If you've seen a few k-dramas, you know that matchmaking agencies are a fact of life in Korea. Matchmakers help singles find the person they are best suited to marry, taking into account their looks, their personality and their backgrounds. But what about the people who have already been married, have divorced and are hoping for a second chance at lifelong love? Divorcees already have a strike against them when it comes to being marriageable. Matching those new singles takes a special kind of matchmaker.
That's what Jang Nara's character Han Mi Mo is qualified to do in the new MBC drama "Happy Ending Once Again," also known as "One More Happy Ending." Han Mi Mo provides another chance at "happily ever after" to a clientele whose romantic experiences have made them a little cynical. If matching up two candidates is difficult the first time around, it's likely that those who have been disappointed once may be more picky.
Han Mi Mo is famous for her blunt answers. She does not hesitate to tell the formerly married how they failed the first time.
Her co-star in this drama is actor Jung Kyung Ho, last seen in the heart transplant drama "Falling for Innocence" aka "Falling for Soon Jung." So far, it is not known whether he will play a client at Jang Nara's agency, a matchmaking agency competitor or simply the person her character is destined to spend happily ever after with. Maybe all of the above.
Both actors have romantic comedy experience. Jang Nara was the endearing "snail wife" in "Fated To Love You" with Jang Hyuk. She had another leading role with Shin Ha Kyun in the comedy "Mr. Back" and then co-starred with Seo In Guk in the thriller "I Remember You."
Although Jung Kyung Ho had played some serious roles in his career, notably in the melodrama "Endless Love," the crime drama "Cruel City," and as a serial killer in the drama "Manhole," he did have fun with his second lead role in the romantic comedy "Smile You."
Kwon Sung Chan, who produced "Late Night Hospital" and "Special Investigation Team," will produce "Happy Ending Once Again."
The Wednesday- Thursday drama "Happy Ending Once Again is expected to follow "Sweet Savage Family" in January.
