You Are My Destiny (2008 TV series)

This article is about the 2008 South Korean television series. For other uses, see You Are My Destiny.
You Are My Destiny
Also known asYou Are My Life
GenreDrama
Romance
Soap opera
Created byKBS Drama Production
Written byMoon Eun-ah
Directed byKim Myung-wook
StarringIm Yoon-ah
Park Jae-jung
Lee Ji-hoon
Gong Hyun-joo
Country of originSouth Korea
No. of episodes178
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyKBS Drama Production
Original release
NetworkKBS1
ReleaseMay 5, 2008 (2008-05-05) –
January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09)

You Are My Destiny (Korean: 너는 내 운명; RR: Neoneun Nae Unmyeong) is a South Korean television series television series that aired on KBS1 from May 5, 2008 to January 9, 2009 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 178 episodes.[1][2] Starring Im Yoon-ah, Park Jae-jung,[3] Lee Ji-hoon and Gong Hyun-joo,[4] the rating of the drama started at more than 20% in the first episode, and kept increasing. It reached a peak viewership rating of 41.6% in its final episode and was a huge success overall in Korea and many other Asian countries.

Im Yoon-ah is a member of the K-pop group Girls' Generation, and this was her first leading role.

Plot

Jang Sae-byuk is a cheerful and grateful orphan who always tries her best. She dreams of one day becoming an interior designer, despite her lack of education and money. Because of an accident that happened before the story starts (about three years ago), she loses her sight and undergoes corneal transplant surgery. Different events unravel when she encounters the Kim family, who has lost a daughter in a horrible car crash, unbeknownst to everyone besides the father and older brother. The stories then intertwine when Sae-byuk meets the Kim's extended family and the son of a big interior design company, Lohas, in Korea.

Cast

  • Im Yoon-ah as Jang Sae-byuk, a milk delivering woman who finds her way through Lohas' design competition
  • Park Jae-jung as Kang Ho-sae, manager of Rohas, a company specializing in making kitchen sets
  • Lee Ji-hoon as Kim Tae-pung
  • Gong Hyun-joo as Kim Su-bin (Kim Tae-pung and Kim Tae-young's cousin)
  • Lee Pil-mo as Kim Tae-young. Tae-young is a teacher at a course institution
  • Jang Yong as Kim Dae-jin (Tae-pung's father). Dae-jin owns a mover service company, Pung Express. Before establishing Pung Express, Dae-jin was the Kang family's driver.
  • Jung Ae-ri as Oh Young-sook (Tae-pung's mother). Works at a food catering company owned by Lee Hwa-ran for some time. Used to work as a housemaid at the Kang family's house.
  • Kim Hyo-seo as Kim Na-young (Tae-pung's deceased twin sister).
  • Sa Mi-ja as Son Poong-geum (Dae-gu's and Dae-jin's mother)
  • Kang Seok-woo as Kim Dae-gu (Su-bin's father). He worked as a mayor
  • Lee Hye-sook as Hong Yeon-sil (Su-bin's mother). Nosy and gossipy.
  • Lee Seol-ah as Kang Yu-ri (Ho-sae's sister).
  • Hyun Seok as Kang Chil-bok (Ho-sae's father). Chil-bok is the president of Lohas.
  • Yang Geum-seok as Seo Min-jung (Ho-sae's mother).
  • Kim Hyung-il as Kang Charles (Chil-bok's brother / Yeon-sil's dance tutor)
  • Kim Jung-nan as Ban So-young (Tae-young's love interest and Yun-hui's single mother)
  • Park Min-ji as Ban Yun-hui (So-young's daughter)
  • Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Lee Hwa-ran (So-young's mother). She owns a food catering company named "Sandeul Bada".
  • Choi Won-young as Nam Gyeong-woo (Na-young's boyfriend). He survived the accident they were in together.
  • Park Seul-gi as Bok-ju (Sae-byuk's best friend). Ditched Sae-byuk and stole her money. Sae-byuk later sees her in town and finds out why she left.
  • Kwak Hyun-hwa as Oh Sun-jeong (female Lohas employee)
  • Lee Jung-ho as Lee Dong-soo (male Lohas employee)
  • Yoo Hye-ri as Jeong Mi-ok (Sae-byuk's biological mother)
  • Jung Jae-gon as Jo Sang-ki (Yun-hui's biological father)
  • Kim Sung-hoon as Jang Pan-jae (night sales manager)
  • Shin Pyo as assistant director

Viewership

In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. Source: AGB Nielsen[5]

Episode Date Average audience share
Nationwide Seoul
1 May 5, 2008 23.4% (2nd) 21.9% (2nd)
2 May 6, 2008 23.4% (2nd) 22.7% (3rd)
3 May 7, 2008 23.1% (2nd) 23.2% (2nd)
4 May 8, 2008 20.4% (2nd) 20.0% (2nd)
5 May 9, 2008 22.5% (1st) 21.4% (1st)
6 May 12, 2008 19.2% (2nd) 18.3% (2nd)
7 May 13, 2008 24.7% (2nd) 23.3% (2nd)
8 May 14, 2008 22.7% (2nd) 21.3% (2nd)
9 May 15, 2008 22.8% (2nd) 21.8% (2nd)
10 May 16, 2008 18.3% (1st) 18.6% (1st)
11 May 19, 2008 24.8% (2nd) 23.7% (2nd)
12 May 20, 2008 22.4% (2nd) 21.5% (2nd)
13 May 21, 2008 21.2% (1st) 20.1% (1st)
14 May 22, 2008 19.9% (1st) 19.3% (1st)
15 May 23, 2008 20.5% (1st) 19.5% (1st)
16 May 26, 2008 22.1% (2nd) 21.7% (2nd)
17 May 27, 2008 23.4% (2nd) 23.2% (2nd)
18 May 28, 2008 21.4% (1st) 20.4% (1st)
19 May 29, 2008 21.4% (1st) 21.6% (1st)
20 May 30, 2008 20.6% (1st) 19.9% (1st)
21 June 2, 2008 24.1% (2nd) 23.1% (2nd)
22 June 3, 2008 23.6% (2nd) 22.3% (2nd)
23 June 4, 2008 24.2% (1st) 23.0% (1st)
24 June 5, 2008 21.0% (1st) 19.9% (1st)
25 June 6, 2008 21.1% (1st) 19.3% (1st)
26 June 9, 2008 23.7% (2nd) 23.0% (2nd)
27 June 10, 2008 22.3% (2nd) 20.6% (2nd)
28 June 11, 2008 22.6% (1st) 21.1% (1st)
29 June 12, 2008 22.9% (2nd) 21.5% (2nd)
30 June 13, 2008 20.7% (1st) 19.9% (1st)
31 June 16, 2008 23.7% (2nd) 22.0% (2nd)
32 June 17, 2008 24.7% (1st) 23.1% (1st)
33 June 18, 2008 25.2% (1st) 23.1% (2nd)
34 June 19, 2008 22.3% (2nd) 20.5% (2nd)
35 June 20, 2008 23.1% (1st) 21.5% (1st)
36 June 23, 2008 23.9% (1st) 21.4% (1st)
37 June 24, 2008 25.0% (1st) 23.6% (1st)
38 June 25, 2008 23.4% (1st) 21.4% (2nd)
39 June 26, 2008 23.8% (2nd) 22.0% (2nd)
40 June 27, 2008 21.8% (1st) 19.5% (1st)
41 June 30, 2008 25.9% (1st) 24.2% (1st)
42 July 1, 2008 23.8% (1st) 22.7% (1st)
43 July 2, 2008 25.8% (1st) 24.4% (2nd)
44 July 3, 2008 23.4% (2nd) 21.0% (2nd)
45 July 4, 2008 24.3% (1st) 23.1% (1st)
46 July 7, 2008 26.8% (1st) 26.2% (1st)
47 July 8, 2008 24.3% (1st) 22.8% (1st)
48 July 9, 2008 24.0% (2nd) 22.4% (2nd)
49 July 10, 2008 24.2% (2nd) 22.3% (2nd)
50 July 11, 2008 23.7% (1st) 22.1% (1st)
51 July 14, 2008 27.3% (1st) 25.2% (1st)
52 July 15, 2008 25.1% (1st) 23.5% (1st)
53 July 16, 2008 24.8% (2nd) 23.0% (2nd)
54 July 17, 2008 24.7% (2nd) 23.5% (2nd)
55 July 18, 2008 24.5% (1st) 23.3% (1st)
56 July 21, 2008 25.0% (1st) 23.3% (2nd)
57 July 22, 2008 25.1% (1st) 23.4% (1st)
58 July 23, 2008 26.3% (2nd) 25.5% (2nd)
59 July 24, 2008 28.8% (2nd) 28.3% (2nd)
60 July 25, 2008 26.8% (1st) 25.2% (1st)
61 July 28, 2008 27.0% (1st) 24.9% (1st)
62 July 29, 2008 26.1% (1st) 23.9% (2nd)
63 July 30, 2008 25.4% (2nd) 24.3% (2nd)
64 July 31, 2008 24.8% (2nd) 23.6% (2nd)
65 August 1, 2008 24.5% (1st) 23.6% (1st)
66 August 4, 2008 27.8% (1st) 25.8% (1st)
67 August 5, 2008 28.9% (1st) 28.3% (1st)
68 August 6, 2008 25.6% (1st) 24.5% (1st)
69 August 7, 2008 25.9% (1st) 24.2% (1st)
70 August 11, 2008 25.2% (1st) 23.9% (2nd)
71 August 12, 2008 21.6% (1st) 20.4% (1st)
72 August 13, 2008 23.6% (3rd) 22.7% (3rd)
73 August 14, 2008 26.4% (1st) 25.2% (1st)
74 August 18, 2008 28.4% (1st) 27.6% (1st)
75 August 19, 2008 30.2% (1st) 28.9% (1st)
76 August 20, 2008 29.5% (1st) 28.8% (1st)
77 August 21, 2008 27.8% (1st) 26.3% (1st)
78 August 22, 2008 29.8% (1st) 28.4% (1st)
79 August 25, 2008 29.8% (1st) 28.1% (1st)
80 August 26, 2008 30.0% (1st) 29.0% (1st)
81 August 27, 2008 28.9% (1st) 27.6% (1st)
82 August 28, 2008 29.5% (1st) 27.9% (1st)
83 August 29, 2008 28.5% (1st) 27.3% (1st)
84 September 1, 2008 32.7% (1st) 31.0% (1st)
85 September 2, 2008 27.9% (1st) 25.5% (1st)
86 September 3, 2008 28.0% (1st) 26.4% (1st)
87 September 4, 2008 28.7% (1st) 26.9% (1st)
88 September 5, 2008 26.4% (1st) 24.4% (1st)
89 September 8, 2008 28.8% (1st) 27.5% (1st)
90 September 9, 2008 27.1% (1st) 26.1% (2nd)
91 September 10, 2008 27.6% (1st) 27.0% (1st)
92 September 11, 2008 27.6% (1st) 26.2% (1st)
93 September 12, 2008 25.9% (1st) 24.2% (1st)
94 September 15, 2008 26.6% (1st) 25.0% (1st)
95 September 16, 2008 28.9% (1st) 27.3% (2nd)
96 September 17, 2008 27.7% (1st) 26.9% (1st)
97 September 18, 2008 29.6% (1st) 28.6% (1st)
98 September 19, 2008 27.6% (1st) 26.3% (1st)
99 September 22, 2008 32.0% (1st) 30.3% (1st)
100 September 23, 2008 29.8% (1st) 28.7% (1st)
101 September 24, 2008 28.8% (1st) 26.3% (1st)
102 September 25, 2008 29.1% (1st) 27.9% (1st)
103 September 26, 2008 26.7% (1st) 25.9% (1st)
104 September 29, 2008 30.5% (1st) 28.5% (1st)
105 September 30, 2008 30.2% (1st) 28.1% (2nd)
106 October 1, 2008 30.2% (1st) 29.0% (1st)
107 October 2, 2008 27.6% (1st) 26.0% (1st)
108 October 3, 2008 28.5% (1st) 26.7% (1st)
109 October 6, 2008 29.6% (1st) 27.7% (1st)
110 October 7, 2008 28.9% (1st) 28.3% (1st)
111 October 8, 2008 27.5%(1st) 26.1% (1st)
112 October 9, 2008 27.9% (1st) 27.2% (1st)
113 October 10, 2008 28.3% (1st) 26.5% (1st)
114 October 13, 2008 30.3% (1st) 28.7% (1st)
115 October 14, 2008 28.6% (1st) 26.9% (2nd)
116 October 15, 2008 27.5% (1st) 25.8% (1st)
117 October 16, 2008 27.8% (1st) 26.9% (1st)
118 October 17, 2008 28.4% (1st) 28.7% (1st)
119 October 20, 2008 27.8% (2nd) 25.8% (2nd)
120 October 21, 2008 29.3% (1st) 27.4% (2nd)
121 October 22, 2008 30.2% (1st) 28.8% (1st)
122 October 23, 2008 28.6% (1st) 27.6% (1st)
123 October 24, 2008 26.8% (1st) 25.1% (1st)
124 October 27, 2008 28.3% (1st) 26.9% (1st)
125 October 28, 2008 28.6% (1st) 27.1% (1st)
126 October 29, 2008 26.6% (1st) 24.3% (1st)
127 October 30, 2008 29.4% (1st) 27.3% (1st)
128 October 31, 2008 26.9% (1st) 24.8% (1st)
129 November 3, 2008 30.6% (1st) 28.5% (1st)
130 November 4, 2008 31.0% (1st) 29.0% (1st)
131 November 5, 2008 30.1% (1st) 28.6% (1st)
132 November 6, 2008 28.1% (1st) 26.2% (1st)
133 November 7, 2008 28.9% (1st) 26.5% (1st)
134 November 10, 2008 31.0% (1st) 28.7% (1st)
135 November 11, 2008 29.8% (1st) 27.0% (1st)
136 November 12, 2008 30.4% (1st) 28.0% (1st)
137 November 13, 2008 30.8% (1st) 29.0% (1st)
138 November 14, 2008 32.0% (1st) 30.2% (1st)
139 November 17, 2008 35.3% (1st) 32.5% (1st)
140 November 18, 2008 37.1% (1st) 35.1% (1st)
141 November 19, 2008 35.8% (1st) 33.8% (1st)
142 November 20, 2008 34.3% (1st) 32.5% (1st)
143 November 21, 2008 35.8% (1st) 34.6% (1st)
144 November 24, 2008 36.7% (1st) 34.3% (1st)
145 November 25, 2008 35.6% (1st) 33.5% (1st)
146 November 26, 2008 37.2% (1st) 35.4% (1st)
147 November 27, 2008 38.2% (1st) 37.1% (1st)
148 November 28, 2008 36.7% (1st) 34.8% (1st)
149 December 1, 2008 36.3% (1st) 35.0% (1st)
150 December 2, 2008 35.3% (1st) 33.4% (1st)
151 December 3, 2008 35.7% (1st) 34.0% (1st)
152 December 4, 2008 36.1% (1st) 34.5% (1st)
153 December 5, 2008 36.0% (1st) 34.3% (1st)
154 December 8, 2008 37.0% (1st) 35.4% (1st)
155 December 9, 2008 35.7% (1st) 34.4% (1st)
156 December 10, 2008 33.9% (1st) 32.4% (1st)
157 December 11, 2008 38.1% (1st) 36.9% (1st)
158 December 12, 2008 28.6% (1st) 27.0% (1st)
159 December 15, 2008 39.0% (1st) 37.0% (1st)
160 December 16, 2008 37.6% (1st) 35.9% (1st)
161 December 17, 2008 37.3% (1st) 35.4% (1st)
162 December 18, 2008 36.5% (1st) 34.7% (1st)
163 December 19, 2008 36.3% (1st) 35.0% (1st)
164 December 22, 2008 39.4% (1st) 37.0% (1st)
165 December 23, 2008 38.4% (1st) 36.4% (1st)
166 December 24, 2008 33.1% (1st) 31.4% (1st)
167 December 25, 2008 38.6% (1st) 35.6% (1st)
168 December 26, 2008 38.0% (1st) 35.9% (1st)
169 December 29, 2008 38.4% (1st) 36.0% (1st)
170 December 30, 2008 37.6% (1st) 36.2% (1st)
171 December 31, 2008 34.6% (1st) 33.4% (1st)
172 January 1, 2009 38.6% (1st) 36.6% (1st)
173 January 2, 2009 39.3% (1st) 37.6% (1st)
174 January 3, 2009 41.6% (1st) 38.9% (1st)
175 January 4, 2009 39.6% (1st) 37.8% (1st)

Awards

2008 2nd Korea Drama Awards
2008 KBS Drama Awards
  • Netizen Award: Im Yoon-ah
  • Best New Actress: Im Yoon-ah
  • Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama: Lee Pil-mo
  • Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama: Kim Jung-nan
2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards

References

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