# Red Shoes (TV series)

Red Shoes (Korean: 빨강 구두; RR: Ppalgang Gudu) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Choi Myung-gil, So Yi-hyun and Park Yoon-jae. The series, directed by Park Gi-hyeon and written by Hwang Soon-young, tells the story of a daughter who seeks to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success. The daily drama premiered on KBS2 on July 5 and aired on every weekday at 19:50 (KST) till December 10, 2021.

## Synopsis

The series revolves around Kim Jem-ma (So Yi-hyun), a daughter who has a strong desire to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success.
Choi Myung-gil portrays Min Hee-kyeong, Kim Jem-ma's cold-hearted mother, who abandons her family after reuniting with her first love. Kim Jem-ma seeks to find out the secrets related to, and to avenge, her father's death. Yoon Gi-seok (portrayed by Park Yoon-jae) does not believe in love due to his wife's betrayal, but falls in love with Kim Jem-ma. Yoon Hyeon-seok (Shin Jung-yoon) is Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, with free soul and defiant charm.
The title of the series as explained by the writer Hwang Soon-young: "The day the main character woman was kicked out of her house by her husband, she comes out wearing the 'red shoes' that a man in the past gave her. And the last gift she left for her daughter is a necklace of red shoe accessories. If the 'red shoes' are 'desire' for the mother, it becomes 'revenge' for the daughter."

## Cast
### Main

* Choi Myung-gil as Min Hee-kyeong, Kim Jem-ma's mother
    She has her desires and instincts and transforms from the past when she was tied to the roles of mother and wife, leader in the shoe industry with the name 'Laura'
* So Yi-hyun as Kim Jem-ma
    Daughter of Kim Jeong-guk and Min Hee-kyeong, Min Hee-kyeong disappears one night, her father is killed in a hit and run case, she grows up as the adopted daughter of the aunt Ok-kyung next door
* Park Yoon-jae as Yoon Gi-seok
    Grandson of Choi Sook-ja, representative of the fusion Korean restaurant. Afraid of love due to the betrayal of his former wife, closed the door to his heart due to the wounds of the past
* Shin Jung-yoon as Yoon Hyeon-seok, Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, the second grandson of Choi Sook-ja
* Jung Yoo-min as Kwon Hye-bin, Kim Jem-ma's half-sister
    A gold spoon princess character, born late to CEO Kwon Hyuk-sang and Min Hee-kyung, and grew up only being cute

### Supporting
#### People around Kim Jem-ma

* Yang Geum-seok as Lee Kyung-hee
* Yang Seon-hee as Lee Sook
    So Ok-kyung's social friend, older sister, and rival, sells coffee in the same traditional market
* Kyeong In-seon as So Ok-kyung
* Kim Kwang-young as So Tae-gil
    A white-bearded gangster who lives with his older sister Ok-kyung
* Ji Ji-yoon as Lee Kun-wook, So Ok-kyung's son of a wealthy man.
* Ha Eun-jin as Jung Yoo-kyung
    Kim Jem-ma's best friend and Lee Kun-wook's girlfriend

#### People around Min Hee-kyeong

* Sunwoo Jae-duk as Kwon Hyuk-sang
    Min Hee-kyeong's former lover, current husband
* Choi Yeong-wan as Kwon Soo-yeon
    Kwon Hyuk-sang's younger sister
* Ban Hyo-jung as Choi Sook-ja
    A famous big fish in the underground lending industry. Kim Jem-ma's long-lost adoptive grandmother.
* Kim Kyu-chul as Kim Jeong-guk, Min Hee-kyung's husband
* Hwang Dong-ju as Kwon Joo-hyeong

### Others

* Kim Yu-seok as Kwon Seok-hwan
* Park Chan-hwan as Mi Jeong
* Kim Ri-won as Ye Won
* Han In-soo as Yoon Jin-beom
* Seo Kwon-soon
* Han Chae-kyung as Go Eun-cho, Yoon Gi-seok's ex-wife, disappeared before, now reappears

### Special appearance

* Park Geon-il as Jin-ho, younger brother of Kim Jem-ma

## Production
### Casting

So Yi-hyun was confirmed to appear in the revenge series in May 2021. She last appeared in 2016 KBS daily drama Secrets of Women. It is her comeback after five years. A script reading session was held on May 18 in KBS studio. Script writer Hwang Soon-Young has written three daily dramas, 2013 series Ruby Ring, 2014 series Two Mothers and 2015 series The Great Wives. Jung Yoo-min and director Park Gi-hyeon are working together for third time. Their previous two series are: Unasked Family (2019) and 2020 KBS Drama Special, Season 11 episode "My Lilac". First joint script reading session was held on June 14.

### Filming

On June 16, KBS released first stills of So Yi-hyun from the filming of drama. On August 19, A confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported from the filming site of the TV series. An actor, who came in contact with that person has been sent under self-quarantine.

## Viewership

| Episodes | Episodes | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Episodes | Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| | 1–20 | 2.015 | 1.883 | 2.008 | 1.914 | 1.946 | 2.249 | 2.013 | 2.133 | 1.973 | 2.204 | 2.216 | 2.239 | 2.493 | 2.129 | 2.051 | 2.270 | 2.309 | 2.421 | 2.280 | 2.257 |
| | 21–40 | 2.474 | 2.547 | 2.511 | 2.518 | 2.493 | 2.821 | 2.560 | 2.436 | 2.539 | 2.545 | 2.772 | 2.697 | 2.518 | 2.476 | 2.737 | 2.707 | 2.655 | 2.594 | 2.579 | 2.538 |
| | 41–60 | 2.680 | 2.685 | 2.715 | 2.555 | 2.428 | 2.697 | 2.716 | 2.581 | 2.787 | 2.798 | 2.704 | 2.622 | 2.880 | 2.801 | 2.680 | 2.560 | 2.544 | 2.845 | 2.727 | 2.694 |
| | 61–80 | 2.609 | 2.517 | 2.703 | 2.630 | 2.492 | 2.648 | 2.570 | 2.661 | 2.632 | 2.706 | 2.564 | 2.637 | 2.679 | 2.712 | 2.654 | 2.708 | 2.488 | 2.913 | 2.778 | 2.571 |
| | 81–100 | 2.659 | 2.762 | 2.636 | 2.635 | 2.677 | 2.869 | 2.673 | 2.794 | 2.794 | 2.578 | 2.753 | 2.881 | 2.821 | 2.802 | 2.745 | 2.788 | 3.033 | 2.846 | 2.880 | 3.074 |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | July 5, 2021 | 12.8% | 10.9% | 14.3% |
| 2 | July 6, 2021 | 12.0% | 10.2% | 13.0% |
| 3 | July 7, 2021 | 12.2% | 10.4% | 13.2% |
| 4 | July 8, 2021 | 12.0% | 10.5% | 12.1% |
| 5 | July 9, 2021 | 11.6% | 9.8% | 13.6% |
| 6 | July 12, 2021 | 13.1% | 11.5% | 14.7% |
| 7 | July 14, 2021 | 12.3% | 10.7% | 14.0% |
| 8 | July 15, 2021 | 13.3% | 12.1% | 15.4% |
| 9 | July 16, 2021 | 12.8% | 11.1% | 14.7% |
| 10 | July 19, 2021 | 13.4% | 12.2% | 14.8% |
| 11 | July 20, 2021 | 14.0% | 13.2% | 15.1% |
| 12 | July 21, 2021 | 13.8% | 12.4% | 14.9% |
| 13 | July 22, 2021 | 15.0% | 13.2% | 16.4% |
| 14 | July 23, 2021 | 12.3% | 10.7% | 14.4% |
| 15 | August 9, 2021 | 12.6% | 11.3% | — |
| 16 | August 10, 2021 | 13.9% | 12.1% | — |
| 17 | August 11, 2021 | 13.9% | 12.3% | — |
| 18 | August 12, 2021 | 14.6% | 12.8% | — |
| 19 | August 13, 2021 | 14.2% | 12.8% | 16.6% |
| 20 | August 16, 2021 | 14.2% | 13.5% | 15.6% |
| 21 | August 17, 2021 | 15.2% | 13.6% | 16.1% |
| 22 | August 18, 2021 | 15.8% | 13.7% | 15.7% |
| 23 | August 19, 2021 | 15.1% | 13.0% | 16.5% |
| 24 | August 20, 2021 | 15.4% | 14.0% | 16.0% |
| 25 | August 23, 2021 | 15.9% | 14.1% | 17.8% |
| 26 | August 24, 2021 | 17.6% | 15.8% | 18.4% |
| 27 | August 25, 2021 | 16.2% | 13.8% | 16.5% |
| 28 | August 26, 2021 | 15.3% | 13.5% | 17.1% |
| 29 | August 27, 2021 | 16.1% | 14.0% | 17.0% |
| 30 | August 30, 2021 | 15.8% | 13.9% | 16.7% |
| 31 | August 31, 2021 | 17.0% | 14.5% | 17.7% |
| 32 | September 1, 2021 | 16.9% | 14.5% | 17.4% |
| 33 | September 2, 2021 | 15.9% | 13.6% | 15.8% |
| 34 | September 3, 2021 | 15.9% | 14.0% | 17.0% |
| 35 | September 6, 2021 | 16.8% | 14.2% | 17.4% |
| 36 | September 7, 2021 | 17.0% | 15.0% | 16.4% |
| 37 | September 8, 2021 | 16.2% | 14.3% | 17.0% |
| 38 | September 9, 2021 | 15.9% | 14.0% | 16.4% |
| 39 | September 10, 2021 | 15.8% | 13.7% | — |
| 40 | September 13, 2021 | 16.5% | 14.3% | 17.4% |
| 41 | September 14, 2021 | 16.7% | 15.0% | 17.1% |
| 42 | September 15, 2021 | 16.3% | 13.8% | 17.7% |
| 43 | September 16, 2021 | 16.6% | 14.5% | 16.3% |
| 44 | September 17, 2021 | 16.0% | 13.8% | 15.9% |
| 45 | September 22, 2021 | 15.6% | 14.0% | 14.9% |
| 46 | September 23, 2021 | 17.0% | 15.3% | 16.9% |
| 47 | September 24, 2021 | 16.7% | 14.8% | 17.0% |
| 48 | September 27, 2021 | 16.7% | 14.2% | 17.5% |
| 49 | September 28, 2021 | 17.5% | 14.9% | 17.5% |
| 50 | September 29, 2021 | 17.5% | 15.4% | 17.2% |
| 51 | September 30, 2021 | 16.6% | 14.4% | 17.2% |
| 52 | October 1, 2021 | 16.5% | 14.9% | 16.9% |
| 53 | October 4, 2021 | 17.4% | 15.0% | 17.1% |
| 54 | October 5, 2021 | 16.7% | 13.9% | 17.6% |
| 55 | October 6, 2021 | 16.4% | 14.2% | 17.5% |
| 56 | October 7, 2021 | 16.0% | 13.4% | 17.4% |
| 57 | October 8, 2021 | 15.4% | 12.8% | 16.4% |
| 58 | October 11, 2021 | 17.3% | 14.7% | 17.6% |
| 59 | October 12, 2021 | 16.8% | 14.1% | 17.1% |
| 60 | October 13, 2021 | 17.0% | 14.6% | 17.0% |
| 61 | October 14, 2021 | 16.0% | 14.1% | 17.1% |
| 62 | October 15, 2021 | 16.0% | 13.1% | 17.3% |
| 63 | October 18, 2021 | 16.9% | 14.8% | 18.1% |
| 64 | October 19, 2021 | 16.4% | 13.7% | 17.1% |
| 65 | October 20, 2021 | 16.2% | 14.6% | 17.2% |
| 66 | October 21, 2021 | 16.8% | 13.8% | 17.9% |
| 67 | October 22, 2021 | 16.9% | 14.2% | 17.0% |
| 68 | October 25, 2021 | 16.1% | 13.1% | 17.8% |
| 69 | October 26, 2021 | 17.0% | 14.1% | 17.6% |
| 70 | October 27, 2021 | 16.2% | 13.5% | 17.5% |
| 71 | October 28, 2021 | 15.9% | 14.2% | 18.1% |
| 72 | October 29, 2021 | 16.8% | 14.6% | 17.9% |
| 73 | November 1, 2021 | 16.7% | 13.9% | 19.2% |
| 74 | November 2, 2021 | 17.2% | 14.9% | 18.9% |
| 75 | November 3, 2021 | 16.7% | 13.2% | 19.0% |
| 76 | November 4, 2021 | 17.2% | 14.8% | 18.3% |
| 77 | November 5, 2021 | 16.1% | 13.2% | 18.3% |
| 78 | November 8, 2021 | 17.5% | 15.6% | 18.9% |
| 79 | November 10, 2021 | 17.4% | 14.6% | 18.5% |
| 80 | November 11, 2021 | 16.9% | 14.2% | 18.5% |
| 81 | November 12, 2021 | 17.0% | 14.4% | — |
| 82 | November 16, 2021 | 17.1% | 14.0% | 18.9% |
| 83 | November 17, 2021 | 16.8% | 13.9% | 18.2% |
| 84 | November 18, 2021 | 17.5% | 14.8% | 18.8% |
| 85 | November 19, 2021 | 17.1% | 15.2% | 19.0% |
| 86 | November 22, 2021 | 18.6% | 16.0% | 19.5% |
| 87 | November 23, 2021 | 17.2% | 14.3% | 18.6% |
| 88 | November 24, 2021 | 17.6% | 14.6% | 19.2% |
| 89 | November 25, 2021 | 17.6% | 15.6% | 18.1% |
| 90 | November 26, 2021 | 17.1% | 14.6% | 18.2% |
| 91 | November 29, 2021 | 17.1% | 14.8% | 18.0% |
| 92 | November 30, 2021 | 18.2% | 15.5% | 17.9% |
| 93 | December 1, 2021 | 18.0% | 14.7% | 17.5% |
| 94 | December 2, 2021 | 18.1% | 15.4% | 17.9% |
| 95 | December 3, 2021 | 17.4% | 15.2% | — |
| 96 | December 6, 2021 | 17.9% | 15.0% | 17.4% |
| 97 | December 7, 2021 | 19.2% | 17.2% | — |
| 98 | December 8, 2021 | 18.6% | 15.5% | 19.9% |
| 99 | December 9, 2021 | 19.0% | 16.1% | 19.9% |
| 100 | December 10, 2021 | 19.6% | 17.1% | 19.9% |
| Average | Average | — | — | — |
| In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. |||||

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | So Yi-hyun | Won |
| 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | Choi Myung-gil | Nominated |
| 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Choi Myung-gil | Nominated |
| 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama | Sunwoo Jae-duk | Nominated |
| 2022 | APAN Star Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Choi Myung-gil | Nominated |
| 2022 | APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | So Yi-hyun | Won |