# Miss Mermaid

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{{Infobox television
| image                = Miss Mermaid TV poster.jpeg
| caption              = Promotional poster
| alt_name             = ''Little Mermaid'' <br/> ''Mermaid Lady'' <br/> ''Story of a Mermaid'' <br/> ''Irene''
| genre                = [Melodrama](/source/Melodrama) <br/> [Romance](/source/Romance_film) <br/> [Family](/source/Family_film) <br/> [Revenge](/source/Revenge_drama)
| director             = {{ubl|Lee Joo-hwan|Shin Hyun-chang (ep 25-129)}}
| writer               = [Im Sung-han](/source/Im_Sung-han)
| starring             = {{Plainlist}}
* [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee)
* Jung Young-sook
* [Park Geun-hyung](/source/Park_Geun-hyung)
* [Han Hye-sook](/source/Han_Hye-sook)
* [Woo Hee-jin](/source/Woo_Hee-jin)
* Sa Mi-ja
* [Kim Yong-rim](/source/Kim_Yong-rim)
* [Kim Byung-ki](/source/Kim_Byung-ki)
* [Kim Sung-taek](/source/Kim_Sung-min_(actor))
* [Go Doo-shim](/source/Go_Doo-shim)
* [Jeong Bo-seok](/source/Jeong_Bo-seok)
* Lee Jae-eun
* Choi Jae-ho
{{endplainlist}}
| theme_music_composer =
| open_theme            = 
| end_theme             = 
| country              = South Korea
| language             = Korean
| num_episodes         = 248
| company              = 
| executive_producer   = Lee Jae-kap
| producer             = MBC Drama Division
| cinematography       = 
| editor               = 
| composer             = Oh Jin-woo
| location             = 
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 35 minutes
| network              = [MBC TV](/source/MBC_TV)
| first_aired          = {{start date|2002|1|8}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2003|6|30}}
| related              =  
}}
'''''Miss Mermaid''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^인어아가씨|rr=yes}}) is a [South Korean television series](/source/Korean_drama) starring [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee) and [Kim Sung-taek](/source/Kim_Sung-min_(actor)).<ref>Kim Sung-taek later adopted the [stage name](/source/stage_name) Kim Sung-min.</ref> It aired on [MBC](/source/MBC_TV) from June 24, 2002 to June 27, 2003 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:20 for 248 episodes.

''Miss Mermaid'' became a nationwide hit upon airing, reaching a peak viewership rating of 43.6%.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Likable or Not'' Reach Highest Drama Ratings since 2000|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view2.html?No=1020|website=KBS Global|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=April 25, 2008}}</ref> The cast won several trophies at the 2002 [MBC Drama Awards](/source/MBC_Drama_Awards), notably the Daesang ("Grand Prize") for Jang Seo-hee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jang Seo-hee to appear on the stage as main guest of a talk show in China|url=http://www.hancinema.net/jang-seo-hee-to-appear-on-the-stage-as-main-guest-of-a-talk-show-in-china-3250.html|website=[Hancinema](/source/Hancinema)|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=June 28, 2005|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002170450/http://www.hancinema.net/jang-seo-hee-to-appear-on-the-stage-as-main-guest-of-a-talk-show-in-china-3250.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The series led to Jang's pan-Asian popularity, particularly in China.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actresses Jang, Yang, Lee Top Chinese Poll|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=984|website=KBS Global|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=May 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Jin-hai|title=Jang Seo-hee and ''hallyu'' in China|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/04/386_156065.html|website=[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times)|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=April 24, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035644/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/04/386_156065.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

But ''Miss Mermaid'' was also criticized for [Im Sung-han](/source/Im_Sung-han)'s sensationalistic writing and unrealistic plot twists, as well as the show's multiple extensions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Viewers Launch Massive Cyber Attack against TV Series ''The Mermaid''|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=130000&biid=2003052875718|website=[The Dong-A Ilbo](/source/The_Dong-A_Ilbo)|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=May 27, 2003|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113061321/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=130000&biid=2003052875718|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sun-min|title=Censured drama writer to step down|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3003456|website=[Korea JoongAng Daily](/source/Korea_JoongAng_Daily)|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=April 24, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001201/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3003456|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
Eun Ah-ri-young is a successful [television drama](/source/Korean_drama) screenwriter with a past. Her father Eun Jin-sub had an affair and left their family for the other woman, and shortly after her autistic brother died and her mother Han Kyung-hye went blind. Ah-ri-young's unrelenting hate for her father throughout her childhood and adolescence drives her to meticulously plan her vengeance. Knowing that Jin-sub's new wife Shim Soo-jung is a popular actress, Ah-ri-young works her way up the ranks until she earns enough cachet in the TV industry. Then she writes a script that's a thinly veiled autobiography of her father's affair and its aftermath, and casts the unsuspecting Soo-jung in the role of the blind mother to make her feel guilty. To complete her revenge and cause the maximum amount of pain, Ah-ri-young also plots to steal the fiancé of her half-sister Eun Ye-young, the gentle-natured Lee Joo-wang. Helping Ah-ri-young in her plans is Jo Soo-ah, her mother's friend whose ulterior motive is that she wants Ah-ri-young to marry her son Ma Ma-joon. But Ah-ri-young finds herself falling in love with Joo-wang for real, and she eventually realizes that there is more to life than hatred and learns the true meaning of forgiveness.

==Cast==
=== Main ===
*[Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee) as Eun Ah-ri-young, a television screenwriter
*Jung Young-sook as Han Kyung-hye, Ah-ri-young's mother
*[Park Geun-hyung](/source/Park_Geun-hyung) as Eun Jin-sub, Ah-ri-young's father, Kyung-hye's ex-husband
*[Han Hye-sook](/source/Han_Hye-sook) as Shim Soo-jung, a famous actress, Jin-sub's wife
*[Woo Hee-jin](/source/Woo_Hee-jin) as Eun Ye-young, a reporter, jin-sub and Soo-jung's daughter
*Sa Mi-ja as Geum Ok-sun, Joo-wang's grandmother
*[Kim Yong-rim](/source/Kim_Yong-rim) as Geum Sil-ra, Joo-wang's mother
*[Kim Byung-ki](/source/Kim_Byung-ki) as Lee Sung-soo, the president of Sun Daily Newspaper, Joo-wang's father
*[Kim Sung-taek](/source/Kim_Sung-min_(actor)) as Lee Joo-wang, a reporter, Ye-young's fiancé
*[Go Doo-shim](/source/Go_Doo-shim) as Jo Soo-ah a.k.a. Jo Young-chun, a friend of Kyung-hye and Soo-jung
*[Jeong Bo-seok](/source/Jeong_Bo-seok) as Ma Ma-joon, Soo-ah's son
*Lee Jae-eun as Ma Ma-rin, Soo-ah's daughter
*Choi Jae-ho as An Hyung-sun, a television director

=== Supporting ===
*Seo Kwon-soon as Hong Mi-sung, the mother of Ah-ri-young's ex-boyfriend
*[Yoo Hye-ri](/source/Yoo_Hye-ri) as herself
*[Jeon Mi-seon](/source/Jeon_Mi-seon) as Yoon Sung-mi, a reporter who is friend of Ah-ri-young
*Choi Seon-ja as Dong-jin's mother, a housekeeper of the Lee family
*Sa Kang as Yoo Jin-kyung, Ma-rin's friend
*Park Tam-hee as Baek Soo-rim, Mi-sung's ex-daughter-in-law

==Awards==
2002 [MBC Drama Awards](/source/MBC_Drama_Awards)
*Daesang (Grand Prize): [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee)
*Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama: [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee)
*Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama: [Woo Hee-jin](/source/Woo_Hee-jin)
*Special Acting Award: [Han Hye-sook](/source/Han_Hye-sook), Jung Young-sook, [Park Geun-hyung](/source/Park_Geun-hyung)
*Best New Actor: [Kim Sung-taek](/source/Kim_Sung-min_(actor))
*Writer of the Year: [Im Sung-han](/source/Im_Sung-han)
*Best Couple Award: [Kim Sung-taek](/source/Kim_Sung-min_(actor)) and [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee)
*Viewer's Choice, Actress of the Year: [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee)
*Journalists' Choice, Actress of the Year: [Jang Seo-hee](/source/Jang_Seo-hee)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{hancinema drama|Miss_Mermaid|Miss Mermaid}}
{{Im Sung-han}}

Category:MBC TV television dramas
Category:2002 South Korean television series debuts
Category:2003 South Korean television series endings
Category:Korean-language television shows
Category:South Korean romance television series
Category:South Korean melodrama television series
Category:South Korean revenge television series

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