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14 Facts About Noh Hee-kyung

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Noh Hee-kyung is a South Korean television screenwriter and essayist.

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Noh Hee-kyung is best known for her television dramas such as, That Winter, the Wind Blows, It's Okay, That's Love, Dear My Friends, Live, and Our Blues.

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In 2013, Noh founded drama production house GTist with directors Kim Kyu-tae and Hong Jong-chan and former manager Lee Dong-gyu who is CEO.

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Noh Hee-kyung has become renowned in South Korea for her realistic, cerebral and in-depth portrayals of the lives and relationships of ordinary people.

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Noh Hee-kyung said she wrote The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World two years after the death of her own mother, as a tribute to her.

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In More Beautiful Than a Flower, Noh Hee-kyung explored the many facets of family love when a mother is diagnosed with dementia.

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Noh Hee-kyung said that the story unfolds to one common theme: that everyone is beautiful just the way they are.

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Noh Hee-kyung reunited with director Pyo Min-soo in The World That They Live In, about the hectic lives of a drama production team.

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Noh Hee-kyung's writing is so good, it makes playing my role a challenge.

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In 2008, Noh Hee-kyung published a collection of essays titled Everyone Not in Love Now Are Guilty.

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Noh Hee-kyung then wrote Padam Padam, her first melodrama with fantasy elements.

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Noh Hee-kyung worked with Jo In-sung again in 2014's It's Okay, That's Love, which reunited her with Gong Hyo-jin, who had previously starred in Noh Hee-kyung's Wonderful Days.

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In October 2021, Noh Hee-kyung announced her latest project Our Blues set in Jeju Island, has star studied cast include Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-a, Cha Seung-won, Lee Jung-eun, Uhm Jung-hwa, Han Ji-min, and Kim Woo-bin.

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Noh Hee-kyung is close to Pomnyun, a Buddhist monk well known for his involvement in humanitarian issues.