''Marry Me, Mary!'' () is a 2010 South Korean

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television series, starring

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Jang Keun-suk Jang Keun-suk () is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the Korean television dramas ''Beethoven Virus'' (2008), '' You're Beautiful'' (2009), ''Mary Stayed Out All Night'' (2010), '' Love Rain'' (2012), ''Pretty M ...

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and

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. It is based on the Daum

webtoon Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally ...

of the same title by Won Soo-yeon. It 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 ...

from November 8, to December 28, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Synopsis

Wi Mae-ri (

) is a stubborn young woman with no dating experience. She looks like her late mother, but her hot temper comes straight from her deadbeat father (

Park Sang-myun Park Sang-myun (; born January 27, 1968) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his comic roles, notably in '' My Wife Is a Gangster'' (2001). Career Park Sang-myun graduated in 1987 with a Theater degree from Seoul Institute of the Arts ...

). Her father's business failures always make trouble, but Mae-ri still loves him. Because she can't afford college tuition, she temporarily stops attending college, and without any special skills, starts to work odd jobs. One day, driving friends around as one of those jobs, she accidentally hits musician Kang Mu-gyul (

) and over a series of events, they become friends. Mae-ri's father proposes that she marry his rich friend's son Byun Jung-in (

) to pay off their debts. She refuses; when her father won't let her, and in fact forges the couple's signatures on a marriage registration, she pretends to have already married Mu-gyul. Instead of accepting that, her father proposes a deal: spend 100 days with both of them and afterwards, she can decide who she wants to marry. And from there, a love triangle forms...

Cast

Main

as Wi Mae-ri, Dae-han's daughter who has her father's hot temper and her mother's looks *

as Kang Mu-gyul, ''Absolute Perfection'' lead singer and guitarist and Seo-joon's ex-boyfriend *

as Byun Jung-in, head representative of JI Entertainment, a well-known drama company *

as Seo-joon, actress, Mu-gyul's ex-girlfriend

Supporting

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as Jung-suk, Jung-in's father *

as Wi Dae-han, Mae-ri's father *

Lee Ah-hyun Lee Ah-hyun (born April 13, 1972) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the television drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than ...

as Kam So-young, Mu-gyul's mother *

Shim Yi-young Shim Yi-young (born Kim Jin-ah on January 31, 1980) is a South Korean actress. Career Shim Yi-young made her acting debut in Kim Ki-duk's ''Real Fiction'' in 2000, and has since appeared in films such as '' Bongja'', ''Paju'', and ''Love, In Bet ...

as Director Bang, Mu-gyul's former agent *

Lee Seon-ho Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

as Lee An, male lead actor of drama ''Wonderful Day'' * Kim Min-gyu as Ri-no, band member * Geum Ho-suk as Yo-han, band member * Park Chul-hyun as Re-oh, band member * Lee Eun as So-ra as Mae-ri's friend * Kim Hae-rim as Ji-hye as Mae-ri's friend * Chae Min-hee as Jang PD *

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as drama writer

Production

* Writer In Eun-ah left the drama due to its low ratings and discord with the production team. She was replaced with Go Bong-hwang, who took over the script from episode 11, which aired on December 14. The last episode was written by

. * Co-stars

and

held fan meetings on August 18 and 23, 2011 in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, which were attended by 60,000 people.

Ratings

Source
TNS Media Korea

Awards

;

2010 KBS Drama Awards The 2010 KBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2010. It was held on December 31, 2010, and hosted by Choi Soo-jong, Lee Da-hae and Song ...

* Netizens' Award -

* Popularity Award -

* Best Couple Award -

and

;2011

Seoul International Drama Awards Seoul International Drama Awards (), simply known as SDA, is an annual award ceremony based in Seoul, South Korea which honors excellence in television drama productions worldwide. Winners Grand prize (''Daesang'') Program Winners are given ...

* Outstanding Korean Actress -

* Excellent Korean Drama - ''Marry Me, Mary!''

International broadcast

Despite low ratings in South Korea, the series was a huge hit in Japan in terms of both ratings and DVD sales. It aired there on cable channel DATV beginning February 16, 2011. This was followed by a popular run on terrestrial network TBS beginning May 20, 2011, due to the Korean Wave appeal of lead actor

. It aired in the Middle East on

MBC 4 MBC 4 is a television channel in the Middle East. It was launched on 1 February 2005 at 5:00 P.M. (GMT) and is owned by the Middle East Broadcasting Center. MBC 4 airs international programmes with Arabic language subtitles. Programming is ta ...

beginning November 7, 2013, dubbed as ''Tazawajini ya Mary''. It aired in Thailand on Channel 7 beginning November 5, 2011, dubbed as ''Saojomjoon Kab Numindie'', literally: Meddle Girl & Indie Boy. It is currently airing in Chile on ETC Channel beginning May 15, 2017, dubbed as "Mary Está Fuera Por La Noche".

References

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