Story of a Mermaid
An estranged daughter vows to take revenge on her father, who abandoned her and her mother.
Episodes
Cast
Jang Seo-hee
Eun Ariyoung
Woo Hee-jin
Eun Ye-young
Kim Sung-min
Lee Joo-wang
Jung Bo-seok
Mamajun
Park Tam-hee
Soo-rim
Kim Byeong-gi
Lee Sung-soo
Choi Sun-ja
Dong-jin's mother
Jeon Mi-seon
Seong-mi
Jung Young-sook
Han Gyeong-hye
Park Keun-hyong
Eun Jin-seob
Han Hye-suk
Shim Soo-jung
Sa Mi-ja
Geum Ok-seon
Ratings & Reviews
5.1/10
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TMDB Reviews
2 years ago
The drama was really something different even when compared to others of its time, well, it was so initially, I'll get into details later. The cast selection were mostly good except for Choi Jae Ho and Han Hye Sook which were an unsuccessful choice. Han Hye Sook, despite playing a critical role in the story, she always felt out of place and out of character. Ironically, she played as a famous skillful actress. Choi Jae Ho, had a small side role as the director but later on, the drama turned him into something much more and gave him a lot of attention which was an awful unsuccessful transition and a complete unplanned mismatch. At first, I found Ma Rin & Ma Joon interactions to be unbearably annoying but it ended up being quite fun. Props to Lee Jae Eun, she really got into the role of Ma Rin. On the other hand, her character became horrendous once the director got involved with her. The writer put a lot of character in these characters which allowed for a lot of possible interactions. The drama had tons of small irrelevant scenes between these characters. At first I though it was a detrimental trait that will plague its length but the drama quickly managed to turn that into its own identity.
The entire revenge plotline ended within the first 100 episodes which led to the beginning of the drama's major problems. The first 120 episodes or so were great, carefully calculated, intriguing, progressed smoothly and developed naturally. However, the subsequent episodes between 130-215 things changed drastically. The drama became strange and static, the 2 leads characters became completely irrelevant and the story shifted towards Ma Joon & Ye Young. Even then, Ma Joon & Ye Young didn't get the same treatment of intrigue and natural development. Around episodes between 215 to 235 the drama was trying to build a new plotline for the long term despite its strange new direction but everything came down crashing with the last 13 episodes. It felt like they had a lot more plan...
