fall in love with each other, but Mong-Ryong’s previous crush, Hong Chae-Rin, after rejecting him, then discovering his marriage, becomes jealous and tries to win him back. There is also the problem of Byun Hak-Do, an extremely successful talent agency director who falls in love with Chun-Hyang.

In order to help him get to college, Chun-Hyang helps him to his study so that he could be with Chae-Rin at Han-guk University, the most prestigious university in Korea. They are both accepted, but as she is unable to pay the tuition, she does not attend and tells her family-in-law she will meet them in Seoul, not revealing that her mother is actually on the run. When Mong-Ryong finally does find Chun-Hyang, he tries again and again to reveal his feelings for her, while unearthing her feelings for him by moving into her new location. When he finally confesses outright, she denies him, claiming she never loved him, because of Chae-Rin’s harsh statement that Mong-Ryong was merely pitying her and wished only to pay her back.

When the two finally do confess to each other, there is still one more problem. Byun Hak-Do, being rich, handsome and successful, assumes he could have any woman in the world, but when Chun-Hyang rejects him, he attempts to take her by blackmail. Several days before the real wedding between Mong-Ryong and Chun-Hyang, Mong-Ryong witnesses a woman being assaulted and attempts to save her. It turns out to be a plot, and so Mong-Ryong is now a criminal on the run. Byun Hak-Do carries an edited video of the security camera, putting Mong-Ryong in a bad light, and threatens Chun-Hyang that unless she goes to him, he will expose the video to the world. Chun-Hyang agrees and so Mong-Ryong is freed, but now, Chun-Hyang pretends to want to divorce him immediately to keep her end of the bargain. When the divorce is complete, she goes to Mr. Byun and the two of them prepare to travel to Japan, but at the last minute, she runs off and hides from both Mr. Byun and Mong-Ryong.

Several years pass and Mong-Ryong is now a famous prosecutor, the District Attorney of Seoul. Chun-Hyang has snuck off to Busan and now owns an accesories factory. Mr. Byun has just returned from Japan and people assume that his “fiancee” is still there as well. At the wedding of Mong-Ryong’s and Chun-Hyang’s two best friends,Bang Ji-hyuk and Han Dan-hee, Chun-Hyang sneaks in to drop off a present, and as she leaves, Mr. Byun sees her. In a rush to leave, she accidentally scrapes the car next to her, which is consequently Mong-Ryong’s car. The two start a heated argument through Chun-Hyang’s assistant, Kim Dong-Su, who goes to pay Mong-Ryong the money they owe for his car. Several crooks who follow assume Kim Dong-Su to be an informant and kidnap him. When the police rescue him, they discover the wedding picture from high school between Mong-Ryong and Chun-Hyang and show it to Mong-Ryong. When he sees it, he uses it to find Chun-Hyang again, but she still acts unhappy to see him, still frightened from knowing what Byun Hak-do has.

Finally, Byun Hak-do realizes that there are just some things in the world that he can’t have, and finally releases the full unedited version of the tape so that everyone can see Mong-Ryong’s true intentions.

To add to the happily ever after, Mong-Ryong re-proposes to Chun-Hyang and the two are married again.

Here are the main characters:

Sung Choon-Hyang- Han Chae Young
Because of poverty, Chun-hyang has to hold several part-time jobs to make her living. She delivers newspapers, cleans ponds and works as a photographer. Nonetheless, she studies hard at school and achieves good academic performance. She is regarded as the beauty queen of her school. She is seen as a usually sweet, gentle and kind girl, but when angered, she throws away the sweet side and immediately begins to take action. Although she is normally considered the school’s beauty queen/ top student, she also likes to go clubbing. She’s on the poor side, living alone with her mom in a small apartment (her father died when she was two), and that gives her a sense of responsibility, and so she takes on various odd jobs, such as delivering newspapers or fishing through ponds. One day, she meets Lee Mong-Ryong, an irresponsible boy which she ends up getting in trouble with and being forced to marry. She eventually falls in love with him, and in the end of the drama, they end up getting married for real.

Lee Mong-ryong – Jae Hee
Lee Mong-ryong is a tough but very simple-minded and hot-tempered guy. Although he is the son of the police station chief, he always gets into trouble in school. With the help of Chun-hyang, he enrolls into a prestigious university, achieving both love and career success at the same time. However, his love toward Chun-hyang is put to test when he meets his first love, Chae-rin.

Sassy Girl: Choon Hyang Soundtrack

Intro – 신동우 (Shin Dong-oo)
Haeng Bok Ha Gil Ba Rae 행복하길바래 – 임형주 (Im Hyung-joo)
Jayoo Rowa II 자유로와 II (쾌걸춘향 ver) – 지니 (Jinny)
Eung Geub Shil 응급실 – Izi
Mi Ahn Hae Ya Ha Neun Guh Hi 미안해야 하는거니 - As One
Sarang Hae Yo 사랑해요 – 김형섭 (Kim Hyung-sub)
Queen – 박용석 (Park Yong-suk)
Ee Mi Geu Daen 이미그댄 – Izi
Bud – Bud
Geu Sok Eh Suh 그속에서 – 신동우 (Shin Dong-oo)

(I’m going to post the link of these songs soon)

Jae Hee won the KBS Best New Actor Award in this drama while Han Chae Yeong won the KBS Popularity Award in 2005. And together, they bagged the 2005 KBS Acting Awards: Best Couple Award XD They’re so great great great XD XD I noticed Mu Ryong’s character (from Witch Yoo Hee) and Mong Ryong’s are very different from one another. It’s good to see how Jae Hee transformed from one character to another, so versatile XD

Oh yeah, I really love Choon Hyang’s hairstyle. I often style my hair that way and it reminds my friends about this cute k-drama ^_^v Two thumbs up for this drama ^_^v

^ look at that cute hairstyle XD

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