April Kiss


April Kiss, also called Kiss of April, is a South Korean TV drama that aired from April 21 to July 8, 2004 on KBS.

Plot

Kang Jae-seop and Song Chae-won are close friends. Jae-seop has a crush on Chae-won.
In high school, the righteous and charming Jae-seop and the brave Chae-won feel attracted to each other. Then, when Jung-woo, who comes from a wealthy family and has a gentle personality, transfers to the school, the three people's relationships become entangled. Jung-woo and Chae-won fall in love, but when Jae-seop's younger brother steals Jung-woo's letter, the two drift apart.
13 years later, Jae-seop becomes a director of Daejin Group and Chae-won meets again as an art academy instructor. Jae-seop still loves only Chae-won, and Jung-woo and Chae-won meet again as if by fate. However, Chae-won rejects Jung-woo and stays by Jae-seop's side. Jung-woo and Chae-won become close again after a misunderstanding, an accident, and a liver transplant. However, Jung-woo suffers from amnesia, and Chae-won still loves him.
Chae-won asks Jae-seop to help Jung-woo regain his memories, and Jae-seop eventually leaves, exhausted. Chae-won continues to misunderstand and pushes Jae-seop away, and her relationship with Jung-woo also goes wrong. Later, Jung-woo's memories return, but Chae-won's heart is already turned to Jae-seop.
In the end, Chae-won goes to see Jae-seop, but he is already too hurt to accept it. Jae-seop returns to work and accepts Chae-won's proposal, but he is diagnosed with terminal cancer and leaves. Chae-won and Jeong-woo return to Seoul together to find him, but Jae-seop dies in a car accident.
Two years later, Jeong-woo and Jin-ah reconnect, and Chae-won finally realizes that Jae-seop was her destiny.

Cast

Main

Supporting

  • Koo Jun-yup as Kang Jae-dong
  • Lee Yoon-sung as Shim Soon-young
  • Kim In-moon as Kang Woon-bong, Jae-sup's father
  • Kwon Kwi-ok as Hong Mi-ryun
  • Lee Jung-gil as Dr. Han Tae-joon, Jeong-woo's father
  • Lee Hye-sook as Oh Shin-ja
  • Shin Choong-sik as Song Young-man, Chae-won's mother
  • Park Soon-chun as Seo In-sook, Jeong-woo's mother
  • Han In-soo as Chairman Jang Kap-sool
  • Kim Ji-yoo as Kang Jae-hee
  • Jang Tae-sung as Noh Kong-tak
  • Song Yoon-kyung as Han Jung-yeon