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| Genre: | Melodrama Romantic thriller | ||||||
| Developer: | Kim Seung-mo | ||||||
| Composer: | Lee Se-woo | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 40 | ||||||
| Producer: | Kim Dong-gu | ||||||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||||||
| Company: | DK E&M | ||||||
| Network: | MBC TV |
Love in Sadness is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Park Han-byul, Ryu Soo-young and Wang Bit-na. It is a remake of the 1999 TBS drama Beauti. The series aired four episodes every Saturday on MBC TV from February 23 to April 27, 2019.[1] [2]
Yoon Ma-ri (Park Ha-na/Park Han-byul) is in an unhappy marriage with Kang In-wook (Ryu Soo-young), an abusive, and obsessively possessive husband who is also a chaebol. She meets Seo Jung-won (Ji Hyun-woo), a kind-hearted plastic surgeon. After seeing the abuse she receives, Seo Jung-won operates on her face to help her start a new life with a new identity after which she develops feelings for the surgeon, and he for her.
Jung-won's mother. She used to be a doctor.
Director of Seo & Ha Plastic Surgery. Jung-won's friend and rival.
She's a nurse.
He's an anesthesiologist.
Ma-ri's mother.
Mari's friend. She works at an Art Academy.
In-wook's father. He's the president of Geonha Group.
In-wook's stepmother.
In-wook's half-brother.
In-wook's secretary.
Former detective employed by In-wook.
She works at the Gyeong Gallery.
Ahead of its premiere, netizens were comparing Love in Sadness with the 2018 SBS TV weekend drama Let Me Introduce Her.
| Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[5] | TNmS | |||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||||
| 1 | February 23, 2019 | Tomorrow, I Die (Korean: 나는 내일 죽습니다) | 9.7% | 8.9% | 11.0% | |
| 2 | 10.5% | 9.8% | 12.3% | |||
| 3 | You Are My Hope (Korean: 당신은 나의 희망입니다) | 9.7% | 9.7% | 10.5% | ||
| 4 | 9.9% | 9.8% | 10.6% | |||
| 5 | March 2, 2019 | You Make Me Live Again (Korean: 당신은 나를 다시 살아나게 해요) | 11.1% | 10.4% | 10.9% | |
| 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Tell Me (Korean: 나에게 말해주세요) | 10.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% | ||
| 8 | 10.9% | 9.9% | 11.1% | |||
| 9 | March 9, 2019 | Fear Comes To Me (Korean: 두려움이 나를 찾아와) | 12.0% | 11.2% | ||
| 10 | 11.9% | 11.9% | ||||
| 11 | If You Stay With Me (Korean: 당신이 곁에 있어준다면) | 11.4% | 10.6% | 10.0% | ||
| 12 | 11.5% | 10.8% | 10.3% | |||
| 13 | March 16, 2019 | I Am Lucky To Have Met You (Korean: 당신을 만난 건 행운입니다) | 10.5% | 9.5% | 10.0% | |
| 14 | 11.3% | 10.3% | 11.2% | |||
| 15 | Your Love Remains In My Heart (Korean: 당신의 사랑이 나의 마음에 머물러) | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.9% | ||
| 16 | 9.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% | |||
| 17 | March 23, 2019 | I Got Caught By The Magic Of Love (Korean: 사랑의 마법에 걸렸어요) | 9.9% | 9.5% | 9.7% | |
| 18 | 10.9% | 10.7% | 10.5% | |||
| 19 | I Am Happy To Be In Your Heart (Korean: 당신의 마음을 알게 되어 기쁩니다) | 9.1% | 9.1% | 8.5% | ||
| 20 | 9.6% | 9.2% | 8.8% | |||
| 21 | March 30, 2019 | Can I Confess It, My Love (Korean: 고백해도 될까요, 내 사랑을) | 8.8% | 8.0% | 9.0% | |
| 22 | 10.4% | 9.7% | 10.4% | |||
| 23 | When Endless Sadness Sings In My Heart (Korean: 끝없는 슬픔이 내 마음을 적실 때) | 8.1% | 7.6% | 8.5% | ||
| 24 | 8.2% | 7.7% | 9.0% | |||
| 25 | April 6, 2019 | If You Are Allowed To Love Again (Korean: 허락된다면 사랑을 다시 한번) | 8.0% | 7.6% | ||
| 26 | 9.7% | 9.0% | 9.9% | |||
| 27 | Hello, Thank You For That (Korean: 안녕, 그동안 고마웠어요) | 8.2% | 8.0% | 8.3% | ||
| 28 | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.4% | |||
| 29 | April 13, 2019 | I Want To Shake Off My Anxiety (Korean: 나의 불안을 떨쳐주세요) | 7.5% | rowspan="4" | ||
| 30 | 9.0% | 8.3% | ||||
| 31 | A Love That I Cannot Have (Korean: 이루어 질 수 없는 사랑) | 7.8% | 7.0% | |||
| 32 | 7.1% | |||||
| 33 | April 20, 2019 | Do Not Give In To Adversity (Korean: 역경에 굴하지 않는다) | 8.2% | |||
| 34 | 9.0% | 8.6% | 10.3% | |||
| 35 | I Will Tell You (Korean: 당신에게 소식을 전합니다) | 7.9% | 7.0% | 8.7% | ||
| 36 | 8.6% | 7.7% | 8.7% | |||
| 37 | April 27, 2019 | Nothing Will Change Even If I Die (Korean: 죽어도 변함이 없습니다) | 9.3% | 9.4% | ||
| 38 | 10.7% | 10.2% | 11.2% | |||
| 39 | Even When You Are Sad, I Love You (Korean: 당신이 슬플 때에도, 나는 당신을 사랑합니다) | 10.1% | 9.3% | 10.6% | ||
| 40 | 10.8% | 10.3% | 11.4% | |||
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