KOREAN DRAMA: 49 DAYS / PURE LOVE

Synopsis

Ji-Hyun's (Nam Gyu-Ri) life seems to be perfect. She has kind and rich parents and her friends all seem to admire her. Ji-Hyun is also engaged and set to marry her fiance Min-Ho (Bae Su-Bin) in a few days. Meanwhile, Yi-Kyung (Lee Yo-Won) is a woman who is completely distraught for five years after her boyfriend died in an accident, and frequently attempts to commit suicide. She works during night at a convenient store and sleep in the afternoons.

One day, Yi-Kyung gets off a bus and wanders around. She then stands in the middle of a highway and attempts to kill herself by walking into oncoming truck. At that time, somebody saves her life by pulling her back. Ji-Hyun, who is driving nearby, hits her breaks, but can't avoid the semi-trailer truck that has stopped in the middle of the road. After a while, Ji-Hyun walks out of her car in a daze. She is shocked to see her body being carted into an ambulance. There was only one person who noticed her standing in the road,the man on the motorcycle ,the scheduler (Jeong Il-Woo) an angel death who awaits to take souls to their final destinations.

At this time, Ji-Hyun's memory starts to return to her. She remembered that before the accident, she was supposed to see her best friend In-Jung (Seo Ji-Hye) to show off her bridal gown but she saw her best friend and her fiance sitting together in a car. They looked so intimate sitting together. She was then driving to confront them when the accident occurred. Ji-Hyun now realizes that it won't be so easy to find three people who truly love her ...

Ji-Hyun follows her body into the ambulance and watches as the paramedics attempt to revive her . At the hospital, Ji-Hyun meets the Scheduler again. The Scheduler tells Ji-Hyun that if three people outside her family shed tears which are pure of love over her condition within the next 49 days, her body will awake from its coma and she can live again. Ji-Hyun at first thought of it as an easy task and instantly thinks of her fiance and two best friends and is certain she will live again. For the next the 49 days, Ji-Hyun then takes over the body of the suicidal Yi-Kyung in her quest to find the three persons. Ji-Hyun gets a job at a restaurant owned by her friend, Han Kang (Jo Hyeon-Jae).