| Romance in Paris Pariui Yeonin |
| SBS drama special (2004) - 20 episodes For SBS homepage for this drama (in Korean), go to: tv.sbs.co.kr/paris/ Aired in Korea: June 12, 2004- August 15, 2004 on SBS Saturday & Sunday nights at 9:55. Aired with English subtitles on KBFD-TV in Hawaii: October 27, 2004 - December 30, 2004 Wednesday & Thursday nights at 7:50; replayed next afternoon at 3:00 (replaced Full House). Cast: Kang Tae-young (poor girl living in Paris): Kim Jung Eun (All About Eve/Sunflower) President Han Ki-joo (rich businessman living in Paris): Park Shin Yang (Power of Love) Yoon Soo-hyuk (nephew of Ki-joo): Lee Dong Gun (Sweet 18/Friends) Moon Yoon-ah (daughter of Congressman Moon, 26): Oh Joo Eun Baek Seung-kyung (Ki-joo's ex-wife, 31): Kim Suh Hyung (Running After Dream) Han Ki-hae (Soo-hyuk's mom, 49): Jung Ae Ri (Sang-doo) Chairman Han Sung-hoon (Ki-joo's dad, 70): Kim Sung Won Director Choi Won-jae (Pres. Han's right-hand man, 50): Park Young Ji (Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million) Lee Yang-mi (Tae-young's friend in Paris, 24): Jo Eun Ji (More Beautiful Than a Flower) Kim Seung-joon (Ki-joo's secretary/ underclassman, 30): Yoon Young Joon Kang Pil-bo (Tae-young's uncle): Sung Dong Il (Glass Slipper/Beautiful Days) Kang Gun (Tae-young's precocious little cousin): Kim Young Chan (Tell Me You Love Me/Gift) Park Jung-hak (CEO of J Motors): Lee Se Chang (Her House) Congressman Moon Ji-hwan (Yoon-ah's dad): Kim Sang Soon Mrs. Moon (Yoon-ah's mom): Suh Kwon Sook (Who's My Love) __ Joong-geun (bar owner): Kim Hyung Bum (Hearts in Bali) __ Hyung-wook (male CSV worker): Shim Hyun Sup __ Ga-yeon (CSV supervisor): Kim Ga Yeon (Jang Hee Bin) Madame Vaudier (Vincent's Korean wife from Kangneung): Kim Chung (Glass Slipper) For more information (in Korean) on the cast from SBS, go to: tv.sbs.co.kr/paris/ paris_sub_character.jhtml. For a chart of the cast, go to: tv.sbs.co.kr/paris/paris_ sub_character_relation.jhtml. For a synopsis of this drama by SBS Global (in English), click here. Factoid: This drama was filmed in part in Paris. Park Shin Yang's character is fluent in French, while Kim Jung Eun's character struggles to learn French. In real life, the French spoken by Park Shin Yang is very difficult for a French-speaking person to understand. This drama hit 51.5% viewing audience, which was then a record high percentage. Read more about the popularity of this drama in a 10/9/04 Dong-A Ilbo article at: english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode =130000&biid=2004081065238. (Warning: article contains spoilers.) Here are articles about this drama: 1/15/05 KOCCA |
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| Staff: Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook/Kang Eun Jung Producer: Shim Woo Chul/Son Jung Hyun Asst. Producer: Lee Dong Hoon/Oh Jin Suk Learn Korean: Pari (Pa-ri) = Paris ui = to/of/for/'s yeonin (yeon-in) = lovers aja (a-ja) = an expression used to encourage people Variations of drama name: Romance in Paris (title used by KBFD-TV) Des Amoureux a Paris (title in French) Lovers in Paris (title used by SBS Global) For SBS Photos from this drama, go to: tv.sbs.co.kr/paris/paris_sub_photo.jhtml.. Spoiler alert: The photo gallery may contain spoilers. For SBS Videos on Demand (VODs) in Korean for this drama, go to: tv.sbs.co.kr/ paradise/broad/paris/paris_sub_review.jhtml. SBS charges a fee to view VODs. To view the SBS VODs, you need to register with SBS and provide a Korean credit card number. Shopping: For more info about the OST for this drama, click here. The DVD for this drama is no longer available at YesAsia. Orders submitted using these specially coded links will benefit the KoreanWiz website at no additional cost to you. More Factoids: "Aja" became a very popular expression after being used in this drama. It was also romanized as "aza" in the drama "Full House," where it was used in the phrase "aza aza, fighting." Return to Lisitng of Korean TV Dramas |
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| Soo-hyuk (left), Tae-young and Ki-joo |