''Single Dad in Love'' () is a 2008 South Korean television series starring

Oh Ji-ho Oh Ji-ho (born April 14, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the television dramas '' Couple or Trouble'' (2006), '' The Slave Hunters'' (2010), ''Queen of the Office'' (2013) and ''My Fair Lady'' (2016). Career Oh was born and r ...

Huh E-jae Heo Yi-jae (, born February 19, 1986) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the Korean drama, television dramas ''Prince Hours'' and ''Single Dad in Love''. Career Heo Yi-jae began her entertainment career by mode ...

and

Kang Sung-yeon Kang Sung-yeon (born July 21, 1976) is a South Korean actress. Kang made her acting debut in 1996 through MBC's Open Recruitment. Although her main profession was acting, she also contributed songs to several soundtracks and released two albu ...

. It aired on

KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

from February 18 to April 8, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

Kang Poong-ho is a pest exterminator by day and a K-1/

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

fighter by night. He is a

single father A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single parent include divorce, break-up, abandonment, becoming wid ...

raising his 7-year-old son Kang San after the boy's mother, his first love Yoon So-yi, abandoned them to pursue her ambition of becoming a pianist. Despite life's trials, Poong-ho never loses his optimism and sense of humor. He meets and falls in love with Jeon Ha-ri, a bright and bubbly medical student from a wealthy family. An obstacle to their romance arises when they learn that Ha-ri's soon-to-be stepmother is none other So-yi and that it was Ha-ri's surgeon father Jeon Ki-suk who sponsored her piano studies abroad. As So-yi re-enters their lives, San is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Poong-ho is willing to go to any lengths to save his beloved son.

Cast

Main characters

as Kang Poong-ho *

Heo Yi-jae Heo Yi-jae (, born February 19, 1986) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the television dramas ''Prince Hours'' and '' Single Dad in Love''. Career Heo Yi-jae began her entertainment career by modeling for maga ...

as Jeon Ha-ri *

as Yoon So-yi * as Jeon Ki-suk *

Ahn Do-gyu Ahn Do-gyu (born September 28, 2000) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Television series Web series Films Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * * 2000 births Living people South Korean male fil ...

as Kang San

Supporting characters

* Im Joo-hwan as Min Hyun-ki *

Shindong Shin Dong-hee (born September 28, 1985), better known by his stage name Shindong (lit. meaning: "prodigy"), is a South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, host, radio personality and video director. He is best known as a member of Super Junior and i ...

as Oh Chil-goo *

Kim Ha-eun Kim Ha-eun (born Kim Hyun-jin; January 3, 1984) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series ''Conspiracy in the Court'', and ''The Slave Hunters''. She is also the CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), ...

as Jo Kyung-ah, Ha-ri's friend * as Goo Sang-tae, Poong-ho's boxing coach *Min Wook 민욱 as Min Joon-ho, principal *

Kim Ja-ok Kim Ja-ok (October 11, 1951 – November 16, 2014) was a South Korean actress. Kim was born in Busan in 1951. Kim dropped out of Hanyang University majoring in Film. Kim started her acting career after admitted to a public recruit by MBC TV. ...

as Jung Eun-ji, Hyun-ki' mother *Jang Ji-min as Park Min-joo *

Jung Jae-soon Jung Jae-soon is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Homemade Love Story'', '' My Only One'', ''House of Bluebird'' and ''Three Bold Siblings ''Three Bold Siblings'' () is a 2023 South Korean television ser ...

as Lee Wal-soon, Min-joo's grandmother

References

External links

''Single Dad in Love'' official KBS website
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