Mina (TV series)

Mina is a South Korean television series that aired on KBS2 in 2001.

Plot
Park Mina, a highly popular singer who's won the hearts of many fans, gets into a car accident when her car swerves to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The car, which fell into a ditch, explodes and causes Mina to suffer second, third and fourth-degree burns on her body.

Mina's manager Kang Joon-seo happens to find Kim Soo-ryun, who looks almost exactly like Mina. Joon-seo initially asks Soo-ryun to take Mina's place for a short period of time until the real singer recovers. Soo-ryun agrees to the proposal because she badly needs money for her mother's surgical fees and her brother's tuition. After undergoing rigorous training from Joon-seo, Soo-ryun emerges as a near-perfect replica of Mina. However, Soo-ryun falls in love with Mina's boyfriend Jung Tae-hoon, and becomes enamored with fame and fortune.

Meanwhile, the real Mina returns, but the plastic surgeons were unable to restore her original appearance. Joon-seo, thinking that fans would not accept her new face, refuses to allow Mina to continue her singing career. Mina goes on television to reveal her true identity, and as Tae-hoon begins to investigate, Soo-ryun and Joon-seo feel threatened.

Mina later learns that Soo-ryun is her identical twin sister, and they had been abandoned at a Catholic orphanage after birth.

Soo-ryun asks Tae-hoon to forgive her, but he rejects her when he realizes that Joon-seo and Soo-ryun conspired to prevent the real Mina from coming back.

Depressed, Soo-ryun attempts to commit suicide. But Joon-seo stops her in time and tells her to prepare her final performance as Mina.

Cast

 * Chae Jung-an as Kim Soo-ryun/Park Mi-na
 * Kim Sa-rang as Park Mi-na (after surgery)
 * Kim Seung-soo as Jung Tae-hoon
 * Ahn Jae-mo as Kang Joon-seo
 * Shin Ae as Ha Yoon-soo
 * Kim Min-ho as Park Hyuk
 * Kang Yi-seul as Yeo Jin-hoo
 * Han Jin-hee as Geum-bok
 * Han Hye-sook as Choon-ja
 * Yoon Ji-heon
 * Choi Sang-hak as Soo-young
 * Baek Il-seob
 * Kim Min-jung
 * Oh Ji-hye
 * Lee Chang-hoon as Director Kang
 * Cha Joo-ok
 * Kim Mu-saeng
 * Hong Choong-min