Hogu's Love

Hogu's Love
Promotional poster
Also known asHo-goo's Love
A Pushover's Love
Fool's Love
GenreRomance
Comedy
Melodrama
Based onHogu's Love
by Yoo Hyun-sook
Written byYoon Nan-joong
Directed byPyo Min-soo
StarringChoi Woo-shik
Uee
Lim Seul-ong
Lee Soo-kyung
Opening theme"Kangaroo" by Linus' Blanket[1]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producersJinnie Choi
Park Ji-young
Lee Chan-ho
Choi Kyung-sook
ProducersLee Jung-hee
Go Dae-jung
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesMI Co., Ltd.
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseFebruary 9 (2015-02-09) –
March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)

Hogu's Love (Korean: 호구의 사랑; RR: Hogu-ui Sarang) is a 2015 South Korean television series based on the Daum webtoon of the same title by Yoo Hyun-sook.[2] Starring Choi Woo-shik, Uee, Lim Seul-ong, and Lee Soo-kyung, it aired on tvN from February 9 to March 31, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.[3][4][5][6][7]

Synopsis

Kang Ho-gu[8] has never had a proper girlfriend, with girls constantly taking advantage of his sweet, naive nature by enjoying all the perks of dating then friend zone-ing him. His relationship-savvy twin sister Kang Ho-kyung mocks him and his best friends Kim Tae-hee and Shin Chung-jae for being sorely lacking in any dating skills.

Do Do-hee is an athlete on the Korean national swimming squad, and won the silver medal at the recent Asian Games.[9][10] Driven and competitive, she's frustrated at never getting first place and is known for cursing a lot.

The timid, bullied Ho-gu had a crush on Do-hee in their teens, when her beauty and sports cred made her the most popular girl in high school. She's the only reason he goes to their high school reunion, and when they meet again, he's surprised to learn that she remembers him. Ho-gu grabs the chance to spend time with the girl of his dreams, not knowing that Do-hee has a secret, that she is pregnant. Do-hee wants to bury this secret because if the story breaks out about her being pregnant, then her life would be destroyed.

Cast

Main

People around Do Do-hee

People around Kang Ho-gu

  • Jung Won-joong as Kang Yong-moo
  • Park Soon-chun as Kim Ok-ryung
  • Choi Jae-hwan as Kim Tae-hee
  • Lee Si-eon as Shin Chung-jae

People around Byun Kang-chul

  • Oh Young-shil as Mok Kyung-jin
  • Park Ji-il as Byun Kang-se
  • Song Ji-in as In Gong-mi

Others

  • Kim Hyun-joon as Noh Kyung-woo
  • Seol A as Ji-yoon
  • Ha Ji-young as Reporter
  • Han Geun-sub
  • Oh Hee-joong
  • Lee Jin-kwon as Man running away with comic books
  • Won Woong-jae
  • Ahn Soo-ho
  • Shin Young-il as Announcer
  • Noh Min-sang
  • Kwon Byung-gil
  • Lee Yoon-sang
  • Jang Tae-min
  • Kim Hye-hwa
  • Han Yeo-wool
  • Moon Jae-young as Director Yang
  • Lee Joo-woo as Min-ji
  • Lee Do-yeon as Han Sung-sil

Special appearances

Production

Director Pyo Min-soo and screenwriter Yoon Nan-joong previously worked together on the tvN series, Flower Boy Ramen Shop in 2011.[12]

Hogu's Love original author Yoo Hyun-sook also wrote the webtoon I Steal Peeks at Him Every Day, which was adapted into another tvN series Flower Boys Next Door in 2013.[13]

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Title[14] Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[15]
Nationwide
1 February 9, 2015 Let's throw trash in the trash bin 1.076%
2 February 10, 2015 Let's give our seat to the pregnant women and nursing mothers 1.262%
3 February 16, 2015 Let's leave the squid in its place 0.780%
4 February 17, 2015 Let's spend Christmas with family 1.270%
5 February 23, 2015 Let's use condo(m)s 0.772%
6 February 24, 2015 Let's not ask about the past 1.326%
7 March 2, 2015 Let's respect one's preferences 0.889%
8 March 3, 2015 Let's abstain from being physically affectionate in front of the house 1.179%
9 March 9, 2015 Stray cats have names too 1.029%
10 March 10, 2015 Let's take good care of our belly button 1.336%
11 March 16, 2015 All babies are everyone's babies 0.840%
12 March 17, 2015 Let's not love the baby's mother 1.175%
13 March 23, 2015 Let's flirt moderately 0.914%
14 March 24, 2015 Ordinary things are best 1.418%
15 March 30, 2015 Let's not hide our face 0.858%
16 March 31, 2015 Let's all cross the red light together 1.405%
Average 1.096%
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

References

  1. ^ Ghim, Sora (February 10, 2015). "Linus' Blanket Is The First Artist For Hogu's Love OST". BNTNews. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Doo, Rumy (January 30, 2015). "Uee plays haughty swimming champion in new TV rom-com". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Park, Ji-ryun (December 29, 2015). "After School's Uee Was Stressed Filming with Choi Woo Sik Because He is So Thin". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "Couple hearts and thumbs-up for Ho-gu's Love press conference". Dramabeans. January 29, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Jeon, Su-mi (February 10, 2015). "Choi Woo Sik and Uee Share a Kiss By the Ocean for Hogu's Love". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  6. ^ "Lee Soo Kyung Criticized for Calling Choi Woo Shik "Stupid" and Interrupting UEE's Talk in Drama Press Conference". Soompi. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  7. ^ Jeon, Ah-ram (April 19, 2015). "Interview: Lim Seulong Explains Why He Left JYP". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  8. ^ "Ho-gu" means "fool" or "pushover" in Korean
  9. ^ "Uee to Show Off Swimming Skills in New Drama". The Chosun Ilbo. February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  10. ^ Uee was a competitive swimmer before her show business debut, and competed at the Korean National Sports Festival.
  11. ^ a b Jeon, Soo-mi (February 9, 2015). "Tiny G's Do-Hee to Hold Swearing Battle with After School's Uee on Hogu's Love". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  12. ^ Park, Ah-reum (January 5, 2015). "After School's Uee, Choi Woo Sik and More Attend First Script Reading for Hogu's Love". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  13. ^ An, So-hyoun (January 2, 2015). "2AM's Lim Seulong to Transform into Elite Lawyer in Drama Hogu's Love". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  14. ^ Each episode is numbered as "Fool's Erand" or "Foolish Act."
  15. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2015.