| Fireworks | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Written by | Kim Soon-deok |
| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Lee Chang-sub |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Chorokbaem Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | May 13 – July 9, 2006 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 불꽃놀이 |
| Revised Romanization | Bulkkotnori |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pulkkotnori |
Fireworks (Korean: 불꽃놀이; RR: Bulkkotnori; lit. Fireworks Display or Exhibition of Fireworks) is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Han Chae-young, Kang Ji-hwan, Park Eun-hye and Yoon Sang-hyun. It aired on MBC from May 13 to July 9, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 for 17 episodes.[1][2][3]
Plot
Headstrong and resourceful, Shin Na-ra once dreamed of becoming a career woman, but she spent the best years of her life supporting Kang Seung-woo, her boyfriend of seven years. Now he is a successful accountant and she is unemployed and rapidly approaching thirty. Na-ra hopes to marry Seung-woo, but after he returns from a business trip, he unexpectedly breaks up with her on their anniversary, telling her that not only did he have an affair, but he fell in love with the other woman, a cosmetics manager named Cha Mi-rae.
To drown her sorrows, Na-ra drinks a large amount of alcohol and unknowingly drops the ring Seung-woo once gave her into a shot glass of soju. A stranger, Na In-jae, drinks the shot without seeing the ring and both of them end up in the hospital.
Later, Na-ra decides to confront the woman who stole her boyfriend, but while at Mi-rae's cosmetics company, a job ad catches her eye. With nothing to lose, Na-ra fakes being her 20-year-old sister Na-kyung, a high school graduate, and starts working as a sales clerk at the company. Just her luck, Na-ra's co-worker is In-jae, who turns out to also be in love with Mi-rae. The two constantly clash at work, with Na-ra finding In-jae immature and spoiled. But what she doesn't know is that In-jae is actually the son of the company's vice president who was forced by his mother to learn the ropes by starting from the bottom.
Cast
- Han Chae-young as Shin Na-ra[4]
- Kang Ji-hwan as Na In-jae[5]
- Park Eun-hye as Cha Mi-rae
- Yoon Sang-hyun as Kang Seung-woo
- Park Jung-soo as Park Jin-hwa
- Kim So-yeon as Shin Na-kyung
- Park Geun-hyung as Shin Ho-sub
- Kim Chang-sook as Choi Soon-young
- Park So-ri as Im Choon-ae
- Kim Joo-hyun as Jo Ah-ra
- Lee Jae-young as Ho-sung
- Lee Tae-ri[lower-alpha 1] as Bong-chang
- Chae Eun-joo as customer
Notes
- ↑ Credited as Lee Min-ho.
References
- ↑ "MBC Special Weekend Drama Fireworks". MBC Global Media. February 14, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Fireworks Starts Off with Positive Reviews!". MBC Global Media. February 14, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Korean Weekly News - April 9". Twitch Film. April 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Han Chae-young's Song Picks". 10Asia. March 9, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Kang Ji-hwan Gains Popularity in Japan". KBS Global. June 29, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
External links
- Fireworks official MBC website (in Korean)
- Fireworks at HanCinema
- Fireworks at IMDb