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Jin Soo-wan
Born July 20, 1970 · South Korea (age 56)
Jin Soo-wan (진수완) is a South Korean television screenwriter born on December 30, 1970. She launched her career in 1996 after winning the KBS Open Screenwriting Contest, contributing early on to the landmark youth series School 1 (1999) and School 2 (1999). Jin is celebrated for writing several of South Korea's most popular television dramas. Her major works include the period romance Capital Scan…
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Twinkling Watermelon · 2023Twinkling Watermelon
★ 8.82023
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths.
Moon Embracing the Sun · 2012Moon Embracing the Sun
★ 7.92012
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Years after she's assumed dead by the palace, a young noblewoman, now trained as a shaman, returns to court to reclaim her rightful position as queen.
Kill Me, Heal Me · 2015Kill Me, Heal Me
★ 8.02015
SeriesComedyDrama
A billionaire struggles with dissociative identity disorder after a traumatic childhood – can a newbie psychiatrist help him unite his alters?
Chicago Typewriter · 2017Chicago Typewriter
★ 8.02017
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Writers that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930's are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter and an anti-fan of the bestselling writer.
A Seven-Faced Man · 2017A Seven-Faced Man
★ 7.82017
SeriesComedyDrama
Bai Xinxin is a first-year medical intern who crosses paths with Shen Yizhen, a man from a wealthy family. When Xinxin is roped into becoming the personal attending physician for Yizhen, she doesn’t understand what she signed up for until it’s too late. As Yizhen’s seven different personalities begin to emerge, so too do dark secrets from his cruel family history. Can Xinxin help the many faces of Yizhen recover from his painful past?
Capital Scandal · 2007Capital Scandal
★ 8.02007
SeriesComedyDrama
Based on Lee Sun-mi's novel Love Story in the Capital, the story juxtaposes the heroic anti-Japanese movement with young romance by depicting the capital Seoul of the 1930s during colonial rule, called "Gyeongseong". It was a time when the nation's independence fighters fought against pro-Japanese traitors, while traditional Joseon-era Confucian values clashed and coexisted with a more modern way of life. The series portrays one of the darkest periods of Korean history with a mixture of tragedy, comedy and romance.
School 4 · 2001School 4
2001
SeriesDrama
The KBS youth drama is about the lives of the staff and students in Sewon Arts High School.
Wonderful Life · 2005Wonderful Life
★ 6.82005
SeriesComedyDrama
Han Seung Wan and Jung Se Jin bumps into each other at the airport and accidentally take each other's passports. They meet again and Seung Wan and Se Jin end up spending the day together. Both having to deal with love complications, they end up drunk and having a one night stand. Back in Korea, Se Jin discovers she is pregnant and leaves to have the baby alone. A year later, Se Jin's clueless sister ends up spilling the secret to Seung-Wan at his engagement party, showing up with his baby daughter. Seung-wan and Se Jin are then forced to marry by their respective families. Complicated love takes place between Do Hyun, Se Jin, Chae Young and Seung-Wan. The rest of the story revolves around the family's journey in learning to take responsibility, and learning to love each other.
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