''Green Rose'' () is a 2005

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that aired on SBS from 19 March to 29 May 2005 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 22 episodes. Starring Go Soo, Lee Da-hae,

Lee Jong-hyuk Lee Jong-hyuk (; born July 31, 1974) is a South Korean actor. After more than a decade of leading and supporting roles on stage, film and television, he gained newfound mainstream popularity through the 2012 romantic comedy series Series may r ...

and

Kim Seo-hyung Kim Seo-hyung (; born October 28, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal as the evil mistress Shin Ae-ri in the SBS revenge drama '' Temptation of Wife'' (2008) and as Coach Kim in the JTBC JTBC (shortened ...

, ''Green Rose'' interweaves romance into a story of revenge to offer a fascinating drama.

Plot

Lee Jung-hyun ( Go Soo) and Oh Soo-ah ( Lee Da-hae) are living a normal life as a couple until it is revealed that Soo-ah is actually the daughter of Oh Byung-moo (

Han Jin-hee Han Jin-hee (born March 14, 1949) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 1969 and has remained active in television and film. In 1990 he served as president of the TV Broadcasting Actors Association. Filmography Film *''My Littl ...

), chairman of SR Electronics, the very company he works at. Shocked and hurt that Soo-ah wasn't honest with him, Jung-hyun tries to break up with her but she convinces him to give their relationship another chance. One night, Jung-hyun is summoned to the chairman's vacation house. Inside, Jung-hyun finds the chairman and the housekeeper both on the floor, the former unconscious and the latter dead. When Jung-hyun attempts to carry the chairman out of the house, a fire is started and Jung-hyun is knocked out. After the evidence points to Jung-hyun as the main suspect, he is sentenced to life imprisonment. To give her son a chance to get out of jail and prove his innocence, his mother kills herself. Cornered by policemen and the SWAT team after a long and exhausting car chase, Jung-hyun jumps off a bridge. Believed to be dead by everyone, he flees to Shanghai, China where he struggles to survive. He suffers much, homeless and begging from strangers or scavenging garbage cans for food. Time passes and he meets a Korean man named Lee Choon-bok (Park Sang-myun) who eventually becomes his good friend and guardian who takes good care of him like his own brother and son. He also finds Cha Yoo-ran (

), the chairman's secretary and ex-lover of SR Director Shin Hyun-tae (

). Yoo-ran decides to help him after Shin orders some men to dispatch her. Under the guidance of Chen Daren, a Chinese business tycoon whose life he and his friends had saved from an assassination attempt, Jung-hyun develops acute business skills and becomes chairman of Super Digital Enterprise, a large Chinese company. After three years, he (under the alias Zhang Zhongyuan), Yoo-ran and Choon-bok return to Korea (wherein upon their return, Jung-hyun still remained under the care of his guardian Choonbok like they were in China) to help him discover the truth and punish the people who framed him. Soo-ah, who is dating Shin Hyun-tae upon his return, immediately sees through his Zhang Zhongyuan facade and recognizes him as Jung-hyun himself. With the help of Soo-ah, guardian Choon-bok and his best friend Kim Dong-wook (Jung Sang-hoon), he discovers that Shin is the person who tried to kill Soo-ah's father. Secretly desiring Soo-ah for years, he also framed Jung-hyun to have her all to himself. Director Seo ( Sunwoo Jae-duk), who witnessed the crime, is the man who had hit Jung-hyun on the head and attempted to kill the chairman as well. In the end, Jung-hyun is able to successfully clear his name and Director Seo and Shin commit suicide. He and Soo-ah happily reunite.

Cast

Main characters

* Go Soo as Lee Jung-hyun/Zhang Zhongyuan * Lee Da-hae as Oh Soo-ah *

as Director Shin Hyun-tae *

as Cha Yoo-ran

Supporting characters

* Sunwoo Jae-duk as Managing director Seo *

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as Kim Dong-wook * Zhang Kang'er as Chen Daren *

Park Sang-myun Park Sang-myun (; born January 27, 1968) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his comic roles, notably in '' My Wife Is a Gangster'' (2001). Career Park Sang-myun graduated in 1987 with a Theater degree from Seoul Institute of the Art ...

as Lee Choon-bok (Jung-hyun's friend and guardian) *

as chairman Oh Byung-moo * Seo Jin-ah as Hong So-ra (older adoptive sister of Soo-ah) * Yoo Seo-jin as Soo-ah’s best friend * Lee Won-jae as Yoo Kwang-il *

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as Jung Taek-soo *

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as Investigator Jo * Choi Sang-hoon as Prosecutor Oh * Yoo Jung-ki as Prison Guard Ahn * Jang Hoon as Investigator Kim * Lee Seung-ho as Chief Judge *

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as Prosecutor Jung * Yoo Min-hyuk as Taoren (Jung-hyun and Choon-bok's Chinese bodyguard) *

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as Han Myung-sook * Kim Ji-young as Park Soon-nyeo

Remake

The Philippines produced their own version of this series, which aired on

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in 2011. The

remake A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same s ...

starred

Jericho Rosales Jericho Vibar Rosales (; born September 22, 1979), also known as Echo, is a Filipino actor, singer, songwriter and film producer. Known primarily for his leading man roles in romantic drama, he has starred in some of the most distributed Phil ...

as Jerome Delgado (Lee Jung-hyun/Zhang Zhongyuan),

Anne Curtis Anne Curtis-Smith (; born 17 February 1985) is an Australian-born Filipino actress, television host, entrepreneur and model. Known for her versatile work in film and television productions, she is one of the most successful and highest-paid Fi ...

as Angela Tuazon (Oh Soo-ah),

Jake Cuenca Juan Carlos Cuenca (; born December 30, 1987), popularly known as Jake Cuenca, is a Filipino actor. He also played for United Football League Division 2 sides Team Socceroo FC. Career At the age of nine, Cuenca was discovered by talent scout ...

as Edward Fuentebuella (Shin Hyun-tae) and

Alessandra de Rossi Alessandra de Rossi (born Alessandra Tiotangco Schiavone on July 19, 1984) is a Filipino actress and writer. Known for her dramatic and comedic performances in independent film and television, she made her screen debut in the comedy series ''! ...

as Geena Rallos (Cha Yoo-ran). What's interesting in the names of characters in adaptation is that most of the surnames used here are owned by Philippine scouts who died in their journey to 11th Jamboree, e.g.: Delgado, De Guia, Fuentebella, Reyes, Tuazon, etc. (See 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda and 11th World Scout Jamboree)

References

External links

* * * {{IMDb title, 0866597, Green Rose 2005 South Korean television series debuts 2005 South Korean television series endings Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows South Korean romance television series South Korean suspense television series