My Rosy Life (2005)

Original title

장밋빛 인생

Directed by

Kim Jong Chang

Cast

Choi Jin Shil, Son Hyun Joo, Lee Tae Ran, Na Moon Hee, Kim Ji Young, Ahn Sun Young, Jang Dong Jik, Choi Ji Na

Genre

drama

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 24 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is abandoned by her husband and later learns she has cancer. The series follows her struggle to face her illness and rebuild her life.

heartbreakingmelancholictenderemotionalsoberingintimatepoignant

What happens

My Rosy Life (Korean: 장밋빛 인생) is a 2005 South Korean television drama series starring Choi Jin-sil, Son Hyun-joo, and Lee Tae-ran. It aired on KBS2 from August 24 to November 10, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. My Rosy Life was a huge hit, with average viewership ratings of 34.2%, and reaching 47% at its peak. It was the second top-rated Korean drama of 2005 (next to MBC's My Lovely Sam Soon), and was the highest rated among all the KBS dramas aired that year. It is especially notable for the much-praised performance of lead actress Choi Jin-sil. Playing the role of a deserted wife who later discovers that she has cancer, My Rosy Life resurrected Choi's career. Widely known as "Korea's Sweetheart" in her 15-year acting career, Choi's image as the eternal girl next door was destroyed in 2004 after her acrimonious and highly publicized divorce from baseball player Cho Sung-min, and industry insiders predicted that her career was over. But Choi made a successful comeback in My Rosy Life, as she reinvented herself as a more approachable "ajumma" (the Korean term for a middle-aged married woman), gaining six kilograms for the role. The pain and suffering of Choi's character blurred the line between reality and fiction, and her performance aroused empathy from TV audiences; with My Rosy Life, she received the best reviews of her career from viewers and critics alike. The cast received acting recognition at the year-end KBS Drama Awards, winning nine awards combined, including Top Excellence Awards for Choi Jin-sil and Kim Hae-sook, and an Excellence Award for Son Hyun-joo. At the Baeksang Arts Awards in 2006, Choi also won Best Actress in a TV Drama, as did Kim Jong-chang for Best TV Director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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