Temptation (2014 TV series)

Temptation is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Ji-woo, Lee Jung-jin and Park Ha-sun. It aired on SBS from July 14 to September 16, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The drama reunites Choi Ji-woo and Kwon Sang-woo who both starred in the 2003 hit melodrama Stairway to Heaven.

Plot
Cha Seok-hoon is a naive man who grew up a rural village in Gangwon Province. His intellect gets him into the country's top university despite his family's economic plight, and he takes on all sorts of part-time jobs, from quick services to construction work, in order to earn his tuition.

He then meets Na Hong-joo, a girl also from a poor family. Hong-joo is resigned to a miserable existence, until Seok-hoon brings happiness and hope into her life. They get married, and Hong-joo is a calm and understanding wife, always the first to sacrifice and make concessions. However, Seok-hoon finds himself plunged into massive debt due to a failed business venture with another partner.

Yoo Se-young is a hotel heiress, trained to take over her father's company from a young age. Called a "woman of iron," she is a workaholic and a headstrong leader, and has no interest in love or marriage. One of her family friends is rich playboy Kang Min-woo, who unsuccessfully tried to seduce her in the past. Min-woo has everything he could ever want, and approaches life with the philosophy that you should have a hundred different faces for a hundred different women. He got married only because it was a requirement for his inheritance.

While on a business trip to Hong Kong, Se-young meets Seok-hoon and Hong-joo, and for her amusement, she makes them a dangerous offer to test their marriage: In exchange for paying off Seok-hoon's debts so that he could avoid going to jail, she asks for three days with him.

Seok-hoon makes a crucial choice and takes the deal. But his strange relationship with Yoo Se-young jeopardizes his marriage. Upon their return to Korea, Seok-hoon and Hong-joo's marriage is unable to survive this crisis of trust, and they eventually divorce. Meanwhile, Se-young finds herself genuinely falling for Seok-hoon.

Main characters

 * Kwon Sang-woo as Cha Seok-hoon
 * Choi Ji-woo as Yoo Se-young
 * Lee Jung-jin as Kang Min-woo
 * Park Ha-sun as Na Hong-joo

Supporting characters

 * Chae So-young as Yoo Se-jin
 * Kim Sung-kyum as Yoo Dal-ho
 * Hong Yeo-jin as Jung Yoon-seok
 * Joo Jin-mo as Choi Seok-gi
 * Jo Mi-ryung as Myung-hwa
 * Kim Hyung-bum as Jo Young-chul
 * Choi Il-hwa as Na Shi-chan
 * Lee Jung-shin as Na Hong-gyu
 * Ahn Se-ha as Park Han-soo
 * Jo Hwi-joon as Roy
 * Yoon A-jung as Han Ji-sun
 * Jung Hye-sun as Im Jung-soon
 * Kim Ji-young as Kang Yoon-ah
 * Heo Jung-eun as Kang Sung-ah
 * Choi Hyun as Kim Doo-hyun
 * Hwang Seok-ha as Chairman Doo
 * Fei as Jenny
 * Maria Cordero as Tina, Jenny's friend

International broadcast

 * It aired in Philippines on GMA Network from January 11 to March 10, 2016, and reaired on GMA News TV from April 1 to June 11, 2017.
 * It aired in Vietnam on D Dramas VTVCab7 from June 29, 2016.
 * It aired in Thailand on 3SD from November 22, 2016.
 * It aired in Malaysia on TV2 from March 31, 2017.
 * It aired in Romania on Happy Channel from July 5, 2019.