Cruel Love
Cruel Love is a 2007 South Korean television drama series starring Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Yo-won, and Kim [Sung-soo (actor)|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
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