Life is Beautiful: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Chairman Yoo is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains. He decides to hand his business down to his impulsive younger daughter, Hee Jung, who studied hotel management in Switzerland. His older daughter, Soo Jung, is a concert pianist.

Hee Jung learns the business by starting at the bottom in the P.R. Department. She has a deep emotional scar from an incident where her first boyfriend was killed trying to save her life.

To expand his business, Chairman Yoo decides to build a resort town next to a casino in Sabuk, a deserted minetown in Kangwon Province. In the process, Chairman Yoo's right-hand man is confronted by a local hoodlum who wants to preserve his hometown the way it is. Jae Min's uncanny resemblance to Hee Jung's dead boyfriend gets her involved in the business such that she has to go against her father in order to help Jae Min

Series details

• Title: Life is Beautiful
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2001-05-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-07-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: KBS2
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 70 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15506
• TVDB ID: 270580

Cast and credited roles

• Yoon Hae Young — Yoo Soo Jung
• Jung Bo Suk — Oh Choon Ku
• Yang Mi Ra — Park Mi Sook
• Yoo Joon Sang — Nam Jung Woo
• Kim Rae Won — Lee Jae Min
• Ha Ji Won — Yoo Hee Jung

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-05-14; final listed air date 2001-07-03; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Life is Beautiful on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.