I'm Sorry, I Love You

Infobox Television
show_name = Im Sorry I Love You


format = Drama
Running time = 16 hours
starring = So Ji-sub
Im Su-jeong
Jung Kyung Ho
Suh Ji Young
Choi Yeo Jin
For the complete list, see the Cast and characters section.
country = Korea
network = KBS
first_aired = November 9, 2004
last_aired = December 28, 2004
num_episodes = 16 episodes

"I'm Sorry I Love You" (미안하다 사랑한다 Mianhada saranghanda) is a Korean drama broadcasted by KBS.

ypnosis

Cha Moo Hyuk is a smalltime scam-artist working the streets of Australia. He was abandoned by his parents as a kid and his foster parents brought him to Australia. Unfortunately, he was mistreated by his foster parents and thus roams the streets, cheating tourists out of their money when they are lost. It is through one of these scams that he bumps into Song Eun Chae. Song Eun Chae is the fashion coordinator and childhood friend of the famous Korean singer, Brother Choi Yune. She sees Brother Yune as her life's focal point and does everything she can to please him. Brother Yune visits Melbourne, Australia to do a photoshoot with another famous Korean actress, Kang Min Joo, who also happens to be good friends with Eun Chae. Brother Choi Yune gets Eun Chae to get him close to Min Joo, as he is interested in her. It breaks Eun Chae's heart but she does so accordingly. One day, Eun Chae's luggage and money are stolen by the same band of vagrant criminals as Moo Hyuk.

Left alone by Brother Yune, tired, hungry and helpless, she wanders the streets aimlessly until she bumps into Moo Hyuk who, moved by her plight, helps her in a heroic action scene.When some gangsters threaten her, she is forced to spend a night with him outside on the docks. The next morning, she awakes to find her luggage and money right in front of her. Moo Hyuk managed to find the stuff stolen by his gang and return it all to Eun Chae, and with her stuff, she's happily on a plane back to Korea, when she bumps into Min Joo and Choi Yune, who are now a couple. Several weeks later, Moo Hyuk receives an invitation for his ex-girlfriend's wedding. At the wedding, Moo Hyuk is accidentally shot twice in the head when someone attempts an assassination bid on his ex-girlfriend's husband. The doctor saves him but only can remove one bullet. The remaining bullet in lodged too deeply within his head such that it cannot be surgically removed. It's killing him, and he has no longer than a year to live. Moo Hyuk is dying and his ex-girlfriend now married. He's a roaming gangster and his life, an utter mess. Guilt-stricken, his ex-girlfriend gives him a huge stash of cash and tells him to go back to his native Korea to find his birth parents. He does so, and finds out that his mother is none other than the famous Korean actress, Oh Deul Hee. She has a son, Choi Yune and both mother and son are adored by the Korean people as they portray a loving relationship and are immensely popular.Moo Hyuk is heartbroken when he even manages to enter the house of Oh Deul Hee, and sees the portrait of Choi Yune and her son. He bumps into his birth mother for the very first time in his life, but can't help but feel so betrayed because she is doing so well in life, whilst he is merely living out the remainder of whatever little time he has left.Feeling angry and full of rage, he vows revenge upon the mother and son. He starts by getting close to Choi Yune, eventually making it to become his manager. Bit by bit, he plots to bring Choi Yune and his mother down, but never expects himself to fall slowly in love with Song Eun Chae, the girl he helped in Australia. Eventually, Choi Yune is struck in a car accident and he will die without a heart transplant. Suddenly, Moo Hyuk is stuck with the decision of saving his brother, or selfishly bringing them down.

Eventually Cha Moo Hyuk finds out the truth that his mother actually did not abandon him. His mother had an affair with a married man. Eun Chae's father(the chauffeur and step-husband of Oh Deul Hee) was the one who abandoned Cha Moo Hyuk as soon as he was born and told his mother that her child had died. Eun Chae's father did this because thought he was "saving" Oh Deul Hee's reputation because if the Korean society were to find out about her affair then she would be treated as a disgrace. Oh Deul Hee adapted Choi Yune in memory of Cha Moo Hyuk, still believing he is dead.

Once finding out this out, Eun Chae's father admits to the truth, and tells him that he is willing to accept any punishment. Cha Moo Hyuk shouts at him, restraining himself from strangling him. He tell Eun Chae's father that one day he will receive one.

Cha Moo Hyuk dies after a dramatic motorcycle-riding scene. Before his death he calls Song Eun Chae and tells her, "I'm Sorry. I love you." His heart is given to Chae Yune, who makes a full recovery. One year later, a heartbroken Song Eun Chae goes to Melbourne,Australia, and then wanders through the same neighborhoods where she and Moo Hyuk first met, and finally arriving at his grave, lies down on the ground next to his plot and appears to sleep peacefully, despite her crying. She dies there next to a small red bottle, leading the viewer to believe she committed suicide. This is the apparent punishment that Eun Chae's father receives - the death of his own daughter.

Cast and Characters

*"Cha Moo-hyuk": So Ji-sub
*"Song Eun-chae": Im Su-jeong
*"Choi Yoon" (singer): Jung Kyung Ho
*"Kang Min-joo": Suh Ji Young
*"Moon Ji-young": Choi Yeo Jin
*"Oh Dul-hee" (real name: Jo Mal-bok) (Yoon's mom): Lee Hye Young
*"Yoon Seo-kyung": Jun Hye Jin
*"Song Dae-chun" (Eun-chae's dad): Lee Young Ha
*"Jang Hye-sook" (Eun-chae's mom): Kim Hye Ok
*"Min Hyun-suk": Shin Goo (
*"Song Sook-chae" (Eun-chae's older sister): Ok Ji Young
*"Song Min-chae" (Eun-chae's younger sister): Jung Hwa Young
*"Kim Gal-chi" (Seo-kyung's son): Park Gun Tae

Animation

Following in the success of the 'Korean Wave' or Hallyu which saw a tremendous interest in Korean dramas across Eastern Asia, Meditation With a Pencil (MWP) studios turned the story into an animation targeted primarily at the Japanese market. [http://swindlemagazine.com/issue10/korean-animation/]

Variations of drama name

*"I'm Sorry, I Love You" (title used by KBFD-TV)
*"Sorry But I Love You" (title used by YesAsia)
*"Sorry, I Love You" (title used by KBS)
*"I Am Sorry But I Love You"
*"MiSa" (from Mianhada, Saranghanda which means Sorry, I Love You)

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*Screenwriter: Lee Hyung Min
*Producer: Lee Kyung Hee

Awards

*32nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Picture Award
*2005 41st Baeksang Awards: Best Actor in a TV Drama (So Ji-sub)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (So Ji-sub and Im Su-jeong)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award (So Ji-sub)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (So Ji-sub)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress (Im Su-jeong)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (Im Su-jeong)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Netizen Award (Im Su-jeong)
*2004 KBS Drama Awards: Best Teen Award (Park Geon Tae)

ee also

*KBS
*So Ji-sub
*Im Su-jeong

External links

* [http://www.asiandramareviews.com/korean-dramas/i-m-sorry-i-love-you.html Asian Drama Reviews - I'm Sorry I Love You]
* [http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-sorry.html Koreanwiz Article]
* [http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/misa/index.html/ KBS]
* [http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/productions.php?pID=202 Spcnet]