# Love in Sadness

Love in Sadness (Korean: 슬플 때 사랑한다) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Park Han-byul, Ryu Soo-young and Wang Bit-na. It is a remake of the 1999 TBS drama Beauti. The series aired four episodes every Saturday on MBC TV from February 23 to April 27, 2019.

## Synopsis

Yoon Ma-ri (Park Ha-na/Park Han-byul) is in an unhappy marriage with Kang In-wook (Ryu Soo-young), an abusive, and obsessively possessive husband who is also a chaebol. She meets Seo Jung-won (Ji Hyun-woo), a kind-hearted plastic surgeon. After seeing the abuse she receives, Seo Jung-won operates on her face to help her start a new life with a new identity after which she develops feelings for the surgeon, and he for her.

## Cast
### Main

* Ji Hyun-woo as Seo Jung-won (37 years old)
* Park Han-byul as Yoon Ma-ri (37 years old)
* Ryu Soo-young as Kang In-wook (38 years old)
* Wang Bit-na as Joo Hae-ra (37 years old)

### Supporting
#### People around Jung-won

* Moon Hee-kyung as Lim Yeon-hwa (64 years old)
    Jung-won's mother. She used to be a doctor.

#### Seo & Ha Plastic Surgery

* Go Joo-won as Ha Seong-ho (37 years old)
    Director of Seo & Ha Plastic Surgery. Jung-won's friend and rival.
* Hwang Jung-in as Park Na-yeon (28 years old)
    She's a nurse.
* Park Sang-shin as Kim Bong-woo (34 years old)
    He's an anesthesiologist.

#### People around Ma-ri

* Kim Yeong-ryeong as Lee Kyung-hee (60 years old)
    Ma-ri's mother.
* Kim Yun-joo as Choi Woo-sun (32 years old)
    Mari's friend. She works at an Art Academy.

#### People around In-wook

* Jeong Won-jung as Gang Il-guk (66 years old)
    In-wook's father. He's the president of Geonha Group.
* Kook Jung-sook as Moon Hye-sook (52 years old)
    In-wook's stepmother.
* Jung Sung-hoon as Kang In-sang (17 years old)
    In-wook's half-brother.
* Kang Sung-wook as Kim Secretary (29 years old)
    In-wook's secretary.
* Go Woo-ri as Oh Cheol-young (32 years old)
    Former detective employed by In-wook.

#### People around Hae-ra

* Heo Eun-jeong as Eun Jung (22 years old)
    She works at the Gyeong Gallery.

### Special appearances

* Park Ha-na as former Yoon Ma-ri
* Kim Beop-rae as Divorce Lawyer (Ep.36)

## Production

* The series is written by Song Jung-rim (Miss Ajumma, Secrets of Women) and directed by Choi Yi-sub (Miss Ripley, Working Mom Parenting Daddy) and Yoo Beom-sang.
* The first script reading took place in late November 2018 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.

### Comparisons with Let Me Introduce Her

Ahead of its premiere, netizens were comparing Love in Sadness with the 2018 SBS TV weekend drama Let Me Introduce Her.

## Ratings

* 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.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | February 23, 2019 | Tomorrow, I Die (나는 내일 죽습니다) | 9.7% (10th) | 8.9% (13th) | 11.0% |
| 2 | February 23, 2019 | Tomorrow, I Die (나는 내일 죽습니다) | 10.5% (7th) | 9.8% (9th) | 12.3% |
| 3 | February 23, 2019 | You Are My Hope (당신은 나의 희망입니다) | 9.7% (10th) | 9.7% (11th) | 10.5% |
| 4 | February 23, 2019 | You Are My Hope (당신은 나의 희망입니다) | 9.9% (9th) | 9.8% (9th) | 10.6% |
| 5 | March 2, 2019 | You Make Me Live Again (당신은 나를 다시 살아나게 해요) | 11.1% (8th) | 10.4% (8th) | 10.9% |
| 6 | March 2, 2019 | You Make Me Live Again (당신은 나를 다시 살아나게 해요) | 13.0% (5th) | 12.2% (7th) | 12.7% |
| 7 | March 2, 2019 | Tell Me (나에게 말해주세요) | 10.3% (11th) | 9.5% (11th) | 10.4% |
| 8 | March 2, 2019 | Tell Me (나에게 말해주세요) | 10.9% (9th) | 9.9% (9th) | 11.1% |
| 9 | March 9, 2019 | Fear Comes To Me (두려움이 나를 찾아와) | 12.0% (6th) | 11.2% (7th) | 11.1% |
| 10 | March 9, 2019 | Fear Comes To Me (두려움이 나를 찾아와) | 13.0% (4th) | 11.9% (6th) | 11.9% |
| 11 | March 9, 2019 | If You Stay With Me (당신이 곁에 있어준다면) | 11.4% (8th) | 10.6% (10th) | 10.0% |
| 12 | March 9, 2019 | If You Stay With Me (당신이 곁에 있어준다면) | 11.5% (7th) | 10.8% (9th) | 10.3% |
| 13 | March 16, 2019 | I Am Lucky To Have Met You (당신을 만난 건 행운입니다) | 10.5% (7th) | 9.5% (9th) | 10.0% |
| 14 | March 16, 2019 | I Am Lucky To Have Met You (당신을 만난 건 행운입니다) | 11.3% (6th) | 10.3% (7th) | 11.2% |
| 15 | March 16, 2019 | Your Love Remains In My Heart (당신의 사랑이 나의 마음에 머물러) | 9.4% (11th) | 9.0% (12th) | 8.9% |
| 16 | March 16, 2019 | Your Love Remains In My Heart (당신의 사랑이 나의 마음에 머물러) | 9.6% (10th) | 9.1% (11th) | 9.1% |
| 17 | March 23, 2019 | I Got Caught By The Magic Of Love (사랑의 마법에 걸렸어요) | 9.9% (8th) | 9.5% (10th) | 9.7% |
| 18 | March 23, 2019 | I Got Caught By The Magic Of Love (사랑의 마법에 걸렸어요) | 10.9% (7th) | 10.7% (7th) | 10.5% |
| 19 | March 23, 2019 | I Am Happy To Be In Your Heart (당신의 마음을 알게 되어 기쁩니다) | 9.1% (13th) | 9.1% (13th) | 8.5% |
| 20 | March 23, 2019 | I Am Happy To Be In Your Heart (당신의 마음을 알게 되어 기쁩니다) | 9.6% (9th) | 9.2% (12th) | 8.8% |
| 21 | March 30, 2019 | Can I Confess It, My Love (고백해도 될까요, 내 사랑을) | 8.8% (12th) | 8.0% (14th) | 9.0% |
| 22 | March 30, 2019 | Can I Confess It, My Love (고백해도 될까요, 내 사랑을) | 10.4% (6th) | 9.7% (8th) | 10.4% |
| 23 | March 30, 2019 | When Endless Sadness Sings In My Heart (끝없는 슬픔이 내 마음을 적실 때) | 8.1% (15th) | 7.6% (16th) | 8.5% |
| 24 | March 30, 2019 | When Endless Sadness Sings In My Heart (끝없는 슬픔이 내 마음을 적실 때) | 8.2% (14th) | 7.7% (15th) | 9.0% |
| 25 | April 6, 2019 | If You Are Allowed To Love Again (허락된다면 사랑을 다시 한번) | 8.0% (14th) | 7.6% (15th) | 7.8% |
| 26 | April 6, 2019 | If You Are Allowed To Love Again (허락된다면 사랑을 다시 한번) | 9.7% (6th) | 9.0% (7th) | 9.9% |
| 27 | April 6, 2019 | Hello, Thank You For That (안녕, 그동안 고마웠어요) | 8.2% (12th) | 8.0% (10th) | 8.3% |
| 28 | April 6, 2019 | Hello, Thank You For That (안녕, 그동안 고마웠어요) | 8.5% (8th) | 8.3% (9th) | 8.4% |
| 29 | April 13, 2019 | I Want To Shake Off My Anxiety (나의 불안을 떨쳐주세요) | 7.5% (15th) | 6.8% (15th) | — |
| 30 | April 13, 2019 | I Want To Shake Off My Anxiety (나의 불안을 떨쳐주세요) | 9.0% (6th) | 8.3% (8th) | — |
| 31 | April 13, 2019 | A Love That I Cannot Have (이루어 질 수 없는 사랑) | 7.8% (9th) | 7.0% (14th) | — |
| 32 | April 13, 2019 | A Love That I Cannot Have (이루어 질 수 없는 사랑) | 7.8% (9th) | 7.1% (12th) | — |
| 33 | April 20, 2019 | Do Not Give In To Adversity (역경에 굴하지 않는다) | 6.6% (18th) | — | 8.2% |
| 34 | April 20, 2019 | Do Not Give In To Adversity (역경에 굴하지 않는다) | 9.0% (7th) | 8.6% (7th) | 10.3% |
| 35 | April 20, 2019 | I Will Tell You (당신에게 소식을 전합니다) | 7.9% (11th) | 7.0% (14th) | 8.7% |
| 36 | April 20, 2019 | I Will Tell You (당신에게 소식을 전합니다) | 8.6% (8th) | 7.7% (11th) | 8.7% |
| 37 | April 27, 2019 | Nothing Will Change Even If I Die (죽어도 변함이 없습니다) | 9.3% (7th) | 9.3% (7th) | 9.4% |
| 38 | April 27, 2019 | Nothing Will Change Even If I Die (죽어도 변함이 없습니다) | 10.7% (5th) | 10.2% (5th) | 11.2% |
| 39 | April 27, 2019 | Even When You Are Sad, I Love You (당신이 슬플 때에도, 나는 당신을 사랑합니다) | 10.1% (6th) | 9.3% (7th) | 10.6% |
| 40 | April 27, 2019 | Even When You Are Sad, I Love You (당신이 슬플 때에도, 나는 당신을 사랑합니다) | 10.8% (3rd) | 10.3% (3rd) | 11.4% |
| Average | Average | Average | 9.71% | — | — |