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Romance (1998)

Romance poster
Directed by
Goo Bon Geun
Cast
Lee Young Ae, Lee Kyung Young, Hwang Soo Jung, Kim Ho Jin, Kang Ki Hwa, Jang Yong, Ryu Jin, Yang Geum Suk
Country
South Korea
Length
24 episodes

How it feels

This is a 1998 South Korean weekend drama about four people in their twenties and thirties. They meet by chance and each deals with the uncertainty of life and love in their own way, searching for real happiness.

bittersweetintrospectivehopefulmelancholicearnestwarmheartedreflectivesentimental

What happens

《로맨스》는 1998년 8월 8일부터 1998년 10월 25일까지 방영된 SBS 주말극장으로, 주말 드라마였지만 전체 24부작으로 구성되어 당시로서는 드물게 미니시리즈처럼 속도감 있게 전개하는 방식을 시도하였다. 생동감이 넘치지만 불투명한 미래가 불안한 20대, 인생에 대한 체념을 안정감이라고 자위하는 30대를 대표할 네 명의 남녀 주인공이 우연한 만남과 운명을 거부하기도 하고 순응하기도 하면서 진정한 행복을 찾아가는 멜로 드라마이다. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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