''Get Karl! Oh Soo-jung'' () is a 2007 South Korean romantic comedy

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starring

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and

Oh Ji-ho Oh Ji-ho (; born April 14, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the television dramas '' Couple or Trouble'' (2006), '' The Slave Hunters'' (2010), '' The Queen of Office'' (2013) and ''My Fair Lady'' (2016). Career Oh was born an ...

. It aired on SBS from July 28 to September 16, 2007 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 16 episodes. The series is based on the real-life love story of Lee Ju-young, the

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of the drama's production company who reunited with her current husband ten years after breaking up with him. Moreover, Go Man-soo is the actual name of Lee's pro-golfer husband who incidentally instructed Oh Ji-ho on his golf swings in preparation for the role.

Plot

Throughout her school days, Oh Soo-jung (

) was the girl every boy wanted to date, and every girl wanted to be. But having watched her poor family disintegrate after her mother abandoned her incompetent father, Soo-jung naturally becomes cynical and demanding when it comes to picking her choice of man. She dates Go Man-soo (

), an

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law student, despite the lack of physical attraction (he is overweight and nerdy). But the moment she finds out that he has failed his bar exam, poor Man-soo gets dumped. Eight years later, the tables are turned. Soo-jung, now in her thirties, is no longer in demand. The former "it girl" has since fallen from grace. She manages a jewelry store owned by a less attractive schoolmate who married a lawyer, and now barks at Soo-jung every chance she gets. Man-soo returns from the States a changed man; he has transformed into famous, rich, hunky pro-golfer Karl Go. He hires Jung Woo-tak (

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) to play a wealthy bachelor, and once Soo-jung falls in love with him, he's to jilt her at the altar in the same way she jilted Man-soo. Meanwhile, Karl pretends to be the debt-ridden boyfriend of Soo-jung's boarder, Yook Dae-soon (Park Da-an). But his revenge plans go awry when he and Soo-jung fall in love with each other again. On her wedding day to Woo-tak, Soo-jung runs away and chooses Karl despite believing he's poor. Bitter that Karl chose a girdle-clad "old maid" over her, Dae-soon not only steals her creative ideas for jewelry design, but reveals to Soo-jung that Karl has been making a fool of her all this time. In the end, Soo-jung triumphs over Dae-soon professionally, then proposes to Karl, and they finally get married.

Cast

Main characters

as Go Man-soo / Karl Go *

as Oh Soo-jung *

as Jung Woo-tak * Park Da-an as Yook Dae-soon

Supporting characters

* Ahn Sun-young as Lee Young-ae, Soo-jung's friend * Yoo Hye-jung as Kim Pil-sook, Soo-jung's friend *

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as Jung Seung-gyu, Karl's manager/friend *

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as Choi Soo-hyuk, Soo-jung's younger brother *

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as Oh Byung-jik, Soo-jung's father *

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as Shim Wol-do, Soo-jung's mother * Kim Dong-kyun as Yoon Dong-kwan, Young-ae's husband * Jeong Min-jin as Daniel * Seo Hee-seung as Man-soo's father * Han Bok-hee as Man-soo's mother

Episode ratings

Soundtrack

#성공시대 - Sun #Man To Man (Inst.) #I Love Diamond (Inst.) #Love Line (Inst.) #Sentimental (Inst.) #Grey Shoes (Inst.) #Gloomy Day (Inst.) #Choice Of Love (Inst.) #Warning! (Inst.) #Putting On Make-Up (Inst.) #Regret (Inst.) #Step By Step (Inst.) #Lovely Woman (Inst.) #Sad Movies (Inst.) #Wanted! (Inst.) #Yellow Card (Inst.) #Show Me The Way (Inst.)

International broadcast

* It aired in Vietnam on

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from October 13, 2008, under the title ''Sự trả thù ngọt ngào''.

References

External links

* * {{Park Ji-eun Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas 2007 South Korean television series debuts 2007 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romantic comedy television series Television shows written by Park Hye-ryun Television shows written by Park Ji-eun Television series based on actual events Television series by Doremi Entertainment