Cruel Love () is a 2007 South Korean television drama series starring Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Yo-won, and Kim Sung-soo. It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2007, to February 5, 2008, on Monday and Tuesday at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Despite lackluster domestic viewership ratings, the series 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 pop culture artist Kang Yong-ki and a successful businessman, Lee Soo-hwan. Yong-ki was separated from his first love, Joan, and still carries the wound that he suffered from their relationship. His half-sister, Joo-ran, is married to Soo-hwan, who begins an affair with In-jung. However, Soo-hwan only has ambition for the CEO position of Yong-ki's father's company. Afterwards, Yong-ki discovers that his ambition does not fill the emptiness that he has inside and realizes he needs In-jung. When In-jung and Yong-ki have become a couple, In-jung has two choices between to choose her first love and stay with Yong-ki.
Cast Main characters 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/Joan Kim Ga-yeon as Kang Joo-ran, Soo-hwan's wife and Yong-ki's half-sister.
Supporting characters Park Geun-hyung as Kang Woo-taek, Yong-ki's father who serves as chairman. 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 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% -
Remake In 2014, a licensed remake titled Bring Back My Love to Me () was filmed. It aired on Inter in Ukraine and Russia-1 in Russia. The remake received a rating of 7.826 of 10 on Kinopoisk.
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