The Secret of My Love explained

Alt Name:	The Secret of My Man
Native Name:	Hangul: 내 남자의 비밀 Hanja: 내 男子의 祕密 Rr: Nae Namja-ui Bimil Mr: Nae Namchaŭi Pimil Lk: My Man's Secret
Creator:	KBS Drama Production
Director:	Jin Hyung-wook
Music:	Gaemi
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	100
Producer:	Lee Hyun-seok
Cinematography:	Kim Kyung-ho^[1]
Editor:	Kim Geun-soon
Camera:	Single camera
Runtime:	35 min
Company:	Neo Entertainment
Network:	KBS2

The Secret of My Love^[2] is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Song Chang-eui, Kang Se-jung, Kim Da-hyun, and Park Jung-ah. The series aired on KBS2 on Monday to Friday from 7:50 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (KST).

Plot

A man desperately wants to be "real," so he puts on a "real" mask. A woman wants to be loved so much that she throws out her younger sister and replaces her. The drama shows the struggles of these two, man and woman, who look for ways to find true happiness in their lives.

Cast

Main

• Song Chang-eui as Han Ji-seob / Kang Jae-wook^[3]
• Kang Se-jung as Jin Yeo-rim / Ki Seo-ra
  • Kim Ji-ah as young Jin Yeo-rim / Ki Seo-ra
• Kim Da-hyun as Kang In-wook
• Park Jung-ah as Jin Hae-rim
  • Jeon Hye-in as young Jin Hae-rim

Supporting

People around Jae-wook

• Lee Hwi-hyang as Wi Seon-ae
• Yoon Joo-sang as Kang Joon-chae

People around Seo-ra

• Jung Han-yong as Ki Ra-sung
• Hwang Young-hee as Mo Jin-ja
• Kim Chae-un as Ki Cha-ra
• Yeon Mi-joo as Ki Dae-ra

People around Hae-rim

• Park Cheol-ho as Jin Guk-hyun
• Lee Deok-hee as Park Ji-sook
• Lim Doo-hwan as Do Ra-hee

Original soundtrack

Part 2

Ratings

• In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS^[4]		AGB Nielsen^[5]
		width=90	Nationwide	width=90	Seoul	width=90	Nationwide	width=90	Seoul
1	September 18, 2017	19.2%	16.0%	15.1%	13.7%
2	September 19, 2017	17.3%	13.8%	15.3%	13.5%
3	September 20, 2017	15.9%	12.5%	14.0%	12.3%
4	September 21, 2017	18.9%	15.5%	15.3%	13.8%
5	September 22, 2017	17.1%	14.1%	15.3%	14.2%
6	September 25, 2017	17.9%	12.9%	14.8%	13.0%
7	September 26, 2017	18.6%	15.2%	14.7%	13.4%
8	September 27, 2017	17.4%	13.1%	14.0%	12.4%
9	September 28, 2017	17.0%	13.3%	14.9%	12.6%
10	September 29, 2017	15.2%	11.0%	14.7%	13.0%
11	October 2, 2017	14.8%	11.1%	12.8%	11.5%
12	October 3, 2017	15.8%	11.9%	11.5%	10.3%
13	October 4, 2017		10.3%
14	October 10, 2017	18.9%	14.6%	15.2%	12.3%
15	October 11, 2017	16.4%	13.6%	13.5%	11.7%
16	October 12, 2017	17.0%	13.3%	14.6%	12.3%
17	October 16, 2017	17.3%	13.6%	14.0%	11.6%
18	October 17, 2017	16.6%	12.4%	14.0%	11.4%
19	October 18, 2017	17.2%	13.8%	14.5%	12.5%
20	October 19, 2017	17.8%	14.4%	14.1%	12.1%
21	October 23, 2017	18.2%	13.9%	15.0%	12.8%
22	October 24, 2017	18.6%	14.9%	15.8%	13.7%
23	October 25, 2017	16.4%	13.4%	13.5%	11.4%
24	October 27, 2017	17.2%	13.9%	14.1%	12.6%
25	October 31, 2017	16.7%	14.2%	13.6%	12.2%
26	November 1, 2017	17.1%	14.9%	14.8%	13.1%
27	November 2, 2017	17.6%	13.9%	13.9%	12.4%
28	November 3, 2017	17.9%	14.7%	14.6%	12.7%
29	November 6, 2017	18.2%	14.3%	14.7%	13.1%
30	November 7, 2017	18.1%	15.4%	14.5%	13.1%
31	November 8, 2017	17.0%	14.5%	14.6%	12.5%
32	November 9, 2017	17.8%	14.8%	14.9%	12.7%
33	November 10, 2017	18.5%	14.4%	15.2%	13.1%
34	November 13, 2017	16.2%	13.9%	15.0%	13.5%
35	November 14, 2017	17.5%	13.9%	14.8%	12.3%
36	November 15, 2017	15.7%	13.3%	14.1%	11.9%
37	November 16, 2017	15.9%	13.9%	13.6%	11.9%
38	November 17, 2017	16.9%	14.6%	15.2%	13.6%
39	November 20, 2017	17.1%	13.1%	15.2%	12.6%
40	November 21, 2017	17.3%	14.0%	15.6%	13.4%
41	November 22, 2017	16.5%	13.7%	15.1%	12.4%
42	November 23, 2017	18.1%	13.6%	15.6%	13.4%
43	November 24, 2017	17.7%	15.1%	15.2%	13.6%
44	November 27, 2017	16.6%	14.1%	14.1%	12.1%
45	November 28, 2017	17.1%	13.9%	14.8%	12.9%
46	November 29, 2017	17.1%	14.0%	14.7%	12.9%
47	November 30, 2017	17.0%	13.9%	14.4%	12.6%
48	December 1, 2017	18.3%	15.6%	14.4%	12.5%
49	December 4, 2017	18.8%	15.0%	14.6%	13.0%
50	December 5, 2017	18.1%	14.1%	15.0%	13.2%
51	December 6, 2017	17.1%	15.8%	14.8%	13.4%
52	December 7, 2017	18.6%	15.4%	16.0%	13.8%
53	December 8, 2017	18.3%	14.4%	15.8%	14.4%
54	December 11, 2017	18.1%	14.4%	15.5%	13.6%
55	December 12, 2017	17.8%	13.8%	16.0%	14.5%
56	December 13, 2017	18.5%	14.4%	16.3%	13.6%
57	December 14, 2017	19.0%	15.3%	16.6%	14.8%
58	December 15, 2017	17.8%	14.0%	15.8%	14.3%
59	December 18, 2017	19.4%	15.2%	17.4%	16.1%
60	December 19, 2017	18.7%	14.7%	17.4%	15.3%
61	December 20, 2017	18.6%	15.3%	16.5%	14.5%
62	December 21, 2017	19.4%	15.1%	17.2%	15.1%
63	December 22, 2017	17.9%	13.6%	15.5%	13.5%
64	December 25, 2017	18.2%	14.1%	16.6%	14.8%
65	December 26, 2017	21.5%	18.4%	19.5%	17.2%
66	December 27, 2017	20.9%	16.3%	17.7%	16.0%
67	December 28, 2017		15.9%	17.8%	15.8%
68	December 29, 2017	21.6%	17.2%	18.9%	16.5%
69	January 1, 2018	22.3%	18.2%	20.8%
70	January 2, 2018	23.4%	19.3%	19.8%	17.9%
71	January 3, 2018	22.0%	17.2%	19.5%	17.8%
72	January 4, 2018	21.7%	17.6%	18.8%	16.8%
73	January 5, 2018	20.8%	16.7%	19.4%	17.5%
74	January 8, 2018	22.3%	18.4%	19.2%	17.1%
75	January 9, 2018	21.9%	17.8%	19.9%	17.6%
76	January 10, 2018	23.0%	18.9%	20.1%	17.3%
77	January 11, 2018	22.3%	18.2%	19.8%	16.9%
78	January 12, 2018	23.9%	19.8%	20.9%	18.9%
79	January 15, 2018	22.9%	18.7%	19.8%	17.0%
80	January 16, 2018	22.7%	18.6%	18.9%	16.4%
81	January 17, 2018	21.9%	17.8%	20.3%	18.3%
82	January 18, 2018	23.1%	19.0%	19.8%	17.6%
83	January 19, 2018	22.1%	18.0%		18.1%
84	January 22, 2018	23.1%	18.9%	19.6%	17.0%
85	January 23, 2018	22.3%	18.2%	19.5%	17.4%
86	January 24, 2018	24.2%	20.3%	20.0%	17.1%
87	January 25, 2018	22.3%	18.1%	19.8%	17.6%
88	January 26, 2018	24.6%	21.1%	20.2%	17.7%
89	January 29, 2018	24.1%	20.3%	19.4%	16.6%
90	January 30, 2018	24.3%	20.2%	21.4%	19.4%
91	January 31, 2018	25.8%	21.9%	20.8%	18.0%
92	February 1, 2018	24.8%	21.3%	20.2%	17.7%
93	February 2, 2018	24.6%	20.7%	20.4%	17.7%
94	February 5, 2018				19.1%
95	February 6, 2018	25.2%	21.6%	20.6%	18.0%
96	February 7, 2018	17.3%	13.1%	13.3%	13.2%
97		20.9%	17.4%	17.9%	16.5%
98	February 8, 2018	14.1%		11.7%	10.5%
99	February 9, 2018	21.3%	17.2%	18.7%	16.7%
100		19.4%	15.8%	17.2%	15.6%
Average

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2017	31st KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama	Song Chang-eui		^[6]
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama	Lee Hwi-hyang
2018	6th APAN Star Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Song Chang-eui		^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Secret of My Love staff. KBS. January 10, 2024.
2. News: The Secret of My Love. September 22, 2017. KBS World. April 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200404085927/https://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/program/program_view.php?pg_seq=1154. live.
3. News: Kim. Joo-ae. ko:'내 남자의 비밀' 송창의, 데뷔 첫 1인 2역 연기로 인생캐릭터 만들까 (종합). https://www.xportsnews.com/article/894627. September 22, 2017. Xports News. ko. January 10, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240110143956/https://www.xportsnews.com/article/894627. live.
4. Web site: TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu. ko. TNMS Ratings. June 20, 2016. January 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180117221236/http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp. live.
5. Web site: AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu. ko. AGB Nielsen Media Research. June 20, 2016. March 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00. live.
6. News: Lee. Kyung-ho. 김영철·천호진, KBS 연기대상 공동 수상..아버지의 힘!(종합). Star News. January 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133440/http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2017123120381637015. January 3, 2018. June 6, 2020. ko.
7. Web site: 이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트. September 27, 2018. Star News. ko. September 27, 2018. April 4, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195917/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002730227. live.