Golden Bride
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Title: 황금신부 / Golden Bride
Chinese title : 黄金新娘
Genre: Romance, Family
Episodes: 64
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2007-Jun-23 to 2008-Feb-3
Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 20:45 (8:45 Korean time)
Synopsis
Jin Joo is a half Korean and Vietnamese girl who marries a Korean man, Kang Joon Woo, in order to come to Korea to look for her biological father who abandoned her. The drama is not only about her searching for her dad but also about the cultural differences between her and her husband’s family. There is bad blood between the two families, Kim and Kang. The rivalry is even more fueled since Ji Young is still in love with her ex-boyfriend, Joon Woo, even though she is married to Young Min. Kang Sae Mi is Joon Woo’s sister and Kim Young Soo is Young Min’s younger brother. They want to get married but both families oppose their marriage which leads to the two young lovers living together and expecting a baby out of wedlock. Kang Won Mi is the thoughtless, old maid elder sister of Joon Woo.
Cast
Lee Young Ah as Nguyen Jin Joo
Song Chang Ui as Kang Joon Woo
Choi Yeo Jin as Ok Ji
Song Jong Ho as Kim Young Min
Extended Cast
Kim Hee Chul as Kim Young Soo (Young Min’s brother)
Han Yeo Woon as Kang Sae Mi (Jun Woo’s sister)
Kim Mi Sook as Jung Han Sook (Jun Woo’s mother)
Kang Shin Il as Kang Woo Nam (Jun Woo’s father)
Hong Eun Hee as Kang Won Mi (Jun Woo’s older sister)
Kim Kyung Sik as Heo Dong Gu
Kyun Mi Ri as Yang Ok Kyung (Young Min and Young Soo’s mother)
Im Chae Moo as Kim Sang Il (Young Min’s father)
Park Mi Sun as Kang Koon Ja (Woo Nam’s sister)
Kwon Hae Hyo as Cha Byuk-soo (Woo Nam’s friend)
Kim Woong as Yeon Gi
Gong Hyun Joo as Im Kyung
Joo Ho as Young Soo’s friend
Jung Han Hun as Jin Joo’s boss
Dan Ji as Sae Mi’s friend
Production Credits
Scriptwriter: Park Hyun Joo
Director: Woon Goon Il
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-23 | 1 | 9.9 (11th) | 10.7 (8th) |
| 2007-06-24 | 2 | 13.3 (8th) | 14.1 (6th) |
| 2007-06-30 | 3 | 11.3 (10th) | 11.3 (10th) |
| 2007-07-01 | 4 | 20.1 (3rd) | 20.7 (3rd) |
| 2007-07-07 | 5 | 14.5 (4th) | 15.1 (4th) |
| 2007-07-08 | 6 | 15.5 (6th) | 15.7 (5th) |
| 2007-07-14 | 7 | 13.6 (6th) | 14.3 (5th) |
| 2007-07-15 | 8 | 17.0 (4th) | 17.9 (4th) |
| 2007-07-21 | 9 | 8.3 | <9.2 |
| 2007-07-22 | 10 | 11.4 (12th) | 11.4 (12th) |
| 2007-07-28 | 11 | 15.2 (5th) | 16.8 (5th) |
| 2007-07-29 | 12 | 17.1 (4th) | 17.6 (4th) |
| 2007-08-04 | 13 | 16.6 (4th) | 17.9 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-05 | 14 | 18.2 (2nd) | 19.0 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-11 | 15 | 16.7 (3th) | 17.2 (3th) |
| 2007-08-12 | 16 | 19.3 (2nd) | 20.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-19 | 17 | 16.2 (4th) | 17.0 (3rd) |
| 2007-08-25 | 18 | 17.5 (4th) | 18.3 (4th) |
| 2007-08-26 | 19 | 19.5 (3rd) | 20.6 (3rd) |
| 2007-09-01 | 20 | 19.0 (4th) | 19.6 (4th) |
| 2007-09-02 | 21 | 19.8 (3rd) | 20.2 (3rd) |
| 2007-09-08 | 22 | 16.4 (4th) | 16.4 (4th) |
| 2007-09-15 | 23 | 19.1 (4th) | 19.8 (4th) |
| 2007-09-16 | 24 | 20.5 (4th) | 21.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-09-22 | 25 | 18.0 (4th) | 18.4 (4th) |
| 2007-09-23 | 26 | 18.0 (3rd) | 18.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-09-29 | 27 | 18.3 (3rd) | 21.8 (4th) |
| 2007-09-30 | 28 | 22.3 (3rd) | 23.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-06 | 29 | 21.2 (4th) | 22.2 (4th) |
| 2007-10-07 | 30 | 22.8 (3rd) | 23.6 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-13 | 31 | 19.0 (4th) | 20.0 (4th) |
| 2007-10-14 | 32 | 22.8 (3rd) | 23.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-20 | 33 | 20.0 (4th) | 21.3 (4th) |
| 2007-10-21 | 34 | 21.5 (3rd) | 21.8 (3rd) |
| 2007-10-27 | 35 | 18.9 (4th) | 19.5 (4th) |
| 2007-10-28 | 36 | 21.9 (3rd) | 22.7 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-03 | 37 | 22.3 (4th) | 23.6 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-04 | 38 | 23.4 (3rd) | 24.1 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-10 | 39 | 20.6 (4th) | 21.1 (4th) |
| 2007-11-11 | 40 | 23.1 (3rd) | 23.5 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-17 | 41 | 21.3 (3rd) | 22.5 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-18 | 42 | 25.0 (3rd) | 25.5 (3rd) |
| 2007-11-24 | 43 | 22.1 (4th) | 23.4 (4th) |
| 2007-11-25 | 44 | 25.2 (3rd) | 25.8 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-01 | 45 | 20.6 (4th) | 21.9 (4th) |
| 2007-12-02 | 46 | 24.0 (3rd) | 23.9 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-08 | 47 | 23.7 (4th) | 25.3 (4th) |
| 2007-12-09 | 48 | 25.3 (4th) | 26.1 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-15 | 49 | 24.9 (3rd) | 26.1 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-16 | 50 | 24.3 (3rd) | 25.3 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-22 | 51 | 22.0 (4th) | 22.7 (4th) |
| 2007-12-23 | 52 | 23.0 (3rd) | 23.9 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-29 | 53 | 24.8 (3rd) | 24.7 (3rd) |
| 2007-12-30 | 54 | 26.4 (3rd) | 26.6 (3rd) |
| 2008-01-05 | 55 | 23.7 (3rd) | 23.6 (3rd) |
| 2008-01-06 | 56 | 27.9 (2nd) | 29.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-12 | 57 | 25.8 (3rd) | 26.1 (3rd) |
| 2008-01-13 | 58 | 28.7 (2nd) | 29.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-19 | 59 | 25.4 (3rd) | 26.8 (3rd) |
| 2008-01-20 | 60 | 28.4 (2nd) | 29.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-26 | 61 | 24.9 (2nd) | 25.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-01-27 | 62 | 28.6 (1st) | 29.3 (1st) |
| 2008-02-02 | 63 | 27.4 (2nd) | 27.9 (1st) |
| 2008-02-03 | 64 | 28.7 (2nd) | 29.5 (2nd) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:34 am
i don’t understand why people don’t really like this drama.
its a great drama to watch with yur family.
the actors are amazing and i suggest yu keep watching the drama to fall in love with it.
it’s dramatic and it teaches how important family is.
i love this drama (:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:05 am
You can watch all the episodes with subs at mysoju.com Very good site…..All korean japanese and taiwanese dramas and movies there.
December 5th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Viet Namese use to have the same tradition as Korea.
when you married you live with you parent. obey the in law
now is different, alot of change in culture. So sad……….
Not the same like 1975. No more Moral and respect the elderly.
December 10th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
This movie is okay..the only thing that i hate about this drama is the whole vietnamese in the drama.. Im vietnamese and i find most of it to be offensive..but other than that it was a great drama.. although i did find it very funny and surprise that heechul speaks vietnamese better than jin joo in the drama.. i was surprise it’s ok since she’s not vietnamese…
December 13th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
This is a really good drama. The lead actress I guess is rather new in the industry. She over acted and does cry excessively. Overall the rest of the cast are good. Very interesting, story based on inter-racial marriage which I am sure that some asian families are very much against mixed marriages.
I don’t believe that they portray the Korean women correctly. My friends have strong and fiesty personality. Can’t stand weak men or women.
I am waiting for ep. 46 with eng. sub to come out.
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:02 am
If you want to watch this drama with eng sub, then go to aznv.tv (without www.)
But you need to download winamp to wath the drames and movies there because it’s m3u files.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:18 am
So far, l Like the story n all character…. I am waiting for the end of the story.. When Jin joo meet her korean father.. the conflict…ect.. ect…
January 19th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Oh, I love this drama very much. I love all the characters and their actings. I love watching the female leading star. She is cute and adorable. She and song chang ui are a very adorable and matching couple. They make the whole drama very interesting and romantic. They are not shy with each other which makes everything seems so real. Although lee young ah acting is not really acceptable by some people but I am fond of her character in this drama. I don’t think she is overact. This is part of the character which the script-writer and director want her to act in this manner. I am sure that she has a bright future as she is young and will continue to polish her acting in future. I have watched her other dramas and she is so good. I think that her crying scene should be acceptable as she has to act in the way that she is so miserable and heartache ‘cos of her father who is ungrateful and she is not acceptable by society in Korea. I don’t think that other actresses will act as good as her as crying will make such an ugly sight. I should say that lee young ha has sacrificed her image for this drama.
Salute to her!!!!!!!
January 19th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
i’ve watching golden bride epsiode 24 right now. and i’ll keep watching it.
i think this drama story is pretty amazing, it differs from your typical korean drama [love triangle-boy likes girl, girls likes boy, another boy likes girl..ect..]
the acting is really good, the main actress really showed her best acting like a person who isn’t much fluent all in korean.
but i hate how they portrayed the vietnamese, DUH!!! Vietnamese people know what a supermarket is, we know what a rice cooker is, duh duh duh!
January 26th, 2008 at 3:52 am
BACK IN 75 IN VIET NAM WE DO HAVE ELECTRIC RICE COOKER
WASHER AND REFRIGERATOR. HELLO.
February 20th, 2008 at 9:24 am
really good+complicated story but its ending too simple.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:55 am
I thought this was called Vietnam bride. So far this story is so good but it sucks that I have to wait till Sunday to watch it. But at least it’s 2 hours long. I love this story. It has an interesting twist & I can’t wait to see the ending.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:25 am
this k drama is the best and i watched it every sunday, i even cry when jin-joo was crying how much her mother is dying to see her again as well as her biological father and the part when jin-joos mother sew Stars baby clothes….this is such a cool k drama…luvn it to the fullest!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
You can watch the whole drama at http://www.aznv.tv It has all English subtitles and 64 episodes. This is an amazing drama. You will NOT want to skip any episode. Good Job people.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:27 am
you can watch it on mysoju.com! great site go there lots of dramas korean, taiwan japan etc
April 18th, 2008 at 9:00 am
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April 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 am
this drama is freakin awsome,,, believe it or not,, this drama totally change me…
jin joo is the best !!!
sae mi n young soo (heechullie oppa ^o^v) love are forever….
omooo~~~~
big thanks for ppl whose supporting this drama….
thanks for ppl loving this drama aswell…..
the best drama i;ve ever seen….
June 6th, 2008 at 10:38 am
I find this drama series heart warming with interesting storyline. I don’t mind watching drama with over 50 episodes so long that is has a satisfying ending like “Love in Heaven”. I am still at the earlier part. In fact, I haven’t finished its first 20 episodes, but am drawn to it. Never mind the female lead’s overacting crying scenes, I think she has to do that to make it appear that she annoys the lead male character. There are just some offensive remarks that Korean producers should take into account. They should be reminded that korean series have wide viewership in asian countries, and Philippines is one of them. Our country has been mentioned many times during scenes when the lead female character was doing weird things because she’s not a Korean. They would say “you’re from the Philippines or Vietnam.” If not for its lovely storyline, I would have stop watching it through the end.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I am not surprised if this series has earned a lot of viewership. I have few episodes left, but it seems I don’t want to end watching it. It’s so heartwarming. It’s seldom that you get to watch a series and enjoy and you get something out of it in terms of enriching wisdom and values. Of course, my most favorite couple is Jin Joo and Jun Woo. I love how their fondness and love for each other have developed through out the series. You just can’t help but fall in love with them, especially Jun Woo, who turned out to a devoted and loving husband to Jin Joo, in spite of match made marriage. Oh I just love the way they kiss and make up every time they are confronted with obstacles and misunderstanding. Jin Joo by the way, has herself become prettier towards the middle part of the series.
Young Min and Ji Young couple is perhaps the unhappy couple in the series, but my heart aches for them. They look so good and yet their love for each other has found themselves miserable at all times because of Ji Young’s past. I really don’t know what would become of them, but I hope they would be able to surpass their sad predicament.
Actually, Ji Young isn’t the villainess for Jin Joo, but In Kyung, that greedy husband grabber, who only things of her own well being than others. Oh she was very effective. There were moments that I would love to pull her hair and scratch her eyes out because of her persistence to the point of trying to break JJ and JW marriage by convincing JW to go the US with her.
Another love torn couple is Sae Mi and Young So, who were caught between their families’ trouble and secrets behind which they don’t even know and understand.
I highly recommend this series to everyone. It might have over 60 eps but it’s worth watching every chapter of it.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
this k drama is great and highly recommanded to watch. the male actor song changui has unique charm when he shown tenderness to jin joo. i love this drama very much.
July 6th, 2008 at 12:56 am
love this drama, the two main characters really act like a real couple. love jun woo and jin joo. jun woo is the best husband in the world!!!
July 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
This is one of the best Korean dramas I’ve seen! It’s heartwarming, romantic, funny and clean. Jin Joo and Jun Woo have amazing chemistry together! It’s not influenced by US standards of romantic dramas that is characterized by constant promiscuity and just plain smut. It’s definitely worth watching all 64 episodes. I can watch them over and over again! I was so sad that it ended. I hope they can make more dramas just like it.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am
haven’t the patience to watch dramas longer than 24eps, it’s my longest, I can’t have a peace of mind if I wasn’t able to finish watching it in 2days to know the ending…. have tried watching Yi San coz I love Lee Seo Jin but get tired of it after 40eps and jumped to eps60… lack of romantic scenes that’s why…. then found this one, got curious with it coz it earned good ratings, tried the first few eps and instantly hooked with it….though yes sometimes you may think that the lead actress overacts in some of her scenes, esp the crying scenes but Song Chang Ui acting not to mention his FACE will compensate you for it esp their lovey-dovey scenes, and the scenes where Jun Woo showing his love to his wife, perfect husband material!……now discover the fun of watching dramas with longer eps, you’ll be able to see your eye candy longer lol!…..that is if the story is like that of Golden Bride, which got romance, comedy in every eps, though sometimes predictable didn’t mind it at all coz in every eps you’ll find yourself hoping for that Jun Woo-Jin Joo cute scenes….
September 1st, 2008 at 7:50 am
is this a true story? Happen to see the ending of every disc with pics of vietnamese & korean couple together with a baby each time. Can someone throw some light? I am in Episode 35 now but am curious what is the ending of Kim Young Min and his wife?
September 1st, 2008 at 8:57 am
I don’t think this is a true story….maybe the pix you’re talking about is the pix Jin Joo is always looking at everytime he misses his father?? that is the pix of his father,herself and her mom…..have actually finish watching this one just this weekend, have actually bought the dvd copy of it (to put in my keeper shelf) coz can’t find the complete videos of it on the net…..though sadly the one I bought also has some cuts on it, and for the first time though it has 64eps I’ve rewatched it for the 2nd time, though I’ve only look for those of Jun Woo – Jin Joo cute scenes….whew! just can’t get enough of it…….just love Jun Woo! and Song Chang Ui of course…..you really wanna know what happened to the 2nd couple?? well they got divorced though you can see that they really love each other but I guessed love wasn’t just enough to make relationship work…….am now waiting for The Scale of Providence to start…love to see Song Chang Ui in another role……though sadly it only has 16eps….it will only took me one day to finish it!