Stained Glass () is a 2004 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Dong-gun, Kim Ha-neul, and Kim Sung-soo. It aired on SBS from December 1, 2004 to February 3, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes.

The title refers to the stained glass artwork found in Roman Catholic Churches.

Cast Lee Dong-gun as Han Dong-joo/Yuichi Yamamoto Lee Pung-woon as young Dong-joo Kim Ha-neul as Shin Ji-soo Park Eun-bin as young Ji-soo Kim Sung-soo as Park Gi-tae Kim Hak-joon as young Gi-tae Jo Yi-jin as Park Tae-hee/Mako Shim Ji-ho as Shin Ji-suk Jung Hyung-min as young Ji-suk Kim Se-ah as Chae Yoon-suh Ahn Hye-ran as Shim Joo-kyung Yuko Fueki as Jang Soo-yeon Roh Joo-hyun as President Park Jin-sung (of Dae Young Car Holdings) Lee Eung-kyung as Cha Jin-joo Han In-soo as Shin Jae-man/Yukio Yamamoto Fukumi Kuroda as Keiko Yamamoto Noboru Kaneko as Tani Masato Erinashi Kaori as Minori

Synopsis Dong-joo and Gi-tae were both abandoned by their parents as children. They grew up together in an orphanage and became best friends. After a family tragedy, Ji-soo was transferred to the same orphanage. Both boys fell for Ji-soo. One day while in the church, the three of them made a vow: Dong-joo and Gi-tae made a promise to take care of and protect Ji-soo in the absence of the other. While trying to retrieve the ocarina from the river, Dong-joo got caught in the current and was presumed drowned. In fact, Dong-joo was saved and later adopted by a rich, childless couple in Japan. 12 years later, Dong-joo returns to Korea as a Japanese gentleman by the name of Yuichi Yamamoto. His feelings towards Ji-soo start to develop, as his friendship with Gi-tae begins to unravel.

Background and Episode 1 Han Dong-joo, Shin Ji-soo and Park Gi-tae were childhood friends who met in the church orphanage. Dong-joo, having malfunctioning kidneys as a child, received a kidney transplant from his friend Gi-tae when his malfunctioning kidneys took a toll on his health. Ji-soo, a rich girl, befriended the two boys. In one gathering in 1989, in front of the church altar at the orphanage, Dong-joo made a promise that he would protect Ji-soo forever. Once, when Ji-soo headed for the church in a car, Gi-tae and Dong-joo raced alongside to catch up with the car Ji-soo was in.

In the autumn of 1992, Dong-joo was drowning in a river whilst trying to pick up an oyster-shaped harmonica Ji-soo dropped as the trio were crossing the river. As Dong-joo drowned into the river, Ji-soo cried out loud for Dong-joo, but was held back by Gi-tae. Dong-joo was later adopted by wealthy Japanese parents after the incident and was brought up Japanese.

Ji-soo's and Ji-suk's father migrated to Japan and reportedly died there. Their mother, yearning for him, fell ill and died shortly after, and they were left to fend for themselves from then on. Gi-tae was brought back home by his parents, but suffered constant torture from Tae-hee and Tae-su, his half-siblings who shared a same father with Gi-tae.

Episode 2 Ji-soo was being sent to Japan by her company to secretly take pictures of the affair between Yuichi Yamamoto and Jang Soo-yeon. In the meantime, Yuichi, who happened to be on a plane belonging to the Japan Airlines, played a prank by "accidentally" spilling coke on his neighbouring passenger. Yuichi took the opportunity to promote his insurance sales.

Yuichi happened to be on a luxury cruise with his girlfriend Soo-yeon, and he took her onto the deck to take a look of the ship approaching Kobe before returning to their rooms. As Ji-soo took a second shot of the couple dancing, she was being spotted by Yuichi. He led Soo-yeon out of the room, and hauled Ji-soo out from her hiding place and demanded for an apology.

Ji-soo was brought out on to the starboard, and her camera and handphone were being thrown overboard by Yuichi, following which he stuffed some money at her as compensation of her loss of her accessories. Ji-soo stopped him as he left, and returned the money he gave, saying that she did such work for a living and left.

A guilty Yuichi rushed to the edge of the deck to see Ji-soo leave the ship with the others, but was being hauled back to the galley by Soo-yeon for some wine.

Later, Ji-soo's friend Joo-kyung bought her a new digital camera after Yuichi managed to secure a contract for Ji-soo to work. She met stiff opposition from Soo-yeon, but her excuse was dismissed by Yuichi. Ji-soo photographed Soo-yeon and Yuichi's time shopping for wedding rings and pottery making. The next day, after Joo-kyung brought Ji-soo to a fortune teller and meeting her third man in her life. As she walked down the stairs, she met Yuichi waiting for her, who warned her of work punctuality.

Yuichi led her to wait outside the shop, and happened to encounter an oyster-shaped harmonica. As he played a song, Ji-soo overheard it and thought of the moment Dong-joo drowned while trying to retrieve the harmonica. She rushed inside, only to see Yuichi playing the harmonica. He looked surprised, and asked about Ji-soo's concern. Ji-soo, startled, dismissed his question by saying "Nothing...".

Episode 3 That night, after the photography session, Ji-soo returned the smart chip containing the images she photographed of Yuichi and Soo-yeon, lest Yuichi mistook that the images had been tampered with. Yuichi refuted, but Ji-soo left without taking back the smart chip. In the process, she dropped a piece of paper containing her hotel address, which was picked up by Yuichi.

Yuichi gave chase, but was briefly stopped by Soo-yeon. He repeatedly offered to send Ji-soo back, but was being shaken off. As he drove his car to the hotel's pick up point, Ji-soo hailed down a cab, but realised that she had lost the slip of paper containing her address and saw Yuichi holding the piece of paper in his hands. She got out of the cab, and Yuichi told her to get into his car. A reluctant Ji-soo did so, and even needed to be prompted to fasten her seat belt.

In the car, Yuichi tested on her knowledge of Japanese and was surprised that she only knew three phrases. He received a call from his adoptee mother, and immediately drove back home. Once home, he instructed Ji-soo to wait for him in the car.

Yuichi's mother, Keiko, had lost her appetite from her weakened health, and Yuichi had to feed her some oatmeal after some persuasion. Ji-soo got out of the car, seeing Yuichi with another woman. As she turned around to instruct Yuichi to re-adjust his (adoptee) father's portrait, she had a good look at Keiko, realising that she was Yuichi's mother. Keiko spoke to her son, pleading him to be more understanding towards his father. As Keiko touched the face of Yuichi, Ji-soo looked on affectionately...

The next day, Yuichi dropped Ji-soo off the same point he had warned of her work punctuality. He suggested to dine with her the following day before she leaves for South Korea, and handed her a box of lemonated chicken, saying that it would relieve her cold. Yuichi then sped off, as Ji-soo looked on.

Ji-soo did not turn up for the dinner, and was shocked to meet Yuichi looking for her in the plane. She tried to hide her face, but did so only when Yuichi spotted her. Yuichi hauled her out from her hiding place and Ji-soo resisted by making a commotion, complaining to the air-stewardess that Yuichi did not have a plane ticket and was an intruder.

Yuichi responded to the air stewardess (in Japanese) that Ji-soo was his wife and they had a minor quarrel. Yuichi then pulled her out onto the aircraft terminal and prompted her to arrange a time to meet and dine together. Ji-soo initially refused, but gave in, and fixed Namsan as their place, after Yuichi threatened to schedule his destination. Yuichi then took off his watch his mother gave him during his university days and left. Ji-soo tried to return to him, but Yuichi just walked off and bade goodbye from his back. On the plane, and back in Korea, Ji-soo looked at Yuichi's watch intermittently.

Later, Joo-kyung went to look for Ji-soo, but was shocked when an ex-neighbour informed that she had moved out. Se-ah immediately looked for Gi-tae about the matter.

Back in Seoul, Yuichi worked as the director for KUBE, and was introduced to Jeong Song-jin, a manager and secretary. He would occasionally think of Ji-soo. When Ji-soo reported to the manager that she had not gotten Jang's photographs, he got very furious and stormed off, saying that people around him are harassing him. A colleague of Ji-soo her to work for KUBE, of which that day was the final day of job application.

That night, he waited for Ji-soo in accordance to the scheduled appointment fixed by Ji-soo at the airport. She returned the watch Yuichi used as mortgage for this appointment, and Yuichi thanked her for returning it. The duo then entered the restaurant and dined. When Ji-soo gave a flicker of a smile as Yuichi shared a joke, he commented that he would like to see Ji-soo smile, rather than looking frustrated all the time. Just then, Ji-soo received a call from Gi-tae, who asked for her whereabouts.

After dinner, Ji-soo boarded a bus home. From the bus window, Yuichi knocked on it, and told Ji-soo to open it. He requested her to meet again the next day at the same time, same place to dine again, and reiterated that he wanted to befriend her. As the bus left, Ji-soo laughed to herself.

Yuichi waited for Ji-soo the next day as usual and brought a bouquet of flowers, but she did not turn up. Ji-soo, feeling frightened, hid behind a nearby tree until rain came and she left. A disappointed Yuichi followed suit shortly after.

As he drove along the road, he saw Ji-soo and stopped his car. As he rushed forward, a car zoomed by. A man appeared from the car with an umbrella and picked her up. As the man (Gi-tae) drove away, Yuichi looked on with disappointment.

Episode 4

Yuichi went jogging one day in Seoul. As he obtained his water bottle from his sports car and undid the zip the jacket he was wearing, a dog approached him and barked, nearly bitting him in the process. The dog owner then came over to call the dog. Yuichi called out to the girl, but she couldn't listen to his call. He stepped forward, and removed her earphones. He asked for an apology from the girl, and refused. Yuichi then continued that he would introduce a new boyfriend at a local night pub and drove off. The girl got severely agitated as he drove off.

Back home, the girl (Tae-hee) was approached by Eun-suh to go to the spa as she trained on her weights. Tae-hee declined the invitation.

Ji-soo took photographs of some orphans celebrating and saw Yuichi entering the hall. He approached her, and Ji-soo wondered if Yuichi is the sponsor for the program, and Yuichi replied that she is taking photographs of these fortunate children. As Gi-tae walked down the stairs with Tae-hee, he happened to encounter a girl resembling Ji-soo. Tae-hee tried to convince him that it wasn't her.

Ji-soo tricked Yuichi to ride on the Roller coaster with the orphans after Yuichi persuaded her to let him take the photographs. Yuichi then dragged her in, and they sat together. As the roller coaster travelled at high speed, she screamed with fear.

As Ji-soo and Yuichi left the roller coaster, she felt dizzy and was approached by a man to take his photograph. Yuichi decided to help Ji-soo fulfill the man's task. The man then offered them to take a shot, and Yuichi pulled in the reluctant Ji-soo to take a shot in front of the roller coaster, saying that it would be a loss if they don't take down this memorable moment.

Episode 14