Miss Ripley
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Title: 리플리 / Miss Ripley
Chinese Title : 雷普利小姐
Also Known as : Miss Ripley Who I Loved…
Previously known as: 굿바이 미스 리플리 / Goodbye Miss Ripley
Genre: Melodrama, romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-May-30 to 2011-July-19
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Synopsis
Two very different men fall in love with Jang Mi Ri, a woman whose life is a complicated web of lies, propelled by her greedy desires that stem from an unfortunate childhood. Jang Myung Hoon is an ambitious hotelier who maintains perfect control of himself and his life, while Yutaka is the warm and gentle heir of a Korean-Japanese hotel conglomerate. Their love for Mi Ri and her tragic ambition eventually leads them down the path of destruction.
Miss Ripley is based on the real life case of Shin Jung Ah, a university professor and art curator at Dongguk University who was discovered to have forged her creditials in order to get hired, with the help of her boyfriend (then presidential secretary) Byun Yang Kyoon, and embezzled funds from the art gallery’s corporate sponsorship.
Cast
Lee Da Hae as Jang Mi Ri
- Park Ha Young as Mi Ri (young)
- Jung Da Bin as Mi Ri (teen)
Micky Yoochun as Yutaka / Song Yoo Hyun
Kim Seung Woo as Jang Myung Hoon
Kang Hye Jung as Na Hee Joo
Extended Cast
Hwang Ji Hyun as Lee Gwi Yeon
Choi Myung Gil as Lee Hwa
Lee Sang Yeob as Ha Chul Jin
Song Jae Ho as President Lee
Jang Yong as Song In Soo
Kim Na Woon as Kang Shi Young
Kim Chang Wan as Director Choi
Baek Bong Ki as as Deputy Manager Kim
Lee Soo Mi (이수미) as Jo Eun Bom
Kim Jung Tae as Hirayama
Min Joon Hyun as Manager Han
Park Ji Yeon as Yuu (cameo, ep 3)
X-5 as themselves (cameo, ep 3)
Yang Mi Kyung as Yoo Hyun’s mother
Uhm Ki Joon as prosecutor (cameo)
Maeng Sang Hoon
Production Credits
Producer: Han Hee
Director: Choi Yi Sup, Choi Won Suk
Screenwriter: Kim Sun Young
Awards
2012 48th Baeksang Arts Awards: Popularity Award, Actor: Park Yoochun (Miss Ripley)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Newcomers Awards (Mini Series), Best New Actor (Park Yoo Chun)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Producer’s Award, Actor (Kim Jung Tae)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-30 | 1 | 11.3 (3rd) | 14.2 (3rd) |
| 2011-05-31 | 2 | 11.9 (4th) | 15.6 (3rd) |
| 2011-06-06 | 3 | 10.4 (5th) | 12.5 (4th) |
| 2011-06-07 | 4 | 9.6 (8th) | 11.8 (7th) |
| 2011-06-13 | 5 | 9.0 (11th) | 11.3 (5th) |
| 2011-06-14 | 6 | 9.8 (7th) | 12.6 (6th) |
| 2011-06-20 | 7 | 9.1 (9th) | 10.4 (6th) |
| 2011-06-21 | 8 | 10.1 (6th) | 12.2 (5th) |
| 2011-06-27 | 9 | 8.9 (16th) | 11.0 (8th) |
| 2011-06-28 | 10 | 10.8 (4th) | 12.8 (5th) |
| 2011-07-04 | 11 | 10.7 (7th) | 12.7 (5th) |
| 2011-07-05 | 12 | 10.5 (6th) | 12.9 (5th) |
| 2011-07-11 | 13 | 12.3 (6th) | 14.6 (4th) |
| 2011-07-12 | 14 | 14.0 (3rd) | 16.4 (3rd |
| 2011-07-18 | 15 | 12.4 (4th) | 15.5 (4th) |
| 2011-07-19 | 16 | 12.2 (4th) | 15.4 (3rd) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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January 25th, 2012 at 9:13 am
well i’m soo affected by this drama, i can say this is THE BEST MBC DRAMA EVER, because the storyline is very good. but i’m a bit dissapointed with the ending….not satisfied enough. exactly, did Mi Ri end up with Yukata or not ?..please miss ripley 2.!!!
January 26th, 2012 at 2:54 am
I really like this drama, this drama is very interesting and very good road story
January 26th, 2012 at 3:00 am
The drama is very good, very good story i love it
January 26th, 2012 at 4:29 am
Seems to good drama film, let’s see when I’ve watched.
January 26th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
happy brithday
January 27th, 2012 at 8:25 am
miss repley drama of korea… really grat..i love it. i never leave this drama..event i have plan for to go…..especialy i like with…with kim seung woo…. look like wise person… elegant…..,,, chiaaaaaaayyyyyyyoooo
January 27th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
this series is being aired in my country currently. is the ending not so good? or is Mi Ri end up with yutaka? i wonder about shin jung ah – the woman whose story is based upon.. does she look anywhere near Lee Da Hae ? a professor? wow. from the few early epis that had been aired, i get the impression that Mi Ri, for a woman who seemed to have money trouble, dress up very nicely, her outfit incl shoes, bags etc are all so “correctly, beautifully arranged” – like “flaunting” her perfect posture, looks… so much so that those men – who are said to be so, so “qualified” – whatever that may be, fall for her manipulative ways… tch, tsk, tck… so sad and pathetic aren’t they, as usual men always fall for beauty- almost always “solely”…regardless…
after watching korean series for some time why do i get the feeling that it’s all about flaunting wealth and beauty – the background is almost always about someone so very rich, tycoon rich, then the beautiful women, in this case Mi Ri always dress.. in this one here, with very short pants, mini skirts etc to show off her long, nicely shaped legs…
i guess that’s the recipe for gathering audiences, followers ?
January 28th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
is it true that Lee Da Hae had a kind of cosmetic surgery ? if so, is her looks as pictured above her new look? she is beautiful. it seems a lot of the actors/ess have already done cost. surge. before..? i also read that kim hyun joong also had something like that? i wonder about the original looks of them now..
January 31st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
i like park yoochun
January 31st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
saranghaeyooooooooo
opppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
park yoochun
January 31st, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Saranghae Park Yoochun
February 5th, 2012 at 1:56 am
I hate this drama, i don;t know why everyone said they love it.
not happy ending!!?!?!? make the lead actress dumb! like evil…
i don’t why have to be that.
i like the main ide of this drama but i really2 don’t like how the drama to be in the end…
February 7th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Why its not the happy ending????? #angry
I hope there’s also miss ripley #part2
Come on….Jang Mi Ri must happy with Song Yu Hyun…pleaseeee #crying
PleaseeeEeeeeeeeeeeeee…………………………………………
February 8th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
I’m a little upset with the ending.. I don’t know Mi Ri with Myung Joon or Tanaka., they don’t explain it clearly at the ending. (ʃ˘̩̩̩_˘̩̩̩ƪ)
February 9th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
wow………… miss ripley…!!!
i like it?
February 11th, 2012 at 10:20 am
the story line is wooow. like it
February 11th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
first, i watch this drama because park yoochun cz i am jyj fangirl..
then i like the story line.. lead female is evil girl..? is so different from others k.drama theme beside i like the way lee dae hee could pull out her character.. when she cry i can feel her sorrow, sometimes i hate and feel sympati for jang miri at the same time..
my favorite scene when song yoohyun sing to jang miri
February 11th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
i not satisfied …why not happy ending…?
February 11th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
am from indonesia. the series is currently aired here, nearly finish. i do wonder about the procedure for professorship there, as being shown in the series, it seems so easy? (if my understanding is not as the original story line, then it is probably due to the poor dubbing here because it is being dubbed) to earn a professor title, doesn’t the person has to already published scientific articles(in journals or other media) – more than one article certainly (related to the field) and perhaps also already owned a PhD title? perhaps also several years of active involvement in the field & community of it? credentials? how come a person as young as Mi Ri – she is…25? 27 years old? already be in such position unless she is a genius, and a genius usually is known from the start (no room for scheme). is the real Shin Jung Ah that young when she schemed her acts? besides i wonder about the rationale of it, a prestigious uni as Uni of Tokyo would certainly draw attention if one of its alumni becomes a prominent someone, a tv host in Mi Ri’s case, surely this shows how foolish actually is this character of Jang Mi Ri in this case, if not a stupid one? people would bound to find out, being famous is being scrutinized in more than one way.
then, didn’t Mi Ri’s mother already knew that Mi Ri is her long lost daughter when she did investigation when she first learned of Yutaka’s girlfriend? she had Mi Ri’s pic when she was still young, the age she was in the orphanage – surely she knew then that that is her daughter’s pic? so there is no excuse for being ignorant when she then cruelly tried to separate Mi Ri from Yutaka, exposed her as the club girl she was etc. then, although after a lapse of 20 years, surely the mother was already an adult with a certain ‘facial’ look – a face that Mi Ri know as a child and would later recognize when she was an adult? – as comparison, Tak Gu (Baker King) was also lost, separated when he was around Mi Ri’s age and later met his father, step mother etc – who all still with the same face-look..? and he could easily recognize them all? so in Mi Ri’s case isnt this too, too far fetched – that she couldn’t recognize her own mother? unless the mother had a radical facial surgery ..hehe…
it is also described how the mother blamed the father, Mondo Group owner, saying she turn to an evil mother because she did it all for Mondo Group, for the father etc tho also because of her debt? wow. geez. what a weird justification. just like Yutaka said that, questioning, is it because of him that Mi Ri being abandoned, then turn to be the scheming, manipulative girl etc. the logic here is that when one is evil it is not her responsibility but others, situations, circumstances etc. where does that come from? isn’t it, a person has to take responsibility for her/his own action? here both Mi Ri and her mother are person of insatiable greed. and greed is just that, Greed, plain and simple. Money is the root of all evils. there is no rationale, justification for greed. otherwise things like corruptions, money laundering, company take overs, disputes of ownerships of resources etc would all be justified – within norms – and people who do it are actually nice, kind, considerate people – only other people, circumstances, situations make them do that? wow !
isnt it : external circumstances, stressors, pressures, tempations will always be there and we can not control them, we can only control our own reactions to them? trying to understand people’s motives and their backgrounds is one thing but justifying it is another.
February 12th, 2012 at 12:44 am
ps: i dislike the character Yutaka/Song Yoo Hyun. a “typical” who falls for beauty (physical).. then why did he have to “kidnap” Hirayama – something like in the mafia kind of story..? what is the purpose of such portrayal actually ? an interview conducted in a large, empty room in the highest floor of a building? meaning the high position Yutaka is in? …. well… over dramatization? just like i dont think Jang Yong is rightly casted as the Mondo Group President/owner, he is more suited to the role of Kim Dae Jin – father of Jang Sae Byuk in You are my Destiny.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Miss ripley part 2 pleeeaasssseeeeee!!!!! Jang mi ri with song yu hyun, huhu
February 17th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Miss Ripley is really one of the best korean drama that i have seen,but the ending is really soooo sad,with the love birds being separated:(…The story line is really very good & the acting skills of lee da-hae,micky yoochun & kim seung woo must be praised! Thumbs up for their great efforts in making this drama so touching & nice.i really feel that the ending should have been more completed,as i dun quite understand the ending too???? Will there be another continuous part of Miss RIPLEY as i believe that most of us would love to see MISS RIPLEY PART 2 TOO:).If there will be MISS RIPLEY PART 2,I will definitely continue to watch it AS this is really a very good drama.Lee da-hae & micky yoochun look really very compatible in the korean drama & i will certainly hope for A MISS RIPLEY PART 2,with a more complete & happy ending:)
February 18th, 2012 at 12:16 am
Will there be another MISS RIPLEY PART 2 as the ending is not very complete & good?MISS RIPLEY is really a very nice korean drama,with a good story line & excellent acting from the cast in MISS RIPLEY,ESPECIALLY MICKY YOOCHUN,LEE DA-HAE & KIM SEUNG WOO.I suppose many fans of MISS RIPLEY & ME,OF COURSE, will really love to see MISS RIPLEY PART 2..I REALLY HOPE TO SEE MISS RIPLEY PART 2 IN A MUCH MORE COMPLETE & HAPPY ENDING FOR THE LOVE BIRDS(JANG MI RI & SONG YOO HYUN):)
February 24th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
I love Micky Yoo Chun~!
March 4th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Even though the ending wasn’t as i though it would be, i was actually satisfied about it. The story for this drama wasn’t mainly about love. Instead it was about the hardship the main character had to suffer with her lies. We all expect happy endings for every drama but not every drama focuses its theme on love