My Spring Days
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{{Infobox television
| image = My_Spring_Days.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster for My Spring Days
| alt_name = {{ubl|The Spring Days of My Life|Springtime of My Life|The Spring of My Life}}
| genre = {{ubl|Melodrama | Romance | Family drama}}
| writer = Park Ji-sook
| director = Lee Jae-dong
| starring = {{ubl|Kam Woo-sung | Choi Soo-young | Lee Joon-hyuk | Jang Shin-young}}
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| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
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| num_episodes = 16
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| executive_producer = Han Hee
| producer = Lee Ho-young
Park Jae-sam
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = {{ubl|Celltrion Entertainment
(formerly Dream E&M)|Hunus Entertainment}}
| channel = Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
| first_aired = {{start date|2014|9|10}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2014|10|30}}
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My Spring Days ({{ko-hhrm|내 생애 봄날||Nae Saengae Bomnal}}; lit. "The Spring Days of My Life") is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kam Woo-sung, Choi Soo-young, Lee Joon-hyuk, and Jang Shin-young.{{cite web|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1405829381733838002 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |author=Park Jin-young |website=TV Daily |date=July 20, 2014|title='내 생애 봄날' 수영, 기대보다 우려 더 큰 이유 [TD포커스]|language=Korean}}{{cite web|title=Soo-young of Girls' Generation Sets Sail on Fledgling Acting Career|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/09/13/2014091300436.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=September 13, 2014|date=September 13, 2014}} It airs on MBC on for 16 episodes beginning September 10, 2014.{{cite web|title=Girls' Generation's Sooyoung and Kam Woo Sung confirmed to star in upcoming MBC drama My Spring Day |website=Allkpop |url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/girls-generations-sooyoung-and-kam-woo-sung-confirmed-to-star-in-upcoming-mbc-drama-my-spring-day |access-date=July 20, 2014 |date=July 16, 2014}}
The plot uses the concept of cellular memory, a medical hypothesis that recipients' personalities and habits become similar to their donors.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201407170918082410|access-date=June 28, 2014 |author=Lee Min-ji|website=Newsen|date=July 17, 2014|script-title=ko:'내생애봄날' 감우성-수영 남녀주인공 확정, 연인호흡|language=Korean}}
Plot
Lee Bom-yi (Choi Soo-young) was once a terminally ill patient, but she's been given a second chance at life after getting a heart transplant and now lives each day to the fullest. She meets Kang Dong-ha (Kam Woo-sung), the CEO of Hanuiron and a widower with two children who lost his wife to an accident. Bom-yi falls for Dong-ha, not knowing that her donor was Dong-ha's wife.{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2992149 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |author=Jin Eun-soo |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=July 18, 2014|title=Leads chosen for My Spring Days}}{{cite web|author=Ko Hong-ju|title=SNSD's Sooyoung May Become Lead for Upcoming Drama Spring Days of My Life|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/69518/exclusive-snsd-sooyoung-may-become-lead-of-new-drama|website=enewsWorld|access-date=July 20, 2014|date=June 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728033659/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/69518/exclusive-snsd-sooyoung-may-become-lead-of-new-drama|archive-date=July 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Cast
=Main characters=
- Kam Woo-sung as Kang Dong-ha
- Choi Soo-young as Lee Bom-yi
- Lee Joon-hyuk as Kang Dong-wook{{cite web|title=Lee Joon Hyuk Cast in Upcoming Drama My Spring Day|website=Soompi |url=http://www.soompi.com/2014/07/17/lee-joon-hyuk-cast-in-upcoming-drama-my-spring-day/ |access-date=July 20, 2014 |date=July 17, 2014}}
- Jang Shin-young as Bae Ji-won{{cite web|author=Erika Kim|title=Jang Shin Young to Join Gam Woo Sung and SNSD's Sooyoung in Spring Days of My Life|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/72158/jang-shin-young-confirms-role-in-mbc-drama|website=enewsWorld|access-date=July 31, 2014|date=July 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041407/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/72158/jang-shin-young-confirms-role-in-mbc-drama|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}
=Supporting characters=
- Shim Hye-jin as Jo Myung-hee
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Lee Hyuk-soo
- Lee Ki-young as Song Byung-gil
- Ga Deuk-hee as Joo Se-na
- Jung Ji-so as Kang Poo-reum
- Shin Rin-ah as young Kang Poo-Reum
- Gil Jung-woo as Kang Ba-da
- Min Ji-ah as Yoon Soo-jung
- Lee Jae-won as Park Hyung-woo
- Kang Boo-ja as Na Hyun-soon
- Jo Yang-ja as Choi Bok-hee
- Jang Won-young as Jo Gil-dong
- Hwang Geum-hee
Production
Kam Woo-sung and Choi Soo-young were cast as leads on July 17, 2014.{{cite web|title=Leads chosen for 'My Spring Days' |author=Jin Eun-soo |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2992149 |access-date=December 9, 2014 |date=July 18, 2014}}
My Spring Days began filming on August 19 and the first shoot took place in a marketplace in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.{{cite web|title=Girls' Generation's Sooyoung Reveals Thoughts on First Filming For My Spring Day |website=Soompi |url=http://www.soompi.com/2014/08/27/girls-generations-sooyoung-reveals-thoughts-on-first-filming-for-my-spring-day/ |access-date=September 10, 2014 |date=August 27, 2014}}
Ratings
The show beat its rivals, SBS My Lovely Girl and KBS2's Iron Man consistently and the show ended with a 10.5% viewer rating in the Seoul National Capital Area, ranking first among the Wednesday-Thursday dramas.
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3"|Episode #
!rowspan="3"|Original broadcast date !colspan="4"| Average audience share |
|---|
| colspan="2"|TNmS Ratings{{cite web|url=http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp|title=TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu|work=TNmS Ratings|access-date=September 10, 2014|language=Korean}} |
| width=100|Nationwide
!width=100|Seoul National Capital Area !width=100|Nationwide !width=100|Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1
|September 10, 2014 |7.5% |8.8% |8.1% |9.8% |
| 2
|September 11, 2014 |8.3% |10.7% |8.7% |10.4% |
| 3
|September 17, 2014 |8.2% |10.4% |9.5% |10.5% |
| 4
|September 18, 2014 |8.1% |10.3% |11.1% |13.3% |
| 5
|September 24, 2014 |8.7% |11.4% |9.3% |10.0% |
| 6
|September 25, 2014 |7.7% |10.3% |9.2% |11.0% |
| 7
|October 1, 2014 |7.8% |11.0% |8.3% |9.5% |
| 8
|October 2, 2014 |6.3% |8.5% |8.8% |10.1% |
| 9
|October 8, 2014 |7.6% |10.0% |9.1% |10.3% |
| 10
|October 9, 2014 |7.7% |10.7% |8.3% |9.3% |
| 11
|October 15, 2014 |8.3% |11.4% |8.6% |10.0% |
| 12
|October 16, 2014 |7.5% |9.5% |8.5% |9.4% |
| 13
|October 22, 2014 |9.3% |11.8% |10.6% |12.2% |
| 14
|October 23, 2014 |8.9% |12.2% |9.6% |11.2% |
| 15
|October 29, 2014 |8.3% |11.3% |8.7% |9.9% |
| 16
|October 30, 2014 |8.1% |10.8% |10.0% |11.1% |
| colspan=2 | Average || 8.0% || 10.6% || 9.2% || 10.5% |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan=4| 2014
| rowspan=4| {{center|MBC Drama Awards}} | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | {{nom}} |
| rowspan=2| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
| {{won}} |
| Jang Shin-young
| {{nom}} |
| Best New Actress
| {{nom}} |
| 2015
| Excellence Award, Actress | {{won}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/springday/ My Spring Days official MBC website] {{in lang|ko}}
- {{hancinema drama|My_Spring_Days|My Spring Days}}
- {{IMDb title|3894602|My Spring Days}}
- [http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/14/2470939_57403.html My Blooming Life] at MBC Global Media
{{Works by Celltrion Entertainment}}
Category:2014 South Korean television series debuts
Category:MBC TV television dramas
Category:Korean-language television shows
Category:2014 South Korean television series endings
Category:South Korean medical television series