Title: 진심이 닿다 | Jinsimi Data | Reach of Sincerity | Touch Your Heart
Genre: Drama | Romance | Comedy | Legal
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: tvN
Broadcast Period: February 6, 2019 to March 28, 2019
Synopsis:
Oh Yoon Seo is a beautiful actress considered as a goddess in the entertainment industry and is very popular even though she’s not known to be that good of an actress. Her popularity took a nose dive when she got involved in a drug-related scandal. She lost her career and has been dreaming of a comeback, so, when she found the right script she wanted so much to be the lead actress, she’s ready to do anything to get it. The condition is for her to temporarily work in a law firm and she did just that. She ended up working as the legal secretary of Kwon Jung Rok, a top-notched lawyer of Always Law Firm, no-nonsense, stiff and a real believer of justice. It was an odd pairing and initially, they don’t get along until they discover opposites do attract. Though, they have to conquer a lot of hurdles to be together.
Characters:
- Yoo In Na as Oh Jin Shim | Oh Yoon Seo
- Lee Dong Wook as Kwon Jung Rok
- Lee Sang Woo as Kim Se Won
- Son Sung Yoon as Yoo Yeo Reum
- Oh Jung Se as Yun Joon Kyu
- Shim Hyung Tak as Choi Yoon Hyuk
- Park Kyung Hye as Dan Moon Hee
- Park Ji Hwan as Lee Doo Sub
- Jang So Yun as Yang Eun Ji
- Kim Hee Jung as Kim Hae Young
- Lee Joon Hyuk as Yun Joon Suk
- Oh Ui Shik as Kong Hyuk Joon
- Kim Chae Eun as Lee Joo Young
- Lee Hyun Kyun as Prosecutor Im
- Jin So Yun as Jung Mi
- Kim Goo Taek
- Kim Hee Chang
- Na Chul
- Min Jung Sup
- Son Se Bin
- Park Seul Gi as Entertainment Information Program MC on Episode 1
- Hwang Young Jin as Entertainment Information Program MC on Episode 1
- Jang Ki Yong as Top Actor on Episode 1
- Hwang Chan Sung as Courier on Episode 3 & 5
- Jo Soo Min as Kim Yoon Ha on Episode 3
- Hwang Seung Eon as Seung Hee on Episode 4
- Kim Wook on Episode 4
- Yoo Eun Mi as Seo Jin Yi
- Jung Kyung Ho
- Hwang Bo Ra as Hwang Yun Doo on Episode 7
- Lee Jong Hwa on Episode 8
- Park Ji Il as Kwon Jung Rok’s Father on Episode 10
My Review:
I’ve always like Yoo In Na as a k-actress especially when I watched “Queen In Hyun’s Man”. She’s always been good in a romcom and this one fits to a “T” on this genre. It is light, enjoyable, entertaining and romantic from beginning to end. Notwithstanding having a good looking and charismatic leading man in the presence of Lee Dong Wook. Guess, their chemistry in “Goblin” created such a buzz that they need to have a k-drama all on their own.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) This a typical romcom with not much heavy conflict but the writer and the director made it fun to watch without going down the lane of getting boring or making one cringe. In the end, it is a good entertainment when you just want to be lazy and relax from the hustle and bustle of life.
(2) Yoo In Na as Oh Jin Shim or Oh Yoon Seo and Lee Dong Wook as Kwon Jung Rok still have their chemistry from “Goblin”, though, not as sizzling as between Song Joong Ki and Song Hey Kyo in DOTS where the dream project of her character’s k-drama got its inspiration or even between her and Ji Hyun-Woo in “Queen In Hyun’s Man”. However, they still both made it work and it turned out pretty good.
(3) The side stories are also not something one will be irritated about and consider them as a nuisance. Often, I find secondary stories boring and obviously a filler to make the story longer. On this case, one of the secondary stories, the love story between Shim Hyung Tak as Choi Yoon Hyuk and Park Kyung Hye as Dan Moon Hee, even gave me some laughs.
(4) The supporting casts did their job and truly provide support to the story of the main leads. Their characters are not intrusive to the main story. It also helps that the k-drama have guests stars like Jang Ki Yong, that seems to tickle my fancy watching in k-dramas no matter how big or small his participation is.
(5) I like that they blended the romcom with some legal cases that provided a break of the k-drama just concentrated on being a romcom. It added flavor such as the legal case of Park Su-Myeong and the case of Oh Yoon Seo. It has enough duration that it didn’t stir far from the main story and becomes a hindrance.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
There’s really not much to complain about as the k-drama is built to be a romcom and intended to entertain, thus, whatever one may see as weakness in its production and delivery is not an issue for me because it gave to the audience what it’s meant to be.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5 Stars
OST:
01. Make It Count – Chen
02. Oh? Truly!Oh? – J Rabbit
03. What If Love – Wendy
04. Be Your Star – Seoryoung | Lena of GWSN
05. Good Night – Jung Se Woon
06. Left Over Left Hand – Park Bo Ram
07. Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Bublé
08. Always – Yoon Mi Rae
09. Troubled Kids – Ms. Triniti
10. Can’t Live Without Your Love – Jeff Taylor & Allison Taylor
11. Later – Chris Mathieu
12. Wake Up – Rupert Pope & Giles Palmer
13. Love That Only Heaven Allows – Uhm Jung Hwa