Red Shoes () is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Choi Myung-gil, So Yi-hyun and Park Yoon-jae. The series, directed by Park Gi-hyeon and written by Hwang Soon-young, tells the story of a daughter who seeks to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success. The daily drama premiered on KBS2 on July 5 and aired on every weekday at 19:50 (KST) till December 10, 2021.
Synopsis The series revolves around Kim Jem-ma (So Yi-hyun), a daughter who has a strong desire to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success.
Choi Myung-gil portrays Min Hee-kyeong, Kim Jem-ma's cold-hearted mother, who abandons her family after reuniting with her first love. Kim Jem-ma seeks to find out the secrets related to, and to avenge, her father's death. Yoon Gi-seok (portrayed by Park Yoon-jae) does not believe in love due to his wife's betrayal, but falls in love with Kim Jem-ma. Yoon Hyeon-seok (Shin Jung-yoon) is Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, with free soul and defiant charm.
The title of the series as explained by the writer Hwang Soon-young: "The day the main character woman was kicked out of her house by her husband, she comes out wearing the 'red shoes' that a man in the past gave her. And the last gift she left for her daughter is a necklace of red shoe accessories. If the 'red shoes' are 'desire' for the mother, it becomes 'revenge' for the daughter."
Cast Main Choi Myung-gil as Min Hee-kyeong, Kim Jem-ma's mother She has her desires and instincts and transforms from the past when she was tied to the roles of mother and wife, leader in the shoe industry with the name 'Laura' So Yi-hyun as Kim Jem-ma Daughter of Kim Jeong-guk and Min Hee-kyeong, Min Hee-kyeong disappears one night, her father is killed in a hit and run case, she grows up as the adopted daughter of the aunt Ok-kyung next door Park Yoon-jae as Yoon Gi-seok Grandson of Choi Sook-ja, representative of the fusion Korean restaurant. Afraid of love due to the betrayal of his former wife, closed the door to his heart due to the wounds of the past Shin Jung-yoon as Yoon Hyeon-seok, Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, the second grandson of Choi Sook-ja Jung Yoo-min as Kwon Hye-bin, Kim Jem-ma's half-sister A gold spoon princess character, born late to CEO Kwon Hyuk-sang and Min Hee-kyung, and grew up only being cute
Supporting
People around Kim Jem-ma Yang Geum-seok as Lee Kyung-hee Yang Seon-hee as Lee Sook So Ok-kyung's social friend, older sister, and rival, sells coffee in the same traditional market Kyeong In-seon as So Ok-kyung Kim Kwang-young as So Tae-gil A white-bearded gangster who lives with his older sister Ok-kyung Ji Ji-yoon as Lee Kun-wook, So Ok-kyung's son of a wealthy man. Ha Eun-jin as Jung Yoo-kyung Kim Jem-ma's best friend and Lee Kun-wook's girlfriend
People around Min Hee-kyeong Sunwoo Jae-duk as Kwon Hyuk-sang Min Hee-kyeong's former lover, current husband Choi Yeong-wan as Kwon Soo-yeon Kwon Hyuk-sang's younger sister Ban Hyo-jung as Choi Sook-ja A famous big fish in the underground lending industry. Kim Jem-ma's long-lost adoptive grandmother. Kim Kyu-chul as Kim Jeong-guk, Min Hee-kyung's husband Hwang Dong-ju as Kwon Joo-hyeong
Others Kim Yu-seok as Kwon Seok-hwan Park Chan-hwan as Mi Jeong Kim Ri-won as Ye Won Han In-soo as Yoon Jin-beom Seo Kwon-soon Han Chae-kyung as Go Eun-cho, Yoon Gi-seok's ex-wife, disappeared before, now reappears
Special appearance Park Geon-il as Jin-ho, younger brother of Kim Jem-ma
Production Casting So Yi-hyun was confirmed to appear in the revenge series in May 2021. She last appeared in 2016 KBS daily drama Secrets of Women. It is her comeback after five years. A script reading session was held on May 18 in KBS studio. Script writer Hwang Soon-Young has written three daily dramas, 2013 series Ruby Ring, 2014 series Two Mothers and 2015 series The Great Wives. Jung Yoo-min and director Park Gi-hyeon are working together for third time. Their previous two series are: Unasked Family (2019) and 2020 KBS Drama Special, Season 11 episode "My Lilac". First joint script reading session was held on June 14.
Filming On June 16, KBS released first stills of So Yi-hyun from the filming of drama. On August 19, a confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported from the filming site of the TV series. An actor, who came in contact with that person has been sent under self-quarantine.
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Viewership
Original broadcast date Average audience share Nielsen Korea TNmS Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 July 5, 2021 12.8% 10.9% 14.3% 2 July 6, 2021 12.0% 10.2% 13.0%3 July 7, 2021 12.2% 10.4% 13.2%4 July 8, 202112.0%10.5%5 July 9, 202113.6%6 July 12, 202113.1%11.5%14.7%7 July 14, 202112.3%10.7%14.0%8 July 15, 202113.3%12.1%15.4%9 July 16, 202112.8%11.1%14.7%10 July 19, 202113.4%12.2%14.8%11 July 20, 2021 14.0% 13.2% 15.1%12 July 21, 202113.8%12.4%14.9%13 July 22, 202115.0%13.2%16.4%14 July 23, 202112.3%10.7%14.4%15 August 9, 2021 12.6% 11.3% rowspan=4 16 August 10, 2021 13.9% 12.1%17 August 11, 2021 13.9% 12.3%18 August 12, 2021 14.6% 12.8%19 August 13, 2021 14.2% 12.8% 16.6%20 August 16, 2021 14.2% 13.5% 15.6%21 August 17, 2021 15.2% 13.6% 16.1%22 August 18, 2021 15.8% 13.7% 15.7%23 August 19, 2021 15.1% 13.0% 16.5%24 August 20, 2021 15.4% 14.0% 16.0%25 August 23, 2021 15.9% 14.1% 17.8%26 August 24, 2021 17.6% 15.8% 18.4%27 August 25, 2021 16.2% 13.8% 16.5%28 August 26, 2021 15.3% 13.5% 17.1%29 August 27, 2021 16.1% 14.0% 17.0%30 August 30, 2021 15.8% 13.9% 16.7%31 August 31, 2021 17.0% 14.5% 17.7%32 September 1, 2021 16.9% 17.4%33 September 2, 2021 15.9% 13.6% 15.8%34 September 3, 2021 15.9% 14.0% 17.0%35 September 6, 2021 16.8% 14.2% 17.4%36 September 7, 2021 17.0% 15.0% 16.4%37 September 8, 2021 16.2% 14.3% 17.0%38 September 9, 2021 15.9% 14.0% 16.4%39 September 10, 2021 15.8% 13.7% 40 September 13, 2021 16.5% 14.3% 17.4%41 September 14, 2021 16.7% 15.0% 17.1%42 September 15, 2021 16.3% 13.8% 17.7%43 September 16, 2021 16.6% 14.5% 16.3%44 September 17, 2021 16.0% 13.8% 15.9%45 September 22, 2021 15.6% 14.0% 14.9%46 September 23, 2021 17.0% 15.3% 16.9%47 September 24, 2021 16.7% 14.8% 17.0%48 September 27, 2021 16.7% 14.2% 17.5%49 September 28, 2021 17.5% 14.9% 17.5%50 September 29, 2021 17.5% 15.4% 17.2%51 September 30, 2021 16.6% 14.4% 17.2%52 October 1, 2021 16.5% 14.9% 16.9%53 October 4, 2021 17.4% 15.0% 17.1%54 October 5, 2021 16.7% 13.9% 17.6%55 October 6, 2021 16.4% 14.2% 17.5%56 October 7, 2021 16.0% 13.4% 17.4%57 October 8, 2021 15.4% 12.8% 16.4%58 October 11, 2021 17.3% 14.7% 17.6%59 October 12, 2021 16.8% 14.1% 17.1%60 October 13, 2021 17.0% 14.6% 17.0%61 October 14, 2021 16.0% 14.1% 17.1%62 October 15, 2021 16.0% 13.1% 17.3%63 October 18, 2021 16.9% 14.8% 18.1%64 October 19, 2021 16.4% 13.7% 17.1%65 October 20, 2021 16.2% 14.6% 17.2%66 October 21, 2021 16.8% 13.8% 17.9%67 October 22, 2021 16.9% 14.2% 17.0%68 October 25, 2021 16.1% 13.1% 17.8%69 October 26, 2021 17.0% 14.1% 17.6%70 October 27, 2021 16.2% 13.5% 17.5%71 October 28, 2021 15.9% 14.2% 18.1%72 October 29, 2021 16.8% 14.6% 17.9%73 November 1, 2021 16.7% 13.9% 19.2%74 November 2, 2021 17.2% 14.9% 18.9%75 November 3, 2021 16.7% 13.2% 19.0%76 November 4, 2021 17.2% 14.8% 18.3%77 November 5, 2021 16.1% 13.2% 18.3%78 November 8, 2021 17.5% 15.6% 18.9%79 November 10, 2021 17.4% 14.6% 18.5%80 November 11, 2021 16.9% 14.2% 18.5%81 November 12, 2021 17.0% 14.4% 82 November 16, 2021 17.1% 14.0% 18.9%83 November 17, 2021 16.8% 13.9% 18.2%84 November 18, 2021 17.5% 14.8% 18.8%85 November 19, 2021 17.1% 15.2% 19.0%86 November 22, 2021 18.6% 16.0% 19.5%87 November 23, 2021 17.2% 14.3% 18.6%88 November 24, 2021 17.6% 14.6% 19.2%89 November 25, 2021 17.6% 15.6% 18.1%90 November 26, 2021 17.1% 14.6% 18.2%91 November 29, 2021 17.1% 14.8% 18.0%92 November 30, 2021 18.2% 15.5% 17.9%93 December 1, 2021 18.0% 14.7% 17.5%94 December 2, 2021 18.1% 15.4% 17.9%95 December 3, 2021 17.4% 15.2% 96 December 6, 2021 17.9% 15.0% 17.4%97 December 7, 2021 19.2% 98 December 8, 2021 18.6% 15.5% 19.9%99 December 9, 2021 19.0% 16.1% 19.9% 100 December 10, 2021 17.1% Average
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.2021KBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama So Yi-hyun Choi Myung-gil Top Excellence Award, Actress Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Sunwoo Jae-duk 2022APAN Star AwardsTop Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial DramaChoi Myung-gil Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial DramaSo Yi-hyun
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External links
Red Shoes at Daum Red Shoes at Naver