''The Snow Queen'' () is a South Korean television series starring

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and

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. It aired on

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from November 13, 2006 to January 8, 2007 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Synopsis

The drama starts with Han Tae-woong (

), a quiet, 17 year old math genius, entering a prestigious high school. There he meets Kim Jung-kyu, also a genius in mathematics. The two immediately develop rivalry and tension, but later become best friends. Through their conversations, we learn that Jung-kyu is a big boxing enthusiast. Meanwhile, Tae-woong stumbles upon a little girl being bullied in the street and saves her. The girl develops a crush on him and gives him her pager so that she can see him again, but they never exchange names or contacts. They promise to meet again soon, but this never happens. In a highly anticipated International Math Olympiad, Jung-kyu fails to fulfill his father's expectations to win the gold medal, and commits suicide in shame. Tae-woong, who wins the gold medal instead, struggles from guilt, as he feels like he is partly responsible for Jung-kyu's death. From guilt, Tae-woong quits school, leaves home, and disappears. Eight years later, Tae-woong, now 25, is a nameless boxer, living a completely different life. He abandoned his mother, dropped out of school, left mathematics, and pursued boxing in honor of Jung-kyu, but he still bears painful memories of his past. He then meets Bo-ra (

), a beautiful, but cold-hearted young woman. She is the daughter of a rich businessman, but has an incurable disease. After a chain of events, Tae-woong is hired as her chauffeur. They end up falling in love, but Tae-woong discovers that she was the little girl that he met eight years earlier, and that she is Jung-kyu's little sister. Throughout the story the two learn to find true happiness by helping each other. Tae-woong melts Bo-ra's heart with love and helps her open up her heart. In return Bo-ra helps Tae-woong with his painful memories of the past.

Cast

Main characters

as Han Tae-woong/Han Deuk-gu *

as Kim Bo-ra **

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as Lee Seung-ri

Supporting characters

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as Park Young-ok, Tae-woong's mother *

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as Go Soon-ja, Bo-ra's housekeeper *

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as Kim Jang-soo, Bo-ra's father *Oh Mi-hee as Bo-ra's mother *

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as Lee Dong-sul, Seung-ri's father *Lee Cheol-min as Park Dong-pil, boxer * Kim Tae-hyun as Choi Choong-shik *Jung Hwa-young as Park Deuk-nam, Soon-ja's daughter *

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as Kim Jung-kyu *Lee Seo-yoon as Hong Ji-hye *Kim Hak-jin as Ahn Sang-ho *Park Jin-young as Dr. Park, Bo-ra's doctor *

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as Section chief Oh *Kim Jung-geun as Lee Geum-soo *Ryu Jae-seung as Jung Eun-bok *Kim Beol-rae as college math professor *

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(cameo) *

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(cameo)

Original Soundtrack

Part 1

# Intro - Kim Ji-su # The Snow Queen (Main Theme) - Jo Sung-woo # First Snow's Love - Kang Sung-min # Poor Man - Choi Won-jun # Grace Love - SAT & M # Hello - Sogyumo Acacia Band # If You Only Knew -

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# The Snow Queen (Love Theme) - Jo Sung-woo # Sub Title - Park Sung-il # Jung-kyu's Death - Park Sung-il # Waltz of Tears - Park Sung-il # First Love - Kim Ji-su # Ferma's Equation - Kim Ji-su # Old Photo - Kim Ji-su # First Snow's Love (Piano ver.) - Kwak Young-jun # Outro - Park Sung-il

Part 2

# The Snow Queen - Main Theme (Inst.) # Love... Irrepressible Tears -

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# I Feel Sad, but Goodbye -

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# Echo -

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# Sorry For Being Late - Ha Dong-kyun # First Snow's Love - Kang Sung-min # Loving U - ICE CREAM # The Day We Broke Up - Nana # What Can We Do? - A Hyun # Love... Irrepressible Tears (Piano ver.) # I Feel Sad, but Goodbye (Inst.) # Love... Irrepressible Tars (Inst.) # Echo (Inst.) # What Can We Do? (Inst.) # The Snow Queen - Main Theme (Guitar ver.) # Old Photo (Inst.) # Outro

Awards

;

2006 KBS Drama Awards The 2006 KBS Drama Awards () was a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2006. It was held on December 31, 2006 and hosted by Tak Jae-hoon, Ryu Si-won and Cho ...

* Popularity Award, Actor -

* Popularity Award, Actress -

* Netizen Award, Actor -

* Best Couple Award -

and

International broadcast

It aired in Japan on

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beginning May 10, 2007. It was rebroadcast in March 2014 on Japanese cable channel LaLaTV. It aired in Thailand on Channel 7 beginning November 3, 2007. It was rebroadcast in 2015 on

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Remake

An Indonesian

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was titled ''Ratu''.

References

External links

''The Snow Queen'' official KBS website

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