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Trees
in Heaven
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Trees
in Heaven
Limited Edition
SBS 2007
Starring:
Hana ~ Park Shin
Hye
Yun Suh ~ Lee Wan
Hana's Aunt ~ Chung Kim
Cousin Maya ~ Reini Asami
Asahi Uchida ~ Fujiwara Ryu
Synopsis:
If
your feet are cold, your heart stays warm...
Rising
stars Park Shin Hye and Lee Wan first appeared on the
small screen together in 2003 as Choi Ji Woo and Shin Hyun
Jun's younger counterparts in Stairway to Heaven.
Though they only featured for the first few episodes, the
two young actors left a deep impression on viewers with
their debut performances, and have since become stars in
their own right. In 2006, producer Lee Jang Soo followed
up Stairway to Heaven with Trees in Heaven,
this time with Lee Wan and Park Shin Hye as the leads.
Co-produced
with a Japanese production company, Trees in Heaven
was shot completely in Japan, and features a cast of both
Korean and Japanese actors. Park Shin Hye and Lee Wan
received a lot of praise for mastering their Japanese
dialogue, and the drama significantly raised their
international profile when it was aired in Japan. A
picture-perfect Korean Wave drama in every sense, Trees
in Heaven follows a heartwrenching romance born in the
beautiful snowscape of Japan.
Bright
and optimistic Japanese teenager Hana (Park Shin Hye)
lives at a small hot springs inn owned by her mother. When
her mother decides to marry a Korean man, she tries her
best to reach out to her odd, introverted
stepbrother-to-be Yun Suh (Lee Wan), who likes to walk
barefoot in the snow. He rebuffs her initial efforts, but
her cheer eventually wins him over. With their parents on
honeymoon, Hana and Yun Suh stand up to Hana's spiteful
aunt (Chung Kim) and cousin Maya (Reini Asami) together,
and the two develop an increasingly close relationship
over time. Yun Suh is forward in his love for Hana, but
despite feeling the same way, she cannot accept a sibling
romance. After graduating high school, she leaves for
Tokyo with her admirer Asahi Uchida (Fujiwara Ryu), and
loses contact with Yun Suh. Years later, Hana, Yun Suh,
and Maya meet again. Time has led them down very different
roads, but the love and the rivalry remain the same.
Review:
Not reviewed.
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