My First Love (TV series)
My First Love is a 2018 fantasy South Korean television series starring Lee Jung-shin, Seo Ji-hoon and Lee Yul-eum. It is based on the webtoon by the same title, released in 2015. It aired on OCN from January 8 to February 6, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 for ten episodes.
Synopsis
The story of a man who cannot forget his first love from ten years ago and is given the chance to redo history as he returns to the past.Cast
Main
- Lee Jung-shin as Kang Shin-woo, a high school mathematics teacher who, by an accidental opportunity, returns to ten years in the past and meets his younger self.
- Seo Ji-hoon as young Kang Shin-woo
- Lee Yul-eum as Han Ji-soo, Shin-woo's first love, a pretty and smart student who hides an inner pain from childhood.
Supporting
- Kim Sun-young as Shin-woo's mother
- Cho Seung-hee as Baek Na-hee
- Park Han-sol as Kim Yun-jeong
- Kim Min-seok as Kim Min-seok
- Min Do-hee as Jang So-ra
- Lee Joo-hyung as Joo Geun-deok
- Song Ji-hyun as Kang Shin-hee
- Lee Sang as Ki-wan
- Go Gyu-pil
- Lee Tae-sun as Shin Joo-hwan
Production
- The series marks the three main actors' first-ever lead role.
- It was initially planned by SBS Plus, the production company of the series, to air My First Love on their network, but later moved to OCN. There was also a plan to stream it first on the Oksusu app before the broadcast.
- The first script reading of the cast took place at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong.
- It was fully pre-produced: filming started in late August 2017 and wrapped up on October 25.