Lovers in Prague
Lovers in Prague is a 2005 South Korean television drama series starring Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Joo-hyuk, Kim Min-jun and Yoon Se-ah. It aired on SBS from September 24 to November 20, 2005 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 18 episodes.
It is the second of three TV series in the Lovers trilogy by writer Kim Eun-sook and director Shin Woo-chul. This was preceded by Lovers in Paris, and the third, simply titled Lovers, was not set in Europe like the first two.
Plot
The president's daughter, Yoon Jae-hee is a Korean diplomat in Prague, Czech Republic. She has only recently recovered from a devastating break up five years earlier with Ji Young-woo, the son of a prominent Korean businessman. Choi Sang-hyun is a detective who goes to Prague searching for his ex-girlfriend Hye-joo. Hye-joo broke up with Sang-hyun over the phone from Prague and Sang-hyun cannot accept it.Sang-hyun meets Jae-hee in Prague and misunderstandings abound. Eventually the two help each other and become friends. When they return to Korea love blossoms, but their respective exes and very different social status put it to the test.
Cast
- Jeon Do-yeon as Yoon Jae-hee
- Kim Joo-hyuk as Choi Sang-hyun
- Kim Min-jun as Ji Young-woo
- Yoon Se-ah as Kang Hye-joo
- Lee Jung-gil as the Yoon Jung-han, Jae-hee's father, the President of Republic of Korea
- Jang Keun-suk as Yoon Gun-hee, Jae-hee's younger brother
- Jung Dong-hwan as Ji Kyung-hwan, Young-woo's father, the chairman of the Taesung Group
- Ha Jung-woo as Ahn Dong-nam, Jae-hee's bodyguard
- Yoon Young-joon as Suh Yoon-kyu, Jae-hee's friend and co-worker
- Kim Seung-wook as Hwang Dal-ho, Sang-hyun's partner
- Kim Na-woon as Shin Kwang-ja, Sang-hyun's aunt
- Andy Lee as Ji Seung-woo, Young-woo's younger half-brother
- Kwak Ji-min as Jung Yeon-soo, high school student
- Park Jae-min as Mrs. Young
- Won Duk-hyun as a student
- Shim Eun-kyung as a student
- Hahm Eun-jung as a student
Reception
Ratings for the drama averaged 26–27%, partly due to Jeon's return to television after a three-year hiatus. At the 2005 SBS Drama Awards, Jeon Do-yeon was awarded the Daesang, and Kim Joo-hyuk won Top Excellence Award. Kim also won Best Actor for TV at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards.Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.Source: