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n television series, starring

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, Ryu Jin and

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. It explores the question of age differences in romance. It aired on MBC from August 20, 2011 to February 5, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 50 episodes.

Plot

Woo Joo-young (

) is the eldest daughter in the family and have come through hardships in life thanks to her bright and caring personality. Her husband Tae-kyung has an affair which ends in their divorce. One day, Joo-young takes her son Chan-noh to a soccer game and meets Jang Woo-bin (

), a former national soccer player who's now a sports agent. Chan-noh warms to Woo-bin and this leads to a close friendship between Joo-young and Woo-bin. Woo-bin romances the divorced single mom, but their differences in age, social status and life experience create obstacles to their relationship. Jang Byung-doo (

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) is the chaebol head of a resort group who falls in love with his

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Yoo Ji-sun (Cha Hwa-yeon), and they marry.) Meanwhile, the chaebol's son Jang Woo-jin ( Ryu Jin) is the cold and haughty planning manager at his father's resort, who has a strained relationship with his father marked by lingering resentment — he feels Dad showed little kindness to his mother, who died of a hereditary illness. Woo Joo-mi (

) is a freelance reporter for a magazine who doesn't remember her own mother's face, having been raised by her older sister Joo-young and grandmother. She falls for Woo-jin at first sight despite their 9-year age difference, and thanks to her proactive personality, tackles her crush head-on. Rather than suffering from lovesickness on her own, she goes after him assertively, and wins him over by melting his icy exterior with her optimistic, affectionate nature.

Cast

Main characters

as Woo Joo-young *

as Jang Woo-bin * Ryu Jin as Jang Woo-jin (Woo-bin's cousin) *

as Woo Joo-mi (Joo-young's younger sister)

Supporting characters

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as Han Yoo-kyung (Woo-bin's first love) *

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as Park Tae-kyung *

as Jang Byung-doo *

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as Yoo Ji-sun *

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as Park Chan-noh *Kim Chang-sook as Min Ae-ja *Jung Ga-eun as Jang Hye-bin *

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as Yum Jung-soon *

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as Jang Soo-ah * Ban Hyo-jung as Cha Kyung-soon * Lee Mi-young as Oh Bok-joo *Lee Ja-young as Yang Joon-hee *

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as Jang Byung-shik *

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as Yoon Ki-joon (cameo) *

Lee Tae-ri Lee Tae-ri () (born Lee Min-ho; June 28, 1993) is a South Korean actor. He is well-known for his role as young Yang Myung in ''Moon Embracing the Sun'' (2012), Song Man-bo in ''Rooftop Prince'' (2012), Jung Joo-hwan in '' The Beauty Inside'' (20 ...

as Moon Gi-joon (cameo) *

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as Hyung-soo, soccer player

Notes

International broadcast

* It aired in Vietnam on Let's Viet VTC9 on October 2, 2015 under the title ''Tình yêu không tuổi''. * In Singapore and Malaysia, it aired on Oh!K from November 26, 2020 to early February 2021.

References

External links

''A Thousand Kisses'' official MBC website

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