Glass Slippers


Glass Slippers was a 40-episode South Korean drama series that aired on SBS in 2002, starring Kim Hyun-joo and Kim Ji-ho as the two orphaned sisters.

Plot

Yoon-hee and her elder sister Tae-hee were born into a one-parent family; their mother having died giving birth to Yoon-hee. Their devoted father vowed not to marry again and struggled to raise them but was killed in a car accident while already suffering from leukemia. The girls were left to fend for themselves but a series of events caused by gangsters separated the sisters for fifteen years. Yoon-hee grew up as Sun-woo and was abused by the Lee family, who had been forced to adopt her because she was knocked down by their truck. Meanwhile, Tae-hee spent fifteen years with her grandfather and became a successful entrepreneur. Another male character, Chul-woong, frequently stood up for Sun-woo, and once ransacked the Lee household when Sun-woo was being abused. Seung-hee later pretended to be Yoon-hee when a letter from Tae-hee enquiring after her sister arrived. At this point, Sun-woo took refuge at Chul-woong's house.
Internal strife develops when a man called Jae-hyuk decides to take revenge on the sister's grandfather, who had indirectly caused his grandfather's death as a child. Shortly before the sisters are reunited, their grandfather is killed in a car accident. Chul-woong is then stabbed to death by gangsters after a reunion with Yoon-hee, who is herself kidnapped by gangsters on their wedding day.
At the beginning of the drama, both sisters harbor feelings for Jae-hyuk, while he and Chul-woong both have desires on Yoon-hee, even though Jae-hyuk is engaged to Tae-hee. Seung-hee meanwhile, is keen on Chul-woong, which makes her jealous of Yoon-hee. She becomes even more jealous and spiteful when she realizes that Yoon-hee is the sister Tae-hee was looking for as she grew up in what she believed was a poor household. In the end, Yoon-hee agrees to marry Chul-woong before realizing how great his affection was for her in sacrificing his life to protect her.

Cast

CD 1:
  1. Nuh Eh Ge Ro Ga Neun Gil – Kim Ji-woo
  2. Go Baek Hal Gge – Jia
  3. Nuh Reul Ji Kyuh Jool Gguh Ya – Lee Jong-won
  4. For Your Love – Jang Hye-jin
  5. Help Me Love – Park Wan-kyu
  6. Bi Sang Ji Ah – Park Wan-kyu
  7. Gloomy Sunday – Jeon Seung-woo & Park Chae-won
  8. Suh Toon Go Baek – Kim Jin-woo
  9. Je Bal.. – Kim Jin-woo
  10. Nuh Reul Ji Kyuh Jool Gguh Ya
  11. Mun Gil
  12. Tears
  13. Bin Deul Eh Suh
  14. Nuh Reul Bo Naen Sae Byuk
  15. Byul He Neun Bam
CD 2:
  1. Nuh Wa Ham Gge
  2. Yak Sok
  3. Pa Ran Mi So
  4. Nae Ahn Eh Nuh
  5. Do Shi Eh Ah Chim
  6. Uh Rin Shi Jul
  7. Mun Gil
  8. Tears
  9. Nuh Reul Ji Kyuh Jool Gguh Ya
  10. Nuh Wa Ham Gge
  11. Yak Sok
  12. Byul He Neun Bam
  13. Bin Deul Eh Suh
  14. Uh Rin Shi Jul
  15. Sae Ro Oon Shi Jak
  16. Tears
  17. Pa Ran Mi So
  18. Sae Ro Oon Shi Jak
  19. Uh Rin Shi Jul

    International broadcast

Remake

In 2016 filmed remake "Threads of Destiny" studio FILM.UA quality rating Kinopoisk 7.084 out of 10.