She pushes him to choose just as Sang-hyuk walks into the hallway, and Joon-sang tells her to sign him up for whatever club the President is in. Yoon-jin chases after him, and you can already see that she intends to act as a bossy noona. The obvious princess of the group, Oh Chae-rin (Park Sol-mi) decides to add him to her man collection, but he studiously ignores her, much to the catty glee of the rest.Īs the president of the class, Sang-hyuk asks him what afterschool club he wants to join, but Joon-sang just leaves the classroom. During a break, the girls speculate about the new kid the rumor mill is th at he is a math genius. He is introduced to the class as Kang Joon-sang (Bae Yong-jun). His punishment is cut short when the new student arrives.

In class, a student is reading an apology letter out loud. When the new student shows up at the gates, Yoo-jin flashes him a look of anger. It appears to be a familiar scenario for the two friends. She ends up kneeling in punishment with a classmate of hers, Kong Jin-sook (Lee Hy-eun). She leaves him there and enters the campus, only to get stopped by Gargamel, one of the stern professors. He complies with few words.Īt the school, she runs for the front gates, while he stops for a leisurely cigarette. Once they are dropped off, she berates him for missing the stop and orders him to share a taxi. She also finds out that they missed the bus stop. Sang-hyuk, however, is left behind to wait for the next bus.Īs the bus empties, she finds herself dozing on the shoulder of a stranger dressed like a student from her school.

It’s already extremely crowded, but she manages to get on.

She catches up with another student, Kim Sang-hyuk (Park Yong-ha), just in time for the arrival of the bus. Our chronically-late student is hoofing it towards the bus station this is our first glimpse of Jong Yoo-jin (Choi Ji-woo). But that doesn’t take away from the enjoyment of the series! EPISODE ONE And because it is old, the videos are a bit grainy and hardsubbed. Therefore, I wanted to give back to one of the first Asian shows I ever watched. What I found out, though, is that it has never been recapped online at least, I’ve never been able to track it down. It also has a soundtrack that I still enjoy and listen to, even now. Since it’s original airing in 2002, It was adapted to a anime series and a musical, created an entire tourism economy based on the filming locations, and is credited with creating the second “Hallyu Wave”, extending South Korean culture beyond its borders. I’ve decided to recap what is considered among many circles as the first South Korean television drama that became successful internationally.

Winter sonata 1