Golden Apple (TV series)


Golden Apple is a South Korean television series starring Park Sol-mi, Kim Ji-hoon, Ji Hyun-woo, Go Eun-ah and Jung Chan. It aired on KBS2 from November 16, 2005 to February 23, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 30 episodes. The story about four siblings living in a village in the 1960s, and a woman fighting to clear her dead father's name after he is wrongly accused of her stepmother's murder.
Golden Apple received average viewership ratings of 17.43%, making it the 13th highest-rated Korean drama in 2006.

Plot

Kim Chun-dong is a widowed farmer with one daughter, Kyung-sook, and two sons, Kyung-gu and Kyung-min. Kyung-sook is committed to maintaining the household after the passing of their mother, and the villagers praise her sweet, cheerful nature and hardworking attitude. Everyday chores leave her little time for fun, but she does shed her tough exterior for Park Jong-gyu, the farm owner's son. A student at Seoul National University, Jong-gyu visits on occasion to the delight of Kyung-sook.
Her father Chun-dong marries again, and the woman has a six-year-daughter, Keum-shil. The new siblings live a humble but happy life in the countryside. But the marriage is not a happy one and Keum-shil's mother continues her affair with Park Byung-sam a rich landlord in the village who is running for a seat in the Parliament. After the election, her body is discovered floating in the river and Chun-dong is wrongly accused of being the killer. He confesses after being tortured by the police and later dies in custody before the trial. Park Byung-sam, who is in fact Keum-shil's real father, orders his brother-in-law Jung to adopt Keum-shil, then gives him a job at the Intelligence Office in Seoul.
Years later, Kyung-sook has also moved to Seoul and is working hard to raise her brothers. She vows that she will clear her father's name and find the real killer. Park Byung-sam remains her number one suspect even though she was in love with his son, Jong-gyu.

Cast

;Kim family
;Park family
;Jung family
;Jo family
;Hwang family
;Extended cast
2005 KBS Drama Awards
2006 Baeksang Arts Awards