''My Spring Days'' (; lit. "The Spring Days of My Life") is a 2014 South Korean television series starring

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, Lee Joon-hyuk, and

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. It airs on MBC on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes beginning September 10, 2014. The plot uses the concept of cellular memory, a medical hypothesis that recipients' personalities and habits become similar to their donors.

Plot

Lee Bom-yi (

) was once a terminally ill patient, but she's been given a second chance at life after getting a

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and now lives each day to the fullest. She meets Kang Dong-ha (

), the CEO of Hanuiron and a widower with two children who lost his wife to an accident. Bom-yi falls for Dong-ha, not knowing that her donor was Dong-ha's wife.

Cast

Main characters

as Kang Dong-ha *

as Lee Bom-yi * Lee Joon-hyuk as Kang Dong-wook *

as Bae Ji-won

Supporting characters

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as Jo Myung-hee *

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as Lee Hyuk-soo *

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as Song Byung-gil *

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as Joo Se-na *

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as Kang Poo-reum **

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as young Kang Poo-Reum *Gil Jung-woo as Kang Ba-da *Min Ji-ah as Yoon Soo-jung * Lee Jae-won as Park Hyung-woo *

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as Na Hyun-soon *Jo Yang-ja as Choi Bok-hee *Jang Won-young as Jo Gil-dong *

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Production

and

were cast as leads on July 17, 2014. ''My Spring Days'' began filming on August 19 and the first shoot took place in a marketplace in

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Ratings

The show beat its rivals, SBS

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and

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consistently and the show ended with a 10.5% viewer rating in the

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, ranking first among the Wednesday-Thursday dramas.

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

* - Skynet International Drama * -

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* -

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(22/08/15)

References

External links

''My Spring Days'' official MBC website
* *

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