When a Man Falls in Love
When a Man Falls in Love is a 2013 South Korean television drama series broadcast by MBC. Directed by Kim Sang-ho and Choi Byung-gil, it stars Song Seung-heon, Shin Se-kyung, Chae Jung-an and Yeon Woo-jin. It aired from April 3 to June 6, 2013, replacing 7th Grade Civil Servant and was replaced by The Queen's Classroom. The story revolves around a world-weary gangster as his love life intertwines with three others, and how the course of their lives changes entirely based on one moment of fevered passion.
Plot
Han Tae-sang is a successful but cold-blooded businessman who is unstoppable once he sets his mind on doing or getting something. He had once been a smart young man full of potential, but his dreams came to a halt when he was forced to work as a gangster for the same loan shark that destroyed his family. Since then, he has been able to build a successful business through his own blood, sweat and tears, and everything he's gotten in his life has been hard-earned. Then one day, what was supposed to have been a simple extortion job turns into a chance meeting with Seo Mi-do, the daughter of a modest bookstore owner. Mi-do is a troubled young woman who is full of drive and ambition; she is determined to better her life to forget the hardships of her poverty-stricken childhood. In Mi-do, Tae-sang sees so much of his own personality that he is drawn to her fire and passion. As he begins to fall in love with her, he realizes that he will do anything to protect her and try to give her a better life, perhaps to redeem himself. As the plot proceeds Mi-do meets Lee Jae-hee who falls in love with her. The story later on how Han Tae-sang, Seo Mi-do & Lee Jae-hee deal with their mutual love and relation.Cast
Main characters
- Song Seung-heon - Han Tae-sang
- Shin Se-kyung - Seo Mi-do
- Chae Jung-an - Baek Seung-joo
- Yeon Woo-jin - Lee Jae-hee
Supporting characters
- Jay B - Seo Mi-joon
- Park Jin-young - Ddol-yi
- Kang Shin-il - Seo Kyung-wook
- Oh Young-shil - Choi Seon-ae
- Lee Chang-hoon - Gu Yong-gab
- Kim Sung-oh - Lee Chang-hee
- Jo Jae-ryong - Yoon Dong-gu
- Jung Young-sook - Yoon Hong-ja
- Park Min-ji - Eun-ae
- Yeon Min-ji - Jin Song-yeon
- Lee Sung-min - Kim Dae-kwang, Tae-sang's boss