- Source: Cinderella Man (TV series)
Cinderella Man (Korean: 신데렐라 맨; RR: Sindyerella Maen) is a 2009 Korean drama directed by Yeo Jeong-Joon and starring Kwon Sang-woo and Im Yoon-ah as the main protagonists. The drama is about lookalikes Oh Dae-san and Lee Jun-hee (both played by Kwon Sang-woo) who live very different lives. It was first aired on April 15, 2009, and was last aired on June 4, 2009.
Synopsis
Modeled after a more modern, masculine version of Cinderella. Dae-san is a clothing designer who operates a small shop in Dongdaemun Market and dreams of wealth. He meets Joon-hee one day, the heir of a fashion empire, who invites him to become him. Eventually, Dae-sun outsmarts the boss, Lee Jae-min, and eventually finds true love.
Cast
= Main characters
=Lee Joon-hee played by Kwon Sang-woo
Second son of the founder of a fashion empire and heir apparent. He is tall and has an athletic build. He's handsome and has a sharp eye for style. But he is arrogant and hates complications in his life. He was sent off to France where he spent 19 years of his life. Upon hearing about his father's illness, he returns to Korea and his grandmother, the chairwoman of the company, makes him take a managerial position at the company. Having a heart problem just like his later mother, he asks Oh Dae-san, who is his lookalike, to pose as him for a month so that he can secretly get a heart operation without anyone in his family knowing about his medical condition. And with that he goes off to Paris for his operation...
Seo Yoo-jin played by Im Yoon-ah
An aspiring designer. She has a sharp sense of style and a lot of pride. One of the star graduates of a famous Paris fashion design school, she starts from the bottom in the fashion industry by working for Dae-san when her father, a clothes wholesaler, suddenly passes away. She doesn't get along with Dae-san and constantly quarrels with him. By chance she meets the rich Lee Jae-min again whom she met before in Paris. His family owns a fashion empire and she can't make up her mind whether to choose Jae-min or Dae-san, whom she has gradually grown fond of.
Jang Sae-eun's played by Han Eun-jung
The only daughter of the founder of a mutual fund empire. She studied fashion design overseas. Having sultry good looks, she did model gigs during her high school years. She is very conscious about the latest fashion trends. During her time abroad, she regrets turning down Jae-min when he proposed marriage to her, and so she wants to give him a second chance to rekindle their relationship. But she gets upset when Jae-min doesn't show much of an interest in her. Then she spots Oh Dae-san and is attracted to his street smarts.
Oh Dae-san played by Kwon Sang-woo
Sells clothes in the back alleys of Dongdaemun Market and obsesses about getting rich. Tall and handsome, he is a hustler and dresses well as he marches ahead on the road towards becoming a successful merchant. Growing up as an orphan, he does not fear failure nor does he trust anyone. He meets Lee Joon-hee, heir to a fashion empire, and when Lee sees that Dae-san looks just like him, he asks him if he would switch places with him...
Lee Jae-min played by Song Chang-eui
Eldest son in the family that owns a fashion empire. As Joon-hee's stepbrother, he makes decisions after weighing all the options before him and has impeccable manners. He is at odds with his step-grandmother, who wishes to hand over the reins of the company to her grandson Joon-hee, who also happens to be a talented businessman. The only woman who gives him comfort is Seo Yoo-jin, whom he met in Paris but he figures that he must marry Jang Sae-eun whose family is very wealthy and influential...
= Supporting characters
=Jung Hye-sun as Company owner Kang Ju-ok
Yoo Hye-ri as Lady Oh Seon-yeong
Ahn Suk-hwan as Steward Ahn
Jeong Gyoo-soo as Director Shin Ki-cheol
Lee Byung-joon as Elegance Choi
Jung Woo as Ma Yi-san
Kim Min-hee as Team leader Lee
Kang Dong-yeob as Kim Dong-hyeon
Ryoo Sang-wook as Park Seung-jae
Lee Yeon-doo as Kang Yoon-jeong
Lee Kyung-jin as Yoo-jin's mother
Jang Jung-hee as Lee Kkeut-soon
Kwon Tae-won as Company president Park
Hwang Eun-jeong as 3 hundred million
Ra Mi-ran as Velvet Lee
Lim Hyeok-pil as B-Boy Dancer meeting MC
Son Ho-jun as Yeo Jeong Min
Kil Yong-woo as Yoo-jin's father - Cameo
Sa Mi-ja - Cameo
Ahn Nae-sang - Cameo
Lee Dae-yeon - Cameo
Lee Il-hwa - Cameo
Jeon Soo-kyeong - Cameo
Lee Hye-eun - Cameo
Choi Soo-rin - Cameo
Jung Jin as orphanage director - Cameo (ep 15)
Jeong Byeong-cheol - as shopping street promotion president
Shin Na-ri
Kim Min-jwa as Ae-ran
Lee Sang-bong
Ratings
In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Source: TNS Media Korea
References
External links
Cinderella Man official MBC website (in Korean)
Cinderella Man at HanCinema
Cinderella Man at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cinderella Man (seri televisi)
- Spacetoon (Indonesia)
- Daftar acara GTV
- Daftar acara NET.
- Daftar produksi MD Entertainment
- Personal Preference (seri televisi)
- Daftar acara RCTI
- Daftar acara SCTV
- Ng Man-tat
- Daftar acara Indosiar
- Cinderella Man (TV series)
- Cinderella Man (disambiguation)
- Cinderella (TV series)
- Cinderella at 2 AM
- Cinderella
- Cinderella complex
- List of Disney's Cinderella characters
- Cinderella (Disney character)
- Cinderella (disambiguation)
- Cinderella (1997 film)
