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Love in Sadness

Love in Sadness

20194.51 Season40 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The essence of love is fading and is evermore harder to do. In this day and age, will there be love that is woeful and forlorn just for the sake of love itself? Love in Sadness is a love story that encapsulates the mythical-like fate of love that is so coveted that it ignores all bounds. In it, love outweighs what the world thinks, ignores the pain and anguish with it, and pursues its destiny. In the drama, Ma Ri is a beautiful girl, married into wealth with a seemingly perfect life. Ironically, her husband, In Wook, who looks like a more than ideal husband, is an obsessive lunatic who is also violently abusive. When he pushes her too far, she reaches out for help from Jung Won, an honest, smart, handsome plastic surgeon. And when he agrees to help her escape from her husband's hands, they fall in love. But In Wook, who is consumed by his obsession for her, isn't going to let her get away from his grasp. Watch as these two characters struggle to stay on their arduous road to love.

Created by Song Jung-rim
Written by Song Jung-rim
Produced by Kim Dong-gu
NetworksMBC

Top Cast

Ji Hyun-woo

Ji Hyun-woo

Seo Jung-Won

Park Han-byul

Park Han-byul

Yoon Ma-Ri / Woo Ha-Kyung

Ryu Soo-young

Ryu Soo-young

Kang In-Wook

Wang Bit-na

Wang Bit-na

Joo Hae-Ra

Moon Hee-kyung

Moon Hee-kyung

Im Yeon-Hwa

Kim Ye-ryeong

Kim Ye-ryeong

Lee Kyung-Hee

Jung Won-joong

Jung Won-joong

Kang Il-Kook

Ahn Jung-hun

Ahn Jung-hun

Kang In-Sang

Kang Sung-wook

Kang Sung-wook

Secretary Kim

Koh Woo-ri

Koh Woo-ri

Oh Chul-Young

Themes & Keywords

paintersecret identityviolent husbandhousewifeplastic surgeryplastic surgeonheiressheirobssesivefemale painter

About Love in Sadness

Love in Sadness is a drama series that first aired in 2019 exploring themes of painter, secret identity, violent husband, housewife, plastic surgery, plastic surgeon. Created by Song Jung-rim, it stars Ji Hyun-woo, Park Han-byul, Ryu Soo-young. The essence of love is fading and is evermore harder to do. In this day and age, will there be love that is woeful and forlorn just for the sake of love itself? Love in Sadness is a love story that encapsulates the mythical-like fate of love that is so coveted that it ignores all bounds. In it, love outweighs what the world thinks, ignores the pain and anguish with it, and pursues its destiny. In the drama, Ma Ri is a beautiful girl, married into wealth with a seemingly perfect life. Ironically, her husband, In Wook, who looks like a more than ideal husband, is an obsessive lunatic who is also violently abusive. When he pushes her too far, she reaches out for help from Jung Won, an honest, smart, handsome plastic surgeon. And when he agrees to help her escape from her husband's hands, they fall in love. But In Wook, who is consumed by his obsession for her, isn't going to let her get away from his grasp. Watch as these two characters struggle to stay on their arduous road to love.

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