Touch Your Heart
2019 South Korean television series
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Touch Your Heart[4][5] (Korean: 진심이 닿다) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook. It is based on the web novel of the same name, which was first published in 2016 on KakaoPage. It aired on tvN from February 6 to March 28, 2019.[6][7][8][9]
| Touch Your Heart | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 진심이 닿다 |
| Lit. | Reach of Sincerity |
| RR | Jinsimi data |
| MR | Chinsimi tat'a |
| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Based on | Reach of Sincerity [2]by Jäger |
| Developed by | Studio Dragon (planning)[3] |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Park Joon-hwa |
| Starring | |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Jung Da-hyung |
| Editor | Oh Dong-hee |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | February 6 – March 28, 2019 |
Synopsis
Top actress Oh Jin-shim (Yoo In-na), who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years until she has a chance to earn a major role in an upcoming drama. However, in order to clear her name and secure success, she must first take a job working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the events following form the crux of the story.[10]
Cast
Main
- Yoo In-na as Oh Jin-shim / Oh Yoon-seo (stage name), a top star who loses her fame after getting embroiled in a drug scandal with a third-generation chaebol. In order to make a comeback by starring in a famous writer's project, she gets field experience in law by posing as Jung-rok's secretary.[11]
- Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.[12]
- Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.[13]
- Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in university, but he broke her heart.[14]
Supporting
Always Law Firm
- Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.[15]
- Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk, a divorce lawyer.[13]
- Park Kyung-hye as Dan Moon-hee, a straightforward and honest civil defense lawyer.[14]
- Park Ji-hwan as Lee Doo-seob, a paralegal and former detective.
- Jang So-yeon as Yang Eun-ji, a legal secretary with ten years of experience.[14]
- Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young, an assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.[14]
- Lee Jong-hwa as Lee Jong-hwa, an intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.
- Lee Kyu-sung as Kim Pil-gi, an intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.
People around Jin-shim
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Joon-suk, the CEO of Yeon Entertainment, Jin-shim's agency, who discovered and made her an actress.[13]
- Oh Eui-shik as Kong Hyuk-joon, Jin-shim's manager of ten years. He is very loyal and considers Jim-shim as his younger sister.[16]
- Jay Kim as Lee Kang-joon, a chaebol heir and Jin-shim's stalker.
Seoul District Prosecutor Office
- Kim Chae-eun as Lee Joo-young, Se-won's junior.[17]
- Lee Hyun-kyun as Prosecutor Im, Yeo-reum's senior who often puts her down.
- Kim Koo-taek as a prosecutor and Yeo-reum's boss
- Kim Hee-chang as a chief prosecutor
- Na Chul as Kim Hyung-shik from Se-won's team
- Park Yun as Yoo Hyun-ji from Se-won's team
- Jin So-yeon as Yeo-reum's legal secretary
- Min Jung-seob as Yeo-reum's investigator
Others
- Kim Soo-jin as Lee Se-jin, the writer of the drama that Jin-shim wants to star in.
- Kim Dae-gon as Park Soo-myung
- Son Se-bin as Kim Min-ji, Jin-shim's rival.
- Yoo Eun-mi as Seo Jin-hee, Eun-ji's daughter.
- Song Duk-ho as Deok-ho
- Baek Eun-hye as Insurance agent
- Yoo Yeon as Im Yoon-hee
Special appearances
- Park Seul-gi as a host (Ep. 1)
- Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)[18]
- Hong Seo-joon as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 1)
- Lee Yoon-sang as a judge (Ep. 1, 5–6)
- Kim Ki-moo as an angry driver (Ep. 2)
- Kim Kyung-ryong as Jung-rok's client (Ep. 2)
- Park Yong as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 2)
- Kim Kwan-soo as a Subway part-timer (Ep. 2, 8, 10)
- Jo Soo-min as Kim Yoon-ha, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 3)
- Hwang Chan-sung as a delivery man (Ep. 3 & 5)[18]
- Hwang Seung-eon as an actress (Ep. 4)
- Kim Wook as an actor (Ep. 4)
- Lee Yoo-mi as Seung-hee, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 4)
- Seol Chang-hee as Seung-hee's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 4)
- Hwang Bo-ra as Hwang Yeon-du, Jin-shim's senior and rival (Ep. 7)
- Jeon Shin-hwan as a café owner (Ep. 8)
- Park Ji-il as Kwon Jae-bok, Jung-rok's father (Ep. 10)
- Song Kang as a deliveryman (Ep. 13)
- Seo Kwang-jae as a judge (Ep. 13)
- Moon Ji-hoo as himself portraying the male lead Jeong-do in Lee Se-jin's new drama (Ep. 15)
- Seo Ji-seung as Jung-rok's blind date (Ep. 16)
Production
- Lead stars Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook previously worked together in 2016 series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.[7]
- The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.[19]
- The first script reading of the cast was held on November 27, 2018, at Studio Dragon's head office in Sangam-dong, Seoul; and filming started in the same month.[20][21]
- Actor Shin Dong-wook was originally cast for the role of Kim Se-won, but later stepped down from the series amidst controversies surrounding fraud claims and a subsequent lawsuit.[22] He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.[23]
Original soundtrack
| Touch Your Heart OST | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Recorded | 2019 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
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Part 1
Part 2
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Oh? Truly!" (Oh? 진심!) | J Rabbit | Jung Da-woon | J Rabbit | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Oh? Truly!" (Inst.) | Jung Da-woon | 2:42 | ||
| Total length: | 5:24 | ||||
Part 3
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "What If Love" | Baek Chan |
| Wendy (Red Velvet) | 3:41 |
| 2. | "What If Love" (Inst.) |
| 3:41 | ||
| Total length: | 7:22 | ||||
Part 4
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Be Your Star" (마음을 담아) |
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| Seoryoung, Lena (GWSN) | 4:01 |
| 2. | "Be Your Star" (Inst.) |
| 4:01 | ||
| Total length: | 8:02 | ||||
Part 5
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Good Night" |
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| Jeong Se-woon | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Good Night" (Inst.) |
| 4:00 | ||
| Total length: | 8:00 | ||||
Part 6
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "At The End Of Your Left Hand" (왼손끝에) |
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| Park Bo-ram | 4:08 |
| 2. | "At The End Of Your Left Hand" (Inst.) |
| 4:08 | ||
| Total length: | 8:16 | ||||
Part 7
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Photographs" | Jayins | Jayins | 1415 | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Photographs" (Inst.) | Jayins | 3:40 | ||
| Total length: | 7:20 | ||||
Part 8
Background tracks
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Excellent" | Lee Song Su | 2:38 |
| 2. | "Curious Magic" | Lee Song Su | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Wait" | Lee Song Su | 1:57 |
| 4. | "Life Work" | Lee Song Su | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Moonlight" | Lee Song Su | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Afternoon" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:03 |
| 7. | "Starlight" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Guy" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:07 |
| 9. | "Joyful" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 1:45 |
| 10. | "High Heel" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:12 |
| 11. | "Cute Curiosity" | Yang Sung woo | 2:14 |
| 12. | "Littile Maiden" | Yang Sung woo | 2:05 |
| 13. | "A life of Beauty" | Yang Sung woo | 3:27 |
| 14. | "Romantic Feeling" | Yang Sung woo | 2:29 |
| 15. | "Duck" | Jung Won | 1:36 |
| 16. | "Amusement Park" | Kyu Chong Won | 2:01 |
| 17. | "All Crazy" | Kyu Chong Won | 2:09 |
| 18. | "We are screwed" | Kyu Chong Won | 1:56 |
| 19. | "New Day" | Kyu Chong Won | 3:04 |
| 20. | "Caramel Macchiato" | Kim Samuel | 2:09 |
| 21. | "My Heart goes" | Kim Samuel | 1:57 |
| 22. | "Elegance Cooking" | Kim Samuel | 2:05 |
| 23. | "Dancing Shoes" | Kim Samuel | 1:58 |
| 24. | "Puzzle" | Kim Samuel | 2:29 |
| 25. | "Do ASAP" | Lee Soo Jin | 1:45 |
| 26. | "Arabian Night" | Cho Hun Kyung | 1:57 |
| 27. | "I Like You" | Kim Ho Jang | 2:13 |
| 28. | "What are you doing?" | Kim Ho Jang | 1:57 |
| 29. | "Funky Man" | Seo Seong Won | 1:34 |
Viewership
Touch Your Heart : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[25]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 1249 | 1119 | 1027 | 956 | 985 | 965 | 1163 | 1083 | 841 | 845 | 888 | 925 | 873 | 771 | 836 | 895 | 964 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[26] | |
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| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | February 6, 2019 | 4.736%(1st) | 5.154%(1st) |
| 2 | February 7, 2019 | 4.583%(1st) | 5.629%(1st) |
| 3 | February 13, 2019 | 4.153%(1st) | 4.688%(1st) |
| 4 | February 14, 2019 | 4.670%(1st) | 5.236%(1st) |
| 5 | February 20, 2019 | 4.052%(1st) | 4.909%(1st) |
| 6 | February 21, 2019 | 3.949%(1st) | 4.678%(1st) |
| 7 | February 27, 2019 | 4.386%(1st) | 4.802%(1st) |
| 8 | February 28, 2019 | 4.234%(1st) | 4.477%(1st) |
| 9 | March 6, 2019 | 3.731%(1st) | 4.154%(1st) |
| 10 | March 7, 2019 | 3.904%(1st) | 4.256%(1st) |
| 11 | March 13, 2019 | 3.833%(1st) | 4.050%(1st) |
| 12 | March 14, 2019 | 3.669%(1st) | 4.282%(1st) |
| 13 | March 20, 2019 | 3.745%(1st) | 4.055%(1st) |
| 14 | March 21, 2019 | 3.727%(1st) | 4.227%(1st) |
| 15 | March 27, 2019 | 3.335%(1st) | 3.558%(1st) |
| 16 | March 28, 2019 | 3.803%(1st) | 4.576%(1st) |
| Average | 3.969% | 4.483% | |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2019 | 12th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | Yoo In-na | Nominated | [27] |
| 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama | Shim Hyung-tak | Won | [28] | |