''Hogu's Love'' () is a 2015

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based on the Daum

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of the same title by Yoo Hyun-sook. Starring

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, and Lee Soo-kyung, it aired on

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from February 9 to March 31, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 ( KST) time slot for 16 episodes.

Synopsis

A young girl of South korea at the age of twenty one also participating in this competition at the position of first. Her name is Do-do-hee. At first position is only a position , not the position of first rank or the rank of gold medal. Before competition she was not looking well,not for the competition of win or lose, but because of ache in her stomach. The competition starts from 7:30 pm. Everyone chasing every other player in the competition. The game is on the end point, Do-hui (Do-do-hee's nick name) is not feeling well because of stomach ache. She is going to win because she is near the point of end or final line. And then she lose game with a lot of vomiting. She stands for second position or for silver medal. So, she is full of anger as she wants gold medal for her country. she is not satisfied with it. Her coach try to keep her anger silent. She left stadium within one half hour with lot of scolding with coach. In the way, in full of anger she message her coach to come at practice stadium for practicing swimming for one day. She is so upset no one help her in this. Here, this is the beautiful evening for a young boy at the age of twenty two. His name is Ho-Go. Ho-gu He has never had a proper girlfriend, with girls constantly taking advantage of his sweet, naive nature by enjoying all the perks of dating then

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-ing him. His relationship-savvy twin sister Kang Ho-kyung mocks him and his best friends Kim Tae-hee and Shin Chung-jae for being sorely lacking in any dating skills. Do Do-hee is an athlete on the Korean national swimming squad, and won the silver medal at the recent Asian Games. Driven and competitive, she's frustrated at never getting first place and is known for cursing a lot. The timid, bullied Ho-gu had a crush on Do-hee in their teens, when her beauty and sports cred made her the most popular girl in high school. She's the only reason he goes to their high school reunion, and when they meet again, he's surprised to learn that she remembers him. Ho-gu grabs the chance to spend time with the girl of his dreams, not knowing that Do-hee has a secret, that she is pregnant. Do-hee wants to bury this secret because if the story breaks out about her being pregnant, then her life would be destroyed.

Cast

Main

as Kang Ho-gu *

as Do Do-hee *

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as Byun Kang-chul * Lee Soo-kyung as Kang Ho-kyung

People around Do Do-hee

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as So Shi-min

People around Kang Ho-gu

* Jung Won-joong as Kang Yong-moo * Park Soon-chun as Kim Ok-ryung * Choi Jae-hwan as Kim Tae-hee *

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as Shin Chung-jae

People around Byun Kang-chul

* Oh Young-shil as Mok Kyung-jin *

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as Byun Kang-se * Song Ji-in as In Gong-mi

Others

* Kim Hyun-joon as Noh Kyung-woo * Seol A as Ji-yoon *

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as Reporter * Han Geun-sub * Oh Hee-joong *

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as Man running away with comic books * Won Woong-jae * Ahn Soo-ho * Shin Young-il as Announcer * Noh Min-sang * Kwon Byung-gil * Lee Yoon-sang * Jang Tae-min * Kim Hye-hwa * Han Yeo-wool * Moon Jae-young as Director Yang *

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as Min-ji * Lee Do-yeon as Han Sung-sil

Special appearances

* Lee Sung-min as Oh Sang-sik, customer of

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rental shop (ep. 1) *

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mom (ep. 2, 6) *

Min Do-hee Min Do-hee (born September 25, 1994), professionally known as Dohee, is a South Korean actress and singer. She debuted in 2012 as a lead vocal of South Korean girl group Tiny-G. She made her acting debut in 2013 with tvN drama ''Reply 1994''. ...

as High school girl in

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(ep. 2) *

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as High school boy in

(ep. 2)

Production

Director Pyo Min-soo and screenwriter Yoon Nan-joong previously worked together on the

series, ''

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'' in 2011. ''Hogu's Love'' original author Yoo Hyun-sook also wrote the

''I Steal Peeks at Him Every Day'', which was adapted into another tvN series ''

Flower Boys Next Door ''My Cute Guys'' () is a 2013 South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the webtoon by Yoo Hyun-sook titled ''I Steal Peeks At Him Every Day'' (). It stars Park Shin-hye as a lonely girl who never ventures outdoors, but is caught sp ...

'' in 2013.

Ratings

In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. *

References

External links

''Hogu's Love'' official tvN website
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''Hogu's Love'' webtoon
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