Big
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Title: 빅 / Big
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2012-June-04 to 2012-July-24
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Synopsis
18 years old Kang Kyung Joon (Shin Won Ho)’s spirit suddenly becomes transplanted in the body of 30 years old Seo Yoon Jae (Gong Yoo). Seo Yoon Jae is a successful doctor and engaged to high school teacher Gil Da Ran (Lee Min Jung). Gil Da Ran just so happens to be the teacher of 18 years old Kang Kyung Joon.
Jang Ma Ri (Bae Suzy) is a girl who love Kang Kyung Joon (Shin Won Ho) and try any effort to escape Kang Kyung Joon’s spirit from Seo Yoon Jae’s body.
Cast
Main Cast
Gong Yoo as Seo Yoon Jae
Lee Min Jung as Gil Da Ran
Bae Suzy as Jang Ma Ri
Jang Hee Jin as Lee Se Young
Shin Won Ho as Kang Kyung Joon
Jang Hyun Sung as Kang Hyuk Soo
Supporting Cast
Go Soo Hee as Lee Gyung Mi
Ahn Suk Hwan as Gil Min Gyu
Yoon Hae Young as Lee Jung Hye
Baek Sung Hyun as Gil Choong Sik
Im Ji Eun as Kang Hee Soo
Kim Seo Ra as Ahn Hye Jung
Jo Young Jin as Seo In Wook
Moon Ji Yoon as Na Hyo Sang
Choi Ran as Kim Yeong Ok
Shin Ji Soo as Lee Ae Kyung
Lee Hee jin (cameo)
Cast (Photo)
Production Credits
Director: Ji Byung Hun, Kim Sung Yoon
Screenwriter: Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran (Hong Sisters)
Preview
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2012-06-04 | 1 | 8.9 (17th) | 10.4 (8th) | 7.9 | 8.9 (16th) |
| 2012-06-05 | 2 | 8.0 (18th) | 9.7 (11th) | 7.4 (20th) | 8.1 (15th) |
| 2012-06-11 | 3 | 7.1 | 8.4 (19th) | 8.4 (17th) | 9.4 (12th) |
| 2012-06-12 | 4 | 7.6 (19th) | 8.9 (14th) | 7.9 (17th) | 8.9 (13th) |
| 2012-06-18 | 5 | 8.2 | 10.1 (10th) | 8.0 | 9.3 (14th) |
| 2012-06-19 | 6 | 8.9 (17th) | 11.1 (7th) | 8.3 (18th) | 9.3 (12th) |
| 2012-06-25 | 7 | 8.5 | 9.7 (12th) | 8.9 (18th) | 10.4 (10th) |
| 2012-06-26 | 8 | 7.8 (20th) | 9.2 (14th) | 7.9 (19th) | 8.7 (15th) |
| 2012-07-02 | 9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.1 (16th) |
| 2012-07-03 | 10 | 8.8 (17th) | 9.8 (11th) | 8.1 (19th) | 9.0 (14th) |
| 2012-07-09 | 11 | 9.5 (18th) | 10.5 (11th) | 9.2 (16th) | 10.4 (9th) |
| 2012-07-10 | 12 | 9.6 (17th) | 11.0 (13th) | 8.9 (17th) | 10.1 (14th) |
| 2012-07-16 | 13 | 8.6 | 9.2 (14th) | 8.2 | 9.7 (13th) |
| 2012-07-17 | 14 | 8.6 (19th) | 9.4 (16th) | 7.8 (20th) | 8.8 (17th) |
| 2012-07-23 | 15 | 10.1 (15th) | 10.2 (11th) | 9.7 (16th) | 10.8 (10th) |
| 2012-07-24 | 16 | 11.5 (8th) | 12.0 (7th) | 11.1 (5th) | 12.2 (5th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Awards
2012 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Actress Awards, Bae Suzy (Big)
Poster
Related Photo
(Other Photo from Official Site)
June 25th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Ep 7:
Look at the two of them shopping for groceries together like 2 newly-weds! N then going home to cook their little dinner together like 2 newly weds! Tell me Da Ran isn’t going to miss KKY if and when he and YJ ssi switch back into their own bodies!
The way things r going, I wouldn’t at all mind if the guys DO NOT switch back!
DR can love the young KKY, who loves her v much, in YJ ssi’s mature body!
Preview for Ep 8:
OMG! She hugs him with a look of tenderness n love. Like he said: Shooting hearts fr her eyes…..
June 25th, 2012 at 11:43 pm
)f the 3 v popular dramas that I’m watching right now, Big, Gentleman’s Dignity, n I do, I do, and of all the leading actors in these show, including the 4 men–-Gong Yoo, Jang Dong Gun, Kim So Roo, Kim Min Jong, Lee Jong Hyuk, n Lee Jang Woo, my favorite actor in these shows is Gong Yoo. He really captures the spirit of Kang Kyung Joon well! Love GY playing a teenager, in Biscuit Teacher and even more now in this!
June 26th, 2012 at 9:57 am
do you think it would be a happy ending? *_*
June 26th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Happy ending? I don’t even know what would constitute a happy ending in this show anymore.
Is it DR ending up w KKJ, who obviously loves her deeply; or is it DR marrying YJ ssi, after he returns to his own body, n all the mysteries r solved?
Then what abt KKJ and his love for her? And which one does DR actually love? Her feelings twds YJ ssi have changed during this time. They’ve also deepened for KKJ. Would she really be that happy being married to the real YJ ssi, while KKJ has to go away fr her? Wouldn’t she miss him n worry abt him?
Ep 7:
is the saddest one so far. When KKJ found out that YJ ssi had a ring in his belongings (Mari found it n gave it to him), first he tried to see if it fitted Witch-doc. He was relieved for SR’s sake that the ring wasn’t WDoc’s size. But it also depressed him that the ring was meant for DR, which means YJ ssi probably did love DR after all. So he is in all kinds of conflict. He gave the ring to DR, n told her it’s safe for her to continue loving YJ ssi, cos he did mean to marry her. The line that had my heart in a knot was:
While you are wearing that ring, I, KKJ, will not love you, DR.
So the kid knows his boundaries v well: For as long as DR is in love w YJ ssi, he, KKJ living in YJ ssi’s body, will not burden her w his love. Isn’t that a very precious young man of 18? Many a much older man don’t have that kind of self-restraint, or respect for the other person’s feelings.
June 26th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
@KDaddict…bravo girl…u r my dictionary
watch BIG without english sub is dramatic for me…but by read u’r comment it’s helps..I’m enjoyed watch GY with his strange language 
June 26th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
As long as DR wears YJ’s ring, then KJ will not love DR. But if DR takes off the ring, then it would be a different story.
There is an interesting line in ep 7. While KJ was roasting the chicken, he said if he raise or taking care the chick long enough, would there be a day he’d eat the chicken? He’s no longer 18. He’s 19 now. And in a year, he’d be 20, DR will be 26. I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible. But confusing part is who DR would really love again? The body or the soul?! If she’d love YJ more than ever, then I guess I’d be soul / KJ. But it’s like MaRi is not comfortable talking to YJ’s face, will DR feel the same when she faces KJ when they switch back? I had been wanting them switch back soon so I can see handsome KJ again, but now I don’t know anymore.
June 26th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
is almost half of this drama d~ (*. ^)
i watch this drama is by it synopsis~ (*v *)
so i watch..! (^- ^)
about this drama, i really hope that, Bae Suzy (as Jang Ma Ri) and Shin Won Ho (as Kang Kyung Joon) are a pairing~!!! (>0 <)
because of them!!! (*- *)
i want the end is both of them be a pair!!! (~o ~)
hope so, in the end they are pairing~!!! (-. -)
June 26th, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Ep 8:
End of Ep 8:
WOW….
I’m so excited I can’t type…
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Yoon Jae is about ready to wake up!
Will there is a soul/body switch next week???
June 26th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Yes, there is a mighty interesting double entendre in ep 7:
KKJ and DR are waiting for the chicken to cook in the oven.
He says It’ll take an hour an a half.
DR says Why does it take so long to cook a spring chicken.
He says, If you have patience, take care of it and wait for the spring chicken to grow up, there will come a time when you can eat it!
All the while his eyes dart back and forth suggestively! Ha ha ha.
DR looks puzzled n embarrassed, as if she gets that there is sth else he is talking abt besides the chicken. Just then her phone rings!
June 27th, 2012 at 12:14 am
love this drama its so funny!!!
June 27th, 2012 at 12:42 am
^^
woooooooooooooow …
i love this drama very very very very very very very very very very much>>>
amazing…….. fantastic… drama ##..>>>>
this drama is the best , i love it more than love rain and other drama, i realy hope this story will happen to me …..hhhahhhah
Gong Yoo has a amazing & wonderful body,,,
i hope i can meeeeett a man who has a body like him …
i love u biiiiiiiig>>> fighting
saranghea >>>>>
June 27th, 2012 at 12:51 am
Decided to check out this drama based on KDaddict’s recommendation. Intended to only watch first 2 episodes but ended up finishing up to ep 6 in one day! My goodness, Gong Yoo is so awesome, so much better than Coffee Prince.
I am so torn between rooting for DR with Yoon Jae or DR with Kyung Joon. My wish ending is for DR to end up with Kyung Joon but in Gong Yoo’s body. That would means that they will not be switching back which is unlikely. Then I am hoping that when Yoon Jae wakes up, he will have a change in his personality and become more like Kyung Joon. Did not like his original cold and dull character.
What will happen to Kyung Joon then? He will be so pitiful if DR chooses to stay with YJ. Looks like we are heading towards bitter sweet ending but I don’t really care as long as DR ends up with Gong Yoo( whichever soul!)!
June 27th, 2012 at 5:35 am
Ep7
Wonderful. I love it so much. I love how KJ is getting mature. Now he knows how to respect his love’s love. And for the first time, we can see the hero and second lead in one man. How beautiful is that the love triangle is between 2 man in one body. KJ is getting more jealous of YJ. He wants DR to hate him and even tells her he never loves her when she’s wearing YJ’s ring, still he is he one who put it on her. Just H.sister can create such a wonderful concept. Now i don’t want sleeping beauty to wake up any time soon coz the conflict between YJ’s body and KJ’s soul is just really really exciting and enough for more than 16 episodes. You are doing great GY.
June 27th, 2012 at 7:54 am
This looks like a regular rom-com w a big star cast, but it has the Hong sisters’ writing talent at its base and ends up being much more sophisticated than other rom-coms. That’s why even though Gong Yoo is acting like a teenager, in a much more childish rendition than Shin playing the teenage char, n is at risk of being a repeat performance of Biscuit Teacher, it feels fresh n compelling. GY gets to hang his excellent performance on a meaty structure, and we get so intrigued n invested in the impossible dilemmas of:
Will she or won’t she fall in love w KKJ?
Is it now YJ or KKJ that she loves anymore?
Will he or won’t he woo her, knowing YJ’s stance?
Is it ethical for them to be together if he is KKJ in YJ’s body?
Is it ethical if she loves KKJ in his own body?
It’s just fascinating!!
June 27th, 2012 at 7:59 am
This is only interesting show out there to worth to follow these days.
I can’t wait to watch ep 8.
June 27th, 2012 at 8:13 am
@KDaddict 364,
I can never figure out what time zone you are in. You are here 24 (/7). It seems you never sleep.
I’d say yes, it is ethical if KJ is no longer a DR’s student and he’s 19 now. Their age diff is 6 (25 and 19). It remains me of Flower Boy Ramen Shop. It was ok with Cha and the Intern, then why not KJ and DR.
This show is getting more interesting.
June 27th, 2012 at 8:14 am
Typo. Remind me of.
June 27th, 2012 at 8:23 am
@Charlie,
I’m a sporadic sleeper.
It only takes me a minute to write a comment, n move on to other things, sorta like scratching an itch not interfering w anything.
You and I may think it is ethical, but wait till you see Lee MJ making out with Shin! Viewers may balk. N try telling it to DR’s parents n brother. They’ll flip.
June 27th, 2012 at 10:32 am
big Ep 7 Eng sub
http://krdramawatch.blogspot.com/2012/06/big-ep-7-eng-sub.html
June 27th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
By ep 7 it is clear KJ has fallen for DR but I feel DR is still in love with YJ. It’s still a possibility for DR to fall in love with KJ but for a DR/KJ happy ending I can only think of 2 must hvs – KJ & YJ cannot be siblings, I don’t think a KD ever goes the way of loving one sibling after another but who knows .. and the other must hv is one of them hv to ‘disappear’ as in die?? .. but I don’t think Hong sis will take this route either. Maybe I’m being too realistic. But bec I think YJ has a very good reason for keeping some secrets from DR, he deserves a happy ending.
June 27th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Ep 8:
Its ending threw me for a loop! I almost forgot what I saw in ep 8.
It’s getting convoluted for sure. KKJ seems to want her for himself, yet he is trying to be adult abt it. He wants her to marry him, so that YJ’s mother can no longer arrange his marriage. Yet it seems to be both a sincere excuse and a cover. There r times when he is trying to be grown up abt it, like when he declares:
For as long as you wear that ring, I won’t force matters. I, KKY, absolutely, will not love you.
Then his behavior n all the little signs show that he loves her. It’s a hard line to toe.
Ep 8 highlights:
1. The back story of the older generation comes out. KKY’s uncle n DR’s mother were school mates. He was in love w her. DR’s father was her teacher. She chased her teacher, who reciprocated her affection. The principal where DR teaches was also a teacher at the same school where DR’s father worked. The younger self of the principal was in love w DR’s father. She and KKY’s uncle knew of each other’s one-sided love. Funny.
2. The book of miracles was written by YJ’s father, abt a child who saves another child, who goes on to save a 3rd child. Who is that 3rd child in this equation? Mari? DR’s brother?
3. YJ’s mother told his father abt his wedding on the phone. They talked abt “that child” whose mother died. YJ’s mother seems to be touched n surprised by the news. There was no anger. So maybe KKY’s mom wasn’t a mistress?
June 27th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
@tc,
Glad u like this.
There is a segment at the end of Ep 8 that showcases Gong Yoo’s acting n enormous charm. It’s when DR goes into the airport without her passport. See how his face changes, again and again, as events turn, till the end of ep: fr his resignation of her going away w/out him, to him finding her passport, trying to decide whether to inform her, pretending to have left in the car, etc. etc. That charisma, that range of expressions, each one of them worthy of a thousand words, n of course, that face that can launch a thousand ships, like Helen of Troy!
June 27th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
waiting for the ep 9!
June 27th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
omo can’t wait for next week episodes <3
June 27th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
I just started watching this drama..ep.2… I think the 2 main characters over acted on their cuteness.. too exaggerated.. KKJ acted maturely enough before his accident.. SYJ over-acted his character as KKJ..
DR.. you are a good actress.. dont over exagerate on your cuteness.. you are beautiful and cute already.. I hope KKJ will wake up soon .. i miss him..
Overall, the story is promising.. hope it wont end like most korean dramas do.. abruptly, hanging in the air or someone died..