As a single, unmarried woman in her mid-thirties, Lee Yeon-jae is meek and timid, considered a spinster by society. After spending ten years working for the same travel company owned by Kang Chul-man, she is falsely accused of stealing from a client. In addition to enduring the accusations of her superiors, she is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer with approximately six months left to live. Mustering up her courage, Yeon-jae resigns and embraces her remaining six months of life. Embarking on her first vacation alone, she splurges on clothes and flies first-class to Okinawa Island, Japan, where she runs into the man of her dreams, Kang Ji-wook, who happens to be the son of her former boss. Ji-wook is a rich young man, cynical and lifeless, until he falls in love with Yeon-jae. Together they live out a series of misadventures, both comical and bittersweet, as Yeon-jae completes each dream in her Bucket List.
Cast
Main characters
Kim Sun-a as Lee Yeon-jae
Lee Dong-wook as Kang Ji-wook
Um Ki-joon as Chae Eun-suk
Seo Hyo-rim as Im Se-kyung
Supporting characters
Kim Hye-ok as Kim Soon-jung, Yeon-jae's mother
Sa Hyun-jin as Yoo Hye-won, Yeon-jae's best friend
Choi Jung-hoon as Oh Sang-mok, Yeon-jae's and Soon-jung's hot-tempered landlord
Lee Jung-gil as Kang Chul-man, Ji-wook's father
Park Jung-sun as Park Sang-woo
Kim Kwang-kyu as Yoon Bong-kil, Yeon-jae's office mate/tango instructor Ramses
Shin Jung-geun as Noh Sang-shik, Yeon-jae's office manager
Son Sung-yoon as Nam Na-ri
Namkoong Won as Im Joong-hee, Se-kyung's father
Shin Ji-soo as Yang Hee-joo, cancer patient who treats Yeon-jae as her elder sister
In September 2011, it was announced that the drama's rights were sold eight Asian countries, including Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. This was followed by promotional events attended by the two lead actors, Kim Sun-a and Lee Dong-wook on December 5–6 in Singapore and Malaysia, respectively, for ONE TV ASIA. It first aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from July 23 to September 11, 2011. It was re-aired on TBS as part of the network's "Hallyu Select Frame" beginning June 7, 2012, and on cable channel BS-Japan. It first aired in Vietnam on BTV4 from November 15, 2014. It first aired in Thailand on Channel 7 beginning December 8, 2015. In Sri Lanka, it is available to stream with subtitles on Iflix.