''Cruel Love'' () is a 2007 South Korean television drama series starring

Kwon Sang-woo Kwon Sang-woo (in Korean: 권상우, ''Kweon Sang-u''; born August 5, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He rose to stardom in 2003 with the romantic comedy film ''My Tutor Friend'' and the melodrama series ''Stairway to Heaven''. Career Kwon Sang- ...

Lee Yo-won Lee Yo-won (born April 9, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Seondeok in the eponymous hit period drama. Career Lee Yo-won was a sophomore in high school when she won a modeling contest and first appe ...

, and Kim Sung-soo. It aired on

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from December 3, 2007 to February 5, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Despite lackluster domestic viewership ratings, it recorded high export revenues from Japan and Taiwan due to Kwon's Korean Wave appeal.

Synopsis

Na In-jung struggles with her love between the rather cold and rebellious Yong-ki and a successful businessman, Soo-hwan. Kang Yong-ki is a pop culture artist. He was separated from his first love, Jo Ann, and still carries the wound that he suffered from their relationship. His half sister is Joo-ran who is married to Soo-hwan. Soo-hwan begins an

affair An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person who may neither agree to such relationship nor even be aware of i ...

with In-jung but he only has ambition for the

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position of Yong-ki's father's company. Soon after he discovers that his ambition does not fill the emptiness that he has inside and realizes he needs In-jung. But In-jung and Yong-ki have already fallen in love with each other. Will In-jung go back to her first love or stay with Yong-ki?

Cast

Main characters

as Kang Yong-ki *

as Na In-jung * Kim Sung-soo as Lee Soo-hwan *

Cha Ye-ryun Cha Ye-ryun (born Park Hyun-ho on July 16, 1985) is a South Korean actress. A graduate of Sangmyung High School, she began acting in 2005 at the age of 20, when she had a supporting role in the horror film ''Voice''. In 2007, she made her officia ...

as Park Shin-young / Jo Ann *

Kim Ga-yeon Kim Ga-yeon (born Kim So-yeon, 9 September 1972) is a South Korean actress and former owner of the ''StarCraft II'' team SlayerS. Personal life In 2011, Kim entered into a common-law marriage with South Korean former professional StarCraft p ...

as Kang Joo-ran, Soo-hwan's wife and Yong-ki's half-sister

Supporting characters

Park Geun-hyung Park Geun-hyung (born June 7, 1940) is a South Korean actor. His career in film, television and theater has spanned over five decades. Filmography Film *''7 People in the Cellar'' (1969) *''Lovers of Seoul'' (1973) *''Spies in the National A ...

as Chairman Kang Woo-taek, Yong-ki's father *

Song Ok-sook Song Ok-sook (born August 14, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She has appeared in supporting roles in numerous television dramas, including ''Winter Sonata'', ''Beethoven Virus'', ''More Charming by the Day'', and '' Missing You''. Song is al ...

as Lee Jin-sook, Joo-ran's mother *

Kim Chang-wan Kim Chang Wan (born February 22, 1954) is a South Korean singer, composer, musician, actor, host, radio DJ and writer. Career Sanulrim Kim Chang-wan, along with his younger brothers Kim Chang-hoon and Kim Chang-ik, began composing music d ...

as Hwang In-soo *

Bang Eun-hee Bang Eun-hee (born Bang Min-seo on May 7, 1967) is a South Korean actress. Bang made her acting debut in 1988, and rose to fame after being cast as the lead actress in Im Kwon-taek's ''General's Son'' (1990). She has starred in films and televis ...

as Park Chan-sook * Kim Min-jung as Soo-hwan's mother * Choi Yong-min as In-jung's father *

Yu Ji-in Yu Ji-in (born January 27, 1956) is a South Korean actress active since 1974. She was born Lee Yun-hui in Seoul, South Korea in 1956 and received a bachelor's and master's degree in Theater and Film from Chung-Ang University. When she was a fres ...

as In-jung's mother * Choi Sung-min as Yoon Sil-gang *

Jung Woo Jung Woo (born Kim Jung-guk on January 14, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the drama ''Reply 1994'' (2013) and ''You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin'' (2013). Career Jung Woo made his acting debut in 2006, and began ...

as Han Jung-woo *

Kim Hyang-gi Kim Hyang-gi (born August 9, 2000) is a South Korean actress. Career Kim began her career as a child actress, debuting in a Paris Baguette Commercial alongside her future co-star Jung Woo Sung and first appeared in the animal film '' Heart ...

as Lee Mi-so, Soo-hwan's daughter *

Yoon Hee-seok Yoon Hee-seok (born February 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Music video Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * * Yoon Hee-seok Fan Cafeat Daum * * * 1975 bir ...

as Yong-ki's friend * Lee Ha * Lee Joo-seok

Ratings

International broadcast

Under the title ''Cruel Love'', it aired in the Philippines beginning June 22, 2009 on the

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

. The Tagalog-dubbed version was re-aired three times worldwide on

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from April 7, 2014 to June 11, 2014; November 17, 2014 to January 21, 2015 and September 21, 2015 to November 25, 2015. It premiered in Japan on cable channel WOWOW on September 19, 2008. This was followed by re-airings on terrestrial network TBS and on cable channel KNTV from June 18 to August 21, 2012.

Remake

In 2014, was filmed a licensed remake of "Bring back my love to me." His filmed TV channels "Inter" (Ukraine) and Russia-1 (Russia). Quality rating of Kinopoisk 7.826 of 10.

References

External links

* * * * {{IMDb title, 336485 Korean-language television shows Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2007 South Korean television series debuts 2008 South Korean television series endings South Korean romance television series South Korean melodrama television series Television series by Doremi Entertainment