''Romance'' () is a 2002 South Korean

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starring

Kim Jaewon Kim JaewonThe actor indicates a preference of spelling his name "Jaewon" (without a space or hyphen) on hiofficial website (born 18 February 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the television dramas ''Romance'' (2002), '' Listen t ...

and

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. It aired on MBC on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes from May 8 to June 27, 2002.

Plot

Fatal love strikes us out of a sudden and helplessly takes us deep down into the sea of fervor, giving us no choice but to yield. This drama beautifully unfolds the forbidden passion between a teacher and a student. Chae-Won and Gwan-Woo meet for the first time at a rural seaside village flower festival. They fall in love at first sight, not in their dreams have they known that Chae-Won is the teacher at Gwan-Woo's high school. The second time they meet is at the classroom where they realize the situation and become bewildered and embarrassed. The love story between the two young people is overlapped with Gwan-Woo's tearful success story and this inspire the viewers with high emotion.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Choi Kwan-woo *

as Kim Chae-won *Jung Sung-hwan as Lee Eun-seok * Kim Yoo-mi as Choi Yun-hee

Supporting cast

* Han Hye-jin as Yoon Ji-soo *

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as Oh Young-seok *Hyun Suk as Choi Jang-soo *Go Myung-hwan as Kim Bong-kyun *Shim Yang-hong as Kim Dae-kun *

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as President Yoon Mi-hee *

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as Chairman Lee Young-kyu *Ahn Yeon-hong as Seo Min-joo * Moon Ji-yoon as Choi Jang-bi *

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as Choi Gong-myung *Jung Kyung-soon as a female teacher who smokes *

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as So-young's friend *

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as a student *Kim Kyo-chul *

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*Lee Gun-joo *Lee Jong-rae

References

External links

''Romance'' official MBC website
*{{hancinema drama, Romance MBC TV television dramas 2002 South Korean television series debuts 2002 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romance television series