{{Short description|South Korean television series}} {{Infobox television | image = Samsaengi poster.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | image_size = 300 | alt_name = | genre = Period drama<br>Romance<br>Medical drama | writer = Lee Eun-joo | director = Kim Won-yong | starring = Hong Ah-reum<br/>Son Sung-yoon<br/>Cha Do-jin<br/>Ji Il-joo | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_episodes = 120 | executive_producer = | producer = Kim Sung-geun | editor = | location = Korea | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 35 minutes <br/> Mondays through Fridays at 09:00 (KST) | company = | channel = Korean Broadcasting System | first_aired = {{start date|2013|01|07|}} | last_aired = {{end date|2013|06|21|}} | native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name/auto | hangul = %_삼생%이 }} }}
'''''Samsaengi''''' ({{Korean|hangul=삼생이}}) is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Hong Ah-reum, Son Sung-yoon, Cha Do-jin, and Ji Il-joo. It aired on KBS2 from January 7 to June 21, 2013, on Mondays to Fridays at 9:00 a.m. for 120 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreandrama.org/?p=24534|title=TV Novel – Sam Saeng|work=Koreandrama.org|access-date=28 December 2013|date=2012-12-29|archive-date=2015-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105233328/http://www.koreandrama.org/?p=24534|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Plot== ''Samsaengi'' is set in the 70's in Seoul and tells the story of a woman (played by Hong Ah-reum) who becomes a promising oriental herbal doctor after going through many ups and downs in her life. It is also about innocent, yet desperate love of four different people who have different ways of love.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/programs/programs_intro.html?no=612|title=TV Novel: Samsaengi|work=KBS World|access-date=28 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020647/http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/programs/programs_intro.html?no=612|archivedate=29 November 2014}}</ref>
==Cast==
===Main characters=== *Hong Ah-reum - Seok Sam-saeng **Kwak Ji-hye - young Seok Sam-saeng **Jung Ji-so - teen Seok Sam-saeng *Son Seong-yoon - Bong Geum-ok **Jang Seo-hee - young Bong Geum-ok **Kim Ji-min - teen Bong Geum-ok *Cha Do-jin - Park Dong-woo **Kim Ji-hoon - teen Park Dong-woo *Ji Il-joo - Oh Ji-sung **Jung Yoo-geun - young Oh Ji-sung **Kim Seung-chan - teen Oh Ji-sung
===Supporting characters=== ;Seok Bong-chool's family *Lee Dol-hyung - Seok Bong-chool *Lee Ah-hyun - Ko Mak-rye *Shin Hyun-tak - Seok Chang-sik **Jung Seung-won - teen Seok Chang-sik *Lee Soo-bin - Seok Chang-hee
;Bong Moo-ryong's family *Dokgo Young-jae - Bong Moo-ryong *Yoo Tae-woong - Sa Ki-jin *Lee Yeon-soo - Hae-joo *Ban Hyo-jung - Bong Moo-ryong's mother
;Oh Pil-soon's family *Kim Na-woon - Oh Pil-soon *Ko Do-young - Jung Yoon-hee **Lee Jae-in - young Jung Yoon-hee **Kim Hye-yoon - teen Jung Yoon-hee
;Oh In-soo's family *Kim Seung-wook - Oh In-soo *Kim Do-yeon - Park Kyung-ja
;Extended cast *Ha Soo-ho - Young-bae
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result |- | rowspan=5| 2013 | rowspan=5| KBS Drama Awards | Best Drama | ''Samsaengi'' | {{nom}} |- | Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama | Yoo Tae-woong | {{nom}} |- | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | Hong Ah-reum | {{nom}} |- | Best Young Actor | Kim Ji-hoon | {{nom}} |- | Best Young Actress | Jung Ji-so | {{nom}} |- |}
==See also== *Korean Broadcasting System
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://program.kbs.co.kr/2tv/drama/samsaeng/pc/index.html ''Samsaengi'' official KBS website] {{in lang|ko}} *{{hancinema film|TV_Novel_Sam-seng}}
Category:Korean Broadcasting System television dramas Category:2013 South Korean television series debuts Category:2013 South Korean television series endings Category:Korean-language television shows Category:Television series set in the 1970s Category:South Korean romance television series