The Idle Mermaid
| The Idle Mermaid | |
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Promotional poster for The Idle Mermaid
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| Also known as | Surplus Princess The Mermaid |
| Genre |
Romance Comedy Fantasy |
| Based on |
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Written by | Park Ran Kim Ji-soo |
| Directed by | Baek Seung-ryong |
| Starring |
Jo Bo-ah On Joo-wan Song Jae-rim Park Ji-soo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Running time | 45-50 minutes on Thursdays at 23:00 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | tvN |
| Original release | August 7 – October 9, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Rude Miss Young-ae Season 13 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 잉여공주 |
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| Revised Romanization | Ing-yeo gongju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ingyŏ Kongchu |
| The Idle Mermaid: Original Sound Track |
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| Soundtrack album by Ever-New | |
| Released | October 8, 2014 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Label | Danal Entertainment, J Music |
The Idle Mermaid (Hangul: 잉여공주; RR: Ing-yeo gongju; literally Surplus Princess) is a 2014 South Korean romantic comedy television series starring Jo Bo-ah, On Joo-wan, Song Jae-rim, and Park Ji-soo. A modern retelling of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, it aired on tvN from August 7 to October 9, 2014 on Thursdays at 23:00. Originally slated to run for 14 episodes, the total number of episodes was changed to 10. The series inspired an unofficial Indonesian adaptation called Mermaid in Love.
Aileen is a mermaid princess who is in love with Kwon Shi-kyung, a human celebrity chef. While recording a TV show next to the Han River, Shi-kyung hits his head and falls into the river, and Aileen stops him from drowning by kissing him underwater. Shi-kyung is pulled out from the water by Yoon Jin-ah, an intern who works for and is also in love with Shi-kyung. In order to meet Shi-kyung again, Aileen steals a magic potion from the male witch Ahn Ma-nyeo, and is transformed into a human girl. It's only after her transformation that Aileen learns that she has 100 days to find true love, or else she will die and turn into bubbles. Ahn Ma-nyeo helps Aileen by setting her up with the fake identity of "Kim Ha-ni," and sends her to live in a house in Seoul with other young people, most of whom are unemployed and searching for jobs. Among Aileen's new housemates is Lee Hyun-myung, Yoon Jin-ah's ex-boyfriend who is trying to win her back. With her new friends to help her, Aileen vows to find a way to win Shi-kyung's love, but in the end she falls in love with Hyun-myung. Although she initially disappears once her 100 days are up, she returns a year later to see her friends again.
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