My Spring Days

My Spring Days (Korean: 내 생애 봄날; RR: Nae Saengae Bomnal; lit. "The Spring Days of My Life") is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kam Woo-sung, Choi Soo-young, Lee Joon-hyuk, and Jang Shin-young.^[1][2] It airs on MBC on for 16 episodes beginning September 10, 2014.^[3]

My Spring Days
Promotional poster for My Spring Days
Also known as	The Spring Days of My Life Springtime of My Life The Spring of My Life
Genre	Melodrama Romance Family drama
Written by	Park Ji-sook
Directed by	Lee Jae-dong
Starring	Kam Woo-sung Choi Soo-young Lee Joon-hyuk Jang Shin-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Han Hee
Producers	Lee Ho-young Park Jae-sam
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Celltrion Entertainment (formerly Dream E&M) Hunus Entertainment
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	September 10 (2014-09-10) – October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)

The plot uses the concept of cellular memory, a medical hypothesis that recipients' personalities and habits become similar to their donors.^[4]

Plot

Lee Bom-yi (Choi Soo-young) was once a terminally ill patient, but she's been given a second chance at life after getting a heart transplant and now lives each day to the fullest. She meets Kang Dong-ha (Kam Woo-sung), the CEO of Hanuiron and a widower with two children who lost his wife to an accident. Bom-yi falls for Dong-ha, not knowing that her donor was Dong-ha's wife.^[5][6]

Cast

Main characters

• Kam Woo-sung as Kang Dong-ha
• Choi Soo-young as Lee Bom-yi
• Lee Joon-hyuk as Kang Dong-wook^[7]
• Jang Shin-young as Bae Ji-won^[8]

Supporting characters

• Shim Hye-jin as Jo Myung-hee
• Kwon Hae-hyo as Lee Hyuk-soo
• Lee Ki-young as Song Byung-gil
• Ga Deuk-hee as Joo Se-na
• Jung Ji-so as Kang Poo-reum
  • Shin Rin-ah as young Kang Poo-Reum
• Gil Jung-woo as Kang Ba-da
• Min Ji-ah as Yoon Soo-jung
• Lee Jae-won as Park Hyung-woo
• Kang Boo-ja as Na Hyun-soon
• Jo Yang-ja as Choi Bok-hee
• Jang Won-young as Jo Gil-dong
• Hwang Geum-hee

Production

Kam Woo-sung and Choi Soo-young were cast as leads on July 17, 2014.^[9]

My Spring Days began filming on August 19 and the first shoot took place in a marketplace in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.^[10]

Ratings

The show beat its rivals, SBS My Lovely Girl and KBS2's Iron Man consistently and the show ended with a 10.5% viewer rating in the Seoul National Capital Area, ranking first among the Wednesday-Thursday dramas.

Episode #	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings[11]		AGB Nielsen[12]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area	Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area
1	September 10, 2014	7.5%	8.8%	8.1%	9.8%
2	September 11, 2014	8.3%	10.7%	8.7%	10.4%
3	September 17, 2014	8.2%	10.4%	9.5%	10.5%
4	September 18, 2014	8.1%	10.3%	11.1%	13.3%
5	September 24, 2014	8.7%	11.4%	9.3%	10.0%
6	September 25, 2014	7.7%	10.3%	9.2%	11.0%
7	October 1, 2014	7.8%	11.0%	8.3%	9.5%
8	October 2, 2014	6.3%	8.5%	8.8%	10.1%
9	October 8, 2014	7.6%	10.0%	9.1%	10.3%
10	October 9, 2014	7.7%	10.7%	8.3%	9.3%
11	October 15, 2014	8.3%	11.4%	8.6%	10.0%
12	October 16, 2014	7.5%	9.5%	8.5%	9.4%
13	October 22, 2014	9.3%	11.8%	10.6%	12.2%
14	October 23, 2014	8.9%	12.2%	9.6%	11.2%
15	October 29, 2014	8.3%	11.3%	8.7%	9.9%
16	October 30, 2014	8.1%	10.8%	10.0%	11.1%
Average		8.0%	10.6%	9.2%	10.5%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Kam Woo-sung	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Choi Soo-young	Won
			Jang Shin-young	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Choi Soo-young	Nominated
2015	8th Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	Choi Soo-young	Won

See also

• Summer Scent