My Name Is Kim Sam Soon

My Lovely Sam Soon (a.k.a. My Name is Kim Sam Soon) is the story of insecure, weight-obsessed Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah, who gained 15 pounds for the role), a loud, brash woman who is never afraid to speak her mind. She isn't pretty or slim or rich. She knows there's no Prince Charming waiting to whisk her off her feet. When she gets stressed out with life, she eats and sleeps and couldn't care less what anyone else thinks.



Episodes: 16
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Separate .srt format

My Lovely Sam Soon won the Best Mini Series Award at the 1st Seoul Drama Awards.
- IMDB User Rating: 8.9/10 (207 votes)

When Sam Soon loses her job as a pastry chef on Christmas Eve, her problems are just beginning. She spots her boyfriend going into a hotel with another woman. At first she wants to charge right in there and confront him, but instead decides to wait for him to come out, planning to dump him in front of everybody. However, when he finally does materialize, Sam Soon breaks down and begs him not to leave her for the other woman.

Realizing she has made a fool of herself in public she runs to the bathroom, but accidentally goes into the men's room. Hyun Bin (Hyun Jin Hun), on a blind date he has no desire to go through with, walks in on Sam Soon, who is topless! And so begins the worst Christmas of Sam Soon's life!

When My Lovely Sam-Soon first aired, audiences immediately identified with Kim Sam-Soon's stereotype-breaking character. With her foul mouth and "unladylike" behavior, Sam-Soon challenges traditional ideas of what Korean women are like, by providing a glimpse of what a Korean woman is really like! Audiences responded by making My Lovely Sam-Soon the most watched K-Drama of the year, with a viewership rate of over 40 percent. Alternately hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking, My Lovely Sam-Soon - and Kim Sam-Soon herself - will win you over!

Info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477524/
http://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/samsoon
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/my_lovely_sam_soon.htm






TV rips by: LYON
Fansubs by: The Soompi team of 3344 aka Sam Soonie Loonies
(translators: hErsHy kiSsEz, chicade, NyCstrawberri21, xXeunhaexP, liseul)
(timers: Minshoo, JessixFFx).