Dear Heaven

Dear Heaven (Korean: 하늘이시여; RR: Haneulisiyeo; also known as Love in Heaven) is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee, Lee Tae-gon,[1] Cho Yeon-woo, Lee Soo-kyung, and Wang Bit-na. It aired on SBS from September 10, 2005 to July 2, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 85 episodes.

Dear Heaven
Also known asLove in Heaven
Dear God
Sky
GenreMelodrama, Romance
Written byIm Sung-han
Directed byLee Young-hee
Shin Yoon-seob
StarringYoon Jung-hee
Lee Tae-gon
Cho Yeon-woo
Lee Soo-kyung
Wang Bit-na
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes85
Production
Executive producerYoon Young-muk
ProducersJo Dong-suk
Lee Hyun-suk
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time60 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 (KST)
Production companyKorea Broadcasting Entertainment for Satellite & Terrestrial Inc. (K-BEST)
Release
Original networkSeoul Broadcasting System
Original release10 September 2005 (2005-09-10) –
2 July 2006 (2006-07-02)
Chronology
Preceded byThat Summer's Typhoon
Followed byYeon Gaesomun

According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, it was the 5th highest rated TV program in Korea for the year 2006, with an average rating of 28.3%, and a peak rating of 44.5%.[2]

The popular soap opera invited both criticism and high ratings for its provocative plot. The story revolved around a middle-aged woman who introduces her handsome news anchor stepson to her abandoned daughter, who had led a miserable life because of a cruel stepmother. It triggered controversy when the woman was revealed as the girl's biological mother. Viewers were divided on whether it was "immoral" and "incestuous" or a fresh take on relationship dramas, but director Lee Young-hee insisted that the show's theme was "deep maternal love, with a mother reclaiming her own daughter as a daughter-in-law in order to atone for having abandoned her as a baby."[3]

Plot

When she was very young, Ji Young-sun (Han Hye-sook) gave away her baby Lee Ja-kyung after giving birth to her. She later remarries and creates a new family, but soon after, her husband dies, leaving her behind with her stepson Gu Wang-mo (Lee Tae-gon), and her daughter Gu Seul-ah (Lee Soo-kyung).

Now grown and a makeup artist, Lee Ja-kyung (Yoon Jung-hee) finds herself adrift with loneliness since her foster parents died when she was a child. She fell in love with her step-uncle but his family shuns her, dashing away any hopes of being with him. Deciding to focus on her career and find a new love, she meets Wang-mo, a TV news anchor.

Young-sun has been searching for the daughter whom she had abandoned in her youth. As if guided by the hand of fate, she discovers that Ja-kyung is already going out with Young-sun's own stepson, Wang-mo. In order to keep her secret daughter by her side, Young-sun does everything in her power to marry Ja-kyung to Wang-mo, and eventually succeeds. The two women form a curious double relationship, as at once mother/daughter and mother-in-law/daughter-in-law.

Cast
Gu family
Kang family
Lee family
Extended cast
  • Cho Yeon-woo as Kim Cheong-ha (movie star)
  • Geum Dan-bi as Mun-ok (Ja-kyung's friend)
  • Lee Sook as Bae-deuk's friend
  • Lee Dae-ro as Bae-deuk's dancing partner

Awards

2005 SBS Drama Awards

2006 SBS Drama Awards

References
  1. "Lovebirds". The Dong-a Ilbo. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  2. "Dramas Sweep the Top 10 Ratings List". KBS Global. 5 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  3. "New SBS Drama Sparks Morality Controversy Even Before Its First Episode Airs". The Dong-a Ilbo. 8 September 2005. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  4. "Yoon Jung-hee Overcame Her Fears on Way to Blissful". The Chosun Ilbo. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  5. Oh, Jean (2 October 2008). "Youthful drama targets weekend audience". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  6. Chung, Ah-young (1 January 2007). "Broadcasters Award Top-Rated Dramas". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-04-20.

International broadcast
  • It aired in Vietnam on VTV3 channel from October 27, 2007, called Thiên đường tình yêu.
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