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Stairway to Heaven starring Choi Ji Woo and Kwon Sang Woo

An epic romance and Kdrama classic, Stairway to Heaven achieved huge popularity both home and abroad. Famous ever since its broadcast in 2003, it helped define what the term "Kdrama" stands for today, from its stunning settings and cinematography to its nuanced, luminous acting. Melodrama queen Choi Ji Woo of Winter Sonata and Kwon Sang Woo of film smash hit My Tutor Friend, superstars of the older generation of Korean actors, paired together for this compelling romantic drama, while co-star Kim Tae Hee (Love Story in Harvard, Iris) also attained lasting popularity from Stairway to Heaven.

The relationship of childhood sweethearts Cha Song Joo (Kwon Sang-woo) and Hang Jung Suh (Choi Ji-woo) becomes complicated when Jung Suh's father remarries. Along with a new stepmother, Jung Suh also has a new introverted stepbrother, Han Tae Hwa (Shin Hyun Joon) and a scheming stepsister, Han Yuri (Kim Tae Hee). Gradually, Tae Hwa falls in love with kind-hearted Jung Suh and Yuri decides to pursue Song Joo. Nothing can shake the bond between Jung Suh and Song Joo, however, not even Song Joo's departure to study abroad in America.

On the night of his return, however, Jung Suh is mysteriously hit by a car and believed dead. Having lost her memory in the crash, she is taken in by Tae Hwa, who relocates and gives her another name. Five years later, on the eve of his engagement to Yuri, Song Joo sees someone who looks exactly like his lost love Jung Suh...

Also known as Stairs to Heaven and Steps in Paradise.

Cast

  • Sang Kwon
    Kwon Sang Woo as
    Cha Song-ju
  • Ji Choi
    Choi Ji Woo as
    Han Jung-suh
  • Tae Kim
    Kim Tae Hee as
    Han Yu-ri
  • Hyun Shin
    Shin Hyun Joon as
    Han Tae-hwa
  • Shin Park
    Park Shin Hye as
    Young Han Jung-suh/Kim Ji-su

  • Hwi Lee
    Lee Hwi Hyang as
    Tae Mira (Tae-hwa & Yuri's mother)
  • Jae Ha
    Ha Jae Young as
    Han Su-ha (Jung-suh's father)
  • Ji Kim
    Kim Ji Sook as
    Chairman Min Suh-hyun (Song-ju's mother)
  • Han Jung
    Jung Han Yong as
    Han Pil-su (Tae-hwa & Yuri's father)
  • Wan Lee
    Lee Wan as
    young Han Tae-hwa/Han Chul-su

  • Ji Park
    Park Ji Mi as
    young Han Yuri

Drama Information

Native Name: 천국의 계단
# of Episodes: 20
Network: SBS
Year: 2003
Director: Lee Jang Soo


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thaowendy

Posted 1 day ago

Thumbs up! It's a good drama if you like the ones that make you cry a lot. Some people may not like it, but I enjoy it dearly! So if you hate depressing dramas, skip this one, don't give it a bad rating!

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runitsnano

Posted 4 days ago

DEPRESSING its soo tragic that after seeing the entire drama, i really wished I didnt. Thank goodness this was not my first korean drama or I'd really think twice before giving another drama a chance. All my korean friends told me this drama was a classic, a must see, but honestly I'd rather skip this! SPOILER ALERT. waaayyy too many bad things happened to her that it doesnt seem like she catches a break AT ALL, which is irritating to me. What the hell is the damn point of this story then?! she gets into a car accident, loses memory, step sister engaged to her lover, she and lover reunites, she becomes blind, step brother gives up his life so she can see, she then has brain cancer and dies anyway. wtf??????

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tvintrigued

Posted 5 days ago

typical drama plot lost memory, other tried to look for her when she forgot, gain memory but the other gave up. watching ep 9 right now it it annoys the hell out of me that when she had the chance to tell joon soo that she was jung suh she just stands there and cry, Then there is a whole running scene when she wants to tell him but she couldm't catch up to him and when she finally does security guards pull her away. This doesn''t match with story b/c if joon soo did really love her and believe she could be jung soo he should have ran with her to somewhere and listen to what she has to say

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ronl342

Posted 9 days ago

So So. The reason for me watching this drama was due to the fact that it was popular so I decided to give it a shot. Wow! I think the cast cried more than me when I was a young child. The storyline was not realistic and there is too much happening at once. This drama is too depressing and sad.

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smoovebabe

Posted 11 days ago

Soooooooo good! These folks don't joke about being in love. The baddies don't joke about being bad either! lol! All that's left to say is grab a box of tissues and ENJOY!!!!!!!!

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Toledox

Posted 11 days ago

successfully expresses cruelty of stepsister Writer, director describes that character of stepsister is cruel. Director wants viewers to see the cruelty of stepsister. The actress (who plays the character of the step sister) successfully expresses the cruelty of the stepsister. After seeing drama, I hate the stepsister & I must recognize that the actress (who plays the character of the stepsister) did the great job. The more I hate the stepsister, the more successful job actress did. Anyway, I do not like the storyline, it is too sad & heavy.

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koreangirl36

Posted 12 days ago

Episode 2 The only sad thing in episode 2 was in the beginning when the dad came to give shoes to Tae-Hwa but he didn't know and the dad said it was a birthday gift and cried.......To me it's like really sad to me. Your own kid doesn't want you to visit and give them a birthday gift. If that happened to me, I would cry my body out.

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sibyl1210

Posted 13 days ago

^_^ :) When Song Jo and Han Jung Suh looking @ each other.... they stare longer than my cat....lol!! This is my first Korean Drama and I love it soo much and I'm hooked, ..... Please post Autumn Tale, Wonderful Life and Save the Last dance also. Thanks for posting. <3

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xxshadyy

Posted 13 days ago

Love it! This is what got me in watching kdramas.. loved it ! very sad and dramatic but i got addicted :)

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euniqueleigh

Posted 22 days ago

i loved it but... As I was enjoying the episodes... At the time where the main characters dressed up as the prince and cinderella I thought it was my monitor. If you look closely on top of the screen you can actually see those long mikes they use for filming moving up and down lol. It kinda threw me off a lil' then again it happen on the last episode where she was dying on the beach. Not only that they ajusted the monitor without even editing the part. Thru it all I still give them a five rating because this was the first korean episode that gave way for the rest to come. It was my first official korean episode back in '04. This is the second time I've watched since:)

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