A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
January 18, 2001
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 16
Finale:
May 3, 2001
Creators:
Moon Bo-hyun
Original Title:
인생은 아름다워
Alternate Titles:
In Saeng Eun Ah Reum Dah Wuh
美丽人生
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Countries:
KR
Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains. He decides to hand his business down to his impulsive younger daughter, Hee-Jung, who studied hotel management in Switzerland. His older daughter, Su-Jung, is a concert pianist. Hee-Jung learns the business by starting at the bottom in the P.R. Department. She has a deep emotional scar from an incident where her first boyfriend was killed trying to save her life. To expand his business, Chairman Yu decides to build a resort town next to a casino in Sabuk, a deserted mine town in Kangwon Province. In the process, Chairman Yu's right-hand man is confronted by a local hoodlum (Jae-min) who wants to preserve his hometown the way it is. Jae-min's uncanny resemblance to Hee-Jung's dead boyfriend gets her involved in the business such that she has to go against her father in order to help Jae-min.
Director:
Moon Bo-hyun
Writer:
Lee Hong-ku
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