I Need Romance
2011 South Korean television series
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::summary 2011 South Korean television series ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | I Need Romance-poster.jpg |
| caption | Promotional poster |
| alt_name | In Need of Romance |
| genre | |
| writer | Jung Hyun-jung |
| director | Lee Chang-han |
| starring | Cho Yeo-jeong |
| Kim Jeong-hoon | |
| Choi Yeo-jin | |
| Choi Song-hyun | |
| Choi Jin-hyuk | |
| country | South Korea |
| language | Korean |
| num_episodes | 16 |
| company | JS Pictures |
| channel | tvN |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| related | I Need Romance 2012 |
| I Need Romance 3 | |
| :: |
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I Need Romance () is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy series starring Cho Yeo-jeong, Kim Jeong-hoon, Choi Yeo-jin, Choi Song-hyun and Choi Jin-hyuk. It aired on tvN from June 13 to August 2, 2011, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.
The cable drama revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives. It was popular with female viewers in their 20s and 30s for depicting contemporary women in a realistic way.
Synopsis
Funny, romantic, and just a little racy, I Need Romance follows the Sex and the City-like adventures of three thirty-something best friends looking for love in modern-day Seoul.
Cast
- Cho Yeo-jeong as Sunwoo In-young
- Kim Jeong-hoon as Kim Sung-soo
- Choi Yeo-jin as Park Seo-yeon
- Choi Song-hyun as Kang Hyun-joo
- Choi Jin-hyuk as Bae Sung-hyun
- Ha Yeon-joo as Yoon Kang-hee
- Kim Hyung-min as Kim Deok-soo
- Ricky Kim as Alex
- Lee Kwan-hoon as Seo Joon-yi
- Heo Tae-hee as Kim Tae-woo
- Jung Yoo-chan as Man at the airport (cameo, ep. 4)
- Lee Da-hee as Lee Min-jung (cameo, ep. 16)
- Park Woo-chun as Jung Hae-woon (cameo, ep. 16)
- Kim So-yeon as young Sung-soo's girlfriend (cameo, ep. 16)
Spin-off
Currently, there are two spin-offs, I Need Romance 2012 (2012) and I Need Romance 3 (2014).
References
References
- Lee, Ga-on. (12 July 2011). "On the set of tvN series ''In Need of Romance''".
- Kim, Heidi. (9 June 2011). "Cable drama ''In Need of Romance'' pre-sold to Japan".
- Lee, Dong-hyun. (9 February 2012). "''I Need Romance'' Leads Cable Drama Wave in Japan". enewsWorld.
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