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Details

  • Title: Thank You Life / 인생이여 고마워요
  • Also known as: Thank You, My Life / Thanks Life / Gracias a la vida
  • Genre: Romance
  • Episodes: 24
  • Network: KBS2
  • First episode: January 7, 2006
  • Final episode: March 26, 2006
  • Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

A successful professional woman, Han Yeon Kyung grew up in a poor family and had to earn her college tuition fees on her own. She is also a good mother to her two children and a good wife to her always-busy husband, a photojournalist. One day she runs into her first love, Lee In Seok, at a hospital that she visits for a medical checkup. Her passionate feelings toward In Seok rush back to her, but she also finds out that she has cancer.
She faces a tough decision of whether to stay with her husband or choose In Seok, while also battling cancer. The series' characters look familiar and the plot appears to have many cliches at first glance, but the way the story unfolds stands out from other TV dramas. Unlike other series, in which cancer-stricken characters almost always die, this series shows its main character eventually win the battle with the disease. What also makes this series stand out is the scenes showing strong family ties, interesting episodes taking place in the hospital, and love stories of other characters.

Cast

  • Yoo Ho Jung as Han Yeon Kyung
  • Kim Yoon Suk as Kang Yoon Ho (Yeon Kyung's husband, photojournalist)
  • Kim Yoo Suk as Lee In Seok (doctor)
  • Park Ye Jin as Choi Yoon Suh (doctor)
  • Oh Ji Ho as Yoon Jin Soo (movie star)

Main Role

Supporting Role

Kang family
  • Ban Hyo Jung as Na Kyung Soon (Yoon Ho's mother)
  • Lee Byung Joon as Kang Min (son)
  • Park Da Bin as Kang Joon (son)

Hospital staff
  • Kwon Hae Hyo as Kim Ki Ho (doctor, In Seok's friend)
  • Lee Doo Il as Na Man Chul (male nurse)
  • Kim Min Hee as Woo Yeon Shil (nurse)
  • Suh Yoon Jae as Jang Mi Ra (nurse)
  • Kim Eung Soo as Father Kong (hospital priest)

Others
  • Go Jung Min as Na Yoon Sook (Jin Soo's wife)
  • Kim Yoo Jung as Yoon Hyun Ji (Jin Soo & Yoon Sook's daughter)
  • Kim Jung Nan as Han Kyung Sook (Yeon Kyung's sister, bar owner)
  • Jung Jin as Wang Bong Soo (bouncer)
  • Park Hyo Joo as Ga Eul (bar hostess)
  • Kim Jin Geun as Kim Jong Hyuk
  • Nam Hyun Joo as Lee Ok Seon

Production

  • Director: Kim Sung Geun
  • Screenwriter: Park Eun Ryung
  • Producers: Han Chul Kyung, Go Jae Hyun
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