Love & Secret

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]

Love & Secret
Promotional poster
Genre	Romance Corporate Family Melodrama
Written by	Kim Kyung-hee
Directed by	Park Man-young
Starring	Shin So-yul Kim Heung-soo
Music by	Choi In-hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	102
Production
Executive producer	Jung Hae-ryong
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	iWill Media
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) – April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)

Plot

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. Cheon 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

Main characters

• Shin So-yul as Han Ah-reum

Fashion student who was pregnant with Phillip's daughter, Tiffany, but was abandoned by him. She becomes a single mother despite the stigma that it brings, and later becomes a designer at Winner's in order to provide for her daughter, where she meets and falls in love with Cheon Sung-woon.

• Kim Heung-soo as Cheon Sung-woon

Director of the Winner's Group, he falls in love with Ah-reum and breaks off an arranged marriage with Go Yoon-yi. He 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 who 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, he becomes obsessed with winning her back, and taking custody of Tiffany. He uses Winner's need for expansion capital to manipulate Sung-woon and Ah-reum

• Yeon Min-ji as Go Yoon-yi

Corporate lawyer, and Sung-woon's friend since childhood. She is from an impoverished background, and 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

Han family

• Jung Dong-hwan as Han Pan-suk

Ah-reum's father, the vice-minister for culture and candidate to become minister. He ruins his career and reputation for probity in order to protect Ah-reum.

• Kim Hye-ok as Oh Myung-hwa

Ah-reum's mother, a housewife who suffers early onset dementia, which Phillip uses to snatch Tiffany and paint Ah-reum as an unfit mother.

• Son Seung-won as Han Jin-woo

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

• Kim Eung-soo as Chun Do-hyung
• Hwang In-young as Lee Soo-ah
• Heo Jin as Lee Hae-bang
• Jo Hyun-do as Chun Sung-ho

Extended cast

• Jo Hyun-sik as Secretary Jang
• Im Baek-chun as Kim Sung-chul
• Yoo Hee-do as Woo Sang-joon
• Son Se-bin as Heo Anna^[6]

Ratings

• 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%

• Episodes 71-73 affected by Korean New Year

Awards and nominations

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

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

References

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

• Official website (in Korean)
• Love & Secret on KBS World
• Love & Secret at HanCinema