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[ Stairs to Clouds / Cloud Staircase ] Goreum Gyedan

GENRE: ROMANTIC DRAMA
NETWORK:
KBS
RELEASE: 2006
EPISODES: 16
CASTS: Shin Dong-wook (jong-soo) | Han Ji-hye (jong-won) | Kim Jeong-hyeon (do-hyun) | Lim Jeong-eun (yun-hee)
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SYNOPSIS: Doctors envy his smartness, nurses love his charm.

Jong-soo pretended to be a doctor to make a point. In gratitude for saving her life, Jong-won helped him get into his father's hospital despite Do-hyun's, her fiancée, disapproval. And because of his passion to his work and dedication, he impressed his colleagues and even captured Jong-won's heart.

Do-hyun got alarmed on how everything and everyone favors the new comer Jong-soo. Thinking that there is something suspicious about his identity, he did a background check and found out that he never had any formal medical education in Japan contrary to what he is implying. Eventhough Do-hyun thought of telling it to the hospital director, he didn't do it to spare Jong-won from getting hurt.

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Unaware of his motive, the hospital director became comfortable of Jong-won's talent. He favored him more than Do-hyun. He even gave him rights to be part of the planning of the new hospital. But when Jong-won secretly proposed a different plan without his consent, he took legal actions into his hands. He even used Jong-won's medical fraud to put him into jail.

Things got out of hand when Yun-hee, Jong-soo's friend, found out about his lies. And because she is mad for choosing Jong-won over her, she told Jong-won the truth. But despite everything they've been through, Jong-won never stopped loving him and patiently waited to be freed to finally be together with their son.

REVIEWS: Han Ji-hye definitely matured over the years - in both acting and looks. She is more refreshing compared to the other ones I've seen her. And I love the way she portrayed her character here. I am starting to like her more in drama because she cries so naturally and she inflicts pain through her talent. Very convincing. And putting Shin Dong-wook opposite her character has definitely sparkled their chemistry. With his good looks and mediocre (because sometimes, he acts so plainly) performance, I could definitely say that she found her good luck charm. They actually look alike.

It was an okay series. There are some scenes that really made me cry. But what I didn't appreciate is how the "MTV" scenes drag the story too much. And the mid part became redundant and predictable. It's like, the story is just all about the first and last 3 episodes of the series.