{{short description|South Korean television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = Assorted Gems TV series poster.jpeg | alt_name = {{ubl|Jewel Bibimbap |The Jewel Family}} | genre = {{ubl|Romance|Family|Drama}} | director = Baek Ho-min | writer = Im Sung-han | starring = {{ubl|Go Na-eun|Lee Tae-gon|So Yi-hyun|Lee Hyun-jin|Lee Il-min}} | composer = | producer = Kim Jeong-ho | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_episodes = 85 | location = | runtime = 60 minutes | network = Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation | first_aired = {{start date|2009|9|5|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2010|6|13|df=y}} }}
'''''Assorted Gems''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^보석_비빔밥|rr=yes|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 5 September 2009 to 21 February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|title=Network to Bring New Sitcom, Dramas|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/09/201_51066.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=15 June 2013|date=1 September 2009|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812223521/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/09/201_51066.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Synopsis== The family drama ''Assorted Gems'' revolves around four siblings of the Gung family. All are named after precious jewels: eldest daughter, Bi-chwi (Jade), eldest son San-ho (Coral), second daughter Ryu-bi (Ruby), and younger son Ho-bak (Amber).
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 Ho-bak is always getting into fistfights.
Their various personalities and differences lead to conflicts within the family and in their love lives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Synopsis: The Jewel Family (episodes 1-10)|url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/09/1749219_31156.html|website=MBC Global Media|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201339/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/09/1749219_31156.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Cast and characters== '''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, youngest son of Sang-shik and Hye-ja) * 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 * Lee 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<ref>{{cite web|last=Sung |first=So-young |title=More expats show up on TV, in music |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2917529 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616020251/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2917529 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 June 2013 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=9 March 2010|access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Hee-sung|title=New faces to widen the scope of Hallyu dramas|url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Culture/view?articleId=80524|work=Korea.net|access-date=15 June 2013|date=18 March 2010|archive-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420125004/http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Culture/view?articleId=80524|url-status=live}}</ref> * 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 door attendant * 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 * Noh Haeng-ha as Hye-jeong * 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 * Kim Da-som as Ho Soon (eps. 13, 14)
==Awards== '''2009 MBC Drama Awards'''<ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=So-yeon|title=Ko Hyun-joung wins grand prize at MBC Acting Awards|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2009123109141101469|website=The Asia Business Daily|access-date=15 June 2013|date=31 December 2009|archive-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709153754/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2009123109141101469|url-status=live}}</ref> * 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== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/jewel/ ''Assorted Gems'' official MBC website] {{in lang|ko}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223344/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/09/1749219_56083.html ''The Jewel Family''] at MBC Global Media * {{hancinema drama|Assorted_Gems|Assorted Gems}} * {{IMDb title|2035741|Assorted Gems}} {{Im Sung-han}}
Category:MBC TV television dramas Category:2009 South Korean television series debuts Category:2010 South Korean television series endings Category:Korean-language television shows Category:South Korean romance television series