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12 Years Promise

12 Years Promise[1] (Korean: 달래 된, 장국: 12년만의 재회; RR: Dallae Doen, Jangguk: 12nyeonmanui Jaehoe; lit. Wild Chives and Soy Bean Soup: 12 Years Reunion) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee So-yeon, Namkoong Min, Lee Tae-im, Yoon So-hee, Lee Won-keun and Ryu Hyo-young. It aired on JTBC from March 22 to June 29, 2014, on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 (KST) for 26 episodes.[2]

12 Years Promise
Promotional poster
Also known asJang Gook Becomes Dal-rae: Reunion in 12 Years
Wild Chives and Tofu Soup
Wild Chive Soybean Paste Soup, Soothed Clear Soup
Hangul
달래 된, 장국: 12년만의 재회
Genre
Written byKim Yi-kyung
Directed by
  • Kim Do-hyung
  • Yoon Jae-won
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerJo Joon-hyung
ProducerGo Jung-ho
Production companyDrama House
Original release
NetworkJTBC
OBS TV (2018)
ReleaseMarch 22 (2014-03-22) –
June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29)

The native title is a pun, and can also mean Jang Guk Becomes Dal-rae: Reunion in 12 Years. The female protagonist's name, Jang Guk, means "clear soup with doenjang", and she later changes it to Dal-rae, meaning "azalea".

Synopsis

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In 2002, on the night of Korea's momentous World Cup win, high school sweethearts Jang Guk (Lee So-yeon) and Yu Jun-su (Namkoong Min) sleep together and Jang Guk ends up pregnant. They are given permission to marry by Jun-su's father, but after a horrible accident, Jang Guk loses the baby. Their mothers who were against the relationship from the beginning, take advantage of the situation and split them up. Jang Guk then leaves Korea to live in the U.S. and changes her name to Jang Dal-lae. Twelve years later, they reunite and get entangled in each other's lives again. The only problem is that Yu Jun-su doesn't know it's her and Jang Guk doesn't want him to know.[3]

Cast

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Main

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Guk is a high school senior at the start of the story. She is a good student who has achieved the highest ranking in her classes. After losing her father in a tragic accident, she moves from Busan to Seoul with her mother and younger brother, Hoon. She meets and begins a relationship with her classmate Yu Jun-su and after a fateful night she ends up pregnant with his child.
Jun-su is a high school senior at Daehan High School. He is handsome, friendly, and a good student. His father is the vice principal of the school. His family owns the building in which Jang Guk's family operates a dumpling restaurant. Over the course of twelve years, Jun-su goes from the son of a prominent wealthy household to struggling as the eldest provider for a family that scrapes by from paycheck to paycheck. Prideful and temperamental, he seems tough on the outside but is vulnerable underneath it all.
Da-hae is an ace student who received the highest math score in all of Korea. She is humiliated when her father's adultery becomes public knowledge. Da-hae has been friends with Jun-su since childhood, and is in love with him. When Jun-su rejects Da-hae to date Guk, she is devastated.

Supporting

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Jang Guk / Dal-rae's family

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Yu Jun-su's family

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Ju Da-hae's family

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Extended

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  • Jung Chan as Heo Se-min
  • Jung In-sun as Kang Ham-cho
    • Lee Young-eun as young Kang Ham-cho
  • Lee Yong-joo as Park Mu-cheol, childhood friend of Jun-su
    • Han Min as young Park Mu-cheol
  • Ah Young as Park Mu-hui
    • Lee Do-yeon as young Park Mu-hui
  • Shin Dong-mi as Yeo-ok
  • Jung Kyu-soo as Mr. Kang

International broadcast

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Country Network Airing dates
  Taiwan ELTA TV (愛爾達電視) August 5, 2016 - September 9, 2016 (Monday to Friday 21:00 - 22:30)
  Thailand PPTV HD May 28, 2016 - August 13, 2016 (every Saturday and Sunday 09:00 - 10:25)[4]
MCOT HD April 9, 2018 - May 14, 2018 (every Monday to Friday 23:05 - 23:58)
  Indonesia MYTV Un­known

References

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  1. ^ "12 Years Promise". JTBC Worldwide. JTBC Content Hub. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Kim, Gwang-kuk (11 February 2014). '달래 된, 장국' 대본 리딩 현장 공개...연습도 실전처럼. TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  3. ^ Kim, Hee-eun (19 March 2014). "Min Nam-gung 'happy' to act in new comedic family drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  4. ^ 12 YEAR PROMISES นานแค่ไหนก็จะรัก Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. PPTV.
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