Creating Destiny
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{{Infobox television
| image = Creating Destiny poster.jpeg
| caption = Promotional poster
| alt_name = {{ubl|Seeking Love|Making Fate}}
| genre = {{ubl|Romance|Comedy}}
| writer = Hyun Go-woon
| director = {{ubl|Jang Geun-soo | Lee Sung-joon}}
| starring = {{ubl|Eugene | Ki Tae-young}}
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| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 31
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Oh Hyun-chang
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| location = {{ubl|South Korea|Australia}}
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| runtime = 70 minutes
| company = Olive 9
| channel = Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
| first_aired = {{Start date|2009|10|10}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2010|01|24}}
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Creating Destiny ({{ko-hhrm|인연 만들기||Inyeon Mandeulgi}}; lit: Creating Relations) is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the two-volume manhwa of the same title written by Choi Soo-jung and Hyun Go-woon. It aired on MBC from October 10, 2009 to January 24, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 31 episodes.{{cite web|title=Eugene Finds Life Abroad Reflected in New Drama|url=https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2009/10/02/SQNVSJ5PB3F2IVK7GHVLRLJ6UE/|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=October 2, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005080439/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/02/2009100200158.html|url-status=live}}
Lead actors Eugene and Ki Tae-young fell in love while filming and married in 2011. When Eugene announced their engagement in a posting on her official fan site, she wrote, "The drama Creating Destiny actually created my beloved destiny."{{cite web|last=Kwon|first=Mee-yoo|title=S.E.S's Eugene to tie knot with actor|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2011/05/178_86841.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=May 11, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Park|first=Min-young|title=S.E.S.'s Eugene to wed in July|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20110511000804|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=May 11, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106235228/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20110511000804|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Yoo Jin and Ki Tae Young: 'We Wed in July'|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7778|work=KBS Global|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=May 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227104049/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7778|archive-date=February 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Yoo Jin and Ki Tae Young: 'We Will Live Happily Ever After'|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7787|work=KBS Global|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=May 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227103714/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7787|archive-date=February 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Plot
Han Sang-eun immigrated to Australia with her family at a young age. After graduating from law school, she announces her plans to marry her American boyfriend Alex, a fellow attorney. But her father is strongly opposed to the match, because he has his heart set on her marrying Kim Yeo-joon, the son of his best friend who lives back in Korea. He orders her to meet the bachelor that they picked out for her before she goes ahead and marries Alex. Sang-eun finds herself exiled to Korea, where she reluctantly teams up with Yeo-joon, who is focused on his career and equally uninterested in marriage, to devise a plan that will allow them to avoid their impending wedlock.{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Quartet of dramas revamps fall line-up|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20091012000047|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=October 12, 2009|archive-date=December 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206154229/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20091012000047|url-status=live}}
Cast
=Main characters=
- Eugene as Han Sang-eun
- Ki Tae-young as Kim Yeo-joon
- Kang Byul as Han Hyo-eun
- Kim Jung-nan as Kim Yoon-hee
- Clara Lee{{efn|Credited as Lee Sung-min.}} as Yoo Hye-rim
- Jung Suk-won as Jung Gyu-hwan
- Byun Woo-min as Kang Hae-sung
- Ryu Sang-wook as Kang Se-won
=Supporting characters=
;Han family
- Kang Nam-gil as Han Kyung-tae
- Im Hyun-sik as Yoon Seok-joo
;Kim family
- Hwang Eun-hye as Kim Jin-joo
- Choi Sang-hoon as Kim Taek-soo
- Yang Hee-kyung as Park Geum-ja
- Ban Hyo-jung as Lee Ok-ran
- Lee Jung-hoon as Park Bok-man
;Shim family
- Lee Hee-do as Shim Dae-hwan
- Geum Bo-ra as Shin Jin-hee
;Extended cast
- Baek Jong-min as Min Chul-ho
- Olivier as Alex
- Park Soon-chun as Soo-jung
- Yoon Joo-hee as Jung Seo-yeon
Awards
- 2009 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award, Veteran Actor - Kang Nam-gil{{cite web|last=Park|first=So-yeon|title=Ko Hyun-joung wins grand prize at MBC Acting Awards|url=http://www.tenasia.com/archives/1361|website=TenAsia|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=December 31, 2009|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203130420/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/1361|url-status=dead}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/bond/ Creating Destiny official MBC website] {{in lang|ko}}
- {{hancinema film|Creating_Destiny|Creating Destiny}}
- {{IMDb title|2120917|Creating Destiny}}
- [http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/09/1751498_56083.html Seeking Love] at MBC Global Media
Category:2009 South Korean television series debuts
Category:2010 South Korean television series endings
Category:MBC TV television dramas
Category:South Korean romantic comedy television series
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