''Big'' () is a 2012 South Korean

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starring Gong Yoo and Lee Min-jung. The

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/ body swap series aired on KBS2 from June 4 to July 24, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Written by the Hong sisters, ''Big'' was Gong Yoo's first television series after '' Coffee Prince'' in 2007 and since being discharged from mandatory military service. The drama was well-received although it was criticized for its ending.

Synopsis

Gil Da-ran ( Lee Min-jung) is a struggling substitute teacher trying to get her certificate. She is engaged to a kind and handsome doctor, Seo Yoon-jae ( Gong Yoo); it is a fairy-tale-come-true until one month before the wedding, Yoon-jae inexplicably becomes distant. At the same time, Da-ran meets an 18-year-old transfer student from the United States, Kang Kyung-joon ( Shin Won-ho), who's got an attitude towards everyone except Da-ran. Kyung-joon gets into a fateful car accident with Yoon-jae and the two of them drive over the guard rail and into the deep waters. Yoon-jae tries to save Kyung-joon but in the process, Yoon-jae ostensibly dies and Kyung-joon ends up in a coma. Kyung-joon soon wakes up finding himself in Yoon-jae's body.

Cast

Main

* Gong Yoo as Kang Kyung-joon / Seo Yoon-jae * Lee Min-jung as Gil Da-ran * Bae Suzy as Jang Ma-ri * Shin Won-ho as Kang Kyung-joon

Supporting

* Baek Sung-hyun as Gil Choong-shik, Da-ran's brother * Jang Hee-jin as Lee Se-young *Kim Seo-ra as Ahn Hye-jung, Yoon-jae's mother * Ahn Suk-hwan as Gil Min-kyu, Da-ran's father * Yoon Hae-young as Lee Jung-hye, Da-ran's mother *Jo Young-jin as Seo In-wook, Yoon-jae's father * Choi Ran as Kim Young-ok, vice principal * Moon Ji-yoon as Na Hyo-sang, PE teacher * Shin Ji-soo as Lee Ae-kyung, math teacher and Da-ran's friend * Jang Hyun-sung as Kang Hyuk-soo, Kyung-joon's uncle * Go Soo-hee as Lee Kyung-mi, Kyung-joon's aunt-in-law * Im Ji-eun as Kang Hee-soo, Kyung-joon's mother * Lee Hee-jin as the bride (cameo, episode 1)

Production

Original soundtrack

Ratings

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * {{Hong sisters 2012 South Korean television series debuts 2012 South Korean television series endings Korean Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows South Korean romantic comedy television series South Korean fantasy television series Television shows written by the Hong sisters Television series by Bon Factory Worldwide