Rooftop Room Cat

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title_name = Rooftop Room Cat
size = 200px
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ko_name = 옥탑방 고양이
ko_name_trans = Oktapbang Goyang-iInfobox kdrama
genre = Comedy, Drama, Romance
producer = Kim Sa Hyun
network = MBC
first_aired = June 2, 2003
last_aired = July 22, 2003
num_episodes = 16
timeslot = Monday & Tuesday, 9:55-11:05 PMInfobox kdrama/Namebox
title = Rooftop Room Cat
hangul = 옥탑방 고양이
hanja = 屋塔房 고양이
rr = Oktapbang Goyang-i
mr = Okt'appang Koyangi "Rooftop Room Cat" (aka "Attic Cat" or "Cat on the Roof") is a South Korean comedy show with light touches of drama about friendship, love and the fine line that separates the two. It was based on the internet novel written by the writer of the comedy show "Full House". It was also aired in the Philippines via the GMA Network, and in the U.S. via AZN Television.

Overview

Jung Eun is an old friend of Hye Ryun. Because Kyung Min is really desperate, he decided to take it upon himself to help Hye Ryun's poor friend. This is the beginning of an extremely volatile friendship that somehow ended with the two of them living together under one roof, to be more specific, living on top of the roof of an old building.

This romantic setting provides the backdrop of this unlikely love story. Kyung Min’s bratty ways clashes with Jung Eun’s simple living. He is steadily taking advantage of her kindness and good nature.

tory

Kyung Min is an orphan who was raised by his grandparents. His parents died many years ago in an accident. Both his grandparents love him very much. His grandmother especially so and accords to everything he does. As a result he is spoiled and immature. He is a law student and lives in his own apartment funded by his rich grandparents money. Kyung Min likes a girl called Hye Ryun who is also rich and studying law with him. Hye Ryun pays Kyung Min no attention.

Jung Eun comes from a humble background. Her father is a policeman and her mother a housewife. Jung Eun is self-proclaimed to be not very bright and has failed the employment examination repeatedly. As a result, it is difficult for her to find a job. However, she remains optimistic about her future.

One day, Jung Eun's family decides to move to another town, away from Seoul. Jung eun is shocked and disapproves of the idea, however, under the patriarchal society of Korea, she has no choice. She secretly rents an attic room in an old building, however, before she can pay the deposit her immature younger brother finds her bank account booklet and steals the hard-earned money she has earned from her daily paper deliveries. Jung Eun is outraged and worries that her desire to remain in Seoul is shattered.

Jung Eun and Hye Ryun are friends from High School. One day Jung Eun borrowed Hye Ryun's library card and used the university's library's facilities. She accidentally takes Kyung Min's seat and drools over his books while she slept, tired from studying. Kyung Min returns to his seat disgusted at her actions. Jung Eun apologises and leaves. Later, Kyung Min's friend accidentally takes his folder without informing Kyung Min. Kyung Min, believing that Jung Eun stole his folder, goes and chases Jung Eun down and demands she open her bag. Jung Eun defends herself by stating that she did not steal his folder. Their verbal disagreement turns in physical as Kyung Min grabs her bag and the contents are spilt out. KYung Min realises his mistake and quickly gathers the things back in her back. Jung Eun walks off in a huff.

Soon, Jung Eun returns Hye Ryun's card and they have lunch in the cafeteria. AS they chat, this was incidentally seen by KYung Min. Kyung Min forms an idea. A few days later, he sees Jung Eun in the University park and decides to befriend her in order for Jung Eun to whisper favourable words to Rye Hyun. Kyung Min deceptively slips that he is Hye Ryun's friends. Knowing this, Jung Eun reasons that since he is HYe Ryun's friend, then he cant be too harmful. Due to Kyung Min's regrettable attitude, Jung Eun decides to trust Kyung Min and they become friends. As they get to know each other, Jung Eun pours out her finance woes to Kyung Min due to her brother's theft and the resulting inability to pay the deposit for the attic house. Kyung Min, keen to be nice to Jung Eun, lends his money to Jung Eun.

Cast

* Kim Rae Won as Lee Kyung Min (Kevin Lee)
* Jung Da Bin as Nam Jung Eun (Noreen Han)
* Choi Jung Yoon as Hye Ryun (Denise)
* Lee Hyun Woo as Yoo Dong-joon (Dominic)
* Jang Yong as Nam Sang-sik (Jung Eun's dad)
* Kim Ja Ok as Kim Soon-duk (Jung-eun's mom)
* Bong Tae Kyu as Nam Jung-woo (Jung-eun's first younger brother)
* Kim Mu-saeng as Lee Pil-deuk (Kyung-min's grandfather)
* Kang Boo Ja as Lee Kyung-hee (Kyung-min's grandmother)

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* Director: Kim Sa Hyun
* Writer: Min Hyo Jung, Goo Sun Kyung
* Original Story: Kim Yu Ri

ee also

* List of Korea-related topics
* List of Korean television shows
* Contemporary culture of South Korea

External links

* [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/cat/ iMBC.com official site] ko icon
* [http://content.mbc.co.kr/e_mbc/drama.asp?idx=10 MBC - Global Media "Cat on the Roof"]
* [http://attic.something-extra.net/ Attic Cat Fanlisting]
* [http://www.koreanwiz.org/drama-cat.html KoreanWiz]
* [http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=238 spcnet.tv Review]