Korean Drama

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Genre

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Family

Starring

Lee Jong-suk

Park Shin-hye

Kim Young-kwang

Lee Yu-bi

Pinocchio (피노키오) is a 2014-2015 South Korean television series starrinng Lee Jong-suk and Park Shin-hye.

Plot

In the year 2000,Ki Ha-myung is leading a happy life with his parents and older brother Jae-myung,until his father Ki Ho-sang,the captain of the firefighting squad,dies in a factory explosion during a rescue attempt along with several of his men.When Ho-sang's body is initially missing the media sensationalizes the case by scapegoating him.In a battle for ratings,cold and calculating MSC reporter Song Cha-ok alleged that Ho-sang survived the blast ,and is currently in hiding because he was responsible for the death of his men.This causes the Ki family to become outcasts in their neighborhood and objects of national scorn.Ha-myung's mother attempts to kill herself and her younger son by jumping off a cliff,and Jae-myung blames their deaths on the media particularly Cha-ok.

But Ha-myung alive ,having been rescued from the water by Choi Gong-pil,a kind elderly man who lives on Hyangri Island.Gong-pil,who may either have alzheimer's disease or trauma-induced memory loss believes that Ha-myung is his older brother son Choi Dal-po,a simpleton who had died thirty years ago.Ha-myung who has no one else in the world,embraces the deception and treats Gong-pil as his father.Gong-pil officially adopts Ha-myung,now named Dal-po,and places him in the family register as his eldest son.So five months later,when Gong-pil's younger son Choi Dal-pyung moves to the island with his daughter Choi In-ha,they are flabbergasted to be told by Gong-pil to address a mere boy as their older brother and uncle,respectively.In-ha has "Pinocchio Syndrome" which causes her to hiccup whenever she tells a lie.She idolizes her mother,and hates living in the island after her parents divorce.The fledgling friendship between Dal-po and In-ha is dashed,however,when he learns that In-ha's mother is none other than Song Cha-ok.

Five years Later ,Dal-po and In-ha are high school seniors and classmates at their small town high school in 2005.Dal-po who is actually a genius,pretends to be dumb (like the real Dal-po) and gets all zeroes in his test score.With his last place class standing and scruffy,country bumpkin hair ,Dal-po is friendless at school while In-ha is the most popular girl.Dal-po secretly likes In-ha,and he is forced to join a televised quiz show at first to prevent Ahn Chan-soo who has a crush on In-ha from confessingto her on national TV,then later to protection her from losing a bet.At the TV studio,he runs into the show producer Hwang Gyo-dong,who had been a YGN reporter and one of Cha-ok's rival,but changed careers after what happened to the Ki family.After seeing Dal-po on TV,despite knowing that her pinocchio syndrome limits her career choices,In-ha decides to become a journalist.

Cast

Main Characters

Lee Jong-suk as Lee Dal-po/Ki Ha-myung

Nam Da-reum as young Ha-myung/Dal-po

Ki Ha-myung decides decides to forget his past and start a new life after being rescue by Choi Gong-pil,as the latter's eldest son.He adopts the name Dal-po and hides his brilliant brain and past memories with the pretense of being a simple old-fashioned country bumpkin.His feeling for In-ha have always been conflicted with his hatred for her mother ,but he finds that he cannot deny them as they grow older.After being a taxi driver ,he decides to become a reporter with In-ha to prove to reporter Song Cha-ok his family's innocence and to show what a true reporter is.However Dal-po soon realizes that a reporter must constantly struggle with the idea of justice and truth in a world where everyone wants to hide the facts.