Touch Your Heart
Touch Your Heart[4][5] (Korean: 진심이 닿다; RR: Jinsimi Data; lit. Reach of Sincerity) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook. Developed by Studio Dragon[6] and jointly produced by Mega Monster[7] and Zium Content based on the web novel of the same name first published in 2016 by KakaoPage, it aired on tvN from February 6 to March 28, 2019.[8][9][10][11]
Touch Your Heart | |
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Promotional poster | |
Also known as | The Truth Delivered |
Hangul | 진심이 닿다 |
Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Based on | Reach of Sincerity by Jäger[2] |
Developed by | Jinnie Choi (Studio Dragon) |
Written by |
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Directed by | Park Joon-hwa |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Seo Sung-won Lee Jong-soo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jung Da-hyung |
Editor(s) | Oh Dong-hee |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) |
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Distributor | tvN |
Release | |
Original network | tvN |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital |
Original release | February 6 – March 28, 2019 |
External links | |
Website |
Synopsis
Top actress Oh Jin-shim, who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years. In order to get a role in a major upcoming television series, she agrees to get experience at a law firm, working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok. Eventually, they fall in love and the following events forms the crux of the story.[12]
Cast
Main
- Yoo In-na as Oh Jin-shim / Oh Yoon-seo (stage name) (32 years old)
- A top star who loses her fame after getting embroiled in a scandal with a third-generation chaebol. In order to make a comeback by starring in a famous writer's project, she poses as Jung-rok's secretary.[13]
- Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok (35 years old)
- A workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.[14]
- Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won (35 years old)
- Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.[15]
- Son Sung-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum (35 years old)
- A prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. Her and Se-won dated in school, but he broke her heart.[16]
Supporting
Always Law Firm
- Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu
- CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.[17]
- Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk
- A divorce lawyer.[15]
- Park Kyung-hye as Dan Moon-hee
- A straightforward and honest civil defense attorney.[16]
- Park Ji-hwan as Lee Do-seob
- A legal secretary.
- Jang So-yeon as Yang Eun-ji
- A ten-year legal secretary.[16]
- Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young
- An assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.[16]
People around Jin-shim
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Jun-suk
- A company director who discovered and made Jin-shim as an actress.[15]
- Oh Eui-shik as Kong Hyuk-joon
- Jin-shim's manager.[18]
- Jay as Lee Kang-joon.
- A chaebol and Jin-shim's stalker. The vice president of a large corporation who framed Jin-Shim for drug embezzlement.
Others
- Kim Soo-jin
- Kim Dae-gon as Park Soo-myung
- Kim Koo-taek
- Lee Hyun-gyun
- Kim Hee-chang
- Na Cheol
- Park Yoon
- Jin So-yeon
- Min Jung-seob
- Son Se-bin
- Park Yong
- Kim Nam-hee
- Hong Seo-joon
- Lee Yoon-sang
- Ji Sung-geun
- Kim Kyung-ryong
- Kim Ki-moo
- Kim Kwan-soo
- Seol Chang-hee
- Yoo Eun-mi
Special appearances
- Park Seul-gi as a host (Ep. 1)
- Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)[20]
- Hwang Chan-sung as a delivery man (Ep. 3,5)[20]
- Hwang Seung-eon (Ep. 4)
- Kim Wook (Ep. 4)
- Jo Soo-min as Kim Yoon-ha (Ep. 3)
- Hwang Bo-ra (Ep. 7)
- Lee Jong-hwa as Lee Jong-hwa, intern lawyer (Ep. 8, 10, 13–16)
- Park Ji-il as Kwon Jae-bok, Jung-rok's father (Ep. 10)
- Song Kang as a deliveryman (Ep. 13)
- Moon Ji-hoo as Jeong-do
Production
- Lead stars Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook previously worked together in 2016 series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.[9]
- The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.[21]
- 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.[22][23]
- 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.[24] He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.[25]
Original soundtrack
Touch Your Heart OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Recorded | 2019 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
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Label |
Part 1
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Make It Count" | ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc | ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc | Chen (EXO) | 3:27 |
2. | "Make It Count" (Inst.) | ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc | 3:27 | ||
Total length: | 6:54 |
Part 2
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Oh? Truly!" (Oh? 진심!) | J Rabbit | Jung Da-woon | J Rabbit | 2:42 |
2. | "Oh? Truly!" (Inst.) | Jung Da-woon | 2:42 | ||
Total length: | 5:24 |
Part 3
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "What If Love" | Baek Chan |
| Wendy (Red Velvet) | 3:41 |
2. | "What If Love" (Inst.) |
| 3:41 | ||
Total length: | 7:22 |
Part 4
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Be Your Star" (마음을 담아) |
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| Seoryoung, Lena (GWSN) | 4:01 |
2. | "Be Your Star" (Inst.) |
| 4:01 | ||
Total length: | 8:02 |
Part 5
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Good Night" |
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| Jeong Se-woon | 4:00 |
2. | "Good Night" (Inst.) |
| 4:00 | ||
Total length: | 8:00 |
Part 6
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "At The End Of Your Left Hand" (왼손끝에) |
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| Park Bo-ram | 4:08 |
2. | "At The End Of Your Left Hand" (Inst.) |
| 4:08 | ||
Total length: | 8:16 |
Part 7
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Photographs" | Jayins | Jayins | 1415 | 3:40 |
2. | "Photographs" (Inst.) | Jayins | 3:40 | ||
Total length: | 7:20 |
Part 8
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Falling Down" |
| Ng Kai Ming | Hana (Gugudan) | 3:33 |
2. | "Falling Down" (Inst.) | Ng Kai Ming | 3:33 | ||
Total length: | 7:06 |
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Excellent" | Lee Song Su | 2:38 |
2. | "Curious Magic" | Lee Song Su | 2:42 |
3. | "Wait" | Lee Song Su | 1:57 |
4. | "Life Work" | Lee Song Su | 2:26 |
5. | "Moonlight" | Lee Song Su | 4:01 |
6. | "Afternoon" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:03 |
7. | "Starlight" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:55 |
8. | "Guy" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:07 |
9. | "Joyful" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 1:45 |
10. | "High Heel" | Hyun Joong Yoon | 2:12 |
11. | "Cute Curiosity" | Yang Sung woo | 2:14 |
12. | "Littile Maiden" | Yang Sung woo | 2:05 |
13. | "A life of Beauty" | Yang Sung woo | 3:27 |
14. | "Romantic Feeling" | Yang Sung woo | 2:29 |
15. | "Duck" | Jung Won | 1:36 |
16. | "Amusement Park" | Kyu Chong Won | 2:01 |
17. | "All Crazy" | Kyu Chong Won | 2:09 |
18. | "We are screwed" | Kyu Chong Won | 1:56 |
19. | "New Day" | Kyu Chong Won | 3:04 |
20. | "Caramel Macchiato" | Kim Samuel | 2:09 |
21. | "My Heart goes" | Kim Samuel | 1:57 |
22. | "Elegance Cooking" | Kim Samuel | 2:05 |
23. | "Dancing Shoes" | Kim Samuel | 1:58 |
24. | "Puzzle" | Kim Samuel | 2:29 |
25. | "Do ASAP" | Lee Soo Jin | 1:45 |
26. | "Arabian Night" | Cho Hun Kyung | 1:57 |
27. | "I Like You" | Kim Ho Jang | 2:13 |
28. | "What are you doing?" | Kim Ho Jang | 1:57 |
29. | "Funky Man" | Seo Seong Won | 1:34 |
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
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Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[27] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | February 6, 2019 | 4.736% | 5.154% |
2 | February 7, 2019 | 4.583% | 5.629% |
3 | February 13, 2019 | 4.153% | 4.688% |
4 | February 14, 2019 | 3.670% | 4.236% |
5 | February 20, 2019 | 4.052% | 4.909% |
6 | February 21, 2019 | 3.949% | 4.678% |
7 | February 27, 2019 | 4.386% | 4.802% |
8 | February 28, 2019 | 4.234% | 4.477% |
9 | March 6, 2019 | 3.731% | 4.154% |
10 | March 7, 2019 | 3.904% | 4.256% |
11 | March 13, 2019 | 3.833% | 4.050% |
12 | March 14, 2019 | 3.669% | 4.282% |
13 | March 20, 2019 | 3.745% | 4.055% |
14 | March 21, 2019 | 3.727% | 4.227% |
15 | March 27, 2019 | 3.335% | 3.558% |
16 | March 28, 2019 | 3.803% | 4.576% |
Average | 3.969% | 4.483% |
International broadcast
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore - tvN Asia[28]
- Myanmar - Myanmar National TV
- Philippines - ABS-CBN (November 25, 2019 - January 3, 2020)
- Middle East and North Africa - MBC 4
- Worldwide, except South Korea – Netflix
- Chile - trad. Un lugar en tu Corazón March,2019
- Indonesia - Trans TV
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | 12th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | Yoo In-na | Nominated | [29] |
27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama | Shim Hyung-tak | Won | [30] | |
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External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart at Studio Dragon (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart at Mega Monster (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart (original novel) at KakaoPage (in Korean)
- Touch Your Heart on IMDb
- Touch Your Heart at HanCinema