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| Genre: | Melodrama | ||||||
| Director: | Oh Kyung-hoon | ||||||
| Music: | Gaemi (Music Director) | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 32 | ||||||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||||||
| Company: | May Queen Pictures RaemongRaein | ||||||
| Network: | MBC TV |
When I Was the Most Beautiful[1] is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang, Ji Soo, Ha Seok-jin and Hwang Seung-eon. The series tells the story of a woman ceramic artist who falls in love with two brothers. Produced by May Queen Pictures and RaemongRaein Co. Ltd. for MBC,[2] [3] it aired on MBC TV on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:30 (KST) from August 19 to October 15, 2020.
The drama tells the story Oh Ye-ji (Im Soo-hyang), an art student who dreams of becoming a ceramic artist. She heads to a school in Yangpyeong as both a student and a teacher, where she meets brothers Seo Hwan (Ji Soo) and Seo Jin (Ha Seok-jin). Hwan, who is Ye-ji's student, falls in love with her and takes her to his father's workshop to confess his feelings. However, at the workshop, Ye-ji meets Jin. Although Jin is aware of Hwan's feelings toward Ye-ji, he does not hesitate to win over her heart and eventually gets engaged to her. Overnight, those who are meant to be each other's strongest supporters end up becoming the worst enemies thanks to a twist of fate. Straddling desire and love, the three struggle to figure out what's right during the most beautiful time of their lives.
Oh Ye-ji is a ceramic artist. She has a pure heart and relentless optimism and refuses to give up no matter the situation. She dreams of finding ordinary happiness but in a cruel twist of fate gets caught in a love triangle with two brothers, Seo Hwan and Seo Jin.
Seo Hwan, an architectural designer, is an innocent young man who falls in love with Ye-ji at first sight. His feelings put him at odds with his older brother Seo Jin, but he can’t let go his fateful first love.
Seo Jin is a race car driver and the leader of his rally team. He is cool and reserved on the outside but ruthless in the pursuit in what he desires. When he meet Oh Ye-ji for the first time at his father’s workshop, he instinctually feels attracted to her.
Carrie Jung is a sponsor manager at Koryo Monster and ex-girlfriend of Jin. She is charismatic, and she is intensely jealous of her ex-lover and has a selfish egotistic streaks. She is still passionately in love with Seo Jin, and is unable to let him go even after their break up.
| When I Was the Most Beautiful OST Album | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Released: | 2020 |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Language: | Korean |
In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | |||
| 1 | August 19, 2020 | 2.4% | |
| 2 | 2.9% | ||
| 3 | August 20, 2020 | 2.0% | |
| 4 | 2.4% | ||
| 5 | August 27, 2020 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | 2.5% | ||
| 7 | September 2, 2020 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | 3.0% | ||
| 9 | September 3, 2020 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | 3.0% | ||
| 11 | September 9, 2020 | 2.6% | |
| 12 | 3.5% | ||
| 13 | September 10, 2020 | 3.2% | |
| 14 | 4.2% | ||
| 15 | September 16, 2020 | 2.7% | |
| 16 | 3.6% | ||
| 17 | September 17, 2020 | 3.7% | |
| 18 | 4.7% | ||
| 19 | September 23, 2020 | 2.7% | |
| 20 | 3.7% | ||
| 21 | September 24, 2020 | 3.8% | |
| 22 | 4.6% | ||
| 23 | September 30, 2020 | ||
| 24 | 2.3% | ||
| 25 | October 7, 2020 | 2.6% | |
| 26 | 3.2% | ||
| 27 | October 8, 2020 | 3.4% | |
| 28 | 3.6% | ||
| 29 | October 14, 2020 | 3.1% | |
| 30 | 4.1% | ||
| 31 | October 15, 2020 | 3.9% | |
| 32 | |||
| Average | |||