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, Chae Shi-ra,

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and

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. It aired on SBS's Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 ( KST) time slot, from August 18 to November 25, 2012, for 30 episodes.

Synopsis

Set in South Korea, the drama's first 4 episodes focus on the childhoods of Yoo Ji-Ho and Yoo In-Ha. 12-years old Yoo Ji-Ho lived with his adoptive grandmother. One day, during a thunderstorm, his grandma is killed, after being run over by a mysterious black car. Afterwards, Yoo Ji-Ho is invited into the family of Yoo In-Ha. 11-years old Yoo In-Ha is the son of a wealthy CEO of a piano company. He is an overly cocky piano prodigy, winning all of the competitions he enters. After his father introduces Yoo Ji-Ho is introduced as the elder son of Yoo In-Ha's father, Yoo In-Ha begins to feel threatened by Yoo Ji-Ho, who has lots of musical talent. Chae Yeong-rang, Yoo In-Ha's mother, is forced to accept Yoo Ji-Ho as her son. She was extremely unhappy about this, especially after discovering that her husband plans to hand the company down to Yoo Ji-Ho, instead of Yoo In-Ha. After arguing with her husband, she unintentionally struck her husband down onto the ground, causing his head to bleed. Fearing that she killed her husband, she fled, but discovers that the house is on fire, unintentionally caused by her mother in law, who fell asleep after lighting the candles on a birthday cake. The mother in law rushed out of the house, begging a deaf and mute street dessert vendor to help her rescue her two grandsons. The street dessert vendor's daughter was friends with both Yoo Ji-Ho and Yoo In-Ha. Her name is Hong Da-mi. Yoo Ji-Ho taught the girl her first piano piece, while Yoo In-Ha gave her official piano lessons. Realizing that her son is still upstairs, she rushed upstairs to rescue him the fire. She unintentionally rescued Yoo Ji-Ho instead of Yoo In-Ha, believing that Yoo Ji-Ho was her actual son, because he was wearing the bunny pajamas that she gave to her actual son earlier. After realizing that she rescued the other son, she attempted to reenter the building, but was stopped by firefighters. Yoo In-Ha sustained major injuries, caused by the fire, but was thankfully saved by the street desert vendor. Unfortunately, the man died, after a chandelier fell on top of him. Yoo In-Ha discovered that his fingers are ruined, due to the fire. His mother ordered the doctor to have a skin-graft surgery, which would allow Yoo In-Ha to play the piano once more. After the surgery, Yoo In-Ha discovered that he could no longer move his pinky finger, resulting in much anguish. Yoo In-Ha attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the hospital building, but was saved by his older brother, Yoo Ji-Ho. After being interrogated by police about the fire, Chae Yeong-rang blamed the street vendor for the fire, claiming that he was a thief. The street vendor's family is shamed and forced to move away. 14 years later, Yoo Ji-Ho and Yoo In-Ha meet Hong Da-mi again, competing for her love. Who will win?

Cast

Main

as Yoo Ji-ho **

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as young Ji-ho * Chae Shi-ra as Chae Yeong-rang *

as Yoo In-ha ** Kim Ji-hoon as young In-ha *

as Hong Da-mi **Kim Sung-kyung as young Da-mi

Supporting

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as Song Nam-joo *

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as Hong Woo-jin * Lee Hae-in as Jung So-yeol *

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as Yoo Man-se *

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as Min Ban-wol *

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as Kim Jung-wook *

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as Na Gye-hwa *

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as Choi Seung-jae *

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as Louis Kang

Controversy

Accusations of

plagiarism Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 '' Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close imitation of the language and thought ...

were made by the author of novel ''Blood Rhapsody'', which the production denied.

Ham Eun-jung Hahm Eun-jung (born December 12, 1988), known professionally as Eunjung and also Elsie, is a South Korean singer and actress. In 1995, she won ''Little Miss Korea'' competition at the age of seven and debuted as a child actress in the same year ...

was initially cast as the female lead Hong Da-mi, and she had already appeared in the promotional teasers and stills, as well as attended the press conference. But due to the negative publicity stemming from

T-ara T-ara (; ko, 티아라) are a South Korean girl group formed by MBK Entertainment in 2009, consists of four members: Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon. T-ara's career is marked by hook-heavy dance-pop music, a result of their close partner ...

's bullying controversy, the production fired her and replaced her with

. Ham filed a lawsuit against the producers, and the Corea Entertainment Management Association (CEMA) issued a boycott against the production company Yein E&M (now known as Jidam Inc.). In February 2013 Yein E&M issued a formal apology for firing Ham without notice.

Ratings

International broadcast

* The series aired in Japan on TBS beginning July 24, 2013. * In Vietnam, the series aired on VTVCab7 D-Drama from July 17, 2013. * In Thailand, the series aired on 3SD in a network of Channel 3 under the title ''ทำนองรักทำนองชีวิต'' (''thảnxng rạk thảnxng chīwit''; literally: ''Rhythm Love, Rhythm Life'') beginning June 28, 2016. *The series also aired in 2013 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

References

External links

* * {{Kim Soon-ok (screenwriter) 2012 South Korean television series debuts 2012 South Korean television series endings Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows Television shows involved in plagiarism controversies South Korean musical television series South Korean melodrama television series South Korean romance television series Television shows written by Kim Soon-ok