Go Doo Shim is a celebrated veteran South Korean actress who has enjoyed a prolific career in film, television, theater and radio. Born on May 22, 1951, she made her acting debut in the 1972 television series “Chief Inspector” and is known for playing the tirelessly devoted mother figure in many of her works. Go Doo Shim has won the Grand Prize (Daesang), the top award in acting, a record number of six times for her roles in the television dramas “Fetters of Love” (1989), “The Dancing Gayageum” (1990), “My Husband’s Woman” (1992), “Virtue” (2000), “Ode to the Han River” (2004) and “More Beautiful Than a Flower” (2004). Some of her recent memorable roles include “Immortal Classic” (2012), “Marry Him If You Dare” (2013), “A Word From Warm Heart” (2013), “The Legendary Witch” (2014), “High Society” (2015), “The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law” (2015) and “All About My Mom” (2015).

Go Doo Shim

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In 2023, Eun Gyeol (Ryeoun) is a high schooler with a passion for music. During the day, he is a studious model pupil...but at night, he rocks out as a guitarist in a band. But when he stumbles across a strange yet alluring music store, he goes hurtling back in time to 1995. Here, he comes face to face with his father Ha Yi Chan (Choi Hyun Wook) – as a high schooler! Yi Chan takes Eun Gyeol for a lunatic when the latter calls him “dad.” Worse still, it looks like Yi Chan has a crush on an icy cellist named Se Kyeong (Seol In Ah)– not his future mother Cheong Ah (Shin Eun Soo)! In a bid to put things “right,” Eun Gyeol joins a band fronted by his future father. But will this be enough to help Eun Gyeol bring his future parents together...and will he ever get back to the 2020s?

“Twinkling Watermelon” is a 2023 South Korean drama series that was directed by Son Jong Hyun.

Twinkling Watermelon

🍉Viva la Watermelon🍉Team

Ja Geum Soon (Go Doo Shim) was born in 1930 in what is now North Korea. When the Korean War broke out in the 1950s, she escaped to what is now South Korea – and was torn away from her husband and young child. She dreamed of being reunited with them, so she founded a hotel that she hoped would become a metaphorical lighthouse – and bring her lost family back to her. This hotel became the successful Nakwon hotel chain.

Now, Ja Geum Soon is approaching the end of her life, and she dreams of being reunited with the grandson she has never met: Im Moon Sung. Her ever-faithful assistant Jung Sang Cheol (Sung Dong Il) hatches a plan to help bring peace to the old woman before she dies – he will hire an actor to pose as Im Moon Sung. He seeks out Yoo Jae Heon (Kang Ha Neul), a struggling stage actor who has been playing a North Korean soldier in a theater performance. Yoo Jae Heon agrees. He is told to pose as a defector who has come to visit the old woman for a while before attempting to return to the North. However, it soon appears that he has bitten off more than he can chew. He also crosses paths with Park Se Yeon (Ha Ji Won), Ja Geum Soon’s granddaughter – the woman who is running Nakwon...and has vowed not to allow it to fall into anyone else’s hands!

“Curtain Call” is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Yoon Sang Ho.

Curtain Call

🎭 Lighthouse Keepers 🎭

JTBC

Pyo In Sook (Ahn Eun Jin) is an obstinate and almost emotionless woman who has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Although she has just months left to live, she feels nothing, even though she is about to come face-to-face with her own mortality. She is receiving care at a hospice, where she meets two other women with very different lives: The first is Seong Mi Do (Joy) is a highly popular social media influencer whose life has also been turned upside down by a terminal illness diagnosis. And the other is Kang Se Yeon (Kang Ye Won), a housewife with bags of responsibilities and who is tired of being taken for granted. She has a distinct feeling that nobody has ever given her any respect – and now she too has been told terminal illness will soon claim her life.

Into the mix comes Min Woo Cheon (Kim Kyung Nam), a meticulous, elite contract killer. Although he is one of the nation’s most deadly hitmen, he never intended to live his life this way and his cool exterior covers deep sadness. The three women have decided to end the lives of one person each who has done them wrong before their time runs out. But their friendship starts to mellow them. And when Pyo In Sook and Min Woo Cheon start developing feelings for one another, a massive rethink could be in the pipelines...

“The One and Only” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Oh Hyun Jong.

The One and Only

✨  Never Walk Alone ✨ Team

Gap Soon is the third daughter of three siblings. She has been in a long-term relationship with a guy preparing for a state exam. As they have known each other since elementary school, their hearts don't exactly flutter at the sight of each other. Neither of them has enough money without having achieved anything substantial, so they cannot even think of getting married. One day, Gap Soon suddenly gets pregnant, so they decide to move in together. However, their life together doesn't go smoothly.

Our Gap Soon

The Solim Team

KBS02

In Yeong, a member of an unpopular girl band, reluctantly accepts an offer to appear in a show to experience a role of a daughter-in-law in order to survive in the harsh showbiz industry. In the show, she becomes a fake daughter-in-law of Chun Ja and a fake wife of Myeong Seok, the eldest son of the eldest son\u2019s family. Chun Ja and Myeong Seok do not really like In Yeong at first, even knowing that it is only for show. However, they are saved from a crisis with the help of In Yeong, and Myeong Seok gradually falls in love with her. Check out if they will be able to become a real family.

The Virtual Bride

The Minions

Yang Choon Ja

This is about a touching family love that depicts love and hatred between a mother and daughter. The main characters are Jin Ae, the daughter who believes she can be happy only if she gets out of her house, and San Ok, the mother who always says, \"Do you know what it is like to live as a mother? Try putting yourself in my shoes!\" Lastly, Yeong Seon wants to be a lovely mother-in-law. However, things go differently than planned, and their behavior often causes misunderstandings. Let us follow their stories and find ways to become a good family.

All about My Mom

Mom Knows Best Team

The drama \"You Are The Best\" transfers the message of consolation, hope and healing to those of us suffering from this competitive society. This is a humanistic drama that makes us realize that happiness cannot be felt just from materialistic or external values but from simple but truthful love, and a society that is full of people who share.

You Are The Best

The Shin Shin Couple

Channel A

A secret recipe book for making great kimchee has been passed down from generation to generation in the same family for hundreds of years. 

The current protector of the recipes, Park Gye Hyang, is the national cultural asset for cooking in Korea. One remote restaurant is famed for serving kimchee that tastes better than Gye Hyang’s. The two families may be linked by the same secret recipes, and others want to get their hands on them for their own personal gain. 

Whose kimchee will prevail? 

“Immortal Classic” is a delectable 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Jang Hyung Il and Kim Sang Rae.

Immortal Classic

Team Kimchi 

An ambitious equestrian with dreams of someday winning the Grand Prix Championship, Seo Joo Hee (Kim Tae Hee) has dedicated her life to the sport of horse racing. An accomplished jockey, Joo Hee was well on her way to making her dreams come true until an accident during one of her races put an end to everything. Losing her horse and injuring her arm, Joo Hee is too devastated by the loss to continue racing.

Sinking into an ever-deepening depression, Joo Hee realizes something is going to have to change, and soon. Knowing nothing will change without action, Joo Hee travels to Jeju Island, hoping the time away will help clear her head and heal her heart. She doesn’t hold out much hope for the trip but admits that a vacation might be nice.

While exploring the wonders of Jeju Island, Joo Hee meets Lee Woo Suk (Yang Dong Geun), a champion jockey who understands the pain and heartache that comes with racing. Able to relate to Joo Hee in ways no one else can, Woo Suk helps his new friend find the courage to start over. With Woo Suk by her side, Joo Hee once again dreams of winning the Grand Prix and this time, nothing is going to stand in her way.

An emotional story of broken dreams and starting over, “Grand Prix” is a 2010 sports film directed by Yang Yun Ho.

Grand Prix

MBC, KOCOWA

A Ri Young is working as a TV drama writer, and her pen name is Eun A. Her father, Jin Sub, abandoned his wife and A Ri Young for a colleague of his wife's to start a new family. While working as a deputy director at Taeyang Daily, Jin Sub is shocked to learn that the drama writer Eun A is actually his daughter, A Ri Young. Ye Young, Jin Sub's new daughter, was in a happy relationship with her boyfriend, Ju Wang. However, A Ri Young shakes up her life with her vengeance, and Ye Young learns that her mother had seduced her father, who was already married, to start a new family.

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