One Fine Day (South Korean TV series)

Korean name
Hangul	어느 멋진 날
Revised Romanization	Eoneu Meotjin Nal
McCune–Reischauer	Ŏnŭ Mŏtchin Nal

*One Fine Day*
One Fine Day
	Promotional poster
Genre	Romance; Melodrama;
Written by	Son Eun-hye
Directed by	Shin Hyun-chang
Starring	Gong Yoo; Sung Yu-ri; Namkoong Min; Lee Yeon-hee;
Music by	Seo Seung-won
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Yoon Jae-moon
Production locations	South Korea; Sydney, Australia;
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	May 31 –; July 20, 2006

One Fine Day (Korean: 어느 멋진 날) is a 2006 South Korean television drama series starring Gong Yoo, Sung Yu-ri, Namkoong Min and Lee Yeon-hee. Originally set to be a faithful adapted of the manga series Flower of Eden by author Yuki Suetsugu,the series was rewritten following plagiarism accusations against the author. The series aired on MBC from May 31 to July 20, 2006, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot[edit]

Although not related by blood, Seo Gun (Gong Yoo) and Seo Ha-neul (Sung Yu-ri) are legally siblings after the marriage of Gun's father and Ha-neul's mother. But after the deaths of their parents, the siblings are sent to an orphanage where they tearfully part once they get adopted into different families.

In Korea, Ha-neul is a given a new name, Park Hae-won, and grows up in a wealthy, loving family, so much so that she finds it suffocating. Her adoptive mother (Sunwoo Eun-sook) treats Ha-neul like her dead biological daughter, while her adoptive brother Park Tae-won (Yoo Ha-joon) is obsessed with her.

In Australia, Gun lives a life of destitution with his adoptive father Goo Kyung-taek (Lee Ki-yeol) and adoptive sister Goo Hyo-joo (Lee Yeon-hee). He becomes a small-time gangster whose main talents are swindling and fighting. When he hears from his best friend Goo Sung-chan (Kang Sung-jin) that his sister Ha-neul was adopted by a rich family and is now living like a princess, he decides to return to his native country in order to con Ha-neul into giving him money. Hyo-joo, who's nursed a crush on him for a long time, follows Gun to Korea.

Meanwhile, Ha-neul lives every day wanting to get away from her adoptive parents and brother. She secretly works at an aquarium and constantly gets into quarrels with the curator, Kang Dong-ha (Namkoong Min), who starts to like her. Then one day, Gun suddenly appears in front of her. She'd never forgotten him and like she'd imagined a million times in her dreams, her "real" brother has come back to get her, just as he'd promised. Now worlds apart from each other, they reunite after 15 years of separation. Gun initially just wants to swindle money from Ha-neul, but he can't help protecting and caring for his little sister. As the two grow closer, their relationship and feelings become more complicated, and they come to realize that their mutual affection is something more than that of a brother and a sister.

Cast[edit]

Main characters[edit]

Gong Yoo as Seo Gun
Sung Yu-ri as Seo Ha-neul / Park Hae-won
- Seo Ji-hee as young Ha-neul
Namkoong Min as Kang Dong-ha
Lee Yeon-hee as Goo Hyo-joo

Supporting characters[edit]

Kang Sung-jin as Goo Sung-chan / James (Gun's friend)
Lee Ki-yeol as Goo Kyung-taek (Gun's adoptive father)
Jung Dong-hwan as Park Jin-kwon (Ha-neul's adoptive father)
Sunwoo Eun-sook as Ji Soo-hyun (Ha-neul's adoptive mother)
Yoo Ha-joon as Park Tae-won (Ha-neul's adoptive brother)
Ahn Yeon-hong as Kim Mal-ja (Ha-neul's friend)
Lee Sa-bi as Choi Sun-kyung (Ha-neul's friend)
Lee Jeong-ho
Yoon Yong-hyun
Woo Hee-jin

Reception[edit]

One Fine Day received average viewership ratings of less than 10%.^[4]

International broadcast[edit]

Due to Gong Yoo's rising popularity in Japan after Coffee Prince, One Fine Day aired on Fuji TV beginning October 4, 2010.^[5]
It aired in Vietnam on HTV9 from January 30, 2007.
It aired in Indonesia on Indosiar from April 23, 2007.

References[edit]

^ "MBC's New Mini-series One Fine Day". MBC Global Media. February 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
^ Shin, Hae-in (July 17, 2006). "Forbidden love in One Fine Day". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
^ Park, Chung-a (June 21, 2006). "TV Dramas Obsessed With Blood Ties". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
^ Chung, Ah-young (July 31, 2006). "Traditional Dramas Beat Trendy Ones". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
^ Hong, Lucia (August 23, 2010). "Gong Yoo meets with 5,000 fans during drama promotion". 10Asia. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

External links[edit]

One Fine Day official MBC website (in Korean)
One Fine Day at MBC Global Media
One Fine Day at HanCinema
One Fine Day at IMDb

[1] "MBC's New Mini-series One Fine Day". MBC Global Media. February 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[2] Shin, Hae-in (July 17, 2006). "Forbidden love in One Fine Day". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[3] Park, Chung-a (June 21, 2006). "TV Dramas Obsessed With Blood Ties". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[4] Chung, Ah-young (July 31, 2006). "Traditional Dramas Beat Trendy Ones". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[5] Hong, Lucia (August 23, 2010). "Gong Yoo meets with 5,000 fans during drama promotion". 10Asia. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

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