''Sweet 18'' (; lit. "18-year-old Bride") is a South Korean television series that aired on

KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

in 2004. The story strongly focuses on both personal and clan-level relationships between Jung-sook, a member of Papyeong's Yun clan, and Hyuk-joon, a member of Andong's Kwon clan. Both clans had hoped for re-establishing good relations after being separated for three generations by war, by arranging a marriage between Jung-sook and Hyuk-joon upon Jung-sook's birth.

Plot

Yoon Jung-sook ( Han Ji-hye) is an eighteen-year-old, dreamy, lively school girl. One day, she encounters a mysterious man in

traditional Korean clothing The (; term used in South Korean standard language, South Korea), also called () n North Korean standard language, North Korea and China, is an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term which is used to refer to traditional ethnic Koreans, Korean ...

on the streets who carries a piece of literature her quite famous grandfather treasured. Despite not seeing his face, she falls head-over-heels in love with him and vows to marry him. Since she is the member of an ancient and noble

Korean Clan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chinese ...

, the Yun clan, she will marry Kwon Hyuk-joon (

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), the heir of the Kwon clan. Hyuk-joon is ten years older than Jung-sook and already a prosecutor. Jung-sook finds out that Hyuk-joon is the mysterious man whom she fell in love with and willingly marries him. She becomes a housewife while her friends continue to attend college. Two worlds clash, as Jung-sook is still an immature teenager and Hyuk-joon a grown man. However, slowly, they become attracted to each other and fall in love, despite the fact that Jung-sook is pursued by a school mate and Hyuk-joon meets his first love again, who wants him back. Jung-sook has much to learn about the ancient traditions of the family of her husband and what it means to be married to a first-born son, however in the end, they are deeply in love with each other. Jung-sook gives birth to twins and starts a sewing business. Hyuk-joon continues working as a prosecutor in the police force in Seoul.

Cast

* Han Ji-hye as Yoon Jung-sook *

as Kwon Hyuk-joon *

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as Moon Ga-young * Lee In as Ji Nam-cheol * Yoo Hye-jung as Kwon Sun-ah * Park Joon-hyuk as Jung Chan *

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as Hyuk-joon's grandfather *

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as Jung-sook's mother * Jung Kyung-ho as Jung-sook's blind date * Lee Eun-joo as Seo Hyun-ju (Second Princess) * Lee Eun-shil as Eun-ju (Third Princess) * Kim Sun-hwa as Madam Kim *

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as Hyuk-jun's college junior *

Ko Kyu-pil Ko Kyu-pil (born May 2, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He debuted in the 1993 South Korean children's film ''Kid Cop ''Kid Cop'' () is a 1993 South Korean children's film directed by Lee Joon-ik, starring Kim Min-jung and Jung Tae-woo. ''Ki ...

as Hyuk-joon's co-worker *

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as Hyuk-joon's uncle

Notes

References

External links

''Sweet 18'' official KBS website
* * {{IMDb title, 0499174, Sweet 18 Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2004 South Korean television series debuts 2004 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romantic comedy television series