''Triple'' () is a 2009 South Korean

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starring

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, and

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. It aired on MBC from June 11 to July 30, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

Eighteen-year-old aspiring

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Lee Ha-ru (Min Hyo-rin) moves to

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to pursue her ice dreams. In the city she reunites with her stepbrother Shin Hwal (Lee Jung-jae), whom she hasn't seen in years. Her divorcee mother had remarried Hwal's father when Ha-ru was 6, but their parents died in a car accident when she was 13. Ha-ru was sent to live with her real father (Choi Baek-ho) in the countryside and had since lost touch with Hwal. Hwal, now in his mid-thirties, works at an

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with his two best friends and roommates, Kang Hyun-tae (Yoon Kye-sang) and Jo Hae-yoon (Lee Sun-kyun). When Ha-ru suddenly shows up at the doorstep of their bachelor pad, she ends up moving in with the three men. Ha-ru's new figure skating coach, Choi Soo-in (Lee Ha-na) turns out to be Hwal's estranged wife. Her plans to make amends with her ex-husband are derailed when his outgoing friend Hyun-tae falls for her instantly and begins pursuing her. Hae-yoon and bartender Kang Sang-hee (Kim Hee) are longtime friends. When a

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leads to something more, the more old-fashioned Hae-yoon has difficulty dealing with Sang-hee's commitment issues. Meanwhile, Ha-ru feels torn between Ji Poong-ho (Song Joong-ki), a

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national athlete her own age, and her growing romantic feelings for her much older stepbrother Hwal.

Cast

as Shin Hwal *

as Jo Hae-yoon *

as Kang Hyun-tae *

as Choi Soo-in *

as Lee Ha-ru *Kim Hee as Kang Sang-hee *Choi Baek-ho as Haru's father *

Song Joong-ki Song Joong-ki (; born September 19, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He rose to fame in the historical coming-of-age drama '' Sungkyunkwan Scandal'' (2010) and the variety show '' Running Man'' (2010–2011) as one of the original cast members. ...

as Ji Poong-ho * Kim Sang-ho as Coach Nam *Choi Sun-young as Yoon Hye-jin *Kim Hye-jung as Soo-in's mother *Jung Ji-soon as U Communications department head Han * Kim Young-kwang as Jae-wook *Jung Byung-chul as company executive *Ryu Sung-hoon as gangster *Kwon Beom-jin as young Jo Hae-yoon * Lee Sung-min as Director Jung *Kang Ji-hoo *Kim Bo-ri *Kim Byung-choon * Park So-hyun as Coach Shin (cameo) *

Kim Chang-wan Kim Chang Wan (born February 22, 1954) is a South Korean singer, composer, musician, actor, host, radio DJ and writer. Career Sanulrim Kim Chang-wan, along with his younger brothers Kim Chang-hoon and Kim Chang-ik, began composing music d ...

as Kim Bok-man (cameo)

International broadcast

* It aired in Vietnam on HTV7 in March 2010.

References

External links

''Triple'' official MBC website

at MBC Global Media * *{{IMDb title, 1500636, Triple 2009 South Korean television series debuts 2009 South Korean television series endings MBC TV television dramas South Korean romance television series