Love Song for Illusion

Love Song for Illusion is a 2024 South Korean television series starring Park Ji-hoon, Hong Ye-ji, Hwang Hee, and Ji Woo. Based on a Naver webtoon of the same name by Vanziun, it is about the romance and fierce obsession between a man with two conflicting personalities and a woman with a dark past. It aired on KBS2 from January 2 to February 27, 2024, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:10. It is also available for streaming on Wavve in South Korea, and on Viu and Viki in selected regions.

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Synopsis

Yeon Wol hides her identity and becomes an assassin to avenge her family. Her mission is to assassinate the king but fails when she falls into a trap set by an unknown person. She wakes up the next day with no memory of her past, and is appointed as the crown prince's concubine.

Cast and characters

Main

Park Ji-hoon as Sajo Hyun / Ak-hee
* Lee Joo-won as young Sajo Hyun
# Sajo Hyun: the intelligent and multi-talented crown prince who works as a fashion designer at a downtown boutique while hiding his real identity.
# Ak-hee: Hyun's alternate personality who is charming but is cursed to feel extreme pain whenever Yeon Wol touches him.
Hong Ye-ji as Yeon Wol / Kyera /Consort Eun-hyo
* Kim Soo-ha as young Yeon Wol
Hwang Hee as Sajo Yung
Ji Woo as Crown Princess Geum-hwa / Jin Chae-ryun
Kim Tae-woo as Sajo Seung
Woo Hee-jin as Consort Cheong-myung
Kang Shin-il as Jin Mu-dal
Hwang Seok-jeong as Chung-ta

Supporting

People around Sajo Hyun

Woo Hyun as Eunuch Neung
Han Eun-seong as Ji Jeon-seo

People around Yeon Wol

Kim Dong-won as Yang Jae-i
Lee Joo-an as Ha-rang
Shin Gi-hwan as Hong-gun
Oh Ji-ho as Yeon Pung-hak
Choi Yoon-young as Eun Mi-so

People in the royal court

Yoo Hyung-gwan as the minister of finance
Kim Kyung-ryong as the minister of personnel
Lee Kwan-hoon as the minister of war

Others

Jo Han-jun as Gi-chul
Moon Yu-bin as Noh Ri-sa

Production and release

The first script reading of the cast was held in mid-March 2023, and filming was scheduled to begin in May.
Originally, the series was scheduled to broadcast the first two episodes consecutively on January 2, 2024, from 21:45. However, its time slot was changed to 22:10, and the broadcast of the second episode was pushed back to January 8.