PLAYFUL KISS

Playful Kiss is a South Korean drama that is based on the popular Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss by Tada Kaoru. The show stars Jung So Min as Oh Ha Ni and Kim Hyun Joong as Baek Seung Jo. It aired from September 1, 2010 till October 21, 2010 and had a total of 16 episodes. On November 2, 2010, a 7 episodes "Playful Kiss: Special Edition" was released on YouTube. YA Entertainment will be releasing the series on Region 1 DVD under the name Mischievous Kiss on May 31, 2011.[1]

Plot summary

A high school girl named Oh Ha Ni (Jung So Min) who is in the bottom of her class has had a crush on popular and genius male student named Baek Seung Jo (Kim Hyun Joong) ever since she saw him on the first day of high school. Ha Ni decides to confess through a letter, but is rejected by Seung Jo, who tells her that he hates stupid girls.
Fate intervenes when a mild earthquake ruins Ha Ni's family's new house. While the house gets rebuilt, Ha Ni and her father stay at the home of her dad's childhood friend, who happens to be Seung Jo's father.
The drama continues with portraying Seung Jo and Ha Ni moving onto college and university, whilst facing many difficulties and problems, in which eventually lead Seung Jo to fall for Ha Ni in a romantic and protective way.

Cast

• Kim Hyun Joong as Baek Seung Jo
• Jung So Min as Oh Ha Ni
• Lee Tae Sung as Bong Joon Gu
• Lee Si Young as Yoon Hae Ra
• Jung Hye Young as Hwang Geum Hee (Seung Jo's mother)
• Oh Kyung Soo as Baek Soo Chang (Seung Jo's father)
• Choi Won Hong as Baek Eun Jo (Seung Jo's brother)
• Kang Nam Gil as Oh Ki Dong (Ha Ni's father)
• Hong Yoon Hwa as Jung Joo Ri (Ha Ni's friend)
• Yoon Seung Ah as Dok Go Min Ah (Ha Ni's friend)
• Choi Sung Joon as Kim Gi Tae
• Jang Ah Young as Hong Jang Mi
• Bye Bye Sea as Bong Joon Gu's followers
• Hwang Hyo Eun as Song Kang Yi (Ha Ni's homeroom teacher)
• Song Yong Shik as Song Ji Oh
• Moon Hoe Won as Head Teacher Hwang
• Choi Sung Gook as Wang Kyung Soo
• Yoon Bo Hyun as Tennis team captain
• Abigail Alderete as Chris

  

Production Credits

• Production Company: Group Eight
• Chief Producer: Han Hee
• Producer: Song Byung Joon (송병준)
• Director: Hwang In Roe, Kim Do Hyung (김도형)
• Original writing: Manga "Itazura na Kiss" by Tada Kaoru
• Screenwriter: Go Eun Nim (고은님)

Official homepage: http://www.imbc.com/...kiss/index.html
Official YT channel: http://www.youtube.com/ytkiss

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