Nailla Diva Blog: 2012

Title: 아름다운 그대에게 / To the Beautiful You

Chinese Title: 給美麗的你 / 韓版花樣少年少女
Also Known as: Hana Kimi (Korean Version)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16 + 1 Special Episode
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Aug-15 to 2012-Oct-04
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

This drama is based on Hisaya Nakajo‘s manga series “Hana Kimi“which was published by Hakusensha from 1996 to 2004.

The series centers on Goo Joo Hee (Choi Seol Ri), a Korean girl who lives in the United States. One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Kang Tae Joon (Min Ho). She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Korea to attend the same school that Tae Joon attends after he suffers an accident that could potentially end his career. However, Tae Joon attends an all-boys high school and Jae Hee must disguise herself as a boy to enter.

Cast

Main Cast

Min Ho as Kang Tae Joon
Choi Seol Ri as Goo Jae Hee
Lee Hyun Woo as Cha Eun Kyul
Kim Ji Won as Seol Ha Na
Suh Joon Young as Ha Seung Ri
Kang Ha Neul as Joo Ji Chul
Hwang Kwang Hee as Song Jong Min

Supporting Cast

Yoo Min Kyu as Young Mahn
Kim Ian as Na Chul Soo
Ki Tae Young as Jang Min Woo
Lee Young Eun as Lee So Jung (Korean teacher)
Kang Kyung Joon as Athletic team coach
Lee Han Wie as Hwang Gye Bong
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Kang Geun Wook
Ahn Hye Kyung as Yang Seo Yoon (Sports reporter)
Lee Ah Hyun as Jang (Sport Company Director)
Julian Kang as Daniel (Jae Hee’s brother)
Choi Jong Yoon as Min Wook
Yoo Ra (유라) as Lee Eun Young
Jung Eun Joo as Hwang Bo hee
Song Soo Ji (송수지) as Shin Myung Hwa
Park Tae Sung (박태성) as Chang Yeon
Sangchu (상추) as muscle student (cameo, ep 1)
Hong Rok Gi (홍록기) as DJ in charge of the party (cameo, ep 2)
K-pop group (EXO-K) as idol singers at the party (cameo, ep 2)
Jung Yoo Geun (정유근) (cameo, ep 4)
Nam Ji Hyun as Hong Da Hae (cameo, ep 6)
Kim Woo Bin as John Kim (Jae Hee’s first love) (cameo, ep.9-10)

Production Credits

Production Company: SM Entertainment
Director: Jun Ki Sang
Screenwriter: Lee Young Chul

Episode Ratings

Date	EP	TNmS	TNmS	AGB	AGB
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
2012-08-15	1	6.4	7.9	7.3	9.3
2012-08-16	2	5.8	7.0	5.7	(<8.1)
2012-08-22	3	4.8	5.7	5.1	(<8.4)
2012-08-23	4	5.9	7.2	5.4	(<8.4)
2012-08-26	sp	5.0	5.0	(<7.9)	(<8.4)
2012-08-29	5	4.3	5.1	4.8	(<7.9)
2012-08-30	6	5.8	(<8.4)	5.6	(<8.5)
2012-09-05	7	4.7	(<8.3)	4.6	(<7.8)
2012-09-06	8	5.4	(<8.7)	5.4	(<7.6)
2012-09-12	9	5.5	6.7	5.4	(<7.9)
2012-09-13	10	3.8	(<9.9)	5.8	(<8.6)
2012-09-19	11	4.3	(<8.6)	4.2	(<7.3)
2012-09-20	12	5.1	(<8.1)	4.6	(<7.3)
2012-09-26	13	4.4	(<8.3)	4.4	(<8.0)
2012-09-27	14	4.8	(<8.4)	4.8	(<8.0)
2012-10-03	15	4.0	(<9.1)	4.1	(<8.7)
2012-10-04	16	5.3	(<8.1)	5.2	(<8.6)