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Heaven & Earth (TV series)
Heaven & Earth[1] (Korean: 하늘만큼 땅만큼; RR: Haneul Mankeum Ddang Mankeum; lit. Like Land and Sky) is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Park Hae-jin, Han Hyo-joo,[2] Lee Joo-hyun, Kang Jung-hwa, and Hong Soo-ah. It aired on KBS1 from January 15 to August 31, 2007 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 165 episodes. The daily drama was a hit, maintaining an average viewership rating of 30% throughout its nine-month run. Its peak viewership rating of 36.1% (on episode 164) made it the third highest-rated Korean drama of 2007.[3] PlotJung Mu-young (Park Hae-jin) was left by his birth mother under the care of Kim Tae-shik (Jung Han-yong) and his wife Park Myung-ja (Jung Ae-ri) when he was very young. His mother promises to come for him later, but she never does. The Kim family raise Mu-young like he is their own son, but never change his family name because they think his birth mother might come later to pick him up. Despite the lack of money, Myung-ja manages to keep the family together; moreover, she never once treats Mu-young any differently than her biological son. Still, having a different family name from his older brother Kim Sang-hyun (Lee Joo-hyun) makes him run away from home several times. Mu-young is outwardly rebellious, unforgiving, and in constant conflict with his family. He keeps an emotional distance from them, for fear of getting hurt one day. At school he meets the cheerful and kindhearted Seok Ji-soo (Han Hyo-joo), who not only values her family greatly, but also goes out of her way to help others. Thinking too highly of Ji-Soo and too lowly of himself, and aware of the possible negative reaction her family might have toward his confession to her, he tries to keep a distance between himself and Ji-Soo. As a grown up, Ji-soo begins working for Myung-ja's stepsister, Park Myung-joo (Yoon Hae-young), and learns that she and her single father, Seok Jong-hoon (Hong Yo-seob), are in love. She fully supports her father's newfound romance. She is also seeing a rich family's son who wants to propose to her. Heaven & Earth tackles the issues the modern family faces, such as the difficulties faced by stepparents and stepchildren; conflicts between biological and adoptive parents; the aftermath of a remarriage; and the high divorce rate among the younger generation, and resulting involuntary childcare from their grandparents. CastMain cast
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