GENRE: DRAMA
NETWORK: KBS
RELEASE: 2005
EPISODES: 16
CASTS: Kim Hyo-jin (soryeong) | Kim Joo-seung (harok) | Kim Nam-jin (min-jae) | Seo Ji-hye (juha)
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STORYLINE: Harok knows that Soryeong is the woman he would want to live his life with. When he became a project assistant to Dr. Kim, Soryeong's father, he didn't waste time in expressing his love to her. With destiny on their side, they became inseparable couple. But what Harok didn't know is that she has an incurable heart problem. Just before their wedding day, Soryeong died but her father secretly ice preserved her body. After 25 years, Dr. Kim, along with Dr. Oh and her project team, were able to bring back Soryeong to life. It was such a drastic procedure so they decided to change her identity and give a new personality as Jae-hui. Due to the consequences of the technique, she lost her entire memory.

Harok had lived his life with emptiness in his heart. Although he got married and had a son, Min-jae, his love for Soryeong never died. As he continuously long for Soryeong, he held on to his promise to push through with his passion - filmmaking. While looking for a subject, one of Harok's crew accidentally took picture of Soryeong lurking densely in the hospital where Min-jae works. Even though what he saw is not possible, in his heart, he knows he couldn't be wrong. But his thoughts of being with his love were shattered when Dr. Kim denied that Jae-hui is Soryeong.

When Dr. Kim died, he took his secret to his grave but entrusted Soryeong to Harok. At first, Min-jae didn't buy the idea of her living with them but eventually, he learned to accept and love her hopelessly. But what they have is not a typical love story. Aside from his dad being Soryeong's first love, Min-jae is soon to be married to Juha, Dr. Oh's granddaughter. Their against all odds relationship has hurt Juha's pride. She has turned bitter and envied Soryeong.

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Dr. Oh confessed to Harok about the experiment and asked for his help before anybody else gets hurt. After knowing that Soryeong is alive, Harok felt stuck between telling her about her past or keeping his feelings for Min-jae's sake.

Because the film Harok was doing was originally meant for Soryeong, her beauty and innocence fits the character. They starred her for the movie. Her memories eventually came back as she gets to work and be with Harok everyday. Soryeong confirmed from Dr. Oh her true identity. When she found out that Harok knew all along, she felt responsible for his pain. They rekindled the love they lost in time behind Min-jae's back.

Soryeong started to feel odd and the side effects are kicking in. On the day of the movie's preview, she lost her sight and strength. They went to the beach she usually goes to as she wished. After doing her love confession, she died. She still chose Harok and held on to the promise that as long as she is Soryeong, and he as Harok, they would love each other, forever.

REVIEWS: It was a touching story. It may be a typical love triangle but what made it interesting is that everybody has their own rights to claim that their love is sincere. Upto the last episode, you wouldn't know who would end up with whom. You'll feel for the longingness of Harok and practicality of Min-jae. They both deserve Soryeong.

Eventhough I didn't really appreciate Hyo-jin's portrayal, I still pity her situation. It's hard to live a life with full of lies and deprivation. That's one part I liked about the story. It has depth that eventhough the acting isn't that great, you wouldn't really care because your attention is in the characters and the scenes. Actually, there are parts that when they deliver their dialogues, it looks overacting and some, so phlegmatic.

Although the ending is predictable, it was okay. It's a good thing that they didn't enforce romance to what should be a better ending.