New Tales of Gisaeng
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Title: 신기생뎐 / Shin Gisaeng Dyeon / New Tales of Gisaeng
Chinese Title : 新妓生传
Also known as: New Gisaeng Story
Genre: Romance, drama
Episodes: 52
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Jan-23 to 2011-July-17
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:45
Synopsis
New Tales of Gisaeng depicts the love, sadness and pain of people surrounding a gisaeng house, where only VIPs can enter.
Dan Sa Ran majored in classical dance while attending college. Her mother died when she was still young and her father remarried, bringing with him a new stepsister and a materialistic stepmother whom she has trouble warming up to. Sa Ran comes from a poor family, but she maintains her dignity around friends who come from rich families. Either fate or coincidence brings her together with Da Mo, to whom she feels an instant attraction, but her awareness of her poor background restrains her from voicing it. A head gisaeng at Buyongkak observes Sa Ran’s natural beauty and grace as well as dancing talent, and recommends her to become a gisaeng.
Ah Da Mo takes business administration training at his father’s company. He does not get along with his father, who is indifferent towards his family and only shows affection towards their pet dog. Da Mo is cocky and tends to look down on women, but begins to question his attitude when he meets Sa Ran by chance. He finds himself involuntarily drawn to her, and their relationship begins.
Cast
Im Soo Hyang as Dan Sa Ran
Sung Hoon as Ah Da Mo
Han Hye Rin as Geum Ra Ra
Sa Ran’s family
Kim Joo Young as Dan Chul Soo
Lee Sook as Ji Hwa Ja
Baek Ok Dam as Dan Gong Joo
Ra Ra’s family
Lee Dae Ro as Geum Shi Jo
Seo Woo Rim as Lee Hong Ah
Han Jin Hee as Geum Eo San
- Park Jin (박진) as young Eo San
Lee Jong Nam as Jang Joo Hee
Lee Dong Joon as Geum Kang San
Lee Sang Mi as Shin Hyo Ri
Da Mo’s family
Im Hyuk as Ah Soo Ra
Kim Hye Jung as Cha Ra Ri
Ahn Young Joo as Park Ae Ja
Buyongkak
Kim Bo Yun as Oh Hwa Ran
Kim Hye Sun as Han Soon Duk
- Jung Han Bi as young Soon Duk
Choi Sun Ja as Hwa Ran’s mother
Lee Mae Ri as Lee Do Hwa
Park Joon Myun as No Eun Ja
Seo Dong Soo as Ma Dan Se
Song Dae Kwan as Seo Saeng Kang
Oh Ki Chan (오기찬) as Oh Bong Yi
Kang Cho Hee as Han Song Yi
Kim Yul as Baek Soo Jung
Seol Yoon as Jang Soo Jin
Yoon Ji Eun as Song Hye Eun
SAT Kim Eun Sun as Ye Rang
Lee Sun Ah as Lee Ji Hyang
Oh Ji Yun (오지연) as Kim-sshi
Ha Na Kyung (하나경)
Other people
Jun Ji Hoo as Son Ja
Jin Ye Sol as Jin Joo Ah
Lee Soo Jin as Sung Ah Mi
Park Yoon Jae as Oh Jin Ahm
Kim Ho Chang as Yoo Tae Young
Michael Blunck as Kyle
Shin Goo as Master Joong Bong
Jun Sung Hwan as Master Jung Do
Lee Hyo Jung as Ma Yi Joon
Kim Joon Hyung as Do Suk
Son Ga Young as Choi Young Nim
Won Jong Rye as Young Nim’s mother
Kim Sun Il (김선일) as Min Jae
Min Joon Hyun as manager
Kyung Soo Jin
Production Credits
Production Company: Golden Pine
Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Lee Young Hee (from Episode 9), Son Moon Kwon
Screenwriter: Im Sung Han
Notes
Original air date was January 22, but due to the Secret Garden Special, both episode 1 & 2 will air on January 23.
Awards
2011 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards (Im Soo Hyang)
2011 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards (Sung Hoon)
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January 17th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Looking forward to see it.
January 17th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
wonder this drama was saeguk drama or modern drama??hehe
the storyline look promising but i dont like saeguk drama
January 17th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
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January 20th, 2011 at 9:18 am
I love korean drama, waiting from indonesia…
January 23rd, 2011 at 1:19 pm
i love this drama
January 24th, 2011 at 3:24 am
If you liked Secret Garden, you should try this one!
Great start. It’s on http://www.dramabang.com/G4/korean/board.php?bo_table=Drama20&wr_id=1
January 29th, 2011 at 4:44 am
new trend in korean dramas for 2011, more prostitutes (gisaeng). yet another costume drama. whatever
February 5th, 2011 at 5:53 am
I’m really excited to watch this Drama *–* Can’t wait!
February 13th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
50 episodes are quite long. Only 1 main actor, isn’t enough guy candy. Let’s hope the story is so good it is worth hanging on for 50 eps. So far (in 7 eps):
1. The evil step-mother is rearing her head. She has too many scenes, talks too much and is too meddling. Are Korean parents really like this? Have a guy investigated cos he is seen to be talking to the daughter twice?
2. The girls’ parentage has been brought into question.
Let’s hope this is not another KD melodrama where the pretty girl is made pathetic and persecuted; until the very end, then her real parentage is revealed and all is well. That formula has been done to death already. That would be so tiresome.
February 14th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
There may be only 1 guy-candy in this show, but I enjoy watching the 2 ladies at Buyongkak, Sa Jang Oh Hwa Ran and the Chef, Han Sun Duk. The two actresses playing these roles are superb. Not only are they beautiful at their age, their acting, delicate and multi-layered is art.
Contrast these two with the loud-mouthed step-mother with the curly hair. That wig is too much. Her acting is totally exaggerated. She is on screen way too much. If you intend to give someone so much screen time, you should cast a better actress in that role.
February 21st, 2011 at 12:41 am
This drama is EXCELLENT! My favorite character is Sa Ran! YOU GO GIRL! Teach that playboy, Da Mo, that you’re not his toy to play with and discard in boredom after he’s hugged you! A woman with an inferiority complex would have gone into the hotel with him…being another digit added to his conquest record! So, CHEERS…for MAKING him respect you and RECOGNIZE that he’s terribly mistaken about you being like other women who would fall all over him. I must say that Da Mo and Sa Ran are my favorite couple!
Da Mo (sexy bedroom eyes) wants Sa Ran so bad! If she was an 8 course meal of his favorite foods… from appetizer to dessert he would devour her in a 1 course time and that’s the truth! hehehe
February 21st, 2011 at 12:43 am
This is one drama that I don’t mind it being 50 episodes long and that ‘s a lot coming from me!
February 21st, 2011 at 1:08 pm
This show is very interesting so far. At 10 eps it makes you care about what will happen next. It is anyone’s guess how the Doctor and his parents will come to find and recognize Sa Ran as their own. Sa Ran is being shown as someone who is not only beautiful but understanding and smart, as she makes suggestions to Da Mo in improving his relationship with his father. The introductory trailer shows Sa Ran dressed up as a gisaeng at Buyongkak, where she’ll surely become close with her birth mother, Sun Duk. I wait with anticipation.
February 22nd, 2011 at 12:37 pm
The main actors playing Sa Ran and Da Mo are newbies, but they are doing a really good job here. Da Mo (Sung Hoon) has a chiseled face, with sharp lines and definition. He is convincing as sb who has some deep-seated angst and a steel rod up his rear. Sa Ran portrays a lonely sadness that at times lifts in a smile to show her true radiance. Contrast that with her acting in Paradise Ranch as a quarrelsome little girl. You can hardly tell it is the same actress. The good ones are like that.
March 2nd, 2011 at 10:47 am
hehe i watched smile,you with 45 episodes i can handle 50 if the story is good and lots of twists
….my liking it so far episode 10 is love….i heart sa ran.. i like how these are kinda new people
March 6th, 2011 at 1:32 am
I like this drama so far…..!!!!!
March 6th, 2011 at 8:23 am
Storyline is very good so for…!!!
March 6th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Da Mo went off to HKG with his grandmother for a week. The show felt empty without him! He is falling for Sa Ran more every day. Hope his grandmother will support their relationship when it comes to light!
March 7th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Where can I watch this? Can anyone please advise? Those at mysoju don’t seem to work from episode 5 onwards.
March 8th, 2011 at 11:38 am
you can watch with subs at dramacrazy.net or kimchidrama or jacinda. This drama is real interesting – a mix-up of the modern and old world. What makes it more interesting is the lead characters are both newbies – especially the guy playing DaMo. Sung Hoon plays and acts the DaMo character so well.
March 10th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
@ kayreevs
Thanks so much for your recommendation! I’ve just completed watching up to epi 14 and loving every single episode. You’re right, the leads are good, especially since they are newbies!
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March 13th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Poor Da Mo seems to be in turmoil. He has gone off to Japan alone, I think, to sort out his feelings for Sa Ran (Ep. 15). But there are 35 more eps. to go. So one fears for Sa Ran for all the calamities that await her.