Angel's Last Mission: Love

Angel's Last Mission: Love (Korean: 단, 하나의 사랑) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Shin Hye-sun, Kim Myung-soo, Lee Dong-gun, Kim Bo-mi, Do Ji-won, and Kim In-kwon. It aired on KBS2's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) from May 22 to July 11, 2019.^[2]

Angel's Last Mission: Love
Promotional poster
Hangul	단, 하나의 사랑
Literal meaning	Dan, Only Love
Revised Romanization	Dan, Hanaui Sarang
Genre	Romance Fantasy
Developed by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Choi Yoon-kyo
Directed by	Lee Jung-sub
Starring	Shin Hye-sun Kim Myung-soo Lee Dong-gun Kim Bo-mi Do Ji-won Kim In-kwon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	32[a]
Production
Executive producers	Jo Yoon-jung Jung Hae-ryung
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes[a]
Production companies	Victory Contents Monster Union
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	May 22 (2019-05-22) – July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)

Synopsis

Lee Yeon-seo (Shin Hye-sun) is a supremely talented and successful ballerina who can say anything that she wants with her family's Fantasia Ballet Company but suffers a devastating accident during acting on stage that leaves her blind. She is bitter and abusive towards her staff, including her loyal secretary and butler, her sly family, and everyone else. Dan (Kim Myung-soo) is an optimistic, carefree angel who is always getting into trouble. In order to return to heaven he is given the seemingly impossible mission of finding true love for Yeon-seo, but ends up falling for her himself.^[3]

Cast

Main

• Shin Hye-sun as Lee Yeon-seo / Choi Seol-hee / Giselle^[4]

A ballerina who has never believed in love. She is abusive to her staff until Dan sent them off even though she ordered them not to leave.

• Kim Myung-soo as Dan / Kim Dan / Yoo Seong-woo^[5]

An angel who can return to Heaven only if his mission is a success.

• Lee Dong-gun as Ji Kang-woo^[6]

Yeon-seo's mentor as well as her ballet instructor. He is a fallen angel who is initially obsessed with her as she is his dead lover's doppelganger but eventually falls in love with her.

• Kim Bo-mi as Geum Ni-na^[7]

Yeon-seo's cousin, who is also a ballerina, she has a crush on Kang-woo.

• Do Ji-won as Choi Yeong-ja^[8]

Ni-na's mother, director of the Fantasia Ballet. A greedy woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

• Kim In-kwon as Hu^[9]

An archangel that gives missions to Dan.

Supporting

• Lee Ye-na as Hwang Jeong-eun^[10]
• Woo Hee-jin as Chung Yu-mi^[11]
• Lee Hwa-ryong as Park Gyeong-il^[12]
• Gil Eun-hye as Geum Ru-na

Yeon-seo's cousin who will do anything to get her sister what she wants. She is even more devious in her machinations than her mother.

• Kim Seung-wook as Geum Ki-chun
• Lee Je-yun as Ki Joon-soo
• Kim Yi-kyung as Gi Bo-ra
• Jo Sung-hyun as Ko Sung-min
• Park Won-sang as ballet company director

Special appearances

• Jang Hyun-sung as Cho Seung-wan (Ep. 1–2)
• Kim Ki-moo as dog stealer (Ep. 1)
• Lee Se-na as Yeon-seo's mother (Ep. 2) (Na Hui-su)
• Lee Seok-jun as Yeon-seo's father (Ep. 2) (Lee Jin-ung)
• Park Sang-myun (Ep. 2, 7, 9, 11–12)

Production

The first script reading took place on January 18, 2019 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea.^[13]

Original soundtrack

Untitled
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Kakao M Victory Contents

Part 1

Released on May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)^[14]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"A Welcome Rain" (단비)	Kim Jong-cheon	Lovelyee Kim Jong-cheon	Lee Moon-sae	4:48
2.	"A Welcome Rain" (Inst.)		Lovelyee Kim Jong-cheon		4:48
Total length:					9:36

Part 2

Released on May 30, 2019 (2019-05-30)^[15]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Oh My Angel"	Kim Ji-won	Kim Ji-won Seok Hye-min Kim Seong-eun	CHAI (Lee Soo-jung)	3:59
2.	"Oh My Angel" (Inst.)		Kim Ji-won Seok Hye-min Kim Seong-eun		3:59
Total length:					7:58

Part 3

Released on June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05)^[16]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Nights That I Miss You" (널 그리는 밤)	Hui Jang-nim Lovelyee Rocket Dan	Hui Jang-nim Lovelyee Rocket Dan	L (Infinite)	4:22
2.	"The Nights That I Miss You" (Inst.)		Hui Jang-nim Lovelyee Rocket Dan		4:22
Total length:					8:44

Part 4

Released on June 13, 2019 (2019-06-13)^[17]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Because of You"	Noheul KRAZY PARK	Noheul KRAZY PARK	Huh Gak	4:16
2.	"Because of You" (Inst.)		Noheul KRAZY PARK		4:16
Total length:					8:32

Part 5

Released on June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19)^[18]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Stay"	Hui Jang-nim Choi In-hee	Hui Jang-nim Choi In-hee Yoo Young-jun	O.WHEN	4:11
2.	"Stay" (Inst.)		Hui Jang-nim Choi In-hee Yoo Young-jun		4:11
Total length:					8:22

Part 6

Released on June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)^[19]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"In Your Light" (너란 빛으로)	Fromm	Fromm Kwon Young-chan	Fromm	4:07
2.	"In Your Light" (Inst.)		Fromm Kwon Young-chan		4:07
Total length:					8:14

Part 7

Released on July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)^[20]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Scent" (향기)	Hani	Tom and Jerry Lee Dong-hyun	Sojung (Ladies' Code)	3:27
2.	"Pray"	Hodge Hee Jang-nim Lovelyee	Hee Jang-nim Lovelyee	KLANG	4:12
3.	"Scent" (Inst.)		Tom and Jerry Lee Dong-hyun		3:27
4.	"Pray" (Inst.)		Hee Jang-nim Lovelyee		4:12
Total length:					15:18

Classic OST

Released on July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op.20 - Act II. By A Lake: No.13 Dances Of The Swans - VII. Coda: Allegro Vivace" ([1부] 차이코프스키: 백조의 호수 - 2막. 13번 백조들의 춤 - 콛)	Mikhail Pletnev	1:51
2.	"Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op.20 - Act IV. By The Lake: No.28 Finale: Andante - Allegro Agitato - Moderato E Maestoso - Moderato" ([1부] 차이코프스키: 백조의 호수 - 4막. 28번 피날레)	Mikhail Pletnev	6:35
3.	"Adam: Giselle - Act I. Finale Du 1er Acte Et Scene De Folie" ([10부] 아당: 지젤 - 1막. 1막의 피날레와 광란의 장면)	Andrew Mogrella	2:06
4.	"Adam: Giselle - Act II. Entree D'Hilarion" ([11부] 아당: 지젤 - 2막. 일라리옹의 입장)	Andrew Mogrella	2:25
5.	"Adam: Giselle - Act II. Entree De Loys - Pas De Deux" ([10부] 아당: 지젤 - 2막. 로이스의 입장 - 파드되)	Neville Marriner	2:22
6.	"Adam: Giselle - Act II. Finale" ([7부] 아당: 지젤 - 4막. 피날레)	Neville Marriner	2:11
7.	"Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op.20 - Act II. By A Lake: No.13 Dances Of The Swans - II. Moderato Assai" ([2부] 차이코프스키: 백조의 호수 - 2막. 13번 백조들의 춤 - 모데라토 아사이)	Neeme Järvi	2:29
8.	"Minkus: Don Quixote - Act I. Don Quixote Invites Quiteria To A Minuet" ([6부] 밍쿠스: 돈키호테 - 1막. 돈키호테가 키테리아를 미뉴엣에 초대)	Nayden Todorov	2:10
9.	"Minkus: Don Quixote - Act I. Basilio With Friends" ([6부] 밍쿠스: 돈키호테 - 1막. 바실리오와 친구들)	Nayden Todorov	2:02
10.	"Delibes: Coppelia Ballet Suite - Act II. Music Of The Automata And Waltz" ([1부] 들리브: 코펠리아 발레 모음곡 - 2막. 오토마타의 음악과 왈츠)	Heinz Fricke	1:58

Viewership

Episodes		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Ep.1–16	1.143	1.437	1.086	1.396	1.211	1.408	1.148	1.431	0.987	1.217	1.201	1.548	1.036	1.215	1.133	1.330
	Ep.17–32	1.120	1.282	1.039	1.235	1.059	1.275	0.962	1.165	0.882	1.065	0.998	1.181	1.070	1.230	0.797	1.153

Angel's Last Mission: Love : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[21]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share[22]
		Nielsen Korea[23]		TNmS[24]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	May 22, 2019	7.3% (8th)	7.7% (7th)	7.3%
2		9.2% (6th)	9.5% (5th)	7.7%
3	May 23, 2019	6.6% (12th)	7.5% (7th)	6.3%
4		8.6% (6th)	8.9% (4th)	7.2%
5	May 29, 2019	8.2% (8th)	8.6% (5th)	7.4%
6		9.4% (6th)	9.7% (3rd)	8.8%
7	May 30, 2019	6.7% (15th)	6.8% (12th)	6.5%
8		8.4% (8th)	8.7% (4th)	7.8%
9	June 5, 2019	6.7% (11th)	6.9% (10th)	5.9%
10		7.9% (6th)	8.3% (5th)	7.4%
11	June 6, 2019	6.9% (12th)	7.7% (11th)	6.9%
12		8.7% (5th)	9.7% (5th)	7.5%
13	June 12, 2019	6.3% (12th)	6.6% (11th)	6.6%
14		7.3% (8th)	7.3% (9th)	7.6%
15	June 13, 2019	7.0% (11th)	7.2% (10th)	5.9%
16		7.8% (8th)	7.9% (7th)	7.5%
17	June 19, 2019	6.8% (11th)	7.0% (10th)	6.1%
18		7.9% (7th)	8.0% (7th)	7.0%
19	June 20, 2019	6.5% (13th)	7.4% (9th)	5.3%
20		7.9% (6th)	8.3% (7th)	6.6%
21	June 26, 2019	7.6% (9th)	7.7% (9th)	6.1%
22		8.1% (6th)	8.5% (7th)	6.7%
23	June 27, 2019	5.8% (16th)	6.6% (13th)	5.1%
24		7.1% (11th)	7.9% (9th)	6.2%
25	July 3, 2019	5.5% (17th)	5.8% (15th)	5.6%
26		6.6% (9th)	6.8% (9th)	6.0%
27	July 4, 2019	5.8% (15th)	6.3% (13th)	—
28		7.2% (8th)	7.4% (7th)	5.1%
29	July 10, 2019	6.8% (16th)	7.6% (10th)	N/A
30		7.8% (9th)	8.7% (6th)
31	July 11, 2019	5.1% (19th)	5.5% (18th)	4.1%
32		7.2% (12th)	7.7% (9th)	5.6%
Average		7.3%	7.7%	—[b]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS). N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2019	12th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Kim Myung-soo	Nominated	[25]
	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Shin Hye-sun	Won	[26]
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Kim Myung-soo	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Shin Hye-sun	Nominated
		Best Young Actor	Ko Woo-rim	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Kim Myung-soo	Won
		Netizen Award, Actor		Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actress	Shin Hye-sun	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Kim Myung-soo and Shin Hye-sun	Won
		K-Drama Hallyu Star	Kim Myung-soo	Won

Notes

1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[1]
2. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Angel's Last Mission: Love at Monster Union (in Korean)
• Angel's Last Mission: Love at Victory Contents (in Korean)
• Angel's Last Mission: Love on KBS World
• Angel's Last Mission: Love at IMDb
• Angel's Last Mission: Love at HanCinema