TO READ KDRAMA SCRIPTS
THESE ARE ALL IN KOREAN. If you cannot read Korean, I’m sorry, but please don’t ask people to translate scripts into English. They are simply not available in English, not unless someone took it upon him/herself to do it.
Scripts are mostly in HWP or TXT format.
To read HWP files, will need to download the free Hangul software viewer from the manufacturer’s Haansoft’s Hangul Page. (Click on the first little diskette icon.)
You will not be able to edit or alter these HWP documents (unless you buy the full-featured software from Haansoft).
To read TXT files, you may need to download the Korean Language Pack from Microsoft.
If you open a TXT file and it’s all gibberish, a helpful trick is to right-click the file and “Open with” a web browser. It should then open in your browser and display correctly, and you can then save it with the correct Unicode formatting.
NOTE ON SCRIPTS
These may differ slightly from the aired versions of the dramas. The reasons are many, but include last-minute editing changes, reordering of scenes, actors ad-libbing, or final rewrites. Use these as a language tool, but don’t get too confused when the written page doesn’t follow the dramas word-for-word.
I haven’t read through them all, so let me know if something needs to be fixed.
Enjoy!!
SCRIPTS
AUTUMN FAIRY TALE [가을동화], aka Autumn In My Heart
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH WITH 2 OUTS [9회말 2아웃]
BOYS BEFORE FLOWERS [꽃보다남자], aka Korean Hana Yori Dango
Episodes 1-4
CAPITAL SCANDAL [경성스캔들], aka Scandal in Old Seoul
CATCH A KANGNAM MOTHER [강남엄마 따라잡기]
CHOSUN POLICE, SEASON 1 [별순검], aka Byulsoongeom
COFFEE PRINCE STORE #1 [커피프린스 1호점]
DAE JANG GEUM [대장금], aka Jewel in the Palace (Episodes 1-30 only)
DELIGHTFUL GIRL CHOON HYANG [쾌걸춘향]
FANTASY COUPLE [환상의 커플], aka Couple or Trouble
GENERAL HOSPITAL 2 [종합병원2] (Episodes 1-6)
GET KARL OH SOO JUNG [칼잡이 오수정]
GOLDEN BRIDE [황금신부] (Episodes 1-22 only)
HELLO MY TEACHER [건빵선생과 별사탕], aka Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy
HOW TO MEET A PERFECT NEIGHBOR [완벽한 이웃을 만나는 법]
HWANG JINI [황진이] (Episodes 1-10)
ILJIMAE [일지매] (SBS version starring Lee Junki)
I’M SORRY, I LOVE YOU [미안하다, 사랑한다], aka MISA
THE LAST SCANDAL OF MY LIFE [내 생애 마지막 스캔들]
A LOVE TO KILL [이 죽일놈의 사랑], aka IJUKSA
MERRY VS. DAEGU BATTLE [메리대구 공방전]
MIXED-UP INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY [얼렁뚱땅 흥신소], aka Evasive Inquiry Agency
MY NAME IS KIM SAMSOON [내 이름은 김삼순], aka My Lovely Samsoon
RESURRECTION [부활], aka Rebirth
ROSE-COLORED LIFE [장밋빛 인생], aka A Rosy Life
SANGDOO! LET’S GO TO SCHOOL [상두야! 학교가자]
SINGLE PAPA IN LOVE [싱글파파는 열애중] (Episodes 1-14 only)
SURGEON BONG DAL HEE [외과의사 봉달희]
TALE OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX [구미호 외전] aka Gumiho
TIME OF DOG AND WOLF [개와늑대의 시간]
WHAT STAR DID YOU COME FROM? [넌 어느 별에서 왔니]
WHEN NIGHT COMES [밤이면 밤마다], aka When It’s At Night
WHO ARE YOU? [누구세요?] (Episodes 1-7 only)
WINTER BIRD [가을새] (Episodes 1-11 only)
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hi
i am a new one.
i want to read the powerful opponents kdrama script.
can any one know?
pls upload it for me if u have it.
coz i already fall in love with KSH.
Wow! this is amazing =]]
Am I allowed to make a request here?
I’ve been looking everywhere for “Who Are You?” scripts…do you think you can put them up on here? I’d really appreciate it! =D
I would like to second Boba’s request also!!
but please, take your time ^_^
I’m sure the scripts aren’t easy to find..
Many thanks in advance Javabeans!!
Powerful Opponents, like most other KBS scripts, can be read on line from the KBS site
http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/kangjeok/view/view/index.html
You do not need tor register first, and there is no charge.
Since Who Are You is an MBC drama, it’s a bit more complicated. The list and the links are here
http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/whoru/vod/index.html
But to get at the scripts themselves you need to register with the site, and get a Munwha cash account so you can pay 200 Won (20 cents) to view each script. Same applies for SBS scripts. Both sites allow you to register in what they think is English: anyone who knows enough Korean to get anything out of these scripts might find it easier to ignore the “English” option and register using the Korean language signup process instead.
All three stations attempt to stop you doing anything with the scripts except read them on-line. They show up in windows where copying to the clipboard, and printing are disabled. In addition, MBC allows you access for 24 hours only after you part with your 20 cents. SBS, meaner still restricts you to just one hour of access only.
Of course, people find their way round these restrictions and post the scripts in various blogs and cafes . But plainly that takes time. So if you want to see the script of a drama that aired a day or a week ago, you need to go to the station sites.
can you find the cript of my last scandal??
thanks a lot!!
For anyone prepared to stump up 20 cents for 24 hours’ peep, the Last Scandal scripts are all at
http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/lastscandal/vod/index.html
No doubt they will “leak” on to less restrictive sites sooner or later.
BTW I should have added in my previous post: all the script viewing sites of the three main networks require IE running on Windows. If you try any other browser or platform, you either won’t see the scripts listed, or else you won’t be able to get at them from whaver listings you do see. But then, the visit of Bill Gates to Korea last week was the #1 item in the news bulletins of the day…
Added scripts for Bulhandang (Robbers), On Air, Who Are You?, Rivals, Single Papa. Some sets are incomplete for now.
Wow, thank you SO much for all these scripts, javabeans! You are truly amazing. =)
I have a small request though. Can you get the script for the drama Fashion 70′s (Joo Jin Mo, Lee Yo Won, etc) somehow?
hi javabeans … thank you for compiling, another great opportunity for ppl who are learning the language.
have recently downloaded the script for ‘On Air’ ; but, aside File #1 and #2, the rest of the files are not readable. Would it be possible to re-do for us? please
thank you.
sam.
Hmmm. Javabeans has gone to a lot of trouble to put this unique collection together, and also to explain, several times, how to read the files. Before asking her to re-do anything, I suggest simply scrolling back through these comments.
The only thing slightly different about the On Air zip is that the first 2 .txt files are encoded in utf-8 unicode, whereas the rest are in the Korea-specific euc-kr encoding as used on the station websites. But all of the files can be read by following instructions already clearly given in comments above. In other words, all of them will open without problems in a browser on any machine with Korean support. And you can also load and read them all in MS Word or Open Office writer. What you can’t do is just double-click them into Notepad on a machine not configured for Korean Windows. But that’s not really a problem.
thank you, gramps
can now read those files after changing the encoder. thank you
i love the drama scripts! thanks a lot!!
is there any possibility of getting “Gourmet”‘s script?…
Hi! I don’t want to be a bother, but is there any way to find New Heart’s script or is it too recent a drama?
Also, do you know where I can find Hello My Teacher and in Korean 건빵선생과 별사탕 (aka Hardtack Teacher and Star Candy or Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy)?
Does anyone have the sript to the sitcom ‘Soulmate’? I wanted to rewatch it with the script but I couldn’t find it… Or could anyone just tell me what ‘script’ is in Korean? XD
Thank you~
I think you’re going to be out of luck with Soulmate. AKAIK the scripts were never put on the official site by MBC, hence they never leaked from there to other places. Sometimes scripts are posted on private or UCC sites that originate from somewhere other than an official site, but that’s pretty rare.
In general, on official sites, the scripts are labelled 대본. Sometimes when they’ve been taken from these official sites (which have varying degrees of annoying restrictions, as I’ve outlined in earlier comments) and re-uploaded onto blogs or cafes, the Konglish term 스크립트 is used, so it’s worth searching for both.
On official sites, you generally find the scripts in the VOD or archive section for the drama concerned — i.e. you find the specific drama home page first — Soompi and/or d-addicts.com will usually give a link to it, then you locate the VOD/archive section off that page, and the most common label for that is 다시보기 (which is where you get to “see” things “again”, hence the mistranslation as “review” on some sites).
The snag with the Soulmate site is that the labels are all in cursive Hangeul, imitating casual handwriting, which a lot of learners, me included, find tough going. And of course, it’s extra frustrating to find that the actual listing doesn’t offer the scripts anyway.
If you want to take a look, it’s at http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/soulmate/vod/index.html
You will find little icons there looking like a printed page (such as are indeed often used to point to scripts) but in this case they are just the brief teaser/preview summaries that were put up before the actual episodes aired. Maybe useful if you are trying to locate a particular episode by its general contents, but not for much else.
Sorry to bear bad news on that one, but there are a lot of other scripts within easy reach, thanks to javabeans.
Thanks Gramps!!! I’ve found the script at a naver cafe ^^~ with your tips! Thank you very much! Now I can rewatch Soulmate…
Yes, there are a lot of scripts available thanks to javabeans!
Where can I find the scripts for the new drama My Woman..
Ohhhh!!
you made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks thanks thanks!!
고마워요!!!
do u think u culd upload Lawyerz of korea script? My korean is prtty good but watching what is ritten might help mi.
Please I need the script for the korean serial “Spring Time” or it some times refered as “Days Of Youth” or Chungchoon 청춘(青春) . it produced on 1999 and
written by Yuk Jung Won, stars Kim Hyun Ju and Jang Dong Gun
I need it urgent please, If any one knows, please tell me.
dolce: As I’ve said very often already: the chances of finding the script of a drama that’s still still airing such as LOK anywhere “in the wild” are pretty low, though you can always go hunting in the on-line cafes and forums along the lines I’ve indicated before it you want to try.
If you can’t wait for the scripts to escape MBC’s cage, you can take a peek for 24 hours at 20 cents a time at the scripts of the episodes so far on the official site
http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/law/vod/index.html
Dalia: I’d guess you are on to a loser with a series as old as Chungchoon. I’m not sure MBC, or any other station, put scripts on line in those days, and their archives don’t go back anwwhere near that far.
A few additional escapee scripts. These are all utf-8 Unicode text. Meaning they can be read on any recent-ish computer without any hoop-jumping.
jbeans: feel free to merge these into your top listing if you wish.
La Dolce Vita http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PT545MJR
Kangjeok (Dangerous Opponents) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXKPEB6B
Spotlight http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OWW4UJGT
My Sweel Seoul http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z38Z856I
Gramps…
the link at #100 says “The Page doesn’t Exist”
Ah yes, so it does, sorry about that. But three months is a long time in web-link land. Haansoft eventually put their site back together again, after completely reorganizing it, changing every single link, and removing most of their supposedly English pages. In the meantime, Javabeans has revised her link to the viewer up top, and her description of how to locate correct download link on the page concerned, and it now matches the actual site again as it did orginally. The viewer is now the 2007 version.
But while I’m on the topic, for people who want to edit *.hwp format documents rather than just view them, there is another less expensive way than getting the full HWP application.
I’ve been using the Namo Web Editor, an excellent piece of Korean software (tho with full English docs — and that’s real English for once) for Web page creation for close on 10 years now. It does 80% of what Dreamweaver does for under a third of the price. What I hadn’t realized till last week (cos I’d never thought to try it) is that it will also open *hwp documents, and you can edit them then save them as html, which can in turn be loaded into Word and further edited and saved as a *doc file if you so wish. It lists at about $100 but some on-line stores have it for $75 or less. A good deal cheaper than HWP and it really is very useful web page editor as well if you need that sort of thing. Or if you just want to have a binge of getting all those hwp files up above there into a more convenient format, you can download the free trial version and get the job done in the trial period (30 days, ISTR)
Their US site is http://www.namo.com/products/webeditor.php
A few more scripts that got away. As before these are all text files.
In-soon is Pretty http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HIGDF6M3
3 Dads 1 Mom http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XC4OMYLU
Strongest Chilwoo http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LRJBGLTA
at #120…
Kim Yeong-ae acted in that drama (“Cheong-chun”)!!!
here’s proof: http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3388/2iw0.png
she’s so pretty 30 years ago!!! (that pic of KYA was in 1978).
would like to know whether there are scripts for gourmet?
or, where could i find it? Gramps, which cafe are you referring to? ^^”
If you don’t mind obeying the visiting rules of the SBS Zoo (200 Won per script and you only get to peer at the scripts through the bars of their cage for a measly hour) the page to go to is
http://wizard2.sbs.co.kr/resource/template/contents/07_review_list.jsp?vProgId=1000460&vVodId=V0000330621&vMenuId=1008823
As for on-line cafes where scripts are sometimes to be found lying around, there are hundreds, maybe thousands of them on Korean hosts like Naver. Some are by invitation only, and even with an invite, the deep-rooted Korean urge to keep foreigners at bay often prevents you registering unless you have the right combination of genes and a national ID number. Before javabeans opened up this page, I got most of my tips about the whereabouts of fugitive scripts from Japanese friends who tracked them down on sites in their language (which I can’t read).
this is really great! aside from being a K-addict for 1 year now, it’s nice to note that i can also read the scripts of the Kdramas i’ve seen or haven’t seen (yet). i especially notice that Kdramas got good dialogues which are almost always stimulating! one example is Winter Sonata, Spring Waltz, Lovers in Paris among others. I liked that dialogue of Lee Dong when he confessed his love to Kang Tae Young in the music (bar) saying something along the lines that she resides in his heart although he doesn’t know who resides in hers… something like that, may not be exact wordings but that’s my favorite line in that drama.
The great thing about having these scripts is that you can go straight to the exact wording if you like (and in that drama the scripts were followed rather more closely in more recent productions)
수혁: 난 어땠을 거 같은데? 사랑하는 여자가 내 앞에서 우는데, 내 힘으론 아무 것도 해 줄 수가 없어서 다른 남자한테 부탁해야 되는 내 기분은 어땠을 거 같은데!
태영: …무, 무슨 말이야…?
수혁: 지금 내가 무슨 말하는지 몰라?
태영: (당황해서) 아, 아니…
[수혁은 태영의 손을 자신의 가슴에 가져다 갖다 댄다.
태영은 영문을 몰라 하고...]
수혁: 이 안에… 너 있다.
태영: …
수혁: 니 맘 속에 누가 있는지 모르지만, 내 맘 속에 너 있어.
That last sentence especially really brings home what people miss who aren’t able to let the flow and density of the Korean hit them “as it comes” . I don’t think there’s any way of getting that across with the same force, rhythm and impact in another language.
Thank you, Gramps. I love the In Soon Is Pretty series also but it will be some time before I can look up that script. LDV which I have just finished watching is first on my list.
I want to download “When it’s at night ‘s script”. Have sonebody know website that I can download it. Please tell me. Thank you.
Hi, um, i was wondering…
since your site posts scripts for korean dramas, do you know any sites that post scripts for japanese dramas?
If you don’t, then it’s alright..
thanks!
hey javabeans,
i’m not too sure if it’s my computer or not, but i can’t dl the script to White Tower. after clicking the “download now” button, the page goes to “your download will begin shortly” and after waiting and clicking the “here” button it goes back to the screen before, that has the big button with “download now”. is the file still there to download? or is there another place i can download the script?
thanks a lot javabeans!
#134 No it’s not your computer. That link is broken. To save javabeans some hassle, maybe someone who downloaded it earlier could re-up it to a filesharing site and post the link here? I can’t do that myself because I can’t stand either hospitals or hospital dramas, so I never watched the drama or read the script.
Heyy.. I LOVE your site and your reviews have been specially helpful.. i’ wanted to download some scripts.. but i can’t seem to!
everytime it says download will start in … seconds.l. and then it says click here to start your download and then download will start in .. seconds again!
is there a way i could get them??
anybody send me
full house
attic cat
coffee prince
delightful girl chun hyang
fantasy couple
goong
que sera sera
snow queen
lovers in paris
kim sam soon
??
i know its a lot.. but anybody who has them?!
*winkswinks*
my email is around_the_world_21192@yahoo.com.au
or add me on facebook (Betty Choi) and get in contact with me!
please!
xx
Bee: your email ID suggests you’re in Oz. In that case, you may be in for bad news. This is an area where Internet rumors are currently rife, so I’ll start with what facts can be glimpsed, then add some would-be explanatory rumors.
1) Since late August 2008 some users in the UK and shortly after than in Australia too have been experiencing exactly the behavior you describe with Zshare. At first the problems were intermittent, and affected only customers of only two specific UK ISPs, but then they spread to many more UK ISPs. Similarly in Australia.
2) The ISP’s concerned have repeatedly denied that they are interfering with Zshare traffic and blame the Zshare servers in general or the way those servers try to get round popup blockers for the inability to download.
Beyond that, it’s just speculation, boosted by the fact that 2) doesn’t explain why users in other countries aren’t reporting the problem. The most popular rumor is that the UK ISPs are indeed blocking download (and streaming) access to ZShare as part of a program that is intended to extend to all similar sites in due course.
Now all large ISP’s lie as a matter of routine, but it’s puzzling that some small ISP’s who are not habitual liars are equally emphatic that they are not responsible for the problem and that it does indeed seem to lie with the Zshare servers. That started the second runner in the rumor race, which is that Zshare are retaliating against initial UK ISP blocking attempts by refusing to deliver downloads or streams to any UK IP addresses. (There’s a subrumor that some Australian address blocks got mistakenly included in a ZShare blacklist) A point in favor of that is that when the “download” screen returns, the download counter has been bumped. It’s as though Zshare responds to requests from certain IP ranges by faking a successful download, so that the original uploader isn’t aware of any problem. It’s hard to see technically how this could be done except by deliberate action at the Zshare end. OTOH what would be the commercial point of shutting out an entire country?
Whatever the truth may be, it does seem that UK dwellers (and maybe at least some of them in Oz) are not going to be able to get any more downloads from Zshare, including most of the links at the top of this page.
ACTUALLY-. my email does suggest i’m from oz.. but i’m living in argentina, south america, right now..so shouldn’t the links work??
(sorry u had to post up all the info.. >.< )
x
BEE: — Depends on whether the explanation that blames Z-share is right. Some IP address blocks originally allocated to Europe have been re-assigned to ISPs in other countries to meet demand there. If Z-share is using out-of-date allocation data to refuse service to UK users, the re-allocated addresses will be hit as well. And yours may be one of them. Try getting a download via someone who has a different ISP from yours. It’s certainly suspicious that what you report about the site’s behavior exactly matches the experience of very many UK users and quite a few Australian ones. Google if you want to read a lot of very angry postings from people who share your problem (along with some well-intentioned but mostly futile advice re proxies etc.)
But whatever the underlying reason, the bottom line for UK residents at least, along with anyone else caught up in this, is that Z-share hosted d/ls (which I think covers most of javabeans’ files) may not be available to them unless whoever is messing about changes their mind. One thing is sadly clear: there’s nothing either excluded users or the original uploaders can do about it.
The same thing is happening to me and i’m from Brazil = I really wanted Hwang Jin Yi scripts T-T I hope that a good soul reupload it in another site soon ^^
Javabeans, your blog is perfect!!! I really enjoy reading it =D
This problem is obviously spreading. I just tried from Germany, with the same (non) result, though it worked from there two days back when UK access didn’t. Looks like it really is Zshare who are doing something stupid with incoming IP addresses. Either that or their servers are seriously hosed.
Since this hits nearly all download links on javabeans’ pages, could people in other parts of the world maybe try to access any of the script links above and see what happens?
O~K.
so it seems that i won’t be able to download them..
so there’s only one thing i can do..
can anybody who can actually download them be so kind as to send me the aforementioned texts?
just in case, they’re :
full house, attic cat, coffee prince, delightful girl chun hyang, fantasy couple
goong, que sera sera, snow queen, lovers in paris, kim sam soon
and my email is: around_the_world_21192@yahoo.com.au
soo .. please be a ‘kindred soul’ ~
thanks in advance!
xx B
Thank you for the new scripts uploaded!!!!
love them!
Though there’s been no announcement that I’ve seen, javabeans appears to have moved all the scripts away from Z-share to Mediafire, so the inability to access them should be over and everyone should be able to download them again.
A little announcement from me, too. I’m no longer subscribing to megaupload or maintaining files there, so the links I’ve posted in earlier comments to scripts which aren’t in javabeans’ list may become unavailable. So anyone who wants those scripts had better get them sooner rather than later.
Does anyone have the scripts to stairways to heaven?
how come i have an rar format?? and not hwp format
i’ve downloaded haansoft viewer. how do i read it in english???
Thank you so much for providing the many scripts here. they really make my study of korean language much more interesting! where do you find the scripts? I’ve been looking for the script of ‘bad family”. have you come across? appreciate very much if you could help me find it please please…. 부탁드립니다. 고맙습니다
dear all, if you are requesting for subtitles, please provide the name of the drama in Korean alphabets (한글). otherwise, it is extremely difficult to find the scripts for you. the same Korean drama title is likely to have a few variations in English. thanks!
please email me at priscillasoo@gmail.com if you need any subtitles, i will try my best to get them for you. ^^
When will you get the scripts for the other episodeㄴ of 꽃보다 남자?