I Need Romance

	Korean name
Hangul	로맨스가 필요해
Revised Romanization	Romaenseuga Pilyohae
McCune–Reischauer	Romaensŭka P'ilyohae

I Need Romance
	Promotional poster for I Need Romance
Also known as	In Need of Romance
Genre	Romance, Comedy, Drama
Written by	Jung Hyun-jung
Directed by	Lee Chang-han
Starring	Jo Yeo-jeong; Kim Jeong-hoon; Choi Yeo-jin; Choi Song-hyun; Choi Jin-hyuk
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Production location(s)	Korea
Production company(s)	JS Pictures
Distributor	tvN
Release
Original network	tvN
Original release	June 13 –; August 2, 2011
Chronology
Related shows	I Need Romance 2012 ; I Need Romance 3
External links
	Website

I Need Romance (Korean: 로맨스가 필요해; RR: Romaenseuga Pilyohae) is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy series starring Jo Yeo-jeong, Kim Jeong-hoon, Choi Yeo-jin, Choi Song-hyun and Choi Jin-hyuk. It aired on tvN from June 13 to August 2, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.[1]

The cable drama revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives. It was popular with female viewers in their 20s and 30s for depicting contemporary women in a realistic way.[2][3]

Synopsis

Funny, romantic, and just a little racy, I Need Romance follows the Sex and the City-like adventures of three thirty-something best friends looking for love in modern-day Seoul.

Cast

Jo Yeo-jeong as Sunwoo In-young
Kim Jeong-hoon as Kim Sung-soo
Choi Yeo-jin as Park Seo-yeon
Choi Song-hyun as Kang Hyun-joo
Choi Jin-hyuk as Bae Sung-hyun
Ha Yeon-joo as Yoon Kang-hee
Kim Hyung-min as Kim Deok-soo
Ricky Kim as Alex
Lee Kwan-hoon as Seo Joon-yi
Heo Tae-hee as Kim Tae-woo
Jung Yoo-chan as Man at the airport (cameo, ep. 4)
Lee Da-hee as Lee Min-jung (cameo, ep. 16)
Park Woo-chun as Jung Hae-woon (cameo, ep. 16)
Kim So-yeon as young Sung-soo's girlfriend (cameo, ep. 16)

Spin-off

Currently, there are two spin-offs, I Need Romance 2012 (2012) and I Need Romance 3 (2014).

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References

Lee, Ga-on (12 July 2011). "On the set of tvN series In Need of Romance". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
Kim, Heidi (9 June 2011). "Cable drama In Need of Romance pre-sold to Japan". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
Lee, Dong-hyun (9 February 2012). "I Need Romance Leads Cable Drama Wave in Japan". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

External links

I Need Romance official tvN website (in Korean)
I Need Romance at HanCinema
I Need Romance on IMDb

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[1] Lee, Ga-on (12 July 2011). "On the set of tvN series In Need of Romance". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[2] Kim, Heidi (9 June 2011). "Cable drama In Need of Romance pre-sold to Japan". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[3] Lee, Dong-hyun (9 February 2012). "I Need Romance Leads Cable Drama Wave in Japan". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.