(taken from SBS site) -English Translation by Happy Day @ Soompi
English Character Chart by White Star @Viikii
Lee Ma Ri (Choi Ji Woo) / Asia’s greatest actress
Lee Ma Ri is the No. 1 actress of Korea and all of Asia. She is loved for her beautiful looks and fine acting talent. But she thinks of dating as a game. Every one of her boyfriends has been elite. To her, dating is only a game that stops once the marriage proposal is given. As soon as the diamond ring is out, she gets up and leaves without looking back.
Even so, there was once a sincere love for Ma Ri too. Ma Ri’s first love WooJin… who has mysteriously disappeared. When she receives a note from him one day, she heads for Asekaro.
Kim Chul Soo (Yoo Ji Tae) / Intelligent postgraduate student of Korean literature
He has the sculpted looks that can make the heart stop in 3 seconds, and is a Seoul National University lecturer going through the requirements for becoming a professor of Korean literature. He meets Ma Ri through business with her book. Sensitive and nit-picky, as well as cold, prickly, and mercilessly honest… He has the complex and easily irritated personality of a scholar.
When he gets work-involved with Ma Ri, he feels a flare of responsibility to shape her as an intelligent woman. Chul Soo’s greatest dread in the world is that Ma Ri’s feelings toward him will change. The closer he becomes with Ma Ri, the more Chul Soo gradually begins to look inside himself.
Jung Woo Jin (Lee Ki Woo) / The man who wants to protect Ma Ri
He is the man who heads straight for Ma Ri’s heart. Coincidentally, his name is the same as Ma Ri’s first love ‘Woo Jin.’ He falls for her after reading Ma Ri’s book “The Lover of Asekaro.” In her book, there is music, meaning, and also the sensibility and clear insights of a masterpiece. All of these factors line up perfectly with his own views of the world. He wonders if she is his soulmate. Actually, he had met Ma Ri once before. He saw her carelessly reject his high-and-almighty cousin Ha Young’s proposal. She was confident and beautiful. Cool woman, he thought. However, he didn’t know that this glamorous woman would possess such a delicate mind and the sensibilities of a genius.
He wants to remake Ma Ri’s book into a documentary.
Choi Eun Young (Cha Yeh Ryun)
She is Chul Soo’s colleague in Korean literature. Exhausted from the emotional tug-of-war between her and Chul Soo, she leaves to study abroad in Japan. She reunites with ChulSoo when he arrives in Japan.
