Love Story in Harvard

Love Story in Harvard (Korean: 러브스토리 인 하버드; RR: Reobeuseutori In Habeodeu) is a 2004 South Korean television series starring Kim Rae-won, Kim Tae-hee and Lee Jung-jin. It aired on SBS from November 22, 2004 to January 11, 2005 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Not to be confused with the 1970 American film Love Story, also set at Harvard University.
Love Story in Harvard
Promotional poster
Genre
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languages
  • Korean
  • English
No. of episodes16
Production
Producers
  • Kim Young-sup
  • Jo Soo-won
  • Lee Jin-suk
Production locations
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkSBS
Original releaseNovember 22, 2004 (2004-11-22) –
January 11, 2005 (2005-01-11)

Synopsis

The first half of the series is set at Harvard University and is mainly concerned with the burgeoning relationship between a Harvard Law School student, Kim Hyun-woo (Kim Rae-won), and a Harvard Medical School student, Lee Soo-in (Kim Tae-hee).

Kim Hyun-woo and Alex Hong (Lee Jung-jin) are two first-year students at Harvard Law School, both from South Korea. Alex applies himself more and as such is the favorite of Professor John H. Keynes (Frank Gorshin). Hyun-woo, who initially has a hard time adjusting to the workload, falls into the bad graces of the professor, who repeatedly humiliates or ignores him. However, Hyun-woo perseveres and eventually wins the respect of Professor Keynes and his classmates. Both men meet and fall for Lee Soo-in, a third-year Korean student at Harvard Medical School. This intensifies the rivalry between them.

Hyun-woo and Soo-in grow closer and eventually start dating. However, their relationship is short-lived as Soo-in's application to join OEP, an organization that provides medical care to patients in Third World countries, is accepted. After spending a night together, Soo-in breaks off all contact with Hyun-woo and leaves to work in South America, leaving him devastated.

The second half of the story takes place mainly in Seoul, after Hyun-woo and Alex have graduated from Harvard Law School. Hyun-woo is now an idealistic lawyer, refusing to take on lucrative corporate cases and only defending people he feels have no voice in the legal system. Alex, who remained in the US after graduation, returns to Korea to take on a case for an international chemicals company, which is being accused of dumping toxic substances. Hyun-woo becomes involved in the same case, although on the side of the victims demanding compensation. In addition, Soo-in also returns to Korea at around the same time to conduct some medical research. Unknown to her at first, the research is related to the chemicals case that Alex and Hyun-woo are both working on, and predictably the three meet up again.

Although Hyun-woo is still angry at Soo-in for leaving him so abruptly, he still has feelings for her, so does Alex.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Production

Although the drama is set at Harvard University,[1] it was filmed at the University of Southern California and UCLA.

Ratings
Date Episode Nationwide Seoul area
2004-11-22113.2%15.1%
2004-11-23214.2%15.6%
2004-11-29317.2%18.8%
2004-11-30416.4%17.6%
2004-12-06519.7%22.1%
2004-12-07617.5%19.7%
2004-12-13717.6%19.6%
2004-12-14816.5%18.1%
2004-12-20917.2%18.6%
2004-12-211017.7%18.8%
2004-12-271116.9%19.4%
2004-12-281213.1%14.5%
2005-01-031321.1%23.2%
2005-01-041419.3%20.7%
2005-01-101518.9%20.4%
2005-01-111620.0%22.3%
Average17.3%19.0%

Source: TNS Media Korea

References
  1. Shin, Hae-in (March 31, 2006). "Is Korean Wave a domestic money-maker?". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
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