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K-drama: 투명인간 최장수 (The Invisible Mr. Choi/Invisible Man Choi Jang Soo)


The Invisible Mr. Choi will begin on September 7, 2006. Airing on Tues-Wed on station KXLA at 9:40pm. ENG Subs (Replaces Kindergarten Love/Great Inheritance)

Director: Chung Hae-ryong
Writer: Park Kye-ok
Episodes: 20
Official Homepage: Korean, English

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Expect this to be the "male" version of Rosy Life...but even more so (and I truly mean it).

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This drama stands apart from previous dramas by reminding viewers of the importance of strong family ties through its main character, an Alzheimer’s-stricken detective Choi Jang-soo. Jang-soo decides to do his best to make his family happy after he learns that he has little time left to live. Portrayed by top stars, Chae Si-ra (who plays So-young) and Yoo Oh-sung (who plays Jang-soo), the main characters of the drama depict a true-to-life story of a married couple: a wife who holds several jobs to buy a home and her sly yet lovely husband. The couple goes through a challenging time when fund manager Jun-ho, who has loved So-young for a long time, and ex-criminal Hyun-soo, who loves Jang-soo, appear in their lives. The portrayals of Jun-ho by actor Cho Yun-woo and of Hyun-soo by Choi Yeo-jin are quite impressive. The drama honestly depicts the everyday reality of fathers who have no other choice but to neglect their families to earn the living and mothers who turn into stouthearted “warriors” who can do anything for the sake of their families.


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Yoo Oh-sung as Choi Jang Soo
Jang-soo has been married to So-young, whom he met in college, for ten years. They have twins: a smart daughter and a disabled son. Scared of his role as a father, Jang-soo neglects his family duties with work as a subterfuge. One day he is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and decides to leave only happy memories to his family before he dies.

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Chae Si-ra as Oh So-young
So-young met Jang-soo in college and married him despite opposition from her parents. But after the birth of their children, Jang-soo failed to keep his promise to treat her like a princess. After ten years of marriage, So-young turns into a stouthearted woman raising two kids and running several jobs to make a living. She eventually divorces her husband and receives an offer to go out with Jun-ho, who has loved her for a long time. But she is outraged to learn later that it was her husband who tried to set them up after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

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Cho Yun-woo as Ha Jun-ho
A son of a rich and renowned family, Jun-ho has it all. But only So-young refused to open her heart to him when he met her in college. He has loved her deep in his heart all his life, even though she chose Jang-soo over him. Just when he thinks of marrying Hye-jin, a daughter of rich parents, he runs into So-young by mere chance and is dazzled by her beauty once again. He decides to give up everything for her, arousing jealousy from Hye-jin.

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Choi Yeo-jin as Cho Hyun-soo
Hyun-soo ran away from home at the age of 18 and learned pocket-picking. She serves six months in prison after detective Jang-soo catches her, and ends up falling in love with him as he takes good care of her as if of his own daughter. She confesses her feelings to him after she is released from prison but she turns out to love him not as a man but as a father. Later she develops a loving relationship with policeman Woo Bo-hyun.

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for those who are also watching Really Really Like You on LA-18, if you have the capability to, don't miss out on either the final 3 episodes of Really Really Like You and this drama--tape both if it's possible.

Like with Really Really Like You, I can provide english-subbed clips for the scenes cut from the So-Cal aired version of Invisible Man Choi Jang Soo.

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wow looks really interesting looking forward to it...
we dont start till thursday right?

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Re: K-drama: 투명인간 최장수 (The Invisible Mr. Choi/Invisible Man Choi Jang Soo)


This show is also known as Invisible Man on the KBS English site.
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class blockquote creidesca wrote:

for those who are also watching Really Really Like You on LA-18, if you have the capability to, don't miss out on either the final 3 episodes of Really Really Like You and this drama--tape both if it's possible.
Okay, boss!! emoticon My Asian respect bow to you.

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WOW! Don't know how to take this one. I thought it was going to be a serious drama from the previews, but he played his part like a smarta$$.

I forgot this was starting and was flipping back 'n forth with RRLY - so, sorry in advance for all the questions.

Because of all the violence, I can understand the writers putting in some "lite" stuff with some of the other characters. But... it was a little too much with the two cops. (I know the cops in Trick are silly, but that show has a style all of its own.)

BTW, how many times can a guy get hit in the head with an iron pipe and still survive? Did they ever get back to the MRI results? The doctor seemed pretty concern.

I loved the hospital scenes with all the guys flocking after her. LOL - they seemed to be coming out of the woodwork. LOL, I guess good news travels fast. I was cracking up at the one scene when the door opened and they all fell trying to get in the door first. Do we know who she is yet?

What's up with the wife and having to go to that luncheon with all those men?

I hate when a 2-night drama starts on the second night and we have to wait a week for the next ep... hard to remember everything and trying to get use to the new characters and storylines - LOL

Interesting how so many of the recent dramas border on drama and comedy. Most fit the catagory of a dramedy, but I wonder if this one knows what it's suppose to be.

I'm still going to give this a go... time will tell. It's only 20 eps, so will probably watch.

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class blockquote CantGetEnough wrote:

I loved the hospital scenes with all the guys flocking after her. LOL - they seemed to be coming out of the woodwork. LOL, I guess good news travels fast. I was cracking up at the one scene when the door opened and they all fell trying to get in the door first. Do we know who she is yet?
My take on the beginning of the program is that the young woman (20) visiting the doctor regarding the kidney transplant ten years earlier is Soyeong in her earlier days. After the guys fall into the door and she runs to the elevator, the guy in it is a young Choi Jangsoo. As Soyeong is reminiscing through the old photo albums, she's recalling her youth and how her life was ruined when he came into it. class blockquote What's up with the wife and having to go to that luncheon with all those men?She sells used cars and her customer called her to come over right away. She thought something was wrong with the car she had sold to him so she responded to his call. Once she arrived and found nothing was wrong, he convinced her to go into the room with his friends because they all were going to buy cars from her. Which, in fact, they were willing to do as we saw from the handful of potential contracts the lecher handed her outside. She finally became so disgusted with his demands and expectations that she chose her own self-respect over a bunch of car sales.

I loved the scene where she started to undress herself and invited him to get it on with her right there in the street, since he was so hot to trot. That was great for a K-drama! I didn't expect it to be carried that far! emoticon

Some of the humor is great, but those cops acting so goofy and irresponsibly (empties his gun) just doesn't wash with me. Then there are the children. I thought they had two children of different ages. When it was revealed they are twins, but the boy is developmentally challenged, my first thought was Oh, great! One kid like Mom...the other like Dad.

The ex-con girl is really interesting. I hope we see a lot of her!

Too many parts of this storyline seem borrowed from Letters to the Parents. Other than that, I'll reserve judgment for a while.
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class blockquote CantGetEnough wrote:
WOW! Don't know how to take this one. I thought it was going to be a serious drama from the previews, but he played his part like a smarta$$.

Interesting how so many of the recent dramas border on drama and comedy. Most fit the catagory of a dramedy, but I wonder if this one knows what it's suppose to be.
 
My warning: be ready with boxes and boxes of tissues. If you thought you needed them for Rosy Life, you'll need to arm yourself with so much more for Invisible Man Choi Jang-soo.

I'll get back w/ the cut scenes, hopefully, sometime tomorrow or Sunday.

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Oh no, if this is the male version of Rosy Life then I'd rather not watch it. Don't get me wrong, Rosy Life was a great show BUT way too depressing and that is what I need least of right now.
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class blockquote BTW, how many times can a guy get hit in the head with an iron pipe and still survive?You should see what hit him on the head among other head injuries he suffered when Soyeong was 20 years old, and how many times...

Jang-soo has been showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease for quite a long time, just that neither he, his wife, and co-workers knew...it must have been so gradual that they all mistook it for just being who he was.


Got these up earlier than I expected...
You'll have an even better understanding after watching the ~30min worth of english-subbed cut scenes from EP 1:

cut segment 1, 19min55sec:
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DL clip: http://www.sendspace.com/file/pjxc76
the above clip also includes the potential love triangle--can you believe they'd cut this out?!

cut segment 2, 3min18sec:
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DL clip: http://www.sendspace.com/file/is7f50

cut segment 3, 2min56sec:
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DL clip: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r6m4mc

cut segment 4, 4min9sec:
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DL clip: http://www.sendspace.com/file/034g6w

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wow these are really great creidesca....
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