I absolutely Love Lee Wan he is amazing. I liked stairway to Heaven the first and a half episodes, when they were kids and lost interest in it when they grew up. I still continued watching it though, and it was good. very sad. VERY sad. I figured since I wuld like this series alot seeing as how it's almost a continuation of STH when they were kids. almost like an alternate ending, no? anyways, I was juss wondering... would anyone know when the version with english subs come? i'm dying to watch this series. thanks for all the information about it by the way, you guys are THEE best

yea it's funny @ some parts though it's a more intense series..

the funny parts are provided courtesy of the leads' classmates n teacher n later on, the male lead's men.. though sad moments r a definite in tis, there's still parts tht will make u wanna smile or laugh..

n i haf made caps for some parts of the series.. but.. i haven't got time to make more.. will add as i haf time..

for the moment u can check some caps @ http://screen-captures.blogspot.com/


I luv Lee Wan as well..

some english subs are out already at www.d-addicts.com , so yupz u might wanna check it out..

is the subs for ep 4 not out yet? lol..this drama is really really good 6.^

Saw esp 6. It's super sweet yet super sad. There are times when i feel like I want to cry with them. Man, their crying skills are crazy!!!.. I love how this series is going at it. but i heard this is going to be a sad ending.

'Tree of Heaven': a new tryout for a resurgence of Korean Wave

Despite mediocre viewer ratings, SBS primetime drama "Tree of Heaven," is receiving widespread praise as a brand new Korean Wave maker.

Co-produced with Japanese production company Kadokawa, the drama was filmed 100 percent in Japan and will also be aired on Japan's Huji TV next month.

Directed by Lee Jang-soo, the creator of the popular TV series "Stairway to Heaven," the new drama features a heart-wrenching love story between actor Lee Wan and actress Park Shin-hye, who had played little Shin Hyun-joon and Choi Ji-woo in Lee's previous dramas.

Designed to match the taste of Japanese viewers, characters in the drama - most played by Japanese actors and actresses - frequently converse in Japanese, confusing local viewers over whether the drama is really Korean.


Lee Wan (left) and Park Shin-hye in SBS drama "Tree of Heaven"

But at the same time, the drama faithfully follows a popular Korean drama formula, portraying a forbidden romance between a devoted hero and a pitifully kindhearted heroine. Japanese sports daily, Sankei Sports, recently predicted the drama's success in Japan saying, "As another one of Korea's heartbreaking romances made by talented director of 'Stairway to Heaven,' the drama is expected to make another major impact here."

The new drama appears to be an outcome of the drama-maker's effort to overcome the cooler response from neighboring countries toward Korean dramas.

Starting with "Winter Sonata," Korean dramas became the main contributors to the Korean Wave and were also guaranteed moneymakers.

But a few years later, the boom began to diminish in Japan, Taiwan and other Asian countries, with many new Korean dramas failing to arouse the same interest. No actor or actress succeeded in becoming the second Yonsama - actor Bae Yong-joon. Although Korean dramas are still popular overseas, with their exports steadily growing, many critics stress the need of a major renovation in the Korean drama making system to maintain the current Korean Wave.

Thus, TV critics regard "Tree of Heaven" as an encouraging tryout in finding a new profitable model for Korean dramas.

"It has been proven that Japanese viewers have a soft spot for corny romances. The new drama is an encouraging tryout to see if adapting more to the Japanese style, while filling the desire for corny romances, will work to keep up the popularity of Korean dramas," said critic Chung Han-pyo.

Despite that positive view, many local TV viewers have been criticizing the "Tree of Heaven" for its excessive use of the Japanese language and overflow of Japanese sentiment.

Because the drama is so Japanese, it fails to emphasize the distinctive features of Korean dramas which have been the main driver for the Korean Wave, they assert.

"I felt like I was watching a Japanese drama with a few Korean actors and actresses appearing on it," said internet user jung9965 on the drama's website after the first episode was aired. "I don't understand why I have to make an effort to keep up with the Korean subtitles while watching a drama made by my own country."

Internet user Nurikkun agreed.

"If the producers cared about the Japanese TV fans enough to ignore Korean viewers completely, what's the point in airing it in Korea? I am very doubtful that Japanese viewers will fall for this drama which is neither Korean nor Japanese."

Regardless of the criticism, "Tree of Heaven" is showing steady growth in viewer ratings with its leading actor and actress receiving much attention in both Korea and Japan.

Park Shin-hye, who just turned 16, is highly praised for her talented acting in which she speaks the Japanese lines fluently despite the fact that she has never lived in Japan or learned the language.

"Many Japanese commercial-makers and production companies have contacted us, wanting to sign contracts with Park," said Park's agent. "We are happy with the proposals, but because Park has just begun acting, we are planning to be prudent with her entering the overseas entertainment world."

And actor Lee Wan, 23, who had at first received more attention as the younger brother of top actress Kim Tae-hee, is also enjoying compliments for improved acting skills.

"Many Japanese broadcasters have been showing immense interest in Lee after hearing news that 'Tree of Heaven' will also be aired in Japan. And many Korean filmmakers and producers have also been contacting us," said an official at Lee's agent, Logos Film.

(hayney@heraldm.com)

By Shin Hae-in

2006.03.01

Source: The Korea Herald
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/htm...00603010022.asp

*Thanks to rubie of soompi forums.

does anyone know what the song the brother always whistle is called??

OMG OMG OMG!!!
This series seems sooo interesting i can't wait to see it!!! OMG!!!
But i have a prob how do you download it from mega upload? i'm really confused! I really can't wait to download it

May contain SPOILERS:

I was wondering after watching epi 6. Does YS treat hana so nice because he knows the news about the death of their parents?

he does not want to be a burden to hana bcoz he joined the hei se hui:hope u noe chinese...

omg im excited in this series because i love the team-up of park shin hye and lee wan. i really like both, actually i first liked them when i watched stairway to heaven esp psh. they both are good in acting and their chemistry is good too. i wish this series will be aired here in the philippines. another hit break, and craze over korean drama addicts.

Trees in Heaven OST

how come in the pics, the characters eyes seems to look in weird directions???

Anway, i hope this is not a sad ending story with one of the lead in fatal illness again... haha

does anyone have the song sang by park shin hye on the piano several times?
i believe the music she is playing comes from the main theme but i only have the music and not the singing
anyone know where to get it?

I am addicted to this series!!!

I dunno if anyone noticed this but the song that the big brother whistles was a chinese song sang by a group called Cheers in HK

Tht song is "Prayer" sung by H.J.. it has now been released as a digital single @ http://music.funcake.com/ but to get the song u need to register & pay I guess (the site's all in korean though) ~ we did get to hear the 1st few lines of it sung by PSH in ep 4 ~~ it's not on the official OST though, juz the main theme instrumental..


yup there's many versions of the song but we dunno who made the song first..

there's the HK Cheers version, Ken Hirai has an English & a Japanese version, Korea has another version by Simply Sunday & lastly the version on the OST by Jung Woo, titled Suh Shin ~~

i don't understand korean
just have to wait for some kind person to rip it and put it on AF '

Wow!!! I didnt know there was so many versions! LOL
ohh yeah.. and its so cute that they both have a mole on their nose! Lee Wan has it on the right and Park Shin Hye has it on the left LOL

Just finished watching esp 7. Its pretty sad. >.<..... I don't like the spoiler at the end... showing that is esp8 talking about. DAMN IT

thank you so much for the song
you are the best
it's so good

Update : Mar 7, 2006 KST 12:56

Drama "Trees in Heaven" to Air in Japan


SBS TV's special drama "Trees in Heaven" will air across Japan starting from April.

SBS said on Mar. 7, "Fuji TV, a terrestrial network in Japan, will air the drama 'Trees in Heaven' during late-night hours on Thursdays starting from Apr. 13." Prior to this, BS Fuji, a satellite channel of Fuji TV, will broadcast the drama every Thursday at 9:00 p.m. starting from Apr. 6.

The version of "Trees in Heaven" that will be aired on Fuji TV and BS Fuji will be an abridged edition dubbed in Japanese. Its original version with Japanese subtitles will air on CS Fuji, a cable channel of Fuji TV, in July.

"Trees in Heaven" stars Lee Wan and Park Shin-hye and is the last of drama director Lee Jang-soo's so-called "three-part heaven series," following "Beautiful Days" and "Stairway to Heaven."

"Beautiful Days" and "Stairway to Heaven" won high popularity among Japanese fans because they featured hallyu stars such as Lee Byung-heon and Choi Ji-woo.

To discuss Fuji TV's decision to air "Trees in Heaven," the production team, including Lee Jang-soo, will give a press interview at the MultiTheater inside the head office of Fuji TV in Odaiba, Tokyo on Mar. 8 at 3:00 p.m.

Source: http://english.kbs.co.kr/mcontents/enterta...5572_11692.html

*Thanks to rubie of soompi forums.

Hello everyone,
I've been hooked onto this series too it's really good and it's different as in i dunno i'm getting a bit of of series that just repeat themselves, i think Tree of Heaven is really different and that's why i like it and stuff like that hehe!
Does anyone know where i can download the OST for this series? I love it sooo much!!!!
Oh is that why that songs sooo familar! As soon as i heard it i was like I NOE that song lol can anyone tell me the name of the chinese version, japanese version and the english version please? THANKS!!!
Btw, sure i was a bit confused when the series first started cuz it's all set in Japan but i think that's another reason why it's so special and so different from the other series:D:D!
BYE!!!

Yeah There is=]English subs






LOL i love this series too!!!!! All i know is that the Chinese version was sang by a group in HK called Cheers =]

Thanks hehe i've got the japanese version by Ken Hirai it's pretty good hehe this is probably one of the best series lately after MNISKSS hehe i can't wait to get the subs for ep 8

this korean storyline reminds me of devil beside you from taiwanese drama

agree
i wonder what happens hopefully they don't die!
that probably means that this series is only 10 episodes

i want one of those cross necklaces so cool i believe there's two in the film?
oppa and hana both has one

anyone know where to get it from?

i love this korean series... lee wan is so cute. and he's a great actor... he has got to be one of the biggest future stars.

I saw no. 8 already.. I watched it live on SBS.. I thought it's one great episode cus it ends wif a happy moment..

anywayz.. (highlight the spoilers in yellow to read)

Bad moments: When Maya kissed Yoon Suh & when Yoon Suh got stabbed by Shimada

Good moments: When Hana shampooed his hair again & when both went on their ice skating date ; Yoon Suh winking @ Hana 3 times on separate occasions..

Ep 9 & Ep 10 aren't out yet.... the last 2 episodes will be on Wed & Thurs in Korea.

from watching epi8, it seems like theres two cross necklaces. I always thought there's only one. Is it a mistake made by the director or something?

i think that there is supposed to be two
Yun Suh probably went to get another one?
man i want one too
but where did he get it from since the old one was from his mother?

i thought that there was only one at first because hana put the necklace on the tree Yun suh took it
and then she finds it in the suite room,
Yun Suh puts it back on the tree and then hana has it
ah lets just stick with two necklaces because when hana was washing Yun Suh's hair they both had one !

i thought that the necklace can be taken apart as well?

It probably is a 2 in 1 necklace like in Stairway To Heaven?

Juz tht they haven't shown us yet when did Yoon Suh take the inside one or is his the outer one?

on my must-see list..hopefully hk will buy the rights and release a canto version.
Hmm..do i spell over craze over those necklaces ...like they did with Winter sonata and STH???

i wonder why the official title is "heavens' tree" - is it when the lead female actress dies here, her spirit in heaven "blossoms like a tree - full of life and colour"??

so i heard that this drama is somewhat like Stairway to Heaven and i guess it also reminded people of Devil Beside You. So is it still worth it to watch it?

is this series good? i'm still hesitant if i wanna watch it or not, because i have soo much dramas to do for my mom. I downloaded the first 2 eps, but i havent had a chance to watch it yet.

Trees in Heaven OST (SBS TV Series)


Music score
Eoh Teok Ha Jo(Piano) from Trees in Heaven OST

Man this series rocks!!! I felt like crying all the way till I stopped watching eps.

did they end up together??? pls anyone could tell.... plz.....
if its something like sth it's a sad ending..
if tis like "devil beside you" it should hv a happy ending??

i think its to be a sad sad ending so be prepared for a box of tissues.

who ends up with who..?? i thought it was lee wan and YS..no??

The series juz ended on Thursday nite @ ep 10 as planned.

Subs are already out until ep 7 @ d-addicts.com


No , they didn't . He died .

OMG HE DIES?!?!! OMG!! DOES THAT MEAN HE LEAVES HANA!!! OMG!!! i thought they were both gonna die OMG He dies!!! OMG! OMG! :'( i can't wait to watch ep 9 and 10 and to get the subs for them! This suspense is KILLING ME!!! one of the best dramas!!! Can't wait!! HEHE!!

so is it the japanese guy wins the leading female actress's heart and not Lee wan?? from wot i see in the photo (elsewhere on another forum) with them lying on the road..it seems like the guy is the japanese one

no , the leading female loves LeeWan , but Lee Wan wanted her to marry the japanese male cus his life was in danger as he's thought to haf killed his enemy (Shimada) , so now Shimada's men & police are hunting him down... he wanted to be sure tht she's got someone trustworthy to protect her... he was gonna surrender to police after he saw the leading female & the jap guy exchange marriage vows but he got stabbed by one of his boss's men. then as he got stabbed , the leading female & the jap guy were exchanging rings. The ring fell.... she felt something amiss , she ran out of the wedding , saw Lee Wan struggling as he walked , a car driven by his boss's man came approaching to knock Lee Wan down , the leading female ran onto the road to move him away but both got hit....

so the guy lying on the road wif her is not the jap one , it's Lee Wan , the one she loved.

I really want to see this but want an indepth review of the series so if anyone would be willing to do that you would be my savior and I would luv ya forever....well as long as I'm on AF

Yoonsuh died

He gave his heart to Hana , she survived .

When she went back to her hometown wif Mika & Ryu , she talked excitedly abt meeting YS again ,
Mika broke down & they told her tht he's dead & his heart is in her ~

As she cried in his old bedroom where they used to stay at , she received a video msg on her phone ,
it was YS who had recorded it & he was singing the song he sang to her in ep 9 , the whistling song , but he was struggling then . He wishd her happy bday & told her to smile . She then cried so much after seeing tht ~~

Then last scene , they showed her going to the Tree & she wore the necklace hanging on it , n she sprinkled his ashes there , then she walked away , n it ended .

I made screencaps while watching Live , so they're low quality , if u wanna see here are the last few scenes ....

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Can't wait to watch la....Shin hye and Lee Wan again...after stairway to heaven..heaven again??

i see until the ep 9. very sad. The ending is sad too, according to what you said. sniff. Hope that there is a happy drama soon before i depress.

The actors plays well although i think that lee wan exagerate de little when he is violent.

Oh god, another sad series. >.< Now, I don't know if I wanna watch this series. >.<

haha yea tis time it's Tree Of Heaven cus it's like the final series by the same producer/director & crew .

Park ShinHye resembles Choi Ji Woo soo much... they look very cute together.

Great series !!!
Does park shin hye really speak japanese fluently , she seems to speak it so well...And is it Hana 's friend the korean singer Sonim ??! She looks a lot like her .
wow i'm in love with Lee wan now *_*

Hana's friend is a korean singer!?! Cool . I'm really in love with Lee Wan right now... Park Shin Hye is also very cute.