Smile Again (Korean: 웃어라 동해야; lit. 'Smile, Dong-hae') is a 2010 South Korean daily television drama, starring Ji Chang-wook, Do Ji-won, Oh Ji-eun, Park Jung-ah and Lee Jang-woo. It aired on Korean Broadcasting System's premier channel KBS1 from October 4, 2010 to May 13, 2011 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 (KST) for 159 episodes.
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Plot
As a child, Cho Dong-baek suffered brain damage from almost drowning, and was left amnesiac and with the mental capacity of a nine-year-old. She was later adopted by an American family and renamed Anna Laker. As a young adult, she fell in love with a Korean man, who used the English name James (aka Kim Joon), while he was studying abroad in New York, but due to personal circumstances, the two were separated. Back in South Korea, James/Joon married Hong Hye-sook, the adopted daughter of the Cho family, and had a son with her, Do-jin. Unknown to James, Anna also gave birth to their son, Carl Laker (aka Dong-hae). Twenty-seven years later, the Lakers relocate to Seoul for Carl to participate in a short track speed skating competition as a representative on the American team. While his career is abruptly ended from being struck in a traffic accident by a truck, Carl decides to stay in Korea and search for his father to ask him the reason why he left them. He and Anna are taken in by Lee Bong-yi, an aspiring chef who wants to be the first female head chef, and her family.
Cast
Main
Ji Chang-wook as Carl Laker / Kim Dong-hae
Do Ji-won as Anna Laker / Jo Dong-baek
Oh Ji-eun as Lee Bong-yi
Lee Jang-woo as Kim Do-jin
Supporting
Lee family
Im Chae-moo as Lee Kang-jae
Lee Bo-hee as Gye Sun-ok
Alex Chu as Lee Tae-hoon
Kim Yu-seok as Lee Pil-jae
Lee Joon-ha as Lee Song-yi, Pil-jae's daughter
Kim family
Kang Seok-woo as Kim Joon / James
Jung Ae-ri as Hong Hye-sook
Yoon family
Park Hae-mi as Byun Sool-nyeo
Park Jung-ah as Yoon Sae-hwa
Lee Joo-yeon as Yoon Sae-young
Extended
Kim Sung-won as Jo Pil-yong, Anna's birth father
Jung Young-sook as Kim Mal-sun, Anna's birth mother
Choi Yoon-so as Baek Yoo-jin
Lee Jung-ho as Lee Dae-sam
Jung Eun-woo as Kim Sun-woo
Kim Jin-soo as Bang Ki-nam
Kim Yoon-hee as Jung Soon-hye
Kang Chul-sung as home shopping PD
Kim Yoon-tae as home shopping PD
Kim Sung-hoon as policeman
Seo Hye-jin as nurse
Ham Jin-sung as staff
Shin Dong-yup as hotel restaurant kitchen assistant (cameo)
Yoon Jong-shin as hotel restaurant kitchen assistant (cameo)
Min Joon-hyun
Jung Soo-in
Awards
2011 KBS Drama Awards
Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama: Ji Chang-wook
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama: Do Ji-won
Best Supporting Actress: Park Jung-ah
Best New Actor: Lee Jang-woo
International broadcast
It aired in Vietnam on TodayTV VTC7 from July 28, 2011 – November 2, 2011.
It was aired in the Philippines on GMA Network from August 20, 2012 to April 19, 2013 on GMA Afternoon Prime.