Winter Sonata — Season 1
Winter Sonata·Season 1·2002·20 episodes

Season 1

Winter Sonata

We always come back to our first love

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Jan2002
Season 1

Synopsis

Winter Sonata (2002), Season 1 is a Korean melodrama in 20 episodes you can watch online on iFILM — the show that, for a whole generation of viewers, opened the door to Korean drama.

High-schooler Yoojin falls for Joonsang, a quiet transfer student who came to town searching for the father he never knew. Their first love is barely blooming when fate pulls them apart in the cruelest way. Ten years pass. Yoojin is about to marry her childhood friend Sanghyeok — and then, at the celebration, a stranger walks in wearing the face of the boy she lost. Is he someone new, or Joonsang returned without his memories? The season moves through recognition, jealousy, buried family secrets, and the pull between duty and the heart.

It is the early-2000s template for the genre: unhurried pacing, snowbound scenery, and a theme song people still hum. A good fit for anyone who loves pure, slow-burning romance over spectacle. Stream Winter Sonata Season 1 online on iFILM.

Season 1

20 episodes

  • Episode 1
    S1·E1

    Episode 1

    January 14, 2002 · 60 min

    Jeong Yoojin is your regular "Little Miss Tardy" who too often finds herself in trouble for her lateness. Today seems no different and once again it is another rush to school for Yoojin with her childhood friend; Kim Sanghyeok. Unbeknownst to her, this day is different. Fate intervenes as she makes the acquaintance of a mysterious new student.

  • Episode 2
    S1·E2

    Episode 2

    January 15, 2002 · 60 min

    Kang Joonsang and Yoojin's love begins to blossom as they keep on running into each other. In the meantime, Joonsang becomes confused and shocked to find the same picture he has at Yoojin's house.

  • Episode 3
    S1·E3

    Episode 3

    January 21, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin waits for Joonsang until late at night, but he never appears. The next day, she hears the shocking news that Joonsang was killed in a car accident. Ten years later, Yoojin is engaged to Sanghyeok. She meets her friend Oh Chaerin's boyfriend Lee Minhyeong, who looks just like Joonsang.

  • Episode 4
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    Episode 4

    January 22, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin and Minhyeong work together in renovating a ski resort. Although Yoojin tries to hide that she's working with Minhyeong, Sanghyeok soon finds out.

  • Episode 5
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    Episode 5

    January 28, 2002 · 60 min

    Sanghyeok is unhappy that Yoojin is working with Minhyeong but realizes that he cannot make her quit the work. When Chaerin finds out that Yoojin and her boyfriend work together, she feels threatened and makes up lies about her to Minhyeong.

  • Episode 6
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    Episode 6

    January 29, 2002 · 60 min

    Minhyeong takes the drunk Yoojin to his hotel room and is surprised when she calls him "Joonsang". The misunderstanding between the two deepens and Chaerin sets fire to Minhyeong's anger towards Yoojin.

  • Episode 7
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    Episode 7

    February 4, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin is injured while trying to save Minhyeong, and her boyfriend Sanghyeok is infuriated. When Minhyeong realizes that his girlfriend Chaerin lied to him about Yoojin, he asks her for some space in their relationship. Minhyeong and Yoojin go together to a pond where she shared beautiful memories with Joonsang when they were in high school.

  • Episode 8
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    Episode 8

    February 5, 2002 · 60 min

    Minhyeong and Yoojin spend the night at the ski resort and Sanghyeok and Chaerin wait for them anxiously. The next morning, Sanghyeok questions Yoojin whether she truly loves him. When she is unable to answer him, Sanghyeok coldly turns away from her.

  • Episode 9
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    Episode 9

    February 11, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin tells Sanghyeok that she cannot marry him, and at the same time, she assures Minhyeong that she cannot have a relationship with him. She begs Sanghyeok to give her a chance to stand on her own. Sanghyeok does everything he can to change her mind, while stepping up to Minhyeong and warning him to not shake her heart.

  • Episode 10
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    Episode 10

    February 12, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin finally breaks up with Sanghyeok when she realizes that she is completely in love with Minhyeong. Although everybody around her opposes her love, she tells herself that she can be happy as long as she is with Minhyeong. Meanwhile, Sanghyeok refuses to eat or sleep.

  • Episode 11
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    Episode 11

    February 18, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin tells Sanghyeok about Minhyeong’s mother. Sanghyeok goes to the high school to see student records.

  • Episode 12
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    Episode 12

    February 19, 2002 · 60 min

    Minhyeong goes to Joonsang's old house and meets Kang Mihee. Mihee assures him that Minhyeong is actually Joonsang. Sanghyeok calls Minhyeong as Joonsang and warns him to stay away from Yoojin. Meanwhile, Minhyeong takes Yoojin to his car by force, and tells her that he is Joonsang. Unable to believe his words, Yoojin only looks into his eyes with sad tears.

  • Episode 13
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    Episode 13

    February 25, 2002 · 60 min

    Despite Minhyeong's confession that he is Joonsang, Yoojin does not believe him, thinking that he is only doing that to get her back. Meanwhile, seeing Yoojin even in his missing pieces of memories, Minhyeong sadly sheds tears. Minhyeong decides to leave as he realizes that as long as he cannot fully remember his past, he can no longer linger around Yoojin.

  • Episode 14
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    Episode 14

    February 26, 2002 · 60 min

    When Yoojin finds out that Minhyeong is Joonsang, she desperately runs out to find him and stop him from leaving. During her attempt, she nearly gets into a car accident, and Minhyeong jumps in and gets hurt instead.

  • Episode 15
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    Episode 15

    March 4, 2002 · 60 min

    Joonsang recovers his lost memories partially and shares them with Yoojin. Although Yoojin and Joonsang spend a happy time together for the first time in ten years, they both have heavy hearts as they are unable to erase the pain, they have caused their friends.

  • Episode 16
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    Episode 16

    March 5, 2002 · 60 min

    Joonsang and Yoojin finally make up with their friend. One day, Joonsang realizes that the last missing piece of his memories concerns his father. Meanwhile, when Professor Kim Jinwoo hears that Minhyeong is Joonsang, he cannot help but question whether Joonsang is his long-lost son.

  • Episode 17
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    Episode 17

    March 11, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin and Joonsang decide to get married and head for Chuncheon to her mother's house to get her approval. However, when Yoojin's mother finds out that Joonsang is Mihee's son, she firmly disapproves of them getting married.

  • Episode 18
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    Episode 18

    March 12, 2002 · 60 min

    Unable to change Yoojin's mother's mind, Yoojin and Joonsang decide to have a secret wedding by themselves. However, their plan is shattered when Sanghyeok chases after them.

  • Episode 19
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    Episode 19

    March 18, 2002 · 60 min

    Yoojin discovers a shocking secret from Mihee. Meanwhile, Joonsang treats Yoojin coldly, knowing that he should cut ties with her. Realizing how difficult it must be for him, Yoojin suggests to Joonsang that they go their separate ways.

  • Episode 20
    S1·E20

    Episode 20

    March 19, 2002 · 60 min

    Professor Kim finds out that Joonsang is his lost son. Joonsang hears shocking news from the doctor that unless he undergoes brain surgery, he will have a very slim chance of living due to the aftermath of his car accident.

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