Touch Your Heart
Touch Your Heart | |
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Also known as | The Truth Delivered |
Hangul | 진심이 닿다 |
Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Based on | Reach of Sincerity by Jäger[2] |
Developed by | Jinnie Choi (Studio Dragon) |
Written by |
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Directed by | Park Joon-hwa |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Seo Sung-won Lee Jong-soo |
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 |
Production companies |
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Distributor | tvN |
Release | |
Original network | tvN |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital |
Original release | February 6 March 28, 2019 | –
External links | |
Website |
Touch Your Heart[4][5] (Korean: 진심이 닿다; RR: Jinsim-i Data; lit. Reach of Sincerity) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook. Developed by Studio Dragon[6] and jointly produced by Mega Monster[7] and Zium Content based on the web novel of the same name first published in 2016 via KakaoPage, it aired on tvN from February 6 to March 28, 2019.[8][9][10][11]
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. In order to get a role in a major upcoming television series, she agrees to get experience at a law firm, working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the following events form the crux of the story.[12]
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.[13]
- Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok
- A workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.[14]
- Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won
- Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.[15]
- as Yoo Yeo-reum
- A prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in school, but he broke her heart.[16]
Supporting[]
Always Law Firm[]
- Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu
- CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.[17] Joon-suk's cousin.
- Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk
- A divorce lawyer.[15]
- as Dan Moon-hee
- A straightforward and honest civil defense attorney.[16]
- as Lee Doo-seob
- A paralegal and former detective.
- as Yang Eun-ji
- A legal secretary with ten years of experience.[16]
- Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young
- An assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.[16]
- 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
- An intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.
People around Jin-shim[]
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Joon-suk
- CEO of Yeon Entertainment, Jin-shim's agency, who discovered and made her an actress.[15] Joon-kyu's cousin.
- Oh Eui-shik as Kong Hyuk-joon
- Jin-shim's manager of ten years.[18]
- Jay as Lee Kang-joon.
- A chaebol heir and Jin-shim's stalker. The vice-president of a large corporation who framed Jin-shim for drug
Seoul District Prosecutor Office[]
- as Lee Joo-young
- Se-won's junior.[19]
- as Prosecutor Im
- Yeo-reum's senior who often puts her down.
- as a prosecutor and Yeo-reum's boss
- as a chief prosecutor
- as Kim Hyung-shik from Se-won's team
- as Yoo Hyun-ji from Se-won's team
- Jin So-yeon as Yeo-reum's legal secretary
- 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
- Baek Eun-hye as Insurance agent
- Yoo Yeon as Im Yoon-hee
Special appearances[]
- as a host (Ep. 1)
- Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)[20]
- as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 1)
- Lee Yoon-sang as a judge (Ep. 1, 5-6)
- as an angry driver (Ep. 2)
- as Jung-rok's client (Ep. 2)
- as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 2)
- 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)[20]
- Hwang Seung-eon as an actress (Ep. 4)
- as an actor (Ep. 4)
- as Seung-hee, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 4)
- as Seung-hee's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 4)
- Hwang Bo-ra as Hwang Yeon-du, Jin-shim's senior and rival (Ep. 7)
- as a café owner (Ep. 8)
- as Kwon Jae-bok, Jung-rok's father (Ep. 10)
- Song Kang as a deliveryman (Ep. 13)
- as a judge (Ep. 13)
- Moon Ji-hoo as Jeong-do (Ep. 15)
- 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.[9]
- The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.[21]
- 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.[22][23]
- 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.[24] He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.[25]
Original soundtrack[]
Touch Your Heart OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Recorded | 2019 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
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Ratings[]
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 (AGB Nielsen)[28] | |||
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
1 | February 6, 2019 | 4.736% | 5.154% | ||
2 | February 7, 2019 | 4.583% | 5.629% | ||
3 | February 13, 2019 | 4.153% | 4.688% | ||
4 | February 14, 2019 | 3.670% | 4.236% | ||
5 | February 20, 2019 | 4.052% | 4.909% | ||
6 | February 21, 2019 | 3.949% | 4.678% | ||
7 | February 27, 2019 | 4.386% | 4.802% | ||
8 | February 28, 2019 | 4.234% | 4.477% | ||
9 | March 6, 2019 | 3.731% | 4.154% | ||
10 | March 7, 2019 | 3.904% | 4.256% | ||
11 | March 13, 2019 | 3.833% | 4.050% | ||
12 | March 14, 2019 | 3.669% | 4.282% | ||
13 | March 20, 2019 | 3.745% | 4.055% | ||
14 | March 21, 2019 | 3.727% | 4.227% | ||
15 | March 27, 2019 | 3.335% | 3.558% | ||
16 | March 28, 2019 | 3.803% | 4.576% | ||
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 | [29] |
27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama | Shim Hyung-tak | Won | [30] |
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External links[]
- Official website (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart at Studio Dragon (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart at Mega Monster (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart (original novel) at KakaoPage (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart at IMDb
- Touch Your Heart at HanCinema
- TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas
- Korean-language television shows
- 2019 South Korean television series debuts
- 2019 South Korean television series endings
- South Korean romance television series
- South Korean romantic comedy television series
- Television shows based on South Korean novels
- Television series by Studio Dragon
- Television series by Mega Monster
- Television series by Zium Content