Passionate Love

South Korean TV series or program

Passionate Love
Promotional poster
Also known as	Hot Love Crazy Romance Madly in Love
Genre	Romance Melodrama
Written by	Park Ye-kyung
Directed by	Bae Tae-sub
Starring	Sung Hoon Choi Yoon-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	47
Production
Executive producer	Choi Moon-suk
Producers	Jo Eun-jung Lee Hae-kwang
Production location	South Korea
Production company	Pan Entertainment
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28) – March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)

Passionate Love (Korean: 열애; Hanja: 熱愛; RR: Yeolae) is a 2013 South Korean weekend television drama series starring Sung Hoon and Choi Yoon-young.^[1]^[2] It aired on SBS from September 28, 2013 to March 23, 2014 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 47 episodes.

Plot

Both handsome and rich, Kang Moo-yeol has it all until the love of his life, Han Yoo-rim, passes away. Yoo-rim's younger sister, Han Yoo-jung also struggles with the loss, forcing her to grow up as an independent person with a no-nonsense attitude. In a twist of fate, these two meet and find that they are linked by more than just the loss of Yoo-rim. Bound by the tragedy of their parents' pasts, these star-crossed lovers will find out if their love alone is strong enough to persevere, or if it really isn't meant to be.

Cast

Main characters

Sung Hoon as Kang Moo-yeol
- Lee Won-keun as young Moo-yeol
Choi Yoon-young as Han Yoo-jung
- Lee Hye-in as young Yoo-jung
Shim Ji-ho as Han Soo-hyuk
- Yeo Eui-joo as Hong Soo-hyuk
Jun Kwang-ryul as Kang Moon-do
Hwang Shin-hye as Hong Nan-cho
Jeon Mi-seon as Yang Eun-sook

Supporting characters

People around Moo-yeol

Joo Hyun as Yang Tae-shin
Jin Seo-yeon as Kang Moon-hee
Kang Seo-joon as Park Jong-hyuk
Yoon Mi-ra as Jang Bok-hee
Woo Hee-jin as Yang Hye-sook
Oh Dae-gyu as Yoo Min-soo

People around Yoo-jung

Seohyun as Han Yoo-rim (ep 1–5)^[3]^[4]^[5]
Kang Shin-il as Han Sung-bok
Song Chae-hwan as Song Kyung-hee
Lee Han-wi as Ban Soo-bong
Jeon Soo-kyeong as Joo Nam-ok
Kim Yoon-seo as Ban Dal
Lee Jung-hyuk as Ban Tae-yang
Kim Hye-ji as Cha Mi-rae

References

^ Kang, Jung-yeon (14 August 2013). "Sung Hoon, Namgung Min Considering New Melodrama". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
^ An, So-hyoun (13 August 2013). "Sung Hoon, Nam Gung Min and Choi Yoon Young Cast for SBS Weekend Drama Passionate Love". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
^ Kang, Jung-yeon (27 August 2013). "Girls' Generation Seohyun Confirmed for 1st Drama Role". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
^ Lee, Hye-ji (6 September 2013). "Girls' Generation Seohyun Falls in Love with 1st Drama Role". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
^ Kang, Jung-yeon (24 September 2013). "Girls' Generation Seohyun, "I Will Not Judge Love By Age"". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-07.