Passionate Love (TV series) explained

Alt Name:	Hot Love Crazy Romance Madly in Love
Genre:	Romance Melodrama
Director:	Bae Tae-sub
Starring:	Sung Hoon Choi Yoon-young
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	47
Location:	South Korea
Channel:	SBS TV
Company:	Pan Entertainment
Executive Producer:	Choi Moon-suk
Producer:	Jo Eun-jung Lee Hae-kwang

Passionate Love is a 2013 South Korean weekend television drama series starring Sung Hoon and Choi Yoon-young.^{[1] [2]} It aired on SBS from September 28, 2013 to March 23, 2014 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 47 episodes.

Plot

Both handsome and rich, Kang Moo-yeol has it all until the love of his life, Han Yoo-rim, passes away. Yoo-rim's younger sister, Han Yoo-jung also struggles with the loss, forcing her to grow up as an independent person with a no-nonsense attitude. In a twist of fate, these two meet and find that they are linked by more than just the loss of Yoo-rim. Bound by the tragedy of their parents' pasts, these star-crossed lovers will find out if their love alone is strong enough to persevere, or if it really isn't meant to be.

Cast

Main characters

• Sung Hoon as Kang Moo-yeol
  • Lee Won-keun as young Moo-yeol
• Choi Yoon-young as Han Yoo-jung
  • Lee Hye-in as young Yoo-jung
• Shim Ji-ho as Han Soo-hyuk
  • Yeo Eui-joo as Hong Soo-hyuk
• Jun Kwang-ryul as Kang Moon-do
• Hwang Shin-hye as Hong Nan-cho
• Jeon Mi-seon as Yang Eun-sook

Supporting characters

People around Moo-yeol

• Joo Hyun as Yang Tae-shin
• Jin Seo-yeon as Kang Moon-hee
• Kang Seo-joon as Park Jong-hyuk
• Yoon Mi-ra as Jang Bok-hee
• Woo Hee-jin as Yang Hye-sook
• Oh Dae-gyu as Yoo Min-soo

People around Yoo-jung

• Seohyun as Han Yoo-rim (ep 1–5)^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Kang Shin-il as Han Sung-bok
• Song Chae-hwan as Song Kyung-hee
• Lee Han-wi as Ban Soo-bong
• Jeon Soo-kyeong as Joo Nam-ok
• Kim Yoon-seo as Ban Dal
• Lee Jung-hyuk as Ban Tae-yang
• Kim Hye-ji as Cha Mi-rae

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kang. Jung-yeon. Sung Hoon, Namgung Min Considering New Melodrama. TenAsia. 2014-02-07. 14 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221032047/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/69106. 21 February 2014.
2. Web site: An. So-hyoun. Sung Hoon, Nam Gung Min and Choi Yoon Young Cast for SBS Weekend Drama Passionate Love. enewsWorld. 2014-01-08. 13 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221756/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/43381/sung-hoon-choi-yoon-young-and-nam-gung-min-to-act-together-in-passionate-love. 3 March 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Kang. Jung-yeon. Girls' Generation Seohyun Confirmed for 1st Drama Role. TenAsia. 2013-09-06. 27 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130831122126/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/70812. 31 August 2013.
4. Web site: Lee. Hye-ji. Girls' Generation Seohyun Falls in Love with 1st Drama Role. TenAsia. 2014-02-07. 6 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109194121/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/72242. 9 November 2013.
5. Web site: Kang. Jung-yeon. Girls' Generation Seohyun, "I Will Not Judge Love By Age". TenAsia. 2014-02-07. 24 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131113093014/http://www.tenasia.com/archives/73682. 13 November 2013.