''Golden Fish'' () is a 2010

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, Lee Tae-gon,

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, and

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. The daily drama aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 20:15 from May 3 to November 11, 2010 for 133 episodes.

Plot

Lee Tae-young has long been hardened from growing up in an unloving family. The only person whom he can open his heart to is his stepsister Han Ji-min, but their love is tested by his stepmother's manipulations and the cruelty of fate.

Cast and characters

as Moon Jung-ho :He's the chairman of the Jungin Medical Foundation and also the director of a prestigious general hospital while carrying on his duties as a university president. In the professional arena, he is a calculating person who makes management decisions without any emotion, but in his personal life, he displays a liberal and free-spirited streak. He is a natural charmer and attracts many ladies but he always holds back from falling in love. However, his outlook on life is turned upside down after he meets the young and comely ballerina, Ji-min. * Lee Tae-gon as Lee Tae-young :A doctor. He's a handsome man and talented surgeon. He lost his mother when he was seven years old and his father was never a part of his life since he was born. So he was taken in by Kyung-san and grew up with his family. He doesn't open up to people easily but he is very tender towards Ji-min. *

as Han Ji-min :A

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. Like her father, she's a warmhearted person and very attractive. For 23 years, she only loved Tae-young but he breaks her heart by abruptly leaving her life. She loses her father, her dreams and the man she loved all at once. Amidst this turmoil, she becomes a changed person. *

as Moon Hyun-jin :Jung-ho's daughter and Tae-young's wife. Her first husband died while she was pregnant with their baby and she became a single mom all of a sudden. She falls in love with Tae-young who operated on her ailing daughter Seo-yeon. She asks Tae-young out and they eventually get married. But she constantly worries that he'll leave her one day.

Han family

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as Han Kyung-san *

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as Jo Yoon-hee *

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as Han Kang-min *Guzal Tursunova as Rebecca *Seo Seung-man as Jo Yoon-woo

Moon family

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as Mrs. Kang (Jung-ho's mother) *

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as Moon Jung-won (Jung-ho's sister) *Lee Hae-woo as Moon Seok-jin (Jung-ho's son) *

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as Moon Seo-yeon (Hyun-jin's daughter)

Extended cast

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as Lee Se-rin *

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as Yoon Myung-ji * Lee Hae-in as Seo Joo-hee *Yoon Eun-young as Hyo-won (Ji-min's friend) *Lee Hyung-suk as Yook Gong-dol (Jung-ho's driver/assistant) *Kim Soo-hyun as Miss Hwang (Mrs. Kang's secretary) *

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as Park Ji-hye (Tae-young's deceased mother) * Kim Ji-young as Gong-dol's grandmother *Heo Tae-hee as Hyun-ji's date *Ha Soo-ho as Kyung Ho-won *Shin Jong-hoon

Awards and nominations

2010 MBC Drama Awards The 2010 MBC Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2010. It was held on December 30, 2010 and hosted by Kim Young-man and actress Lee ...

*PD Award: Lee Tae-gon *Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Serial Drama:

*Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama:

*Best New Actress:

*Writer of the Year: Jo Eun-jung *Nominated - Top Excellence Award, Actor: Lee Tae-gon *Nominated - Excellence Award, Actress:

2010 International Emmys *Shortlisted for Best Telenovela

International broadcast

It aired in Vietnam on Hanoi Television on April 17, 2012, called Cá vàng

References

External links

''Golden Fish'' official MBC website

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