Nam Sang-mi back in Life Is Beautiful

February 2nd, 2010 // by javabeans


Nam Sang-mi, Yoo Min

Looks like the disagreement is at an end: actress Nam Sang-mi has officially signed back on to the upcoming drama Life Is Beautiful, only a week after dropping out due to a “difference of opinion” with producers that could not be resolved (at the time). The drama has also added another actress, Yoo Min, as well as being the drama (but not acting) debut of former Seeya singer Nam Gyuri.

Yoo Min is the stage name of Japanese actress Fueki Yuko, who has a number of Korean dramas to her credit, including Bad Housewife, Wuri’s Family, and All In. She also had a recent stint on IRIS portraying a Japanese spy. In Jeju Island-based Life is Beautiful, she plays a cheerful Korean woman who grew up in Japan, who falls for Song Chang-eui’s character. Nam, meanwhile, plays a cute, mid-twentysomething young woman with an affectionate relationship with her doting parents and a lot of popularity with men.

The drama premieres on March 13 following SBS’s Smile.

Via Star News, My Daily

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16 Comments

  1. 1 Reese - Feb 2, 2010 at 7:44 am

    A tiny bit confused. Is Nam Sang-mi in a different role or in the same one she had before she left?

    Either way, I’ll still be watching this.

  2. 2 ghian - Feb 2, 2010 at 7:45 am

    life will be greatly beautiful :)
    i think this drama will be good…
    i’m looking forward to it’s recaps….
    :D

  3. 3 Sonam - Feb 2, 2010 at 7:56 am

    I hope the lovely NSM got what she wanted.

  4. 4 Emeldy - Feb 2, 2010 at 8:40 am

    I like the cast but……. i am in dilemma , 50 episode……….

  5. 5 pabo ceo reom - Feb 2, 2010 at 10:37 am

    Yay glad to hear things worked out :)

    I haven’t heard from Yoo Min in a long time.

  6. 6 Alyssia - Feb 2, 2010 at 10:50 am

    Glad Nam Sang Mi is back. I was thinking about not watching it since she’s out. I love her in these high spirit characters.

    Man why do they make these so long. 30 is good..but 50…eck.. wonder if any groups will even sub this.

  7. 7 oi - Feb 2, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    just fantastic that NSM is back
    hope it will be a good drama

  8. 8 anna - Feb 2, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    Nam Sang-mi’s drama roles are always the same: cute, bubbly type of character.

  9. 9 Kobe - Feb 2, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    Great news! Now I have two Jeju island based dramas to look forward to in March with this one and Paradise Ranch.

    @ Anna

    She wasn’t really cute n bubbly in ToDaW, and has had a couple of serious roles in horror movies.

  10. 10 yen_nguyen - Feb 2, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    @9: agree, she is impressive in Time of Dog and wolf
    I always like her.
    N hope some team will sub this. ( 50 ehhhh???)

  11. 11 bjharm - Feb 2, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    She always appealing, differently has that X factor ,but 50 episodes, looks like anther one I pass up on

  12. 12 Molly - Feb 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    I’m always curious – do Japanese actresses in Korean dramas use primarily Japanese or Korean?

  13. 13 Jun - Feb 2, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    I will watch it… just because NamSangMi is my fave, anyone know who the male lead will be?

  14. 14 sarah - Feb 5, 2010 at 1:11 am

    i remember i used to get Yoomi and Han Ji Hye confused
    lol

  15. 15 bd - Feb 6, 2010 at 1:06 am

    Nice to see Yoo Min back to doing more Korean dramas.

    @Molly

    Depends on the actor/actress, but most usually end up speaking primarily Korean.

    Yoo Min is fluent in Korean so pretty much all her roles have her speaking Korean.

  16. 16 Stacey Lee - Feb 21, 2010 at 8:57 am

    Great! She’s back! I definitely will watch this TV series no matter how many episodes as long as NSM is in the drama.

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