Passionate Love

Details

 * Title: 열애 (熱愛) / Yeolae
 * Also known as: Hot Love
 * Genre: Melodrama, romance, family, human
 * Episodes: 47
 * Broadcast network: SBS
 * Broadcast period: 2013-Sep-28 to 2014-Mar-23
 * Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:45
 * Original Soundtrack: Passionate Love OST

Synopsis
A humanistic melodrama that follows the tragic love and success story of a man and woman who get tangled up in tragic destinies due to conflicts in their parents’ generation. The drama depicts how one generation's problems can negatively affect the next generation.

Kang Moo Yeol is a third-generation chaebol who has the both the looks and wealth, seems to have it all on the outside, but grows up with family issues and pain from the loss of his past love Han Yoo Rim. Meanwhile, Han Yoo Jung is a diligent and bright, and very independent woman who has a tomboyish and unruly personality which helped her overcome the sudden loss of her family. She is Han Yoo Rim's younger sister and will get involved with Kang Moo Yeol 10 years later. Both Kang Moo Yeol and his half brother Hong Soo Hyuk will fall in love with Han Yoo Jung. But, Moo Yeol and Yoo Jung are star-crossed lovers. Their tragic love story begins because of a tragedy due to their parents. How will they escape their dreary surroundings to succeed?

Cast

 * Main Cast
 * Jun Kwang Ryul as Kang Moon Do
 * Hwang Shin Hye as Hong Nan Cho
 * Jun Mi Sun as Yang Eun Sook
 * Sung Hoon as Kang Moo Yeol
 * Lee Won Geun as young Moo Yeol
 * Choi Yoon Young as Han Yoo Jung
 * Lee Hye In as young Yoo Jung
 * Shim Ji Ho as Hong Soo Hyuk
 * Yeo Eui Joo as young Soo Hyuk


 * People around Moo Yeol
 * Joo Hyun as Yang Tae Shin
 * Jin Seo Yun as Kang Moon Hee
 * Kang Seo Joon as Park Jong Hyuk
 * Yoon Mi Ra as Jang Bok Hee
 * Woo Hee Jin as Yang Hye Sook
 * Oh Dae Gyu as Yoo Min Soo


 * People around Yoo Jung
 * Seo Hyun as Han Yoo Rim
 * Kang Shin Il as Han Sung Bok
 * Song Chae Hwan as Song Kyung Hee
 * Lee Han Wie as Ban Soo Bong
 * Jun Soo Kyung as Joo Nam Ok
 * Kim Yoon Seo as Ban Dal
 * Lee Jung Hyuk as Ban Tae Yang
 * Kim Hye Ji as Cha Mi Rae


 * Others
 * Park Sung Min as Lawyer Choi
 * Jung Chan as Baek Young Hoon
 * Kim Joon Hyung as Im Se Kyung
 * Park Jung Woo as Secretary Kim
 * Cha Soo Min

Production Credits

 * Production Company: Pan Entertainment
 * Chief Producer: Choi Moon Suk
 * Producers: Jo Eun Jung (조은정), Lee Hae Kwang (이해광)
 * Director: Bae Tae Sub
 * Screenwriter: Park Ye Kyung

Episode Ratings
See Passionate Love/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

 * 2013 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor for Full Length Drama (Jun Kwang Ryul)
 * 2013 21st Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards: Drama Excellence Award, Actress (Jun Mi Sun)