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Sad Love Story

2005 · 1 season

A sweeping, tear-soaked romance of missed chances and cruel coincidences that keeps tugging at your heart through every lingering reunion.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Kim Hee-seon, Kwon Sang-woo, Jin Hee-kyung
Overview
Misleadingly informed that Jon-young is dead, Hye-in struggles to begin a new life alone. Years later, Hye-in returns to Seoul. With her eyesight restored, she is now a singer happily engaged to her producer Gun-woo (Yeon Jung-hoon). ... This series is a series of love, death and suspense.

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Kim Hee-seon, Kwon Sang-woo, Jin Hee-kyung
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • identity
  • fate
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance8
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Written by
Han Sul-hee
Starring
Kim Hee-seon, Kwon Sang-woo, Jin Hee-kyung, Yeon Jeong-hun, Yeon Joo Kim, Jung Woo, Kim Hee-jung, Ko Asung
Length
1 seasons, 20 episodes, 60 min each
Network
MBC
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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