Stained Glass (; lit. "Glass Picture") 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 orphanage where Gi-tae and Dong-joo were. 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 his promise that he would protect Ji-soo forever. Once, when Ji-soo headed for the church in the car, Gi-tae and Dong-joo raced alongside to catch up with the car Ji-soo was in. In the autumn of