''Heaven & Earth'' () is a 2007 South Korean television series starring

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Han Hyo-joo Han Hyo-joo (Korean: 한효주; born February 22, 1987) is a South Korean film and television actress, model and singer. She is best known for her leading roles in television series such as ''Heaven & Earth'' (2007), '' Iljimae'' (2008), ''Brill ...

, Lee Joo-hyun, Kang Jung-hwa, and Hong Soo-ah. It aired on KBS1 from January 15 to August 31, 2007 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 165 episodes. The daily drama was a hit, maintaining an average viewership rating of 30% throughout its nine-month run. Its peak viewership rating of 36.1% (on episode 164) made it the third highest-rated Korean drama of 2007.

Plot

Jung Mu-young (

) was left by his birth-mother under the care of Kim Tae-shik (

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) and his wife Park Myung-ja ( Jung Ae-ri) when he was very young. His mother promised to come after him later but she never did. The Kim family raised Mu-young like he was their own son but never changed his family name because they thought his birth-mother might later come to pick him up. Despite a lack of money, Myung-ja has managed to keep the family together; moreover, she never once treated Mu-young any differently than her biological son, still having a different family name with his older brother Kim Sang-hyun (Lee Joo-hyun) made him escape home several times. Mu-young is outwardly rebellious, unforgiving, and in constant conflict with his family; he keeps an emotional distance from them, for fear of getting hurt one day. At school he meets the cheerful and kindhearted Seok Ji-soo (

), who not only values her family greatly, but goes out of her way to help others. Thinking too highly of Ji Soo and too low of himself and aware of the possible negative reaction her family might have toward his confession to her, he tries making a distance between himself and Ji Soo. As a grown up, Ji-soo begins working for Myung-ja's stepsister Park Myung-joo (

Yoon Hae-young Yoon Hae-young (born January 5, 1972) is a South Korean actress. She began acting after passing the SBS Open Auditions in 1993, and has starred in television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of ...

), and learns that she and her single father Seok Jong-hoon (

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) are in love and she fully supports her father's newfound romance. She is also seeing a rich family's son who wants to propose to her. ''Heaven & Earth'' tackles the issues the modern family faces, such as the difficulties faced by stepparents and stepchildren; conflicts between biological and adoptive parents; the aftermath of a remarriage; and the high divorce rate among the younger generation, and resulting involuntary childcare from their grandparents.

Cast

Main cast

as Jung Mu-young *

as Seok Ji-soo *Kang Jung-hwa as Yoon Eun-joo *Lee Joo-hyun as Kim Sang-hyun *

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as Kim Tae-shik, Sang-hyun and Mu-young's father * Jung Ae-ri as Park Myung-ja, Sang-hyun's mother *

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as Han Bong-rye, Myung-ja's mother *

Jung Jae-soon Jung Jae-soon is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Homemade Love Story'', '' My Only One'', ''House of Bluebird'' and ''Three Bold Siblings ''Three Bold Siblings'' () is a 2023 South Korean television ser ...

as Lee Soon-im, Myung-ja's stepmother *

as Park Myung-joo, Soon-im's daughter * Kim Il-woo as Park Myung-tae, Myung-ja's younger brother ;Seok family *

as Seok Jong-hoon, Ji-soo's father *Seo Jae-kyung as Seok Ji-woong, Ji-soo's older brother *

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as Se Mi-ae, Ji-woong's wife ;Yoon family * Jung Dong-hwan as Yoon Jae-doo, Eun-joo and Eun-ha's father * Kim Ja-ok as Ahn Hye-kyung, Eun-joo and Eun-ha's mother ;Extended cast * Choi Won-young as Jang Young-min * Han Jin-hee as President Jang, Young-min's father *

Seo Jun-young Seo Jun-young (, born Kim Sang-gu, 김상구, April 24, 1987) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in award-winning indie ''Bleak Night'', period drama ''Deep Rooted Tree'', coming-of-age film Coming of age is a young p ...

as Song Ji-min * Lee Hye-sook as Jin-sook *Park Hyo-bin *Han Young-kwang

Awards

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2007 KBS Drama Awards The 2007 KBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2007. It was held on December 31, 2007 and hosted by Tak Jae-hoon and Lee Da-hae. Nomin ...

*Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama:

*Popularity Award:

*Best Couple Award:

and

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heaven and Earth (TV series) Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2007 South Korean television series debuts South Korean romance television series