Cruel Love
| Cruel Love | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Romance, Melodrama |
| Written by | Lee Yoo-jin |
| Directed by | Kwon Kye-hong |
| Starring | Kwon Sang-woo Lee Yo-won Kim Sung-soo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Korea |
| Running time | 60 minutes on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Release | 3 December 2007 – 5 February 2008 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 못된 사랑 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Motdoen Sarang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Motdoen Sarang |
Cruel Love (Korean: 못된 사랑; RR: Motdoen Sarang; lit. Bad Love) is a 2007 South Korean television drama series starring Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Yo-won, and Kim Sung-soo.[1] It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2007, to February 5, 2008, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.[2]
Despite lackluster domestic viewership ratings, it recorded high export revenues from Japan and Taiwan due to Kwon's Korean Wave appeal.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]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.[4] 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 with In-jung but he only has ambition for the CEO 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
[edit]Main characters
[edit]- Kwon Sang-woo as Kang Yong-ki
- Lee Yo-won as Na In-jung
- Kim Sung-soo as Lee Soo-hwan
- Cha Ye-ryun as Park Shin-young / Jo Ann
- Kim Ga-yeon as Kang Joo-ran, Soo-hwan's wife and Yong-ki's half-sister
Supporting characters
[edit]- Park Geun-hyung as Chairman Kang Woo-taek, Yong-ki's father
- Song Ok-sook as Lee Jin-sook, Joo-ran's mother
- Kim Chang-wan as Hwang In-soo
- Bang Eun-hee as Park Chan-sook
- Kim Min-jung as Soo-hwan's mother
- Choi Yong-min as In-jung's father
- Yu Ji-in as In-jung's mother
- Choi Sung-min as Yoon Sil-gang
- Jung Woo as Han Jung-woo
- Kim Hyang-gi as Lee Mi-so, Soo-hwan's daughter
- Yoon Hee-seok as Yong-ki's friend
- Lee Ha
- Lee Joo-seok
Ratings
[edit]| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-03 | 01 | 7.8% | - |
| 2007-12-04 | 02 | 7.5% | - |
| 2007-12-10 | 03 | 8.2% | - |
| 2007-12-11 | 04 | 11.6% (14th) | 11.8% (12th) |
| 2007-12-17 | 05 | 9.2% | - |
| 2007-12-18 | 06 | 8.7% | - |
| 2007-12-24 | 07 | 6.3% | - |
| 2007-12-25 | 08 | 9.2% | - |
| 2007-12-31 | 09 | 8.7% | - |
| 2008-01-01 | 10 | 8.7% | - |
| 2008-01-07 | 11 | 9.1% | - |
| 2008-01-08 | 12 | 7.9% | - |
| 2008-01-14 | 13 | 8.0% | - |
| 2008-01-15 | 14 | 7.8% | - |
| 2008-01-21 | 15 | 8.5% | - |
| 2008-01-22 | 16 | 7.1% | - |
| 2008-01-28 | 17 | 7.1% | - |
| 2008-01-29 | 18 | 6.0% | - |
| 2008-02-04 | 19 | 6.6% | - |
| 2008-02-05 | 20 | 6.8% | - |
| Average | 8.0% | - | |
International broadcast
[edit]Under the title Cruel Love, it aired in the Philippines beginning June 22, 2009, on the GMA Network.[5] The Tagalog-dubbed version was re-aired three times worldwide on GMA Life TV 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.[6] This was followed by re-airings on terrestrial network TBS[7] and on cable channel KNTV from June 18 to August 21, 2012.[8]
Remake
[edit]In 2014, a licensed remake titled "Bring back my love to me", was filmed. It aired on TV channels "Inter" (Ukraine) and Russia-1 (Russia). It received a rating of 7.826 of 10 on Kinopoisk.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lee Yo-won to costar Kwon Sang-woo in Bad Love". Broasia via Hancinema. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ Oh, Jean (31 December 2007). "Bad Love has good Christmas". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ "TV Drama Starring Kwon Sang-woo Big Hit in Japan". KBS Global. 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ "Designer Park Jin-woo Stirs Comedy With Style". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ "Cruel Love will premiere this Monday, June 22". Philippine Entertainment Portal. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "クォン・サンウ主演『BAD LOVE～愛に溺れて～』がWOWOWで放送│韓国ドラマ│wowKora(ワウコリア)". 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ^ "BAD LOVE". Tbs.co.jp. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "韓流No.1 チャンネル-KNTV". Archived from the original on 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ^ "Верни мою любовь (сериал)". Kinopoisk.ru. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- Cruel Love on KBS World
- Cruel Love at HanCinema
- Cruel Love at IMDb