Love & Secret

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Love & Secret
Promotional poster
GenreRomance
Corporate
Family
Melodrama
Written byKim Kyung-hee
Directed byPark Man-young
StarringShin So-yul
Kim Heung-soo
Music byChoi In-hee
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes102
Production
Executive producerJung Hae-ryong
Running time35 minutes
Production companyiWill Media
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseNovember 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) –
April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)

Love & Secret[1] (Korean: 달콤한 비밀; RR: Dalkomhan bimil; lit. Sweet Secret) is a 2014 South Korean daily drama starring Shin So-yul and Kim Heung-soo.[2][unreliable source?][3] It aired on KBS2 from November 11, 2014 to April 3, 2015 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:50 for 102 episodes.[4][5]

Plot[edit]

Han Ah-reum, the daughter of the Korean Vice-Minister for Culture, returns home with a child born out of wedlock, a fact that will shame her family and ruin the chances of her father becoming the Minister for Culture. Chun Sung-woon, heir of the Winner fashion and clothing company, is being backed into an arranged marriage that he does not want. When the paths of the two cross and re-cross, initial hostility turns into love. However, the secret of Ah-reum's illegitimate daughter may become a barrier to true love.

Cast[edit]

Main characters[edit]

Fashion student who becomes pregnant with Phillip's daughter Tiffany, but is abandoned by him, becomes a single mother despite the stigma that it brings. She becomes a designer at Winner's in order to provide for her daughter, where she meets and falls in love with Cheon Sung-woon.
Director of the Winner's Group, falls in love with Ah-reum and breaks off an arranged marriage with Go Yoon-yi, persists in wanting to marry Ah-reum even after it is discovered that she is a single mother
  • Yang Jin-woo as Phillip Choi
Hedge fund manager, abandons Ah-reum for a financially more lucrative marriage but seeks a divorce from his wife once he has extracted what he wants from it, when Ah-reum rejects him becomes obsessed with winning back Ah-reum and taking custody of Tiffany, uses Winner's need for expansion capital to manipulate Sung-woon and Ah-reum
Corporate lawyer, and Sung-woon's friend since childhood, from an impoverished background Sung-woon's family paid for her education with the intention of marrying her to him, when Sung-woon breaks off their engagement she helps Phillip and betrays Winner's in order to drive Sung-woon and Ah-reum apart

Supporting characters[edit]

Han family
Ah-reum's father, vice-minister of culture, candidate to become minister, ruins his career and a reputation for probity in order to protect Ah-reum
Ah-reum's mother, housewife, suffers early onset dementia which Phillip uses to snatch Tiffany and paint Ah-reum as an unfit mother
Ah-reum's younger brother, a medical student and talented singer
  • Park Joon-myun as Oh Sun-hwa
  • Choi Seung-kyung as Kwon Young-soo
  • Yang Han-yeol as Kwon Hyuk-min
Chun family
Extended cast

Ratings[edit]

  • The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date
Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[7] AGB Nielsen[8]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 2014/11/11 14.6% 14.4% 14.5% 15.4%
2 2014/11/12 18.1% 16.8% 17.3% 17.6%
3 2014/11/13 16.0% 15.3% 16.4% 17.3%
4 2014/11/14 15.9% 15.8% 16.5%
5 2014/11/17 18.2% 18.3% 18.6% 19.3%
6 2014/11/18 16.8% 17.0% 15.4%
7 2014/11/19 17.4% 17.1% 17.7% 17.8%
8 2014/11/20 17.0% 16.8% 17.6%
9 2014/11/24 17.7% 16.7% 17.2% 18.1%
10 2014/11/25 16.8% 16.2% 16.9%
11 2014/11/26 18.2% 16.8% 17.7%
12 2014/11/27 17.5% 16.1% 17.3% 17.8%
13 2014/11/28 16.4% 16.7% 16.8%
14 2014/12/01 18.2% 17.9% 18.6% 18.9%
15 2014/12/02 17.2% 16.8% 17.7% 18.1%
16 2014/12/03 18.6% 17.7% 18.1% 18.6%
17 2014/12/04 19.5% 19.4% 19.2% 19.7%
18 2014/12/05 18.0% 16.8% 17.6% 17.3%
19 2014/12/08 19.1% 18.3% 18.7% 19.2%
20 2014/12/09 18.5% 18.6% 18.0% 19.3%
21 2014/12/10 19.4% 18.8% 18.5% 18.2%
22 2014/12/11 19.5% 20.1% 18.7% 19.2%
23 2014/12/12 16.6% 15.6% 18.1%
24 2014/12/15 17.5% 16.8% 18.2% 19.8%
25 2014/12/16 17.8% 17.7% 17.3% 17.6%
26 2014/12/17 19.4% 19.0% 18.7% 18.8%
27 2014/12/18 17.8% 17.1% 19.2% 19.7%
28 2014/12/19 17.8% 16.7% 17.6%
29 2014/12/22 19.2% 18.0% 19.2% 19.0%
30 2014/12/23 18.8% 18.5% 16.9% 16.7%
31 2014/12/24 16.9% 16.1% 18.0% 18.3%
32 2014/12/25 20.0% 18.3% 20.3% 21.1%
33 2014/12/26 19.6% 19.7% 19.6% 19.5%
34 2014/12/29 19.9% 20.5% 19.8% 19.9%
35 2014/12/30 19.4% 19.1% 19.0% 19.1%
36 2014/12/31 18.7% 19.5% 18.2% 17.8%
37 2015/01/01 21.2% 21.3% 20.8% 20.2%
38 2015/01/02 18.9% 19.1% 17.9% 17.5%
39 2015/01/05 19.6% 20.0% 20.4% 21.0%
40 2015/01/06 20.7% 20.8% 20.0% 19.9%
41 2015/01/07 18.3% 17.0% 17.6% 17.2%
42 2015/01/08 18.9% 19.2% 20.1% 21.1%
43 2015/01/09 19.2% 18.6% 19.3% 19.6%
44 2015/01/12 18.1% 17.1% 18.8%
45 2015/01/13 18.0% 17.4% 18.4% 18.8%
46 2015/01/14 19.6% 18.6% 19.5% 19.9%
47 2015/01/15 20.2% 19.4% 18.7% 19.6%
48 2015/01/16 18.2% 18.7% 18.3% 18.4%
49 2015/01/19 19.6% 19.2% 19.2% 19.6%
50 2015/01/20 18.5% 17.9% 18.6% 18.9%
51 2015/01/21 18.6% 17.5% 18.8% 18.3%
52 2015/01/22 19.0% 17.9% 18.6% 18.9%
53 2015/01/23 17.2% 16.3% 16.9% 17.4%
54 2015/01/26 16.6% 16.4% 16.5%
55 2015/01/27 19.9% 18.2% 19.4% 19.5%
56 2015/01/28 19.5% 18.5% 17.7% 17.2%
57 2015/01/29 19.4% 18.0% 18.3% 18.9%
58 2015/01/30 18.3% 17.4% 17.1% 16.8%
59 2015/02/02 20.2% 19.3% 20.1% 20.2%
60 2015/02/03 20.7% 19.5% 19.1% 18.3%
61 2015/02/04 18.3% 16.8% 18.2% 17.6%
62 2015/02/05 18.8% 18.2% 17.0% 16.7%
63 2015/02/06 16.3% 15.2% 14.7%
64 2015/02/09 19.4% 18.2% 17.2% 16.9%
65 2015/02/10 20.0% 18.5% 17.7% 17.4%
66 2015/02/11 18.6% 17.0% 16.1% 14.9%
67 2015/02/12 19.1% 18.9% 18.1% 17.9%
68 2015/02/13 18.1% 17.3% 16.8% 16.4%
69 2015/02/16 19.4% 18.3% 19.7% 19.8%
70 2015/02/17 18.0% 18.3% 18.2% 18.9%
71 2015/02/18 15.6% 16.0% 14.9% 14.2%
72 2015/02/19 14.5% 14.5% 12.6% 11.9%
73 2015/02/20 15.9% 15.0% 14.7% 14.2%
74 2015/02/23 19.1% 18.9% 18.2% 19.3%
75 2015/02/24 20.2% 19.3% 19.8% 20.3%
76 2015/02/25 18.8% 16.2% 18.3% 17.8%
77 2015/02/26 17.7% 16.0% 17.6% 18.3%
78 2015/02/27 19.3% 19.2% 18.5% 19.6%
79 2015/03/02 18.8% 18.4% 18.7% 19.8%
80 2015/03/03 21.6% 21.0% 19.7% 20.6%
81 2015/03/04 18.7% 16.6% 17.9% 17.4%
82 2015/03/05 18.4% 17.7% 18.5% 18.3%
83 2015/03/06 19.2% 18.5% 17.7% 18.5%
84 2015/03/09 19.4% 18.7% 19.4% 19.7%
85 2015/03/10 20.0% 19.7% 18.7% 18.5%
86 2015/03/11 17.9% 16.6% 18.2%
87 2015/03/12 18.6% 17.4% 19.3% 20.0%
88 2015/03/13 19.2% 17.6% 17.9% 17.7%
89 2015/03/16 18.3% 17.5% 18.3% 18.1%
90 2015/03/17 19.3% 18.7% 20.0% 19.8%
91 2015/03/18 17.9% 17.1% 17.9% 17.3%
92 2015/03/19 19.2% 18.2% 17.8%
93 2015/03/20 18.1% 17.9% 17.3% 17.1%
94 2015/03/23 18.8% 17.8% 18.9% 19.1%
95 2015/03/24 21.0% 18.9% 20.1% 20.5%
96 2015/03/25 19.1% 17.4% 18.5% 18.4%
97 2015/03/26 19.6% 19.3% 19.0%
98 2015/03/30 20.9% 17.6% 19.2% 19.4%
99 2015/03/31 19.9% 17.7% 19.4% 19.0%
100 2015/04/01 21.3% 18.8% 20.0% 19.4%
101 2015/04/02 21.4% 19.6% 21.1% 21.6%
102 2015/04/03 22.3% 21.5% 19.8% 19.5%
Average 18.67% 17.92% 18.19% 18.36%

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014 28th KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Kim Heung-soo Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama Shin So-yul Won
Best New Actress Nominated

International broadcast[edit]

The series aired, one week after initial broadcast, on KBS World with subtitles.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Love & Secret". KBS World. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Jones, Julie (October 16, 2014). "Sweet Secrets Offers A New Spin On The Single Mom Drama". KDramaStars. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sweet Secrets preview: Shin So-yul and Kim Heung-soo". Hancinema. October 30, 2014. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Kim, Gwang-kuk (November 6, 2014). 새 일일극 '달콤한 비밀', 비밀은 있어도 막장은 없다?. TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ^ Song, Soo-bin (November 7, 2014). '달콤한 비밀' 신소율 김흥수, 공식 포스터 2종 공개 '기대감 증폭'. TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Yang, Seung-yong (October 28, 2014). 배우 손세빈 김흥수, 신소율과 KBS 일일 드라마 '달콤한 비밀' 출연. News Town (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

External links[edit]

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