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Magic

Magic

20043.01 Season16 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Kang-jae grew up under a jobless, gangster father. When Kang-jae accidentally meets Lee Dae-hae and his son Sun-mo, he feels more attached to Dae-hae than to his own father. Through Dae-hae and Sun-mo, Kang-jae learns the basics of magic as well as what fatherly love really means. Sun-mo, on the other hand, has a love-hate relationship with his father, who only cares about magic and nothing else. Meanwhile, Sun-mo is heartbroken by Dan-young, who falls in love with Kang-jae. Before that Dan-young was living with Sun-mo, mistakenly thinking that he is her long-lost brother before she was adopted. Yun-jin, Dan-young’s stepsister, instantly falls in love with Kang-jae and Kang-jae decides to marry her, not for love but for the sake of fulfilling his own ambitions at the price of spurning Dan-young.

NetworksSBS

Top Cast

Gang Dong-won

Gang Dong-won

Cha Kang-jae

Kim Hyo-jin

Kim Hyo-jin

Dan-young

Lee In

Lee In

Yoon Do-young

Yang Jin-woo

Yang Jin-woo

Lee Sun Mo

Yoon Yong-hyeon

Yoon Yong-hyeon

Gang Chi Sung

Seo In-seok

Seo In-seok

Lee Dae Hae

Lee Dae-yeon

Lee Dae-yeon

Yang Byung Soo

About Magic

Magic is a drama, romance series that first aired in 2004. it stars Gang Dong-won, Kim Hyo-jin, Lee In. Kang-jae grew up under a jobless, gangster father. When Kang-jae accidentally meets Lee Dae-hae and his son Sun-mo, he feels more attached to Dae-hae than to his own father. Through Dae-hae and Sun-mo, Kang-jae learns the basics of magic as well as what fatherly love really means. Sun-mo, on the other hand, has a love-hate relationship with his father, who only cares about magic and nothing else. Meanwhile, Sun-mo is heartbroken by Dan-young, who falls in love with Kang-jae. Before that Dan-young was living with Sun-mo, mistakenly thinking that he is her long-lost brother before she was adopted. Yun-jin, Dan-young’s stepsister, instantly falls in love with Kang-jae and Kang-jae decides to marry her, not for love but for the sake of fulfilling his own ambitions at the price of spurning Dan-young.

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