''Love & Secret'' () is a 2014

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n daily drama starring Shin So-yul and Kim Heung-soo. It aired on

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from November 11, 2014 to April 3, 2015 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:50 for 102 episodes.

Plot

Han Ah-reum, the daughter of the Korean Vice-Minister for Culture, returns home with a child born out of wedlock, a fact that will shame her family and ruin the chances of her father becoming the Minister for Culture. Chun Sung-woon, heir of the Winner fashion and clothing company, is being backed into an arranged marriage that he does not want. When the paths of the two cross and re-cross, initial hostility turns into love. However, the secret of Ah-reum's illegitimate daughter may become a barrier to true love.

Cast

Main characters

* Shin So-yul as Han Ah-reum :Fashion student who becomes pregnant with Phillip's daughter Tiffany, but is abandoned by him, becomes a single mother despite the stigma that it brings. She becomes a designer at Winner's in order to provide for her daughter, where she meets and falls in love with Cheon Sung-woon. * Kim Heung-soo as Cheon Sung-woon :Director of the Winner's Group, falls in love with Ah-reum and breaks off an arranged marriage with Go Yoon-yi, persists in wanting to marry Ah-reum even after it is discovered that she is a single mother * Yang Jin-woo as Phillip Choi :Hedge fund manager, abandons Ah-reum for a financially more lucrative marriage but seeks a divorce from his wife once he has extracted what he wants from it, when Ah-reum rejects him becomes obsessed with winning back Ah-reum and taking custody of Tiffany, uses Winner's need for expansion capital to manipulate Sung-woon and Ah-reum *

Yeon Min-ji Lee Min-ji (born May 14, 1984), better known as stage name Yeon Min-ji, is a South Korean actress and singer. She is also active in Japanese entertainment under the mononym . Filmography Film Television series Music video Discog ...

as Go Yoon-yi :Corporate lawyer, and Sung-woon's friend since childhood, from an impoverished background Sung-woon's family paid for her education with the intention of marrying her to him, when Sung-woon breaks off their engagement she helps Phillip and betrays Winner's in order to drive Sung-woon and Ah-reum apart

Supporting characters

;Han family * Jung Dong-hwan as Han Pan-suk :Ah-reum's father, vice-minister of culture, candidate to become minister, ruins his career and a reputation for probity in order to protect Ah-reum * Kim Hye-ok as Oh Myung-hwa :Ah-reum's mother, housewife, suffers early onset dementia which Phillip uses to snatch Tiffany and paint Ah-reum as an unfit mother *

Son Seung-won Son Seung-won (born June 29, 1990) is a South Korean actor. He is most active in musical theatre, and was the youngest Korean actor cast in the leading role in the Korean staging of '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' in 2013. He is known for his r ...

as Han Jin-woo :Ah-reum's younger brother, a medical student and talented singer * Park Joon-myun as Oh Sun-hwa * Choi Seung-kyung as Kwon Young-soo *

Yang Han-yeol Yang Han-yeol (; born August 17, 2003) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in dramas such as ''Love & Secret'', '' A Thousand Days' Promise'', '' The Greatest Love'', ''Goddess of Marriage ''Goddess of Marriage'' () is a 2013 S ...

as Kwon Hyuk-min ;Chun family * Kim Eung-soo as Chun Do-hyung *

Hwang In-young Hwang In-young (born November 23, 1978) is a South Korean actress. She officially made her acting debut in 1999, and has since starred in films, television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewin ...

as Lee Soo-ah * Heo Jin as Lee Hae-bang * Jo Hyun-do as Chun Sung-ho ;Extended cast *

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as Secretary Jang * Im Baek-chun as Kim Sung-chul * Yoo Hee-do as Woo Sang-joon * Son Se-bin as Heo Anna

Ratings

*The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings *NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date *

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

The series aired, one week after initial broadcast, on

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References

External links

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