My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox
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My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox is a South Korean romantic comedy series. Broadcast by SBS from 2010-Aug-11 to 2010-Sep-30. It stars Lee Seung Gi
and Shin Min Ah.
It aired weekday afternoons from May 9, 2011-June 17,2011 4:30pm daily on ABS CBN in the Philippines
. From Oct 19,2011 1:30pm daily on Indosiar
in the Indonesia
.
) accidentally releases a gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails who was trapped inside of a painting of Grandma Samshin (三神). He does this by adding nine tails to the fox
. The gumiho wanted to be human before, but was not able to fulfill the requirement of finding a husband, because a rumor was spread claiming that she eats the livers of humans. During their first encounter, Dae-woong experiences a life-threatening fall, and the gumiho saves his life by giving him her fox marble (여우 구슬). Later on, Dae-Woong wakes up and meets a pretty girl, not knowing that she is the gumiho that he released. When Dae-woong finds out about what he did, he must try to keep her happy and hide the fact that she is a gumiho from everyone. However, because Dae Woong has gumiho's bead that saved his life, he has no choice but to let her stay with him.
As the story goes on, the legendary gumiho, later called Miho, wants to be human. Miho (Shin Min Ah) is informed by a veterinarian named Park Dong Joo (who is half human, half monster) that in order to fully transform into a human, she must drink human blood and give a human her fox marble so that he keeps the fox-marble in his body for a full 100 days. Moreover, Dae Woong will not be able to date anyone else but Mi Ho within the 100 days. However, Dong Joo does not tell Miho that, after the 100 days pass, in order for her to become human, Dae-woong must die. Trouble brews when Miho and Dae-woong eventually fall in love.
made cameo appearances: Uee
as a student, Lee Hongki
as Jeremy in a photoshoot and Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nyeo on the bus.
This was aired in the Philippines
on ABS-CBN
every Monday-Friday at 4:45pm-5:50pm. This series garnered many fans and viewers and became one of the most watched Korean drama on Philippine TV. It debuted on May 9, 2011 and ended on June 17, 2011.
Source: TNS Media Korea
Source: Kantar Media/TNS Philippines
Lee Seung Gi
Lee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.-Career:Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17...
and Shin Min Ah.
It aired weekday afternoons from May 9, 2011-June 17,2011 4:30pm daily on ABS CBN in the Philippines
Philippines
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. From Oct 19,2011 1:30pm daily on Indosiar
Indosiar
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in the Indonesia
Indonesia
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.
Synopsis
Cha Dae-Woong (Lee Seung GiLee Seung Gi
Lee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.-Career:Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17...
) accidentally releases a gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails who was trapped inside of a painting of Grandma Samshin (三神). He does this by adding nine tails to the fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
. The gumiho wanted to be human before, but was not able to fulfill the requirement of finding a husband, because a rumor was spread claiming that she eats the livers of humans. During their first encounter, Dae-woong experiences a life-threatening fall, and the gumiho saves his life by giving him her fox marble (여우 구슬). Later on, Dae-Woong wakes up and meets a pretty girl, not knowing that she is the gumiho that he released. When Dae-woong finds out about what he did, he must try to keep her happy and hide the fact that she is a gumiho from everyone. However, because Dae Woong has gumiho's bead that saved his life, he has no choice but to let her stay with him.
As the story goes on, the legendary gumiho, later called Miho, wants to be human. Miho (Shin Min Ah) is informed by a veterinarian named Park Dong Joo (who is half human, half monster) that in order to fully transform into a human, she must drink human blood and give a human her fox marble so that he keeps the fox-marble in his body for a full 100 days. Moreover, Dae Woong will not be able to date anyone else but Mi Ho within the 100 days. However, Dong Joo does not tell Miho that, after the 100 days pass, in order for her to become human, Dae-woong must die. Trouble brews when Miho and Dae-woong eventually fall in love.
Cast
- Lee Seung GiLee Seung GiLee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.-Career:Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17...
as Cha Dae-woong
- Who lost both of his parents at a very young age and has been with his grandfather and aunt for more than 20 years. He is not interested in going to college; instead, he wants to be an actor. When his grandfather tries to take him to a boarding school, Dae-woong escapes and eventually gets lost. A woman's voice tells him to draw nine tails on a drawing of a fox at a Buddhist temple and in doing so he accidentally releases it. He meets a girl who informs him that she is the fox he released. He finds out that she is a gumiho (later called Mi ho) so he ends up trying to keep her happy (mostly by buying her meat) and hide the fact that she is a gumiho from everyone else. Later, Dae-woong falls in love with Mi ho.
- Shin Min Ah as Gu Mi ho (called Mi ho)
- A legendary nine-tailed fox that has been stuck inside a painting for 500 years. Mi ho dreams of becoming a human and has always wanted to do things humans do. However, when people heard rumors that gumihos eat human livers, no one would go near her. When she meets Dae-woong, she starts to feel like she is human but sometimes exerts her superhuman strength when no one, except for Dae-woong, is around (she was once seen by two children at a park). She becomes Dae-woong's girlfriend and tries to mold their relationship into a normal girlfriend-boyfriend one. Despite the fact that gumihos are ferocious, she is more like the cute and nice type. Since she was made of fire, she is afraid of water.
- No Min-wooNo Min-wooNo Min-woo is a South Korean actor. He debuted in 2004 with the stage name Rose as the drummer for the band The TRAX under S.M. entertainment until he left the group in 2006. After leaving the band, No Min Woo pursued a career in acting and has returned to the music scene, as the leader of 24/7...
as Park Dong Ju
- No Min-woo
- A veterinarianVeterinarianA veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
at an animal hospital, he is not human but not a legendary animal either. He knows a lot of things about human life. Dong Ju is shown to be the antagonist. He tends to speak in a calm way to Mi ho, but doesn't seem to be that way to other people. He tried to capture Mi ho and put her back inside the painting, but when Mi ho tells him that she wants to become a human, he changes his mind. So, he tells Mi ho that she will become human if she drinks his blood and if Dae-woong will keep her orb inside his stomach for 100 days. However, he doesn't tell her that Dae-woong will die if he gives the orb back to her when those 100 days are over. When Dong Ju finds out that Miho is like a reincarnation of Kil-Dal (a gumiho he once loved), he tries to keep her safe.- Park Soo Jin as Eun Hae In (Donna Eun)
- The female antagonist of the drama, she is Dae-woong's senior. She and Dae-woong had strong feelings for each other for a long time. However, when Dae-woong found out that she was using him, he started to lose interest in her and ignore her. Hae In doesn't like Mi ho, and she becomes infuriated and jealous when Mi ho becomes Dae-woong's girlfriend. She also tried to get Dae-woong to ask her out, but because Dae-Woong can't date other people because of Mi ho's fox bead, she gets rejected a few times. Hae In thinks that she knows Mi ho's difference so she tries to do whatever she can to find out Mi ho's true identity.
- Sung Dong Il as Ban Doo Hong
- The director of Dae-woong's action school. He is so fond of Dae-woong's skills and gives him special treats. When he sees Mi ho jump high and run fast, he looks for her, and whenever he finds her, she runs away without noticing him. He is eventually seen by Miho, but he doesn't see her. He also has feelings for Da-woong's aunt, Cha Min Sook. The first time he encounters Dae-woong's aunt, she is alone on an elevator and has just broken wind from an upset stomach. He enters the elevator, smells Min Sook's gas, and then the elevator lets others on as well. The others eye Cha Min Sook and believe that she broke wind. Ban Doo Hong graciously asks everyone on the elevator to excuse his upset stomach. Cha Min Sook is grateful. Ban Doo Hong is also widowed, as he has said that he raised Seon Nyuh by himself.
- Hyo MinHyominPark Sun-Young , better known by her stage name Hyomin, is a South Korean idol, singer, dancer, rapper and actress. Like fellow teammates Jiyeon and Eunjung, she rose to prominence as a member of K-Pop girl group T-ara. In the group, she is a vocalist, rapper, and as of June 14, 2011, the current...
as Ban Seon Nyuh (Sarah Ban)
- Hyo Min
- Doo Hong's daughter and Dae-woong's best friend. She has feelings for Dae-woong but doesn't seem overtly jealous over the fact that Mi ho is his girlfriend, even though she seems heartbroken at times. She also seems to become good friends with Miho. She eventually ends up with Byung Soo.
- Byeon Hee-bongByeon Hee-bongByeon Hee-bong is a South Korean actor who is best known for his role in the smash hit The Host for which he won awards at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and Blue Dragon Film Awards. Byeon became a cult TV star in the 1970s for portraying eccentric men that can't quite fit in with mainstream...
as Dae-woong's grandfather
- Byeon Hee-bong
- He wants Dae-woong to make the right choices in life but accepts his dream of becoming an actor after seeing him mature.
- Yoon Yoo Sun as Cha Min Sook
- Dae-woong's aunt. She does whatever Dae-woong's grandfather tells her to do. She has feelings for Ban Doo Hong but has never been able to tell him. She often ends up making a fool of herself while in the presence of her crush.
- Kim Ho Chang as Kim Byung Soo (Dino Kim)
- Dae Woong's other best friend. He is supportive of Dae-woong. He has feelings for Seon Nyuh but Seon Nyuh doesn't seem to know. They later on end up together
- Furitsu Chino as Jae Jin
- Dae-woong's friend when he was in high school.
Trivia
Cast members of the writers' previous drama You're BeautifulYou're Beautiful (TV series)
He's Beautiful is a South Korean drama about a fictional boy band A.N.Jell and the relationship between its members when a female, posing as her twin brother, joins the group...
made cameo appearances: Uee
Uee
Kim Yu Jin, better known by her stage name Uee or known as U-ie is a South Korean idol singer and actress who is a member of girl group, After School...
as a student, Lee Hongki
Lee Hongki
Lee Hong Ki/Lee Hong Gi , is a South Korean idol singer, actor and MC. He is the lead singer of popular Korean band F.T. Island, a South Korean rock band, is well known for his powerful and versatile voice. He is the elder sibling in his family, and has a younger sister who currently still lives...
as Jeremy in a photoshoot and Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nyeo on the bus.
This was aired in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
on ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
every Monday-Friday at 4:45pm-5:50pm. This series garnered many fans and viewers and became one of the most watched Korean drama on Philippine TV. It debuted on May 9, 2011 and ended on June 17, 2011.
South Korea
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-11 | 1 | 12.7 (6th) | 13.0 (6th) |
| 2010-08-12 | 2 | 12.6 (8th) | 13.1 (8th) |
| 2010-08-18 | 3 | 14.6 (6th) | 14.9 (6th) |
| 2010-08-19 | 4 | 14.1 (7th) | 14.0 (7th) |
| 2010-08-25 | 5 | 14.0 (6th) | 14.1 (6th) |
| 2010-08-26 | 6 | 14.2 (8th) | 14.1 (8th) |
| 2010-09-01 | 7 | 13.4 (9th) | 13.4 (9th) |
| 2010-09-02 | 8 | 13.4 (12th) | 13.6 (12th) |
| 2010-09-08 | 9 | 13.2 (9th) | 12.8 (9th) |
| 2010-09-09 | 10 | 12.3 (11th) | 12.6 (11th) |
| 2010-09-15 | 11 | 13.0 (9th) | 12.8 (9th) |
| 2010-09-16 | 12 | 10.7 (11th) | 10.4 (11th) |
| 2010-09-22 | 13 | 20.9 (1st) | 21.3 (1st) |
| 2010-09-23 | 14 | 20.9 (1st) | 21.3 (1st) |
| 2010-09-29 | 15 | 18.6 (3rd) | 18.6 (3rd) |
| 2010-09-30 | 16 | 21.3 (2nd) | 21.0 (2nd) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
Philippines
| Date | Episode | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-09 | 1 | 11.2 (1st) |
| 2011-05-10 | 2 | 10.4 (2nd) |
| 2011-05-11 | 3 | 10.2 (2nd) |
| 2011-05-12 | 4 | 10.8 (2nd) |
| 2011-05-13 | 5 | 9.6 (5th) |
| 2011-05-16 | 6 | 10.9 (9th) |
| 2011-05-17 | 7 | 11.1 (1st) |
| 2011-05-18 | 8 | 10.7 (2nd) |
| 2011-05-19 | 9 | 12 (1st) |
| 2011-05-20 | 10 | 11.6 (1st) |
| 2011-05-23 | 11 | 12.7 (15th) |
| 2011-05-24 | 12 | 11.4 (19th) |
| 2011-05-25 | 13 | 13.6 (16th) |
| 2011-05-26 | 14 | 14.2 (13th) |
| 2011-05-27 | 15 | 13.1 (17th) |
| 2011-05-30 | 16 | 14.5 (10th) |
| 2011-05-31 | 17 | 13.3 (15th) |
| 2011-06-01 | 18 | 12.9 (14th) |
| 2011-06-02 | 19 | 11.7 (19th) |
| 2011-06-03 | 20 | 16.6 (10th) |
| 2011-06-06 | 21 | 12.9 (14th) |
| 2011-06-07 | 22 | 11.7 (18th) |
| 2011-06-08 | 23 | 14.8 (13th) |
| 2011-06-09 | 24 | 14.8 (12th) |
| 2011-06-10 | 25 | 14.0 (14th) |
| 2011-06-13 | 26 | |
| 2011-06-14 | 27 | |
| 2011-06-15 | 28 | |
| 2011-06-16 | 29 | |
| 2011-06-17 | 30 |
Source: Kantar Media/TNS Philippines
Awards
- 2010 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actor - Drama Special - Lee Seung GiLee Seung GiLee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.-Career:Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17...
- 2010 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actress - Drama Special - Shin Min Ah
- 2010 SBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Lee Seung Ki and Shin Min Ah)
- 2010 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Award - (No Min-wooNo Min-wooNo Min-woo is a South Korean actor. He debuted in 2004 with the stage name Rose as the drummer for the band The TRAX under S.M. entertainment until he left the group in 2006. After leaving the band, No Min Woo pursued a career in acting and has returned to the music scene, as the leader of 24/7...
) - 2010 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars - (Lee Seung GiLee Seung GiLee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.-Career:Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17...
and Shin Min Ah)
External links
- SBS official site
- My Girlfriend is a Gumiho from Shin Min Ah Blog