# Touch Your Heart

Touch Your Heart (Korean: 진심이 닿다) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook. It is based on the web novel of the same name, which was first published in 2016 on KakaoPage. It aired on tvN from February 6 to March 28, 2019.

## 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 until she has a chance to earn a major role in an upcoming drama. However, in order to clear her name and secure success, she must first take a job working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the events following form the crux of the story.

## 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.
* Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.
* Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.
* Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in university, but he broke her heart.

### Supporting
#### Always Law Firm

* Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.
* Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk, a divorce lawyer.
* Park Kyung-hye as Dan Moon-hee, a straightforward and honest civil defense lawyer.
* Park Ji-hwan as Lee Doo-seob, a paralegal and former detective.
* Jang So-yeon as Yang Eun-ji, a legal secretary with ten years of experience.
* Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young, an assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.
* 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 who is a fan of Jin-shim.

#### People around Jin-shim

* Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Joon-suk, the CEO of Yeon Entertainment, Jin-shim's agency, who discovered and made her an actress.
* Oh Eui-shik as Kong Hyuk-joon, Jin-shim's manager of ten years. He is very loyal and considers Jim-shim as his younger sister.
* Jay Kim as Lee Kang-joon, a chaebol heir and Jin-shim's stalker.

#### Seoul District Prosecutor Office

* Kim Chae-eun [ko] as Lee Joo-young, Se-won's junior.
* Lee Hyun-kyun [ko] as Prosecutor Im, Yeo-reum's senior who often puts her down.
* Kim Koo-taek [ko] as a prosecutor and Yeo-reum's boss
* Kim Hee-chang [ko] as a chief prosecutor
* Na Chul [ko] as Kim Hyung-shik from Se-won's team
* Park Yun [ko] as Yoo Hyun-ji from Se-won's team
* Jin So-yeon as Yeo-reum's legal secretary
* Min Jung-seob [ko] 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.
* Song Duk-ho as Deok-ho
* Baek Eun-hye as Insurance agent
* Yoo Yeon as Im Yoon-hee

### Special appearances

* Park Seul-gi [ko] as a host (Ep. 1)
* Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)
* Hong Seo-joon [ko] as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 1)
* Lee Yoon-sang as a judge (Ep. 1, 5–6)
* Kim Ki-moo [ko] as an angry driver (Ep. 2)
* Kim Kyung-ryong [ko] as Jung-rok's client (Ep. 2)
* Park Yong [ko] as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 2)
* Kim Kwan-soo [ko] 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)
* Hwang Seung-eon as an actress (Ep. 4)
* Kim Wook [ko] as an actor (Ep. 4)
* Lee Yoo-mi as Seung-hee, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 4)
* Seol Chang-hee [ko] as Seung-hee's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 4)
* Hwang Bo-ra as Hwang Yeon-du, Jin-shim's senior and rival (Ep. 7)
* Jeon Shin-hwan [ko] as a café owner (Ep. 8)
* Park Ji-il as Kwon Jae-bok, Jung-rok's father (Ep. 10)
* Song Kang as a deliveryman (Ep. 13)
* Seo Kwang-jae [ko] as a judge (Ep. 13)
* Moon Ji-hoo as himself portraying the male lead Jeong-do in Lee Se-jin's new drama (Ep. 15)
* Seo Ji-seung [ko] 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.
* The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.
* 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.
* 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. He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | 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 | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 1249 | 1119 | 1027 | 956 | 985 | 965 | 1163 | 1083 | 841 | 845 | 888 | 925 | 873 | 771 | 836 | 895 | 964 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | 12th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | Yoo In-na | Nominated | |
| 2019 | 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama | Shim Hyung-tak | Won | |