Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko's protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together.
The relationship of childhood sweethearts Cha Song Joo and Hang Jung Suh becomes complicated when Jung Suh's father remarries. Along with a new stepmother, Jung Suh also has a new introverted stepbrother, Han Tae Hwa and a scheming stepsister, Han Yuri. Gradually, Tae Hwa falls in love with kind-hearted Jung Suh and Yuri decides to pursue Song Joo. Nothing can shake the bond between Jung Suh and Song Joo, however, not even Song Joo's departure to study abroad in America.
On the night of his return, however, Jung Suh is mysteriously hit by a car and believed dead. Having lost her memory in the crash, she is taken in by Tae Hwa, who relocates and gives her another name. Five years later, on the eve of his engagement to Yuri, Song Joo sees someone who looks exactly like his lost love Jung Suh. E
On the night of his return, however, Jung Suh is mysteriously hit by a car and believed dead. Having lost her memory in the crash, she is taken in by Tae Hwa, who relocates and gives her another name. Five years later, on the eve of his engagement to Yuri, Song Joo sees someone who looks exactly like his lost love Jung Suh. E
Both have scheming families with an evil stepmom and sibling who gets in the way of childhood sweethearts. The star crossed lovers are separated by studying abroad, amnesia, car accidents, and terminal illness. Shin Hyun Joon stars in both dramas as the second male lead who wants the amnesiac main character's memories to stay forgotten. Their love is selfish but you can't help but feel a bit sympathetic. Choi Ji Woo in Stairway to Heaven and Han Ji Min in Cain and Abel are phenomenal at crying scenes that make your heart ache for the female leads.
Stairway to Heaven has a female main character who's in a love triangle between the childhood sweetheart male lead and the second male lead who's her non-blood-related brother. The stepsister played by Kim Tae Hee has extremely evil-looking acting with bulging eyes.
Cain and Abel has a male main character who's in a love triangle between the childhood sweetheart female lead and the other female lead who's his non-blood-related fake cousin. The adopted brother played by Shin Hyun Joon has extremely evil-looking acting with hawk-like glares.
Stairway to Heaven has a female main character who's in a love triangle between the childhood sweetheart male lead and the second male lead who's her non-blood-related brother. The stepsister played by Kim Tae Hee has extremely evil-looking acting with bulging eyes.
Cain and Abel has a male main character who's in a love triangle between the childhood sweetheart female lead and the other female lead who's his non-blood-related fake cousin. The adopted brother played by Shin Hyun Joon has extremely evil-looking acting with hawk-like glares.
