안녕하세요. (Annyeong haseyo) K-drama lovers in Indonesia !! What is your favorite type of korean drama? I'm sure most of you like romantic drama ^_^ so do i, but what about romantic drama with sad ending... ?? hmm... I think you will cry and spend a lot of tissue beside you like me..haahaha. Okay these are Top 6 Saddest Korean Dramas for me that I've ever watched and I recommend you to watch these dramas.
#1 ENDLESS LOVE
Broadcast period : 2000-Sep-18 to 2000-Nov-07
Episodes : 16
Main Cast : Song Seung-heon as Yoon Joon-suh
Song Hye-kyo as Yoon/Choi Eun-suh
Won Bin as Han Tae-seok
Yoon Joon-suh and Yoon Eun-suh grew up as siblings but Eun-suh was in fact from a different family as there was a mixed up at the hospital where she was borned.The switch came to light when Eun-suh was involved in a car accident and it was discovered that her blood type was different from her parents. Eun-suh's life took a complete turn when the 2 girls were returned to their respective families. Soon after, the Yoon family left for the States and Eun-suh was left living in sordid condition with her real family in Korea. Years after, Joon-suh returned to Korea and by chance the two former siblings were reunited.
Eun-suh and Joon-suh pretend to have a sibling relationship in front of the others, but they meet each other secretly and fall deeply in love, though she always refers to him as "older brother." Eun-suh has leukemia (the same fatal condition that killed her biological father). Joon-suh proposes to Eun-suh and they get married. Eun-suh dies as Joon-suh carries her around the beach where they spent her birthday as teenagers. Before Eun-suh dies, she tells Joon-suh to move on and continue living. However, Joon-suh, dazed and grief-stricken by the death of his love, is struck by a truck in the same place as Eun-suh's accident and perishes.
# 2 WINTER SONATA
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-14 to 2002-Mar-19
Episodes : 20
Main Cast:
Bae Yong-joon as Kang Joon-sang / Lee Min-hyeong
Choi Ji-woo as Jeong Yoo-jin
Park Yong-ha as Kim Sang-hyeok
Joon-sang moves to a new high school in search for his biological father. Yu-jin and Sang-hyuk are close childhood friends, although Sang-hyuk wants to be more than a friend, Yu-jin sees him as a brother. On a trip together with other high school mates, Oh Chelin , Jin-suk and Yong-kuk , Yu-jin is saved after an accident by Joon-sang. They become close and she opens up his cold heart. However, circumstances and fate dictate that their love will never be. He abruptly disappears from their lives.
Ten years later, the old High School buddies gather to celebrate Yu-jin and Sang-hyuk's soon-to-be wedding. Yu-jin, who was deeply in love with Joon-sang, still has a fire in her heart for him. But at the party, Oh Chelin's new boyfriend arrives, who appears the same as Joon-sang.
#3 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Broadcast period: 2003-Dec-03 to 2004-Feb-05
Episodes: 20
Main Cast :
Kwon Sang Woo as Cha Song-ju
Choi Ji Woo as Han Jung-suh / Kim Ji-su
Kim Tae Hee as Han Yu-ri
Shin Hyun Joon as Han Tae-hwa
Jung-suh and Song-joo grew up together. They were always there for each other. Tragedy begins when Song Joo begins his studies overseas without Jung-suh. Jung-suh's father remarries Tae Mira. Mira takes in her two children from a previous marriage, Tae-hwa and Yuri. Yuri is envious of the life that Jung-suh leads and is determined to take everything away from her, including Song-joo. Tae-hwa begins to develop feelings for his stepsister, however Jung-suh still loves Song-joo. Five years later, tragedy occurs when Jung-suh gets into a car accident causing her to lose her memory. Together with Tae-hwa, they start anew. Song-joo is led to believe that she is dead. However, when they meet again one day, he is determined to remind her of the love they had for one another. When fate finally seemed to be on their side, Jung-suh is diagnosed with eye cancer. Song-joo marries Jung-suh, who is now blind, with the blessing of his mother and her father and the ending of this story Jung-suh dies a few days later because her eye cancer.
#4 SAD LOVE STORY
Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-05 to 2005-Mar-17
Episodes: 20
Main Cast :
Kwon Sang Woo as Suh Joon Young / Choi Joon Kyu
Kim Hee Sun as Park Hae In
Yun Jung Hoon as Lee Gun Woo
Sad Sonata is a love story about two men and one woman. The young Joon-young (Kwon Sang Woo), who was raised by his mother who sold liquor to American soldiers, met the blind Hae-in (Kim Hee Sun) and they became childhood sweethearts. Then, Hae-in immigrated to the U.S. following her aunt and her uncle[American soldier that married her aunt]. There she met Gun-woo (Yeon Jung Hoon), who was Joon-young's best friend and son of a very rich man. After she received a letter from Hwa-jung saying that Joon-young is dead, she accepted Gun-woo's love. After an operation, Hae-in was able to see again . The story picks up again when composer Joon-young, singer Hae-In, and music producer Gun-woo all meet again. The ending of this story is Joon-young died from being shot by Gun-woo's enemy.
#5 TREE OF HEAVEN
Broadcast period: 2006-Feb-08 to 2006-Mar-09
Episodes: 10
Main Cast :
Lee Wan as Yoon Suh
Park Shin Hye as Hana
Asami Reina as Maya
Uchida Asahi as Fujiwara Ryu
Hana is a bright young girl who lost her father at a young age. When her mother returns to Japan, she comes with her new Korean husband and his son Yunsuh. Yunsuh's mother died during his 10th birthday and after her death, he becomes autistic. While Hana is fond of her new step-brother, he wants nothing to do with her. When their parents leave on their honeymoon, Hana's mother leaves the children with her deceased husband's sister who will manage their inn during the trip. While they are gone, the aunt and her daughter Maya abuse Hana and make plans to sell the inn in order to pay for gambling debts and college. Despite all of this, Hana finds comfort in her brother who begins to open up to her and eventually speaks after his 20th Birthday and the day his mother passed away. Yunsuh's mother died on the same day as he was turning 10, 10 years ago. As they start to have feelings for one another, Hana is afraid to love him. The ending of this story: Hana and Yunsuh were hit by a car. This accident led to hana critical and should get donor heart. Finally junsuh donate his heart to hana. When in conscious, Hana feel sad knowing junsuh had died.
#6 49 DAYS
Broadcast period: 2011-Mar-16 to 2011-May-19
Episodes: 20
Lee Yo Won as Song Yi Kyung
Nam Gyu Ri as Shin Ji Hyun
Kim Yoo Bin as young Ji Hyun
Jo Hyun Jae as Han Kang
Bae Soo Bin as Kang Min Ho
Jung Il Woo as Scheduler / Song Yi Soo
Seo Ji Hye as Shin In Jung
Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store for 49 days.
