Endless Love is a Philippine drama adaptation of the Korean drama Autumn in My Heart. It premiered on June 28, 2010 (Philippine) and 9 April 2012 (TV3 Malaysia) starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera as the ill-fated Johnny and Jenny, under the direction of Mac Alejandre.
Origin
Autumn in My Heart is the first series in Yoon Suk Ho's four-part instalment titled Endless Love. Autumn in My Heart aired in South Korea through KBS2 from September 16, to November 7, 2000 running with 16 episodes.
The story begins with toddler, Yoon Joon-Suh accidentally causing the switch of his sister and another baby when he drops the name cards on the two babies cribs in the hospital baby room. A nurse who comes in puts them back incorrectly. The story then jumps forward to the teenage years of the two main characters: Yoon Joon-Suh (Choi Woo Hyuk) and Yoon Eun-Suh (Moon Geun Young). They are the children of a rich professor and believe they are biologically brother and sister until Eun-Seo gets hit by a truck and needs a blood transfusion. At the beginning, Eun-Suh is very popular in school whereas her rival Choi Shin-Ae (Lee Ae Jung), is smart but does not get the attention she craves from the teacher and their classmates. Later, their situations are reversed when the switch is discovered.
After blood tests are carried out by the doctor on Mr. and Mrs. Yoon for Eun-Suh's transfusion, the Yoons find out that Eun-Suh belongs to Mrs. Choi, and Shin-Ae is the Yoon's biological daughter. At first, only the parents and brother know about this, but eventually, Shin-Ae discovers the truth after she gets into a fierce argument with her non-biological mother over a teddy bear she received from her biological father. Eun-Suh only discovers the truth after Shin-Ae wants her biological parents to take her in. In the end, the two daughters return to their original birth parents. Shin-Ae moves in with the Yoon family, and Eun-Suh goes to live with Mrs. Choi (her biological father is dead) who operates a small restaurant living in abject poverty.
The Yoon family moves to the United States and Eun-Suh loses touch with them. Joon-Suh (Song Seung Heon) returns to South Korea as a successful artist. He goes back to the town he lived in, where he encounters his old friend, Han Tae-Seok (Won Bin), who stays at the hotel where Eun-Suh (Song Hye Kyo) works as a telephone receptionist. Tae-Seok (who doesn't know about the brother and sister mix-up) falls in love with Eun-Suh and manipulates her until she is fired from her job. One day Eun-Suh sees Joon-Suh and follows him to the beach where he is with Yumi (his fiancée) and Tae-Seok, and the two "siblings" finally meet again after ten years.
Eun-Suh and Joon-Suh pretend to have a sibling relationship in front of the others, but they meet each other secretly and fall deeply in love, though she always refers to him as "older brother." Shin-Ae (Han Chae Young) finds out about their relationship and exposes the two after she finds a love letter Eun-Suh wrote to Joon-Suh. The two decide to stay together, but are soon forced apart again because their parents are against the union, and Yumi hurts herself and blackmails Joon-Suh with suicide to hold on to him.
As a fight between Joon-Suh and Tae-Seok erupts over their love for Eun-Suh, she discovers she has leukemia (the same fatal condition that killed her biological father's). She doesn't tell anyone except Tae-Seok, who offers to pay for her treatment. When her health deteriorates, the others begin finding out the extent of her condition. Eun-Suh soon falls into a coma. Joon-suh finds out about Eun-Suh's health and reacts with shock and fear. Tae-Seok forces Joon-Suh to try to wake up Eun-Suh. Luckily, she does wake up, but is too weak to follow the treatment. When it is clear that there is no hope, Joon-Suh takes her home so she can spend her last days with him. At this point, Yumi finally lets go of Joon-Suh. Joon-Suh proposes to Eun-Suh and they get married. Eun-Suh dies as Joon-Suh carries her around the beach where they spent her birthday as teenagers.
Before Eun-Suh dies, she tells Joon-Suh to move on and continue living. However, Joon-Suh, dazed and grief-stricken by the death of his love and "sister", is struck by a truck in the same place as Eun-Suh's accident and perishes.
Synopsis
Johnny and Jenny grew up together as siblings under the care of their parents Robert and Katherine. Johnny loves his sister very much and is very protective of her. Their lives were discrupted when they found out that there was a case of baby switching in the hospital on the day that Jenny was born. They discovered that the real daughter was Shirley, the poor, mean and resentful classmate of Jenny. The lives of Jenny and Shirley are dramatically reversed in an instant. Jenny wants to stay but Shirley keeps pressuring her to leave. The weak-willed Jenny decides to run away and stay with her hostile biological mother Suzy and her good-for-nothing brother Jojo. Meanwhile, Johnny and his family opt to live abroad.
Years later, Jenny grows up to be a simple, beautiful and kind-hearted young lady. She works as a chambermaid in a hotel resort. She meets a conceited and naughty hotel owner named Andrew who gets smitten by Jenny's charm and beauty. Andrew does everything to get Jenny's attention. He soon realizes that Jenny is slowly changing him for the better. The guy proudly tells his best friend that he has found the woman he truly loves.
It turns out that Johnny is the best friend of Andrew. Johnny returns from abroad to look for his beloved sister and after many years of separation, the "siblings" reunite. As Johnny and Jenny get to know each other after so many years, they start to fall in love. Jenny feels conflicted, because she is dating Andrew. Johnny hides his emotions as he is preparing to be married to his long-time girlfriend. At this time, Jenny will have Leukemia. The family and the villains of Jenny are shocked because Jenny has Leukemia and the anger of the villains Shirley and JoJo changed into love for Jenny. Days later, Johnny and Jenny finally get married and awhile after, Jenny dies. Before Jenny died, she wrote letters to her mothers, her father, Johnny, and Shirley. During her funeral, all of them read the letters Jenny left them. In Jenny's letter to her mothers, she states that she's lucky to have two loving mothers. In her father's letter, she states that she loves him very much and is the only father she knew. Though the contents of shirley's letter was never revealed, it is shown that Jenny gave shirley the Mickey Mouse watch Johnny bought for Jenny when they were teenagers. Finally, in Johnny's letter, she asks him to continue biking and always imagine that Jenny is riding with him, and not to follow her in death. Afterwards, Johnny asks Andrew to deliver Jenny's ashes to her favorite beach and asks that only him will do this and no one else. Andrew asks Johnny if he's gonna go, but Johnny replies that he wants to say goodbye to her in his own way. Afterwards, Johnny is shown biking on the road where he and Jenny always went biking, but Johnny stops in the middle of the road and doesn't notice that there is truck coming and gets hit by the truck. After looking at the sky, Johnny says that he and Jenny will be together again. Johnny dies afterwards. The Series ends with two kids (Presumably Johnny and Jenny) biking down the road where Johnny and Jenny always went biking.
Main Cast
- Dingdong Dantes as Johnny Dizon - Johnny is very close to his sister Jenny, but they were forced to separate when they learned that their not real siblings. Years after, Johnny will look for Jenny and but passionate love will blossom between them.
- Marian Rivera as Jenny Dizon/Jenny Cruz - At the beginning of the story, Jenny will live a comfortable and happy life with her parents Robert and Katherine and brother Johnny. But this will all change when she discovers that she does not really belong to the family she grew up with.
- Dennis Trillo as Andrew Tantoco - The rich hotel owner where Jenny works as a chambermaid. Andrew will also develop feelings for Jenny and willing to do whatever it takes to win her love and affection.
- Nadine Samonte as Shirley Cruz/Shirley Dizon - Andrew's envious and domineering girlfriend. The real sister of Johnny and the fierce rival of Jenny. She will make Jenny's life a living hell.
- Bela Padilla as Yumi Ramirez - Johnny's agonizing fiancee. She and Shirley will joined force to separate Johnny and Jenny for their own gain.
Source: wikipedia
