Can We Fall in Love, Again? explained

Alt Name:	Can We Love, Again?
Genre:	Romance Comedy Family
Director:	Kim Yoon-cheol
Starring:	Uhm Tae-woong Eugene Kim Yoo-mi Choi Jung-yoon Kim Sung-soo
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	20
Executive Producer:	Jo Joon-hyung
Producer:	Lee Sun-sang Park Jun-seo
Editor:	Nam In-joo
Location:	Korea
Cinematography:	Kim Kyung-cheol
Company:	Drama House Curtain Call Inc. Red Rover
Channel:	JTBC

Can We Fall in Love, Again?^[1] is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Eugene, Uhm Tae-woong, Kim Yoo-mi, Choi Jung-yoon and Kim Sung-soo.^[2] It aired on JTBC from January 6 to March 11, 2014 for 20 episodes.

The series is based on Han Kyung-hye's novel Mother Needs a Man, which was published by Random House Korea in 2007.^{[3] [4]}

Synopsis

It tells the story of three very close friends, Yoon Jung-wan (Eugene), Kim Sun-mi (Kim Yoo-mi), and Kwon Ji-hyun (Choi Jung-yoon), who are all 39 years old. They each have their own problems.^[5]

After getting divorced from her husband of ten years, Jung-wan takes her nine-year-old son and moves back in with her mother. She is a scriptwriter, but due to her current financial difficulties, she works part-time at a market. Jung-wan gets a chance to collaborate on a project with an award-winning film director, the bad-tempered and conceited Oh Kyung-soo (Uhm Tae-woong).

Sun-mi is a successful decorator who is happily single. But an ex-boyfriend who dated her for her money derides her as an "old maid who is dying to get married".

Ji-hyun is a full-time housewife who's married to a businessman. She seems to be living a comfortable life; however, she has a demanding mother-in-law and a rebellious teenage daughter.^[6] She was once secretly in love with Ahn Do-young (Kim Sung-soo), now the CEO of a film company who works with her friend Jung-wan. To make matters more complicated, Ji-hyun's husband is one of the investors in Do-young's company.

Cast

Main

• Eugene as Yoon Jung-wan, a screenwriter, Joon-mo's ex-wife.
• Uhm Tae-woong as Oh Kyung-soo, a talented director who won Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director and Palme d'Or
• Kim Yoo-mi as Kim Sun-mi, an interior designer
• Choi Jung-yoon as Kwon Ji-hyun, Gyu-shik's wife, Do-young's first love
• Kim Sung-soo as Ahn Do-young, the owner of a film production company, Kyung-soo's cousin

Supporting

• Kil Yong-woo as Ji-hyun's father (special appearing)
• Im Ye-jin as Gyu-shik's mother (special appearing)
• Kim Hee-ryung as Kyung-soo's mother, Do-young and Kyung-joo's younger aunt (special appearing)
• Kim Ki-hyeon as Do-young and Kyung-joo's father (special appearing)
• Kim Chung as Do-young and Kyung-joo's mother (special appearing)
• Kim Hye-ok as Yang Soon-ok, Jung-wan's mother
• Nam Sung-jin as Lee Gyu-shik, Ji-hyun's husband, the owner of an investment company
• Shim Hyung-tak as Han Joon-mo, Jung-wan's ex-husband, Kyung-joo's fiancé, a college professor
• Jung Soo-young as Moon Eun-joo, an employee of Sun-mi's company
• Park Hyo-jun as Kwon Tae-hyun, Ji-hyun's younger brother
• Seo Dong-won as Park Seung-ryong, a film producer
• Jang Joon-yoo as Ahn Kyung-joo, Joon-mo's fiancée, Do-young's younger sister
• Park Min-woo as Choi Yoon-seok, an employee of Sun-mi's company who likes Sun-mi every much.
• Han Ji-woo as Jang Ha-na, an employee of Sun-mi's company
• Jin Ji-hee as Lee Se-ra, Ji-hyun and Gyu-shik's daughter
• Kim Soo-jin as Kwon Yoo-kyung, Tae-hyun's adopted daughter, Ji-hyun and Do-young's biological daughter
• Jeon Jun-hyeok as Han Tae-guk, Jung-wan and Joon-mo's son
• Jung Yoo-geun as Lee Se-jin, Ji-hyun and Gyu-shik's son, Se-ra's younger brother
• Kim Sa-kwon as PD Jo
• Park Young-jin
• Yoon Hae-yoon

Cameo

• Jung Dong-hwan as an actor (ep. 1)
• Kim Byung-choon as delegate Choi, the owner of a film production company (ep. 1-2)
• Jung Ae-yeon as Son Hee-soo, an actress (ep. 1)
• Jung Kyu-soo as delegate Koo, the owner of a film production company (ep. 4)
• Lee Jae-won as a lawyer (ep. 5)
• Lee Yoon-mi as Kang Soo-hee, a fashion designer (ep. 6)
• Kim Sung-min as Kim Young-ho, Sun-mi's arranged date (ep. 10-11)
• Kim Hyun-joo as herself, a top star (ep. 13-14)
• Gong Hyun-joo as Shin Yoon-ha, an actress (ep. 17-18)

International broadcast

• Thailand: PPTV beginning October 6, 2014.^[7]
• Panama: Sertv beginning December 18, 2017.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Can We Fall in Love, Again?. JTBC worldwide. 17 December 2017. en.
2. Web site: Actresses Kim Yoo-mi, Eugene and Choi Jung-yoon pose during a press event for their new TV series. The Chosun Ilbo. 2014-01-20. 3 January 2014.
3. Web site: ko:엄마에겐 남자가 필요해. http://www.yes24.com/24/goods/2751020?art_bl=7571979. Mother Needs a Man. Yes24. Korean. 2014-07-27.
4. Web site: Chae. Hye-won. ko:작사가 한경혜 첫 장편 - 엄마에겐 남자가 필요해: "'여자'를 되찾았다". http://www.womennews.co.kr/news/35339. Women News. Korean. 2014-07-27. 28 December 2007.
5. Web site: MacDonald. Joan. Upcoming Drama Asks Can We Love?. KDramaStars. 2014-01-20. 14 November 2013.
6. Web site: MacDonald. Joan. A Korean Version Of Desperate Housewives. KDramaStars. 2014-07-27. 7 November 2013.
7. Web site: th:รักรีเทิร์น (6/10 9:00น). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wQpS1tuhzQ. youtube. 3 October 2014. 29 August 2015. Thai.
8. Web site: SERTV Programación LUNES 17 DE DICIEMBRE AL DOMINGO 23 DE DICIEMBRE (9:00pm). Spanish. 2018-02-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201600/http://sertv.gob.pa/programacion-sertv?view=parrillas&semana=-268&dir=siguiente. 2018-02-12. dead.