Despite its popularity (its peak rating of 57.3% was the highest ever recorded for a daily soap opera[2]), it was considered by TV critics as one of the worst dramas that year.
Their online posts mocked the drama's "nonsensical" plot, along with scenes which implied that a baby's autism was caused by his mother's stress during a divorce, and that washing each strawberry with a toothbrush is described as normal.
[5] Lee Da-hae rose to fame in Heaven's Fate (also known as Lotus Flower Fairy, 2004), in her role of a woman who loses everything when she becomes possessed by spirits as a Korean shaman, called a "mudang."
Dear Heaven (2005–2006) starred Han Hye-sook as a middle-aged woman who wants to atone to the biological daughter (Yoon Jung-hee) she'd abandoned, by deliberately matchmaking the latter with her current stepson (Lee Tae-gon).
Opposites Attract (also known as Ahyeon-dong Madam and Queen of Ahyun, 2007) explored age differences in relationships, when a female public prosecutor (Wang Hee-ji) falls for a male colleague (Kim Min-sung) who is 12 years younger.
[12] Princess Aurora (2013) was about the romance between the youngest daughter (Jeon So-min) of a wealthy family who owns a food conglomerate, and an irritable novelist (Oh Chang-seok).
[15] In January 2019, Im launched her first book, "Cancer Cells Are Part of Life" (literal translation), which chronicled her health issues and habits.
In an earlier press release, the company stated that her next project may happen in 2021,[1] however, it was eventually confirmed that her comeback drama titled Love (ft.
But she is divisive, becoming a target of criticism from viewers and the media for her excessive use of provocative storylines (called "makjang" in Korean, this typically involves adultery, revenge, rape, birth secrets, fatal illnesses and incest).