Before
Winter Sonata and Stairway to Heaven, Choi
Ji Woo starred in the classic
2000 MBC drama Truth, now available on DVD with English
subtitles. The popular K-drama heroine is as sweet and
charming as ever in this Cinderella-like tale of pure love
and tragic deception. Truth opens with a shocking
incident and unfolds in flashback to reveal the long
history and intertwined lives of leads Choi Ji Woo, Ryu Si
Won (Beautiful Days), and Park Sun Young (Oh!
Pil Seung and Bong Soon Young). The three seem to form
a strong triangle of blooming romance and longtime
friendship until an accident, a betrayal, changes their
lives.
Ja
Young (Choi Ji Woo) and Shin Hee (Park Sun Young) have
spent much of their lives growing up together, but their
friendship has always been unbalanced. Ja Young's father
is a chauffeur for Shin Hee's family, so the two girls
live in the same house and attend the same school, but
Shin Hee always takes advantage of Ja Young to cheat on
her exams. Though Ja Young experiences some setbacks in
order to help her friend, she eventually gets into
university and catches the eyes of the young and handsome
Hyun Woo (Ryu Si Won), much to Shin Hee's jealous fury.
One night, the three of them go out drinking, and a
terrible car accident happens with Shin Hee at the wheel,
leaving Ja Young, Hyun Woo, and a pedestrian seriously
injured. With everyone else unconscious, Shin Hee switches
Ja Young into the driver's seat to lay the blame on her
friend...