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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July 13th, 2011 at 8:31 am
@JANGGERR I SAW IT ON EPDRAMA YESTERDAY
July 13th, 2011 at 11:49 am
Argh, I am so frustrated. The drama was so good when I first started watching it on TV that I couldn’t wait n started watching it on Viki. After a marathon on catching up, the excitement of seeing the two leads fizzled out as soon as they got married! I am now at episode 43 and i am getting more and more disappointed with the whole drama. What has happened? Urgh!! I am just going to watch the last two episodes, I think and forget about the rest! The ghost, however freaked me out when I first saw it! Haha!
July 14th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
THANK YOU HULA808, I FOUND THE DRAMA THAT I REALLY LIKE FROM THIS EPSITE, (TWINKLE OR SHINING OR SPARKLING).
July 14th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
@251 hula
Thanks so much for the info! Didn’t know of this website. Found other dramas which have missing episodes in other sites there too. Awesome!
July 17th, 2011 at 3:18 am
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ep 51 it was half an hour long and got cut off no 1 hour hmmm well i guess i will see the rest tomorrow
July 17th, 2011 at 3:48 am
Jang and Haye glad to help you are welcome
July 17th, 2011 at 4:10 am
i take that back found site with hour i knew something was not right with the 30 min
July 17th, 2011 at 4:49 am
i am crying like a baby make sure you have tissue this episode!!!! 51
July 17th, 2011 at 8:59 am
btw watched it 3 times now and cried every time…. But I know when the subtitles come out I will need 2 boxes of tissue darn better stock up…
July 17th, 2011 at 11:15 am
@ hula
Where? Where can I watch episode 51? Doesn’t matter if there’s no subs yet.
July 17th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
i watched on both epdrama and drama crazy . net omg bringggggggg tissueeeee
July 17th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Now, that’s more like it!
The penultimate Episode is at last, of the kind of quality one expected throughout the series but didn’t get it!
Ah Soo Ra seemed surprised at the news, I wonder what other things are hidden at this stage?
Perhaps, he and Dr. Geum are long lost brothers?
Looks like Dan Gong Joo is busy studying……to be a Nun, maybe?
I do hope that the Footmen don’t turn into rats and the Car into a pumkin and Dan Sa Ran’s stepmother into an ugly sister……Oops! what have I said?
July 18th, 2011 at 1:52 am
Ep 52: Spoiler Alert:
It is done! Over! I love the Grand Finale in ep 52. It is completely satisfying!
When SaR is having the baby, Gong Joo notifies her own parents to go visit at the hosp. But they choose to go ahead with their hiking plans instead. Lo n behold, the writer does us the favor of having them fall off the mountain and die! So SaR’s birth parents repay them by giving them a grand send-off, which they couldn’t have afforded on their own. That also saves everyone the trouble of struggling over $$ with the greedy old witch, who wants a house instead of an apt that Dr. Geum offers to buy them.
It is sooo cute to see the 2 grand-fathers fighting for access to the baby. Hwai Jang nim is interested in Andre no more! Even DaMo can hardly get his turn. That is going to be one spoiled little princess, with all those adults fawning over her. SaR too is surround by those who love her dearly. That is a satisfying ending if ever I’ve seen one!
I feel that those of us who religiously followed it for 52 eps have accomplished some feat!
The next drama, w Kim Sun Ah should also be good. She is always funny. Happy summer viewing!
July 18th, 2011 at 2:01 am
@hula:
I was miffed and so didn’t come back for days. Sorry I missed your question earlier. RaRa’s grandma has always been the wet-blanket in the search for the lost grand-daughter. Her discouraging comments to Sun Duk sent her crying to Pres Oh, which she should have done much earlier, who then was able to connect the dots for the parties concerned.
If we watch KD with a western mentality, sometimes it can get frustrating. But if we bear in mind that Asian, in particular Korean society, is very mindful of face n respectability, it then becomes more reasonable that they had kept mum on the subject, until the last moment.
It’s been fun having you on board. See you again soon! Have a love Hawaiian summer!
July 18th, 2011 at 2:05 am
Turns out the ghosts were just fillers, no one related to the family in particular, just a means to stretch the drama by 2 eps, while the next one gets itself ready. I consider that aspect of the show quite a failure in writing. It is cheating, basically.
July 18th, 2011 at 2:06 am
at last seen the last epi. the best ending in family drama.they got their baby girl.both grandfather are now fighting to have her….lol
I love the 2 leads in this drama especially ah damo.
July 18th, 2011 at 2:15 am
@jangerr:
Thanks for your comment.
Sparkling has great writing. I enjoy the juggling of moral options by the girls. It is not something that we see often in KDs.
Yes, see you again on other threads, soon.
@hula:
Sent you a message earlier; I’ll wait to see if it appears later b4 re-writing it.
July 18th, 2011 at 2:29 am
Truly loved the ending!!! this is the ending I was hoping for BRAVO!!! hope to see you all on other threads..ALOHA
July 18th, 2011 at 9:41 am
@ KDADDICT thank you will it has been an awesome ride!!! see you on another KD!!
July 18th, 2011 at 9:50 am
two thumbs up to the writer of this drama… from beginning to end… twas the very best drama among all KDs that I’ve watched. The writer gave justice to all stories not to forget the ending by taking out the wicked people in the story… that was the best…. Congratulations to all involved in making this drama a success… to everyone who loved this, we truly had one big smile at last. (plus those boxes tissues on epi 51 my oh my..) to Ah Damo anD Geum Saran… and they lived happily ever after…. the end…
July 18th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Yup, it has been a great ride! Though it oet boring and kind of ridiculous (what with the totally irrelevant ghost thingy – remind me of the tacky ghost house in theme parks…), those of us who persisted have been duly rewarded!
The ending was just how we’ve wanted – happy ending for our beloved couple. On top of that, the writer gave in and aive us what we wanted, i.e., killed off the most hated character – SaR’s stepmum! BUt maybe she/he went a bit too far by killing off the stepdad too… Though he was kind of spineless, he has been good to SaR…
July 18th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
The finale is an feel-good episode. I’ve seen it 3 times in half a day! It is sth that can be viewed whenever one needs uplifting!
July 18th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
@jangerr:
Tho the step-dad hasn’t actively done anything horrible to SaR, by just going along with his witch wife, he is an accomplice. He never lifted a finger or said One word to help SaR. As such, he is a morally bankrupt individual. He has betrayed his dead wife who adopted n loved SaR for being on cozy terms w the witch.
July 25th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Well, it’s over!
At best it was good, but at worst it was pretty awful.
The writer lost his way or at least he lost us from following his way.
It seemed that the commercial Dollars overruled the story in a few episodes.
It was nothing if not entertaining, and that’s what it’s all about, entertainment.
I can’t help wondering about the ‘Disney’ like way that we humans accept death as an ending for most things.
Like sweeping dust under the carpet, gone from view but not really gone!
There is a kind of irony that humans seem to believe that they have ‘control’, after death, or at least where we send the soul.
A war hero is given a military or state funeral with full honours and is said to be going to a ‘better’ place with honour.
When a long suffering patient with cancer dies, we say that it is a relief for him or her!
When a murderer or a despot, a president or military leader is responsible for crimes against their own people, we say, ‘they got what they deserved’, by puting them to death.
You know, the end result is that we all end up dead, like all of the above.
So, who says they are dispatched beyond death to what we think they deserve?
How can death be a relief for the suffering, honour for the war hero and punishment for the despot or murderer, all at the same time?
Most viewers thought that Dan Sa Ran’s stepmother and father got what they deserved.
Did they really?
Did their crime of being selfish, greedy, self-centered, inadequate as parents and human beings, really warrant death?
If so, then a lot of us could join them!
July 27th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
this a best drama ………….
i enjoy see.
im very no this is the koran drama ……
:p