Assorted Gems

Assorted Gems (Korean: 보석비빔밥; RR: Boseok Bibimbap; lit. Jewel Bibimbap) is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Go Na-eun, Lee Tae-gon, So Yi-hyun, Lee Hyun-jin and Lee Il-min. It aired on MBC from September 5, 2009 to February 21, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 50 episodes.[1]

Assorted Gems
Also known as
  • Jewel Bibimbap
  • The Jewel Family
Genre
Written byIm Sung-han
Directed byBaek Ho-min
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes50
Production
Producer(s)Kim Jeong-ho
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseSeptember 5, 2009 (2009-09-05) –
February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)
External links
Website

Plot

A family is a lot like the rice dish bibimbap – different flavors and ingredients mixed together to strike a delicious balance. The family drama Assorted Gems revolves around four siblings of the Gung family. All were named after precious jewels: eldest daughter Bi-chwi ("Jade"), eldest son San-ho ("Coral"), second daughter Ryu-bi ("Ruby"), son Ho-bak ("Amber"), and the youngest son, then who was a baby Tae-ja("Prince").

Bi-chwi and Ruby are two pretty but shallow women who wish to marry rich men to live comfortable lives. San-ho's goal is to pass the bar exam and gain wealth and status as a prosecutor, and then there's Ho-bak, the youngest in the family, who's always getting into fistfights.

Like an assortment of beautiful gems, the four are each bright and attractive in their own way, but their colors sometimes clash and their sharp edges chip away at each other, leading to conflicts within the family and in their love lives, like when Bi-chwi meets and falls in love with Young-guk, the son of a respectable family very unlike her own.[2]

Cast
Gung family
  • Go Na-eun as Gung Bi-chwi (Jade)
  • So Yi-hyun as Gung Ryu-bi (Ruby)
  • Lee Hyun-jin as Gung San-ho (Coral)
  • Lee Il-min as Gung Ho-bak (Amber)
  • Recipon Leo as Gung Tae-ja (Prince, as the youngest son of Sang-shik and Hye-ja. And Tae-ja is a Half-sibling of Jade, Ruby, Coral and Amber)
  • Han Jin-hee as Gung Sang-shik, father
  • Han Hye-sook as Pi Hye-ja, mother
  • Kim Young-ok as Kyul Myung-ja, Sang-shik's mother
  • Jung Hye-sun as Baek Jo, Hye-ja's mother
Seo family
  • Lee Tae-gon as Seo Young-guk
  • Choi Ah-jin as Seo Kkeut-soon, sister
  • Park Geun-hyung as Seo Ro-ma, father
  • Hong Yoo-jin as Lee Tae-ri, mother
Supporting cast
  • Michael Blunck as Kyle Huntington[3][4]
  • Jeong Yu-mi as Lee Kang-ji
  • Seo Woo-rim as Boss ("Sajang")
  • Yoon Jong-hwa as Yoo Byung-hoon, doctor and Ryu-bi's boyfriend
  • Won Jong-rye as Byung-hoon's mother
  • Jung Yi-yeon as Myung Sun-mi, nurse
  • Choi Jae-ho as Ji Bang-kyu, hotel doorman
  • Hwang Hyo-eun as Ma Ye-soon, Seo family maid
  • Kwon Min as Hwang Woo-bin, actor
  • Seo Dong-soo as Director Kim
  • Hong Seok-cheon as Director Hong
  • Han Ji-hoo as Tae-sung
  • Oh Mi-hee as Kyle's Korean stepmother
  • Seol Woon-do as Seol Hwang-do
  • Shin Shin-ae as Hye-ja's friend
  • Choi Hyo-eun as Jae-eun
  • Kim Kwang-kyu as plastic surgeon

Awards
2009 MBC Drama Awards[5]
  • Excellence Award, Actress: Go Na-eun
  • Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama: Kim Young-ok
  • Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama: Jung Hye-sun

References
  1. Han, Sang-hee (September 1, 2009). "Network to Bring New Sitcom, Dramas". The Korea Times. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  2. "Synopsis: The Jewel Family (episodes 1-10)". MBC Global Media. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  3. Sung, So-young (March 9, 2010). "More expats show up on TV, in music". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  4. Kim, Hee-sung (March 18, 2010). "New faces to widen the scope of Hallyu dramas". Korea.net. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  5. Park, So-yeon (December 31, 2009). "Ko Hyun-joung wins grand prize at MBC Acting Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
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