First love of a royal prince

First Love of a Royal Prince ( Hwang-tae-ja-ui Cheot-sa-rang), aka A Prince’s First Love, is an 18-episode South Korean television drama broadcast by MBC in 2004 featuring Sung Yu-ri from the female Korean pop group Fin.K.L as Kim Yu-bin, a fun-loving, affable sandwich shop delivery girl who has been harboring a crush on the recipient of her first delivery, Cha Seung-hyun (played by Kim Nam-jin). Seung-hyun, a well pedigreed and recognized manager of Any Electronics, stands in stark contrast to Choi Gun-hee (played by singer and actor from the Korean film “My Sassy Girl”, Cha Tae-hyun), a spoiled heir skipping out on school in the United States unbeknownst to his father.

Yu-bin wins a trip to a ski resort in Japan and decides to visit her friend Shin Ye-suh (played by Jennie Lee) who works as a guide there, one of several owned by Gun-hee’s father. That weekend, Gun-hee sneaks off to the same resort to celebrate his birthday with friends and latest fling, Lee Hae-mi (played by Jin Jae-young), an actress and rising star. Gun-hee’s father’s unexpected visit to Japan forces Gun-hee to jump into Yu-bin’s cab without his wallet which leads to a full day together for this already contentious pair.

After an unsuccessful stint as secretary for Seung-hyun, Yu-bin finally gets to work her dream job as a tour guide in Bali, only it’s alongside her unwanted acquaintance, Gun-hee. When Seung-hyun and Hae-mi travel there to shoot a commercial for a new Any Electronics product launch, strong feelings of attachment and rivalry surface. Meanwhile, a 30 year old but unforgotten past between Gun-hee’s father and Seung-hyun’s mother complicates matters.

Cast:

• Sung Yu-ri as Kim Yu-bin
• Cha Tae-hyun as Choi Gun-hee
• Kim Nam-jin as Cha Seung-hyun
• Jennie Lee as Shin Ye-suh, Yu-bin’s friend
• Jin Jae-young as Lee Hae-mi, Gun-hee’s girlfriend

Synopsis

There’s the first royal prince, the son of a millionaire who knows nothing but money and thinks the world revolves around him. The second royal prince is Mr. Perfect who only cares and goes after his success and accomplishment. And between these two comes along a penniless girl who’s nothing much of a kind but only full of faults except that she has a huge jolly heart and passion for life. Set in the world-renowned beautiful places and resorts, “First Love of a Royal Prince” takes a look at these three young people’s story of finding their dream, true happiness as well as their true love. Numbers of exotic places like the stunning blue sea of South Pacific and the ever so white snow field of Sapporo(Japan) will spread before your very eyes.

Kim Yoo-Bin (Acted by Sung, Yoo-Ri)
A recreation major graduate of a two-year college, she now works a part-time job at a sandwich shop and delivers sandwiches. She has been just strolling along for 3 years without a stable job but she has one huge jolly heart and great passions for life. She’s got one dream and that is to work as the G.O at an overseas resort. But of course, her present situation is not that favorable to her and her dream seems just too far way from the harsh reality she’s in. Her mother’s endless preaching at home has also been added to her routine but that’s not enough to make this girl miserable. Because to her, “Life is meant to be happy!”.

Choi, Gun-Hee (Acted by Cha, Tae-Hyun)
He is the royal prince of a hotel/resort millionaire,
heir to the great numbers of resorts and hotels around the world. He graduated from some college in the United States and lived there for quite some time but he still can’t speak English. He’s just living the carefree and comfortable life of a royal prince and merely waiting for the day when he’d take over his father’s business. He has always been economically well off but his mother’s early death and his father’s negligence made him the way he is now. He’s never been really loved by anyone, much less his family so he doesn’t know how to really get along with people, not to mention to love. He only hangs out with the rich friends and looks down on whoever he thinks are inferior to him. But one day a girl named Yoo-Bin comes storming into his life and he feels himself changing a bit, at least in front of her

Cha, Seung-Hyun (Acted by Kim, Nam-Jin)
He’s also the royal prince. He’s the eldest son of a hotel/resort millionaire, in fact the elder brother of Gun-Hee but he’s totally unaware of his birth secret. He lives with his single mother and in order to meet her every expectation, he is always trying his utmost to be the very best. Ever since he was little, he has been going after only one thing, to be the most important and competent person in Korean economy. He has entered only the most prestigious schools, got himself into the number one company in Korea and boasted the fastest promotion in history. But this Mr. Perfect also goes through some changes and again Yoo-Bin seems to lie behind all this