4.8 /10 2 Votes
8.2/10 IMDb Genre RomanceDramaFamily Directed by Jung Eul-young First episode date 20 March 2010 | 91% AsianWiki Also known as Beautiful Life Written by Kim Soo-hyun Country of origin South Korea Final episode date 7 November 2010 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Song Chang-euiLee Sang-wooLee Sang-yoonNam Sang-mi Cast Lee Sang‑woo, Song Chang‑eui, Lee Sang‑yoon, Nam Sang‑mi, Nam Gyu‑ri Similar Definitely Neighbors, A Thousand Days' Pro, Pure Pumpkin Flower, I Am Legend, Living in Style | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life Is Beautiful (Hangul: 인생은 아름다워; Hanja: 人生은 아름다워; RR: Insaengeun Areumdawo) is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Song Chang-eui, Lee Sang-woo, Lee Sang-yoon and Nam Sang-mi. It aired on SBS from March 20 to November 7, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 63 episodes.
Contents
Aside from scoring ratings in the mid-twenty range during its run, the series is notable for its sensitive portrayal of a loving, openly gay couple in a Korean drama on primetime network television.
Plot
Set in Jeju, the drama revolves around a loving, multi-generation family led by the parents Yang Byung-tae (Kim Yeong-cheol) and Kim Min-jae (Kim Hae-sook), and their four children Tae-sub (Song Chang-eui), Ji-hye (Woo Hee-jin), Ho-sub (Lee Sang-yoon) and Cho-rong (Nam Gyu-ri), as well as assorted grandparents and uncles. The story follows the family's everyday lives and conflicts, including oldest daughter Ji-hye's marital problems with her husband Soo-il (Lee Min-woo); younger son Ho-sub's pursuit of his mother's assistant, Yeon-joo (Nam Sang-mi); and oldest son Tae-sub's romantic pairing with divorced professor Kyung-soo (Lee Sang-woo), whose homosexual relationship their families react to while addressing issues of personal, social, and familial acceptance, leading to, finally, love and understanding.
Cast
Awards and nominations
2010 SBS Drama Awards
2011 47th Baeksang Arts Awards
Episode ratings
Source: TNS Media Korea
International broadcast
It aired on Japan's cable channel KNTV under the title Beautiful Life, beginning February 24, 2011.
It aired in Thailand on True4U beginning November 18, 2015.