Miss Mermaid | |
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Also known as | Little Mermaid Mermaid Lady Story of a Mermaid Irene |
Genre |
Melodrama Romance Family Revenge |
Written by | Im Sung-han |
Directed by |
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Starring |
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Composer | Oh Jin-woo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 248 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lee Jae-kap |
Producer | MBC Drama Division |
Running time | 35 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
Release | January 8, 2002 June 30, 2003 | –
Miss Mermaid ( Korean: 인어아가씨; RR: Ineo Agassi) is a South Korean television series starring Jang Seo-hee and Kim Sung-taek. [1] It aired on MBC from June 24, 2002 to June 27, 2003 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:20 for 248 episodes.
Miss Mermaid became a nationwide hit upon airing, reaching a peak viewership rating of 43.6%. [2] The cast won several trophies at the 2002 MBC Drama Awards, notably the Daesang ("Grand Prize") for Jang Seo-hee. [3] The series led to Jang's pan-Asian popularity, particularly in China. [4] [5]
But Miss Mermaid was also criticized for Im Sung-han's sensationalistic writing and unrealistic plot twists, as well as the show's multiple extensions. [6] [7]
Eun Ah-ri-young is a successful television drama screenwriter with a past. Her father Eun Jin-sub had an affair and left their family for the other woman, and shortly after her autistic brother died and her mother Han Kyung-hye went blind. Ah-ri-young's unrelenting hate for her father throughout her childhood and adolescence drives her to meticulously plan her vengeance. Knowing that Jin-sub's new wife Shim Soo-jung is a popular actress, Ah-ri-young works her way up the ranks until she earns enough cachet in the TV industry. Then she writes a script that's a thinly veiled autobiography of her father's affair and its aftermath, and casts the unsuspecting Soo-jung in the role of the blind mother to make her feel guilty. To complete her revenge and cause the maximum amount of pain, Ah-ri-young also plots to steal the fiancé of her half-sister Eun Ye-young, the gentle-natured Lee Joo-wang. Helping Ah-ri-young in her plans is Jo Soo-ah, her mother's friend whose ulterior motive is that she wants Ah-ri-young to marry her son Ma Ma-joon. But Ah-ri-young finds herself falling in love with Joo-wang for real, and she eventually realizes that there is more to life than hatred and learns the true meaning of forgiveness.
2002 MBC Drama Awards
Miss Mermaid | |
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![]() Promotional poster | |
Also known as | Little Mermaid Mermaid Lady Story of a Mermaid Irene |
Genre |
Melodrama Romance Family Revenge |
Written by | Im Sung-han |
Directed by |
|
Starring |
|
Composer | Oh Jin-woo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 248 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lee Jae-kap |
Producer | MBC Drama Division |
Running time | 35 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
Release | January 8, 2002 June 30, 2003 | –
Miss Mermaid ( Korean: 인어아가씨; RR: Ineo Agassi) is a South Korean television series starring Jang Seo-hee and Kim Sung-taek. [1] It aired on MBC from June 24, 2002 to June 27, 2003 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:20 for 248 episodes.
Miss Mermaid became a nationwide hit upon airing, reaching a peak viewership rating of 43.6%. [2] The cast won several trophies at the 2002 MBC Drama Awards, notably the Daesang ("Grand Prize") for Jang Seo-hee. [3] The series led to Jang's pan-Asian popularity, particularly in China. [4] [5]
But Miss Mermaid was also criticized for Im Sung-han's sensationalistic writing and unrealistic plot twists, as well as the show's multiple extensions. [6] [7]
Eun Ah-ri-young is a successful television drama screenwriter with a past. Her father Eun Jin-sub had an affair and left their family for the other woman, and shortly after her autistic brother died and her mother Han Kyung-hye went blind. Ah-ri-young's unrelenting hate for her father throughout her childhood and adolescence drives her to meticulously plan her vengeance. Knowing that Jin-sub's new wife Shim Soo-jung is a popular actress, Ah-ri-young works her way up the ranks until she earns enough cachet in the TV industry. Then she writes a script that's a thinly veiled autobiography of her father's affair and its aftermath, and casts the unsuspecting Soo-jung in the role of the blind mother to make her feel guilty. To complete her revenge and cause the maximum amount of pain, Ah-ri-young also plots to steal the fiancé of her half-sister Eun Ye-young, the gentle-natured Lee Joo-wang. Helping Ah-ri-young in her plans is Jo Soo-ah, her mother's friend whose ulterior motive is that she wants Ah-ri-young to marry her son Ma Ma-joon. But Ah-ri-young finds herself falling in love with Joo-wang for real, and she eventually realizes that there is more to life than hatred and learns the true meaning of forgiveness.
2002 MBC Drama Awards