Successful Story of a Bright Girl

Successful Story of a Bright Girl

Promotional poster for Successful Story of a Bright Girl
Also known as Bright Girl's Success
Joyful Girl's Success Story
Cheerful Girl's Success Story
Bright Girl
Genre Romance, Comedy
Written by Lee Hee-myung
Directed by Jang Ki-hong
Starring Jang Hyuk
Jang Nara
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Producer(s) Song Byung-joon
Location(s) Korea
Running time Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Release
Original network Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release 13 March 2002 (2002-03-13) – 2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
Chronology
Preceded by We Are Dating Now
Followed by Bad Girls
Related shows Sunny Girl
External links
Website

Successful Story of a Bright Girl (Hangul: 명랑소녀 성공기; RR: Myeongrangsonyeo Seonggonggi) is a 2002 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Jang Hyuk, Han Eun-jung and Ryu Soo-young. It aired on SBS from March 13 to May 2, 2002 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.[1][2] The romantic comedy series recorded a peak viewership rating of 42.6%.[3]

Plot

Cha Yang-soon is a simple girl living in the countryside with her grandmother. She spends most of her time dreaming of someday meeting her Prince Charming; in her fantasy, she saves him from harm with her martial arts skills, and they live happily ever after. Han Gi-tae is the spoiled and arrogant president of a successful makeup company, Snowy Cosmetics. While in the country on business, Gi-tae goes parachuting and accidentally falls straight into Yang-soon's outdoor bathtub while she's taking a bath, and it's hate at first sight for the two.

Soon, dire circumstances impel Yang-soon to move to the city in search of a job that will allow her to settle her parents' massive financial debts. To earn all the necessary cash, she becomes a maid for a wealthy family and moves into their house. At her new job, she comes face-to-face with Gi-tae, who happens to be one of her employers. At first Yang-soon has trouble adjusting to city life; she gets bullied at school and doesn't get along with Gi-tae's girlfriend Yoon Na-hee. But she soon makes friends with siblings Song Seok-gu and Hwang Bo-bae; Bo-bae becomes her best friend, and Seok-gu seems attracted to her. Also, the short-tempered Gi-tae slowly warms up to her as Yang-soon teaches him a thing or two about manners with her folksy, down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach to life.

But things take a serious turn when Gi-tae, the heir of the family business, finds himself betrayed by a pair of duplicitous family members: his rival and cousin Oh Joon-tae, and Joon-tae's father. Their behind-the-scenes intrigues lead to Gi-tae's professional downfall. Distraught by the situation and suddenly penniless, Gi-tae has no one to turn to except Yang-soon. She teaches him to stand on his own two feet, and with hard work and creativity, gain back everything he's lost.

Cast

Awards

2002 SBS Drama Awards

2003 Baeksang Arts Awards

Remake

Main article: Sunny Girl

A 2011 Taiwanese remake titled Sunny Girl (陽光天使; lit. "Sunshine Angel") starred Rainie Yang and Wu Chun in the lead roles.

An Indonesian remake was titled I Love You, Boss!.

References

  1. ↑ "Joyful Girl's Success Story". KoreanWiz. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Success Story of a Bright Girl (2002, SBS drama special)". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  3. ↑ Choi, Shin-ae (3 April 2014). "Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara to Reunite in Drama Fated to Love You". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  4. ↑ Hong, Lucia (30 March 2011). "Jang Nara to celebrate ten years in entertainment industry". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

External links

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