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Love Rain
Promotional poster for Love Rain
GenreRomance, Melodrama
Created byOh Soo-yeon
Directed byYoon Seok-ho
StarringJang Keun-suk
Im Yoona
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes20
Production
Production locationsSouth Korea
Hokkaido, Japan
Running time60 minutes
Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production companyYoon's Color
Original release
NetworkKorean Broadcasting System
ReleaseMarch 26 (2012-03-26) –
May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
Love Rain
Hangul
Revised RomanizationSarangbi
McCune–ReischauerSarangpi

Love Rain (Korean: 사랑비; RR: Sarangbi, also known as Love Rides the Rain) is a 2012 South Korean television series directed by Yoon Seok-ho. It aired on KBS2 from March 26 to May 29, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Set in the seventies and the present day, it tells a heartrending love story over two generations, with Jang Keun-suk and Im Yoona playing dual roles.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot

It's love at first sight when Seo In-ha (Jang Keun-suk) and Kim Yoon-hee (Im Yoona) meet as shy university students in the seventies. It takes time for the hesitant pair to finally voice their feelings, but circumstances beyond their control send them down different paths. In 2012, In-ha (Jung Jin-young) is now unhappily married to Baek Hye-jung, one of Yoon-hee's former best friends. He has never gotten over his first love, and when he runs into Yoon-hee (Lee Mi-sook) after so many years, the two reconcile and look forward to making up for lost time.[6][7]

In-ha's son Seo Joon (Jang Keun-suk) is a photographer, and he bumps into Yoon-hee's daughter Jung Ha-na (Im Yoona) by chance. Unlike her mother, Ha-na is a cheerful and vivacious girl, and though they initially find each other troublesome, even as they argue, they can't help but be drawn to each other. Gradually their feelings develop, and Joon and Ha-na fall in love.[8][9]

Unaware that their children are dating each other, Seo In-ha(Jang Keun-suk) and Kim Yoon-hee(Im Yoona) announce that they are getting married, which will make Joon and Ha-na step-siblings. As both couples deal with the shock, Joon and Ha-na struggle with sacrificing their love for their parents' long-aborted happiness.[10][11]

Cast

1970s
2012

Production

Love Rain reunited director Yoon Seok-ho and screenwriter Oh Soo-yeon; they previously worked together on Autumn in My Heart and Winter Sonata a decade before.[33][34]

Jung Jin-young and Jang Keun-suk were costars in the films The Happy Life (2007) and The Case of Itaewon Homicide (2009). Im Yoona and Yoo Hye-ri were costars in the television series You are My Destiny (2008) and Cinderella Man (2009).

Love Rain began filming on September 24, 2011. The first day's shooting for the '70s era took place at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea.[35]

The drama was featured at the MIPTV, an international event for marketing and purchasing entertainment content held in Cannes, France in April 2012.[36]

Reception

Love Rain received low ratings domestically, with an average of 5.1% nationwide.[37][38][39]

But due to the Korean wave appeal of its lead stars Jang and Im, of all the Korean dramas sold abroad for 2012, Love Rain went for the highest price to Japan before it even broadcast in Korea.[40] It cost ₩450 million per episode, adding up to some ₩900 million (or US$10 million) in total.[41] It has since been exported to 12 countries in Asia and Europe including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, and Singapore, recording around ₩115 billion in overseas sales.[42][43][44]

Plagiarism lawsuit

Egg Film, the production company behind the 2003 film The Classic filed an injunction at Seoul District Court against Yoon's Color for copyright infringement on June 6, 2012. In it, the motion sought to ban any future broadcast of Love Rain and any subsequent production and sales of the drama and its related products. Egg Film claimed that the TV series' plot and characters were too similar to the film, specifically the themes of a couple breaking up because one chose friendship over love, and years later their children falling in love with one another.[45][46]

Yoon's Color disputed the claims, stating that the themes were common to the melodrama genre, since several scenes of The Classic were also similar to Yoon Seok-ho's earlier TV dramas. They accused Egg Film of "trying to jump on the bandwagon" given the overseas success of Love Rain.[47]

Ratings

Episode Broadcast Date TNmS Ratings[48] AGB Ratings[49]
Entire Country Entire Country
1 March 26, 2012 6.1% 5.8%
2 March 27, 2012 6.0% 5.2%
3 April 2, 2012 4.8% 4.4%
4 April 3, 2012 5.3% 5.3%
5 April 9, 2012 5.2% 5.4%
6 April 10, 2012 6.5% 5.9%
7 April 16, 2012 5.5% 5.0%
8 April 17, 2012 6.0% 6.4%
9 April 23, 2012 4.7% 5.2%
10 April 24, 2012 5.0% 5.6%
11 April 30, 2012 4.7% 5.6%
12 May 1, 2012 4.3% 5.2%
13 May 7, 2012 4.0% 5.1%
14 May 8, 2012 4.6% 5.8%
15 May 14, 2012 4.6% 6.0%
16 May 15, 2012 4.2% 5.2%
17 May 21, 2012 4.7% 5.6%
18 May 22, 2012 4.7% 5.0%
19 May 28, 2012 5.5% 5.3%
20 May 29, 2012 5.6% 5.9%
Average 5.1% 5.4%

Soundtrack

Love Rain OST[50]
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Shiny Love"  
2."Love Rain (사랑비)"Jang Keun-suk3:35
3."Because It's You (그대니까요)"Tiffany[51]3:23
4."Love Is Like Rain (사랑은 비처럼)"Na Yoon-kwon3:52
5."Again and Again (자꾸 자꾸)"Yozoh3:58
6."The Girl and I (그 애와 나랑은)"S.Jin4:02
7."First Love (첫사랑)"Kilgu3:55
8."Fate (Like a Fool) (운명 (바보처럼))"Seo In-guk3:57
9."Love Rain (사랑비) - Piano Ver."  
10."Again and Again (자꾸 자꾸) - Guitar Ver."  
11."Song of Rain"  
12."The Girl and I (그 애와 나랑은) - String Ver."  
13."Shy Confession Song (수줍은 고백송)"Milktea2:50
14."You That Resemble Rain (비를 닮은 그대)"  


Love Rain also featured non-Korean background music, such as "Verden Vil Bedras" by Sigvart Dagsland in episode 6, and "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" instrumentals in episodes 1 and 3.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama Jang Keun-suk Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama Im Yoona Nominated
Best New Actor Seo In-guk Nominated
Netizen Award Im Yoona Won

International broadcast

  • United States United States - Aired on LA18 with English subtitles beginning May 21, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 9:35-10:30 p.m.[52]
  • Malaysia Malaysia - currently on air at 8tv every Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
  • Japan Japan - First aired on KNTV beginning May 26, 2012.[53] Afterwards it aired on Fuji TV starting July 25, 2012 for 5 episodes a week; and August 6, 2012 on BSFuji once a week.[54]
  • Philippines Philippines - Aired on ABS-CBN from June 24 to August 23, 2013.

Ratings (Philippines)

TV Ratings in the Philippines
Date Episode Nationwide (Kantar Media) Mega Manila (AGB Nielsen)
June 24, 2013 01 8.5% 6.7%
June 25, 2013 02 9.3% 7.3%
June 26, 2013 03 9.3% 7.6%
June 27, 2013 04 8.5% 8.1%
June 28, 2013 05 9.6% 7.4%
July 1, 2013 06 8.6% 7.2%
July 2, 2013 07 8.4% 6.7%
July 3, 2013 08 9.0% 7.1%
July 4, 2013 09 10.0% 6.7%
July 5, 2013 10 11.2% 8.0%
July 8, 2013 11 8.5% 7.2%
July 9, 2013 12 9.8% 8.1%
July 10, 2013 13 9.7% 8.3%
July 11, 2013 14 9.9% 7.5%
July 12, 2013 15 9.1% 8.8%
July 15, 2013 16 9.2% 8.0%
July 16, 2013 17 9.9% 7.8%
July 17, 2013 18 9.5% 8.0%
July 18, 2013 19 10.5% 8.2%
July 19, 2013 20 11.5% 9.1%
July 22, 2013 21 10.7% 7.7%
July 23, 2013 22 10.3% 7.6%
July 24, 2013 23 10.6% 7.2%
July 25, 2013 24 11.1% 7.6%
July 26, 2013 25 10.8% 7.3%
July 29, 2013 26 9.5% 7.7%
July 30, 2013 27 11.3% 7.6%
July 31, 2013 28 12.0% 8.1%
August 1, 2013 29 10.9% 7.8%
August 2, 2013 30 11.9% 8.2%
August 5, 2013 31 10.8% 9.0%
August 6, 2013 32 11.3% 7.1%
August 7, 2013 33 11.5% 8.1%
August 8, 2013 34 12.0% 9.2%
August 9, 2013 35 12.0% 9.2%
August 12, 2013 36 11.6% 9.0%
August 13, 2013 37 11.8% 8.8%
August 14, 2013 38 9.7% 8.2%
August 15, 2013 39 10.7% 7.3%
August 16, 2013 40 10.6% 8.1%
August 19, 2013 41 10.5% 8.0%
August 20, 2013 42 9.2% 8.1%
August 21, 2013 43 11.3% 8.4%
August 22, 2013 44 9.5% 8.6%
August 23, 2013 45 10.5% 8.4%
Average 10.3% 8.2%

Film

Love Rain was re-edited into a two-part film which screened in Japanese theaters. The first part, composed mainly of scenes set in the 1970s, was released on September 20, 2013, while the second part, which focuses on the present-day, was released on October 11, 2013.[55]

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