Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Sad Love Story

A twenty episodes South Korean romantic drama - Sad Love Story romanized as Seulpeun Yeonga (슬픈연가) and also known as Sad Sonata (its literal translation and the alternate official title) which ran from 05 January to 17 March, 2005.

Sad Sonata is a love story about two men and one woman. The young Joon-young (Kwon Sang Woo), who was raised by his mother who sold liquor to American soldiers (who being despised as his mother owns a nightclub), met the blind beautiful Hae-in (Kim Hee Sun) and they became childhood sweethearts. Young and naive, they believe that nothing can change their love. Life, however, pulls them in opposite directions. After some years, Hae-in immigrated to the U.S. following her aunt and her uncle (American soldier that married her aunt). There she met Gun-woo (Yeon Jung Hoon), who was Joon-young's best friend and son of a very rich man. After she received a letter from Hwa-jung misleading saying that Joon-young is dead, Hye-in struggles to begin a new life alone and later she accepted Gun-woo's love. After an successful operation, Hae-in was able to see again . The story picks up again when composer Joon-young, singer Hae-In, and music producer Gun-woo all meet again, Joon-young instantly recognizes Hae-In but Hae-in doesn't recognize Joon-young because she has never seen Jun Yeong before and despite, he has changed his name to Jun-Kyu.

Is an aptly titled romantic drama about the tragic love triangle between aspiring musician Joon-young, his blind girlfriend, Hae-in and his best friend, Gun-woo. Personally, it was one of the best Korean drama that I have ever seen which I enjoyed it immensely.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing. If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough. Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.

"Hold it true, whatever be fall; Feel it, when sorrow the most;

Is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."

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