Here’s your chance to watch the best Korean film of 2011. "Sunny" opens Friday at the Consolidated Pearlridge theaters. Seven girls vow to be friends forever until a terrible event tears them apart. Twenty-five years later they meet up and reflect. "Sunny" is the highest-grossing Korean film this year with more than 7 million tickets sold. Of all the movies released in Korea this year, it is second only to "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
THIS WEEK’S SYNOPSES
"My Love by My Side"
Episodes 11-12
Tonight, 6:45 p.m.: Jung-ja bumps into Sun-ah when she goes looking for Yong-woong. Sun-ah tells her that she remarried and the boy is hers. But he looks too much like Seok-bin, so Jung-ja runs a DNA test. Joo-ri is turned down by a matchmaking company. Joo-ri gets drunk and meets up with Woo-dong.
Tonight, 7:45 p.m.: Her encounter with Seok-bin leaves Mi-sol confused and depressed. Jung-ja gets the DNA test results: Seok-bin is Yong-woong’s father. To alleviate his guilt, Seok-bin tries to give Mi-sol money.
"Lie to Me"
Episodes 15-16 (last episode)
Monday, 7:45 p.m.: Ah-jung gets fired from her job but prepares to file a petition. Yoon-ju decides to let Ki-joon go and leaves for Paris. Ki-joon proposes to Ah-jung.
Tuesday, 7:45 p.m.: Ah-jung chooses to go to Jeju island for a job and take some time apart from Ki-joon. After waiting for Ah-jung for months, Ki-joon asks her to come to Seoul to formally meet his auntie. However, something urgent at work stops her from going.
"City Hunter"
Episodes 17-18
Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.: Yoon-sung runs into the president at a library. Na-na is assigned to a breakfast meeting with the president, and she gets nervous when Jin-pyo and Chun Jae-man show up.
Thursday, 7:45 p.m.: Jin-pyo lashes at Yoon-sung when he shows up to his aid. Seok Du-shik sees Yoon-sung’s face, learning he is the City Hunter. Na-na is kidnapped but Yoon-sung goes to her rescue.
"New Tales of Gisaeng"
Episodes 49-50
Friday, 7:45 p.m.: Su-ra is plagued by spirits who possess his body. Sa-ran remembers a fortuneteller saying that Da-mo might become possessed. Sa-ran and Da-mo try to find a cure for him with a help from a Buddhist monk.
Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: Soon-deok tells her about her lost baby and asks her where she could find a famous fortuneteller. Hwa-ran has a hunch and comes up with excuses to draw blood from Soon-deok and Sa-ran for a DNA test. Su-ra’s wife collapses when it’s confirmed that Su-ra is possessed.
Jeff Chung is general manager of KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles. Reach him at 521-8066 or jeffchung@kbfd.com.
