You know that romantic comedy is one of the favorite genres for audience to watch, and that viewers love the humor between romantic scenes. This genre is so refreshing, and in 2016, SBS gave us ‘Beautiful Gong Shim’, which will make your day. For you who don’t already know about this drama yet, let’s check this out!
Stories in “Beautiful Gong Shim”
“Beautiful Gong Shim” also known as “Beauty of the Beast”, is a Korean Drama that was released by SBS and ran from May 14 until July 17, 2016, in South Korea. In Korea, this drama titled “Minyeo Gongshimi” (in romanization) and ran on Korean television every weekend. “Beautiful Gong Shim” is directed by Baek Soo-Chan and written by Lee Hee-Myung. The first script reading took place on April 13, 2016, at the SBS Production Center in Ilsan, South Korea. This drama is focused on the love stories between two sisters and two brothers, and how one of the sisters felt that she gets overshadowed by her perfect sister. The lead female role, named Gong Shim, was played by Girl’s Day’s Min Ah. Before Min Ah was chosen to play Gong Shim, the role was originally offered to the actress Baek Jin-hee, but she declined. Gong Shim is a kind-hearted girl but doesn’t have a beautiful face, and she has a sister named Gong Mi, played by actress Seo Hyo-Rim, who has everything, including a beautiful appearance. For the brothers, Nam Gung-Min got the lead male role, as a character named Ahn Dan-Tae, a Human Rights lawyer that was sentenced for a crime he didn’t commit and then has to go to prison because of it. His brother, Seok Joon-Soo, who was played by male actor On Joo-Wan, lives in an apartment and is trying to make something in his life. This drama was about Gong Shim’s life, and many people would call her a ‘loser’. It’s difficult for her to get a job, and she doesn’t have as beautiful a face as her sister, Gong Mi. Gong Mi’s life is totally Gong Shim’s life in reverse. She has a good career as a lawyer and has a pretty face like their mother. This makes Gong Shim become a skeptical woman with an inferiority complex. Gong Shim’s life is changed when she meets twos non-blood-related brothers, Ahn Dan-Tae and Seok Joon-Soo. Ahn Dan-Tae, who was punished for the crime that he had nothing to do with, wants to find out who the real culprit was that kidnapped Seok Joon-Pyo, Seok Joon-Soo’s relative. There would be romantic scenes between Gong Shim and Ahn Dan-Tae as the stories continued, and they fall in love with their unique personalities. But things get complicated as Joon-Soo and Gong Mi appear in their love story. But in the end, of course, Gong Shim finally gets her victory in the life she’s won, with Ahn Dan-Tae by her side.
The Cast
Let’s get a bit more information about some of the actors in “Beautiful Gong Shim”.
Nam Gung-Min
Nam Gung-Min is an actor and model, born on March 22, 1980 with blood type B. He was a student at Chung Ang University and his hobbies are playing basketball, billiards, and rollerblading. This is Nam Gung-Min’s first lead role for a major broadcasting station. We usually see him for the antihero/villain character role in many dramas. This is his first role as a male lead role, and he got a nice character, too. We can see how different Nam Gung-Min’s acting is and how he could bring us to see a new side of him as an actor. And, even though it’s his first lead role, he won the 2016 SBS Drama Award as Best Actor for Romantic-Comedy dramas. Nam Gung-Min previously worked with Beautiful Gong Shim’s director, Baek Soo-Chan, and their writer, Lee Min-Hyung, in the 2015 SBS drama series “The Girl Who Sees Smells”.
Bang Min-Ah / Min Ah
Bang Min-Ah, or we knew her, Girl’s Day’s Min Ah, is one of the members of the girl-group from South Korea, and was born on May 13, 1993. She attended Jinsun Girls’ High School and majored in Broadcasting at Dongduk Women’s University. In 2010, Min Ah made her debut in Girl’s Day as the main vocalist on Music Bank with their first single, “Tilt My Head”. In 2016, Min Ah landed her first television leading role in SBS’s “Beautiful Gong Shim” and earned positive reviews from people.
On Joo-Wan
On Joo-wan is a Korean actor who was born with birth name Song Jung-Shik, on December 11, 1983, in Daejeon, South Korea. His height is 180 cm and his blood type is O. He’s been working as an actor since 2002 up through the present day. His career started on SBS’s television series titled “Rustic Period”. He’s played roles in musical theater, too.
Seo Hyo-Rim
Seo Hyo-Rim is a talented actress and MC that was born in South Korea on January 6, 1985. Her height is 170 cm and her hobbies are singing and dancing. She majored in Secretarial Studies at the University of Inha Technical. She became an MC for Music Bank and the 2009 Big Star X-Files, and became model for some music videos. She’s played in many Korean dramas and movies.
The Soundtracks
When there is a good drama or movie, there are also good soundtracks for it. And for the drama “Beautiful Gong Shim”, they gave us such cute and romantic songs for the soundtracks. These soundtracks talked about how they felt so thankful to meet each other, how it felt between the two siblings, how we are pretty as we are, and many themes. These are the list of the “Beautiful Gong Shim” Original Soundtrack titles.
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