Cinderella's Sister (Hangul: 신데렐라 언니, lit. Cinderella's Older Sister, also known as Cinderella's Stepsister), is a Korean Drama that ran between March and June 2010 for 20 episodes. The family dynamics are set in a small winery that a conglomerate is attempting to take over. It stars Moon Geun-young as Eun Jo, Seo Woo as Goo Hyo Sun, Chun Jung-myung as Hong Ki Hoon, and Ok Taec-yeon (from 2PM as Han Jung Woo.
This series contains examples of:
- Abusive Parents: Eun Jo, who has no real father figure until her mother marries Dae Seong, repeatedly ignores Dae Seong's attempts to help/befriend her and never quite gets a chance to tell him that she appreciates him. Then he dies.
- All Love Is Unrequited:
- Hyo Seon likes Ki Hoon, who likes Eun Jo, who rejects Ki Hoon.
- Jung Woo likes Eun Jo, who thinks of him as a kid brother.
- Daddy's Girl: Hyo Seon was the darling of everyone who worked at the winery—until her father dies
- Dramatic Shattering: Done by Go Dae Seong, against the ceramic wine pots using an axe.
- Freudian Excuse: Song Kang Sook is the root of all this: her biological daughter Eun Jo in the first half of the series, and her stepdaughter Hyo Seon in the latter half
- The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Go Hyo Seon and Song Eun Jo are always fighting despite and because they're half-sisters. Hyo sun is especially jealous of her new stepsister, Eun Jo.
- He's All Grown up: Eun Jo doesn't recognize Jung Woo after 8 years because of this.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Eun Jo
- Kids Are Cruel: Go Jun Soo, who doubles it with Lonely Rich Kid. His "When's Daddy coming home?" after Dae Seong dies tugs at heartstrings.
- Love Triangle: Hyo Seon and Eun Jo both like Ki Hoon. Ki Hoon and Jung Woo both like Eun Jo.
- Precocious Crush: Jung Woo's had a crush on Eun Jo, who's several years older than him, since he was in elementary school.
- Wicked Stepmother: Song Kang Sook. Subverted in that, for the first eight years, she chose her stepdaughter over her biological one.
