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AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.10 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 10:

Now that the relationship is out in the open, Eun-suh officially and unquestionably breaks up with Tae-suhk, which sends him spiraling out of control.  Meanwhile, Eun-suh's natural mother encourages her to give up on Joon-suh and allow herself to be adopted by the Yoon family.

The conflict between Joon-suh and his father increases.

Yumi attempts suicide, slicing her right (drawing) wrist.  Though she survived, her use of her hand may never be 100% again.  The guilt overwhelms both Joon-suh and Eun-suh. 

Guilt-ridden, Joon-suh returns to Yumi's side, helping her recover; Eun-suh gives her blessing and leaves Joon-suh.

Unbeknownst to Joon-suh, Eun-suh gets mysteriously ill.

Running time : 57min

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.09 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 9:

Joon-suh and Eun-suh run away together, ending up at a ranch where Eun-suh and her mother (choi) lived for a time.  As Yumi and Tae-suhk go frantic looking for them, Joon-suh and Eun-suh's relationship grows stronger until finally Joon-suh proposes to Eun-suh.

On her birthday, after a phone call to tell her Mother that she's ok, Eun-suh suddenly develops a nosebleed.  Tae-suhk finds them and brings them home.  When they return, Joon-suh and Eun-suh announce to everyone their intention to get married. 

Running time: 54min

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.08 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 8:

Joon-suh and Eun-suh take a trip to a cabin together, lying to their fiancees about where they're going.  But it rains and they are stranded there overnight.  Joon-suh and Eun-suh have a heart-to-heart.  Meanwhile, aware of the deceit, Yumi and Tae-suhk try to come to terms with Joon-suh and Eun-suh's relationship, each in his/her own way.  On the return, everyone lives with the lie, but the secret is out.

Tae-suhk goes to Eun-suh's mother (Mrs. Choi) to ask for permission to marry her daughter.  Mrs. Choi, afraid that the Han family would disapprove of her, asks the Yoons to take Eun-suh back.  The Yoons decide to adopt Eun-suh, which causes Shin-ae grief.  She responds by exposing Joon-suh's and Eun-suh's relationship.

note: On the YesAsia dvd, there's a short unsubtitled scene b/w Tae-suhk and Shin-ae.

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.07 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 7:

Eun-suh and Tae-suhk are now a couple.  Tae-suhk has turned over a new leaf, taking on the responsibilities of running the hotel, and dotes on Eun-suh.

Joon-suh and Yumi's relationship takes a turn.  Yumi knows Joon-suh doesn't love her, but yet refuses to give him up.

The Yoon parents arrive to visit Joon-suh and have a tearful reunion with Eun-suh.  Shin-ae, feeling rejected yet again, runs off and ends up in a less-pleasant reunion with her own former-mother.

Eun-suh decides to move into the Hotel's dormitory, but Shin-ae has secretly excluded her from the candidate list.  Eun-suh's mother refuses to let her back home, for her own good.   With nowhere else to go, she ends up ...

 

AUTUMN IN MY HEART Theme Tour (KOR)

I've finished watching AUTUMN IN MY HEART (aka ENDLESS LOVE, aka AN AUTUMN LOVE STORY) and have absolutely fallen in love with this Korean TV melodrama-series(and I'm not alone in that. It's been so incredibly popular that there are now THEME TOURS in Korea that visit the areas protrayed in AUTUMN IN MY HEART as well as WINTER SONATA (a followup series).  It's a really cool idea, especially given how popular the series have been.  If I were planning to go to Korea...

Here's the story from ThingsAsian.com [link]

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.06 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 6:

YOON Shin-ae, the former Choi daughter, returns after completing her MBA in America.  She's successful, beautiful and has everything.  It's an awkward reunion between Eun-suh and her.   They are civil and polite, but Shin-ae's animosity is obvious.

Joon-suh and Eun-suh grow more and more comfortable with each other and the bonds they had as youths is returning.

Yumi can feel Joon-suh slipping away and she won't let that happen.

Tae-Suhk continues to try to win over Eun-suh, going so far as to affect change in his life: he's trying to be a better person.  Shin-ae's affections for Tae-Suhk are not easily hidden and her machinations to get rid of Eun-suh begin.

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.05 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 5:

The Beach was an old favorite place for Joon-suh and Eun-suh.  Joon-suh and Yumi go there and surprisingly find Tah-suhk there.  Eun-suh spies them and runs to greet Joon-suh in an emotional reunion.

It's awkward for Joon-suh and Eun-suh, getting to know each other again after all these years.  More strangers than siblings, they struggle with how to act with each other and how to feel about each other.  In addition, it's difficult for them to quite explain their relationship, especially to Yumi, so they introduce each other as cousins.

As Eun-suh's homelife gets worse and worse, she goes to her Brother for comfort and Joon-Suh takes her in. 

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.04 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 4:

Adult Joon-suh continues to search for Eun-suh, but also must prepare for the Engagement Party.

CHOI Eun-suh works at the Hotel as a phone operator and is having continual monetary troubles.  She still lives with her mother, who now runs a little corner shop.  Together, they eke out a bare living.

Tae-Suhk (who runs the Hotel) meets Eun-suh and falls for her immediately, although his bet efforts to woo her prove more repellant than anything else. But he's not going to give up and has her transfered to HouseCleaning as a maid... as HIS maid.

Joon-suh continues to seek her out, but is on the verge of giving up.

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.03 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 3:

Eun-suh is now CHOI Eun-Suh and Shin-ae is now firmly entrenched as YOON Shin-ae as the girls begin life in their new homes.  For Shin-ae, life is difficult being in the shadow of beloved Eun-suh and thus she lashes out; for Eun-suh, she faces her life with a Cinderella-ish optimism and warmth. 

For Mr and Mrs Yoon, the emotional struggles continue.  Mr Yoon has agreed to take a position in the United States and the familiy will be moving there, taking Joon-Suh and Shin-ae, but they cannot bear the thought of "abandoning Eun-suh in that awful place."  Mrs. Yoon meets with Mrs. Choi and asks to take and raise Eun-suh.  Mrs. Choi agrees, but Eun-suh won't go.  She knows she must stay with her mother and must let the Yoons go.

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It's now 9 years later and an adult Joon-suh returns.  He's about to have his engagement party where he formally introduces Yumi, a fellow artist he met in the United States, as his fiancee.  First, he wants to find his long-lost "sister", Eun-suh, but she's moved several times since and there's no finding her.  Instead, he meets up with his old friend, Tae-suhk.

Tae-suhk is the wealthy, good-for-nothing, lazy son of the Hotel Owner; he's also engaging, vivacious, charismatic, and fun.  He's the William Holden character in SABRINA and he's been banished to run the hotel (the duties which he suitably ignores).

AUTUMN IN MY HEART 1.02 Synopsis (KOR)

Episode 2:

Mr and Mrs Yan have now seen their daughter for the first time and are brought ever-more into Mrs. Choi's life.  They discover that her husband is dead and that her son is a thug.  Is that the environment for their biological daughter?  While Mr. Yan reaches out to Shin-ae, going as far as buying her a stuffed animal, Mrs. Yan willfully refuses to open up.   For Mrs Choi, life is not easy and realizing that her daughter is not her own, brings her own pitiful state more starkly into view. 

The tension between the girls escalates when the girls learn the truth.  And by the end, the girls switch positions as Shin-ae desperately wants to leave her hard life and Eun-Suh knows that she must go to her real mother.