

Season 1 • Episode 24
LatestBeautiful Days is a 2001 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Ji-woo, Ryu Shi-won and Lee Jung-hyun. It aired on SBS from March 14 to May 31, 2001 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Acting
Lee Byung-hun's smolder-to-sob pipeline is lethal.
Writing
Beauty salon family drama somehow becomes Shakespearean.
Production
That SBS budget hit different in 2001.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This drama helped launch the 'Korean Wave' across Asia, with Lee Byung-hun becoming one of Japan's biggest Hallyu stars.
Choi Ji-woo reportedly couldn't stop crying between takes even after cut was called; the director kept some of it.