Autumn in My Heart star cast after 22 years.
‘Autumn in my heart’ is the first drama in the series of 4 KBS’s ‘Four Seasons of Love’, aired in October 2000.
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The series was very successful in South Korea and throughout Asia , averaging viewership ratings of 38.6% and reaching a peak viewership of 46.1%. It is considered a pioneer in Korean melodramatic series, launching a worldwide fever that is commonly referred to as the “Korean Wave”. Tours of sites in Korea related to the show have been developed following its success.
The success of ‘Autumn in My Heart’ has brought the names of young actors closer to Asian audiences. After 22 years of broadcasting, the life of the A-list stars has changed a lot.
1. Song Seung Hun
In the movie, Song Seung Hun plays the older brother – Yun Joon Suh. The handsome and warm image helped the actor born in 1976 quickly win the hearts of the audience. Thanks to this role, he was trusted by director Yoon Seok Ho to continue to give him the main role in the second part “Summer Scent” (2003).
Compared to his co-stars in “Autumn in My Heart”, Song Seung Hun is the one who works the most hard, including impressive works such as “East of Eden”, “My Princess”, “Time Slip Dr. Jin” ”, “When A Man Falls In Love” and a series of movies. In 2004, he got into a scandal when he evaded military service and lost a lot of love in the eyes of fans. After that, the actor continuously participated in many movies to regain his image.
In 2015, the love affair with Liu Yifei after co-starring in The Third Way Of Love (2015) attracted the attention of the public. Many viewers expressed their admiration for the romantic “cross-border” love before breaking up after two sweet years. At the age of 45, Song Seung Hun is one of the sexiest single “gentlemen” in Korea.
2.Song Hye Kyo
Song Hye Kyo took on the role of the female lead Eun Suh when she was just 19 years old. Eun Suh is a pure, innocent girl but has many misfortunes: being swapped at birth, suffering from white blood disease and dying in the arms of the one she loves. Song Hye Kyo’s pure beauty and sad eyes help the tragedy of Eun Suh’s life take away the tears of many viewers.
Song Hye Kyo suddenly became the top star and beauty icon of Korea after Autumn in My Heart. However, her career has many other “fever” works throughout Asia such as Full House with Bi Rain (2004), That Winter The Wind Blows with Jo In Sung (2013) and Descendants of the Sun 2016) – a movie that charmed her and Song Joong Ki, but the two also quickly divorced after 2 years of marriage. The career of the 38-year-old beauty has gone up like a kite in the wind since the role of the unhappy Eun Suh.
At the peak of her career, Song Hye Kyo was discovered to have evaded taxes for many years, totaling up to 2.5 billion won (more than 2.3 million USD). The incident caused her to pay a large fine and bow her head to apologize to the people of the country.
Married to actor Song Joong Ki in 2017, however, she had to go through difficult days when she divorced with Song Joong Ki in 2019.
Currently, the actress is praised for her beautiful beauty at the age of 40 and hard work after the divorce.
3.Won Bin
The actor, born in 1977, plays the love interest Han Tae Seok. Won Bin’s character gives Eun Suh (Song Hye Kyo) deep and noble love, always wishing her true love and happiness in her life.
With the ‘Autumn Heart’ pedestal, Won Bin also became an A-list star of Korea. With his handsome appearance and impressive acting ability, he is considered as the “national treasure” of the Korean cinema industry. However, from 2002 until now, the 42-year-old actor has not accepted to act in television series, but only appeared in films such as My Brothers (2004), Mother (2009), The Brotherhood of War (2010) and Man From Nowhere (2010).
Honored as the number one actor in showbiz, Won Bin is a secretive person about his private life. In 2015, he and Lee Na Young held a private wedding ceremony in the middle of a barley field in their hometown Gangwon (Korea). After getting married, Won Bin and his wife both limited their appearances in front of the media and the public.
In particular, two child actors Moon Geun Young and Lee Ae Jeong also shined from the success of the film. However, the fates of two girls born in 1987 were extremely opposite, who had a brilliantly successful career, the other who caused grief because they died early.
Moon Geun Young
At the age of 13, Moon Geun Young took Asia by storm with her childhood role of Song Hye Kyo in Autumn In My Heart. Realistic acting, pure innocence and radiant beauty, as pretty as a doll have made Moon Geun Young “heartbreak” a series of audiences, attracting a large number of fans in Asian countries.
She was fondly called “the nation’s little sister” and until now is still one of the “little sisters” loved by the Korean public the most.
After the success of Autumn In My Heart, Moon Geun Young has had an admirably successful career. A Tale Of Two Sisters and My Little Bride have helped Moon Geun Young’s name to shine more and more, being well received by both professionals and the public. The role of a small bride helped Moon Geun Young win the “Popular Star” award at the prestigious Blue Dragon Awards when she was only 17 years old.
Always dedicated to her profession, not afraid to challenge herself, at the age of 21, Moon Geun Young became the youngest Korean actor to receive the Daesang – the highest award for acting – at the SBS Drama Awards and 5 awards. The big bonus is different from the historical film Painter of the wind.
Although now, Moon Geun Young’s career is no longer as popular as before, but she is still a big name on the Korean screen with a stable reputation. Now 35 years old, Moon Geun Young is still extremely young and beautiful like nearly 20 years ago. Many people still call the actress by the title “national little sister”, although many other “little sisters” have appeared.
In early 2017, Moon Geun Young had to undergo emergency surgery after being diagnosed with acute compartment syndrome. This syndrome increases pressure leading to ischemia and organ failure.
The actress had to stop the entire schedule for treatment. Fortunately, after 4 surgeries, Moon Geun Young gradually recovered from the disease. The sequelae of the disease that affected Moon Geun Young. She was severely criticized by the public because she lost her beauty and gained weight, but now the actress has regained her beauty as before.
Lee Ae Jeong
It’s been a long time, but the audience sometimes reminds me of the short-lived actress of Autumn in My Heart.
Referring to the child star of the legendary Autumn in My Heart, surely everyone will immediately think of Moon Geun Young, who that year took on the child version of Song Hye Kyo, and together with her senior, built a classic work. But besides Moon Geun Young, there are quite a few child stars who have made this work a success, among them is the pretty girl Lee Ae Jeong. Unfortunately, Lee Ae Jeong is not as lucky as her peers.
In Autumn in My Heart, the actress plays the childhood role of Choi Shin Ae (Han Chae Young). Pretty, impressive acting, Lee Ae Jeong is considered a promising young talent of Kim Chi cinema. In particular, Ae Jeong is always appreciated for her hard work and eagerness to learn. She constantly accepts new films and tries out different types of roles. In addition to Autumn’s Heart, she also appeared in a number of impressive works such as Four Sisters, Beautiful Days, Jump,… But then tragedy came to Lee Ae Jeong’s life.
In 2006, in the midst of high enthusiasm at the age of 19, with a bright future when she had just passed the entrance exam to Hanyang University, Lee Ae Jeong was diagnosed with cancer. At that time, she often had headaches but only took the medicine in moderation because of her subjectivity, by the time she went to the hospital for examination, her time was not much. She underwent 2 surgeries at Seoul National University Hospital but still could not fight cancer cells. The talented actress took her last breath on September 6, 2007 at a provincial hospital in her hometown of Gyeonggi.
