| High Society | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | The Privileged |
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| Written by | Ha Myung-hee |
| Directed by | Choi Young-hoon |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Ha Geun-young |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Moon Bo-mi |
| Producers | Han Jung-hwan Yoo Hyun-ki Kim Dong-ho Kim Si-hwan |
| Cinematography | Seo Deuk-won Moon Gi-seop |
| Editors | Park In-cheol Shin Sook |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | HB Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | June 8 (2015-06-08) – July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28) |
High Society (Korean:상류사회;RR:Sangnyusahoe) is a 2015South Korean television series starringUee,Sung Joon,Park Hyung-sik andLim Ji-yeon.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It aired onSBS TV from June 8 to July 28, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes.[9][10]
Jang Yoon-ha (Uee) is the youngest daughter of achaebol family. Her family is a mess. Hated by her mother, she wants to live a normal life like a normal person. Her parents arrange for her to marry a young chaebol Yoo Chang-soo (Park Hyung-sik). She hides her identity and works as a part-time sales woman in a supermarket and befriends with Lee Ji-yi (Lim Ji-yeon) who wants to marry a rich man and starts dreaming about it. Lee Ji-yi has a crush on Choi Joon-gi (Sung Joon), a brilliant and hard-working friend of Yoo Chang-soo, who comes from a poor family and wants to become rich by marrying a rich girl. Joon-gi catches Yoon-ha's attention. Joon-gi confesses his feelings to Yoon-ha and asks her to become his girlfriend. Yoon-ha starts a relationship with Joon-gi and it goes well. Meanwhile, Yoo Chang-soo flirts with Lee Ji-yi and they become a couple.
Yoon-ha and her brother, who is the only hope of the top management of the company, plan to take a trip to Mexico. Yoon-ha gets off the flight early, with her brother's blessing, in order to spend more time with her new boyfriend, Joon-gi. After reaching Mexico, Yoon-ha's brother boards a yacht which crashes and is destroyed against a reef. He is presumed dead, even though his body is not found. Yoon-ha's mother blames Yoon-ha for her son's death and starts crying and drinking continuously. Joon-gi secretly released Yoon-ha's photo in public without her knowledge and reveals that she is an heiress. Yoon-ha becomes a celebrity. Yoon-ha's brother transferred all of his shares to Yoon-ha. One day, Yoon-ha visits Joon-gi's house. She meets his mother and unknowingly she shows Yoon-ha's childhood photo in Joon-gi's drawer. Heartbroken Yoon-ha leaves his house angrily, she decides to join in the company for cosmetics department. Yoon-ha's sister would do anything to have control over the company. On the other hand, Yoo Chang-soo and Lee Ji-yi relationship is shaken by Chang-soo's mother.
She wants to break their relationship and to marry Yoon-ha. Choi Joon-gi realises his love for Yoon-ha and wants to reconcile with her. Yoon-ha uses her popularity to make a huge profit in the cosmetics department and becomes a higher authority in the company. Later, Yoon-ha unites with Joon-gi. Yoon-ha discovers her brother's secret documents filed against her sister about cosmetics ingredients trades in the company.
At last it is revealed that Yoon-ha's brother is alive and he comes back to the company. Choi Joon-gi quits his job. Yoo Chang-soo becomes stressed and drinks continuously which makes his mother unite him with Lee Ji-yi. Finally, Yoon-ha's sister is thrown out of the company. Joon-gi proposes to Yoon-ha. Lee Ji-yi becomes pregnant with Yoo Chang-soo's child.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[15] | TNmS | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | June 8, 2015 | 7.3%(20th) | 7.7%(19th) | 6.7% | 8.6% |
| 2 | June 9, 2015 | 7.0%(20th) | 7.6%(18th) | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| 3 | June 15, 2015 | 7.7%(19th) | 9.1%(15th) | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| 4 | June 16, 2015 | 8.2%(16th) | 9.9%(10th) | 6.9% | 8.8% |
| 5 | June 22, 2015 | 9.1%(12th) | 10.4%(7th) | 7.6% | 9.5% |
| 6 | June 23, 2015 | 9.8%(9th) | 11.3%(6th) | 7.8% | 10.2% |
| 7 | June 29, 2015 | 9.1%(14th) | 10.9%(5th) | 7.1% | 8.2% |
| 8 | June 30, 2015 | 8.9%(17th) | 9.8%(12th) | 7.6% | 9.4% |
| 9 | July 6, 2015 | 9.4%(12th) | 10.9%(5th) | 7.3% | 9.3% |
| 10 | July 7, 2015 | 9.2%(12th) | 10.2%(6th) | 7.0% | 9.3% |
| 11 | July 13, 2015 | 9.4%(13th) | 10.5%(8th) | 8.3% | 9.6% |
| 12 | July 14, 2015 | 9.6%(10th) | 10.4%(5th) | 7.8% | 10.5% |
| 13 | July 20, 2015 | 9.5%(13th) | 10.7%(9th) | 7.4% | 9.1% |
| 14 | July 21, 2015 | 9.8%(12th) | 10.7%(7th) | 8.3% | 10.3% |
| 15 | July 27, 2015 | 9.7%(12th) | 10.7%(9th) | 8.4% | 10.2% |
| 16 | July 28, 2015 | 10.1%(10th) | 11.1%(5th) | 8.7% | 11.2% |
| Average | 9.0% | 10.1% | 7.5% | 9.4% | |
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| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8thKorea Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Lim Ji-yeon | Won |
| Best New Actress | Lim Ji-yeon | Won | ||
| Excellence Actor in a mini-series | Park Hyung-sik | Won | ||
| Sung Joon | Nominated | |||
| Excellence Actress in a mini-series | Uee | Nominated | ||
| New Star Award | Park Hyung-sik | Won | ||
| Lim Ji-yeon | Won | |||
| Best Couple Award | Sung Joon andUee | Nominated | ||
| Park Hyung-sik andLim Ji-yeon | Nominated |
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