~Sweet 18~

[:.Jessie Han.:]

Sweet 18
a.k.a. 18 Year Old Bride


KBS Drama (2004) – 16 Episodes
Korean Title: Nang Rang 18 Seh

Casts:

Yoon Jung Sook: Han Ji Hye (Lea Yoon)
Kwon Hyuk Joon: Lee Dong Gun (Matthew Kwon)

Kwon Sun Ah (Hyuk Joon’s elder sister)
Jung Chan (Hyuk Joon’s colleague and best friend)
Moon Ga Young (Hyuk Joon’s ex-girlfriend)
Hyuk Joon’s grandfather
Jung Sook’s mother

General Synopsis:

Living life as a responsibility-free high school senior, Jung Sook gets into trouble when she is caught dancing at a night club by a district attorney. But that is just the beginning of surprises in her life...she finds out that when she was a baby, her grandfather set up an arranged marriage...to an older man!

This drama is about Jung Sook's trials in avoiding the arranged marriage while trying to find the "true love" she literally bumped into on the street. But ultimately, the discovery of love in an unexpected place is sweet to watch.

A story of immaturity, coming of age and the realization of true love.

[:.Jessie Han.:]

Comment: This one is hilarious! A very superb, cool show! ^__^ It's impossible not to make you laugh! And aside from that, the casts are all great especially Lee Dong Gun (*blushes) and Han Ji Hye (*claps). I love this series!

[:.Jessie Han.:]

~ www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=469

Synopsis:

The drama begins with Hyuk Joon’s grandfather, the patriarch of the respectable and very traditional Kwon household, agreeing to a pre-arranged marriage between his at-the-time 10 year old grandson and the new-born granddaughter of his best friend, Jung Sook’s grandfather. However, the family of Jung Sook’s grandfather soon runs into debt and in the middle of the night, they quietly leave the Kwon household so as not to bring shame upon them.

Fast forward 17 years and Jung Sook is all grown up now and studying her final year in high school in preparation for her university-entrance exams. Her grandfather and father have by now passed on and she was brought up in a poor environment by her mum who owns a small laundry shop. However, Jung Sook is chirpy and strong-willed despite her background and definitely very cheeky. She unfortunately does not have much of an interest in her studies and often goes shopping and to discos with her ‘gang’ of four close friends, known in school collectively as the ‘five mirror princesses’.

It is during one of these disco outings that Jung Sook ends up meeting her future husband, Hyuk Joon, although it is not in the best of circumstances. Hyuk Joon, a prosecutor has led his team to the disco to arrest a targeted gang leader but failing to do so, end up arresting underage entrants to the disco instead. Jung Sook, not yet 18, is one of those arrested and the awkward circumstance of their meeting is used to generate a few laughs. At almost the same time, Hyuk Joon’s grandfather who has been looking for his long-lost friend over the years, finally locates Jung Sook’s family’s whereabouts and send Hyuk Joon’s uncle to formalise the details of the pre-arranged marriage with Jung Sook’s mum.

Upon learning of the marriage, Hyuk Joon and Jung Sook of course are very much opposed to it with Hyuk Joon thinking of Jung Sook as an immature brat while Jung Sook sees Hyuk Joon as an old boring nerd. However, the usual plot developments are thrown in to bring the two together like Jung Sook catching Hyuk Joon in the bath when going to his house to ask him something and more importantly, she learns that Hyuk Joon is her first love (the unknown guy in traditional Korean dress whom she bumped into on the street and fell in love with immediately). Thus Jung Sook begins to actively pursue the marriage to Hyuk Joon’s horror, even travelling from Seoul to Andong (a rural area where the Kwon household is located) to earn points with Hyuk Joon’s grandfather. Hyuk Joon’s grandfather takes an immediate liking to her despite her being from a poor background and not trained in the proper use of Korean traditional etiquette and household duties. Adamant that the marriage goes through, Hyuk Joon finally agrees to the marriage so as not to aggravate his grandfather’s ailing health and with the mutual agreement with Jung Sook that their marriage is only to be in name with each other not interfering in the other’s personal life.

All this takes place within the first few episodes and there is much more interesting twists and turns as Ga Young, Hyuk Joon’s aggressive university ex-girlfriend, is introduced and goes about trying to win back Hyuk Joon with the help of Sun Ah, Hyuk Joon’s sister who utterly dislikes Jung Sook and is against the marriage. Other obstacles like Hyuk Joon’s and Jung Sook’s constant bickering, the problems of living under one roof and the requirement of Jung Sook to meet the expectations of the Kwon family as the ‘wife of the heir’ also come into play to create some humorous moments and also further the plot. It would be too long to summarise the entire plot here but to put it briefly, in the end true love blossoms between Hyuk Joon and Jung Sook and their show marriage becomes a real one in all meanings of the word.

[:.Jessie Han.:]

PICTURES!!!















HAN JI HYE as Lea Yoon/Jung Sook

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LEE DONG GUN as Matthew Kwon/Hyuk Joon

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Pros and Lea ^^..so kawaii..

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Lea's Highschool Friends

[Lorraine Khang]

:.Full House.:LorrainE

[Lorraine Khang]

:.Full House.:LorrainE

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[Sandra]

Is there maybe a page where I can download the episodes with english sub?
Like my5minutes.com where you can download the full house parts....?
waitin' for answer ^__^ thanx

[:.Jessie Han.:]

*Sandra*

Unfortunately, I'am also looking where I could download some Sweet 18 episodes I really love this series...It is funny and cool..just like Full House.

Anyway...if ever I have found a site..I will send you a message together with the link right away.. ~_^

Wow...Im glad you have found my5minutes.com... Hehehehehe...That's where I downloaded all the Full House episodes that I have.

Aja! Aja! Fighting!!! ^_____^

~:.Full House.: Jessie Han/Han Ji-Eun