Amor Fati (TV series)

Amor Fati
Promotional poster
Hangul
아모르 파티
Literal meaningLove of Fate
Revised RomanizationAmoreu Pati
GenreRomance
Melodrama
Created bySBS Drama Headquarters
Written byNam Sun-hye
Directed byBae Tae-seop
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes120
Production
Executive producerYang Seung-eun
ProducersLee Sang-soo
Yang Mi-young
Running time35 minutes
Production companiesYCONE Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
ReleaseAugust 9, 2021 (2021-08-09) –
April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)

Amor Fati (Korean: 아모르 파티) is a South Korean television romantic drama series directed by Bae Tae-seop for SBS. The series, starring Choi Jung-yoon, Ahn Jae-mo and Bae Seul-ki, is a healing drama about two women. For one, 'family' is everything, and for the other 'success' is all.[1] It was premiered on SBS TV on April 12, 2021, and aired on weekdays at 08:35 (KST) for 120 episodes.[2]

Incidentally Amor Fati was the last morning soap opera aired on South Korean television. As after three years of being unable to rate above 10%, SBS announced on September 14, 2021 that it would abolish the 30-year old time slot and expand its daytime news and lifestyle programming in its place.[3] KBS1, TVN, KBS2 and MBC had abolished the daytime drama time slot in 2009, 2015, 2019, and 2020, respectively.[4]

Synopsis

Amor fati is a Latin phrase meaning 'love of fate' or 'love of destiny'. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche quoted it as his formula for human greatness.[5]

Amor Fati is a healing drama, which depicts the resetting of lives of its characters who rise up from despair. A woman to whom her family is everything, gets the shock of her life when she learns about the affair of her husband to a woman to whom success is everything. The story of the series tells their battle and how her spirits rise from despair with the help of another man going through a similar situation.

Cast

Main

45 years old, housewife, Junho's wife, Seowoo's mother, Lara Group's only daughter-in-law
40 years old, a former pro-golfer, now golf teaching pro, Yoo-na's husband
35 years old, stylist assistant-director of Lara Fashion, Jae-kyung's wife, Ha-neul's mother, Joon-ho's lover
  • Park Hyung-joon as Jang Joon-ho
48 years old, CEO of Lara Fashion, Do Yeon-hee's husband, Lara Group's only son

Supporting

Lara group
  • Kim Jong-goo as Jang Cheol-yong
70 years old, chairman of Lara Group, Joon-ho and Joon-hee's father
68 years old, Yeon-hee's mother-in-law
  • Kim Yeo-jin as Jang Joon-hee
35 years old, manager of Lara Fashion Planning Team
  • Park Sun-Jun as Hwang Cheol-Oh
In his late 30s, chairman Jang's driver
Shopping mall
  • Jung Ae-yun as Jo Min-jeong
45 years old, Yeon-hee's best friend from high school, owner of a building, president of a chicken house
  • Kim Hong-pyo as Park Yoon-cheol[8]
45 years old, Jae-kyung's senior, runs a medical store in Min-jeong's building
  • Jung Ji-hoon as Han Ha-neul
10 years old, Jae-kyung and Yoo-na's son
  • Koo Bon-jun as Hwang Woo-joo
10 years old, Min-jeong's second husband's extra-marital son
Do Yeon-hee's family
63 years old, Yeon-hee's mother, president of a Korean restaurant
  • Jang Yoo-bin as Jang Seo-woo[9]
25 years old, YouTuber, Yeon-hee and Joon-ho's daughter
Others
  • Kwon Jae-hwan as Seo Min-gu
52 years old, Lara Fashion CEO
  • Eun Hee-soo as Jin Hye-jin
49 years old, Belle president
  • Hong Jun-ki as Seo Hyeong-jin[10]
28 years old, resident 2nd year, major Internal Medicine
  • Lee Hwa-young as Sin Hyeong-ja
60 years old, Yoo-na's mother, chairman's house assistant

Production

Park Hyung-joon is appearing in the SBS morning drama after 7 years. He last appeared in 2014 morning drama You're Only Mine. Bae Seul-ki last appeared in a daily drama four years back in Still Loving You (2016) on KBS1.[7] Yoon Mi-ra made an appearance in the SBS 2018 morning drama I Am the Mother Too. Choi Jung-yoon is coming back to television drama after six years. She last appeared in the 2014-2015 drama, Cheongdam-dong Scandal.[6] On 26 March, stills from script reading site were released by the production crew.[11]

Original soundtrack

Amor Fati
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released2021
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelSBS Contents Hub/Dreamus

Part 1

Released on April 21, 2021 (2021-04-21)[12]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."DASH"Lee Pyeong-wookLee Pyeong-wookLee Yoon-jong3:38
2."DASH" (Inst.)   3:38

Part 2

Released on April 28, 2021 (2021-04-28)[13]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Memories Are Scattered"Choi Jeong-jooVictory and DefeatPark Ye-seul 
2."Memories Are Scattered" (Inst.)    

Part 3

Released on May 24, 2021 (2021-05-24)[14]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Far Away"Win-win-win-and-winWin-win-and-winThe Daisy3:49
2."Far Away" (Inst.)   3:49

Part 4

Released on June 22, 2021 (2021-06-22)[15]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Courtship" (구애)Park Junsu, Sang WookJunsu Park, SangwookKim Ro-min4:11
2."Courtship" (Inst.)   4:11

Part 5

Released on July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)[16]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."More Than Me" (나보다 그대를 더)Jeong-Joo ChoiPark Ye-jiCoda Bridge3:43
2."More Than Me" (Inst.)   3:43

Part 6

Released on October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)[17]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I Can Only See You" (그대만 보여요)id (id), Park Jun-suid (id), Park Jun-suKim Ji-woong3:12
2."I Can Only See You" (Inst.)   3:12

Viewership

Amor Fati : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
EpisodesEpisode number
1234567891011121314151617181920
Ep.01-20N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A799N/A753N/A
Ep.21-40N/AN/AN/A777756N/AN/AN/A838N/AN/A763N/A815N/A782N/A773N/A752
Ep.41-60N/AN/A756765832818N/A811803813N/A848766834792895922824971798
Ep.61-80924935855941935874951974858907809880909941895909912942952887
Ep.81-10086195488610488241014100695710109921046104910839689569691001109310441016
Ep.101-12098611421165113410139961069100510491077TBD6938551048101210289581000995970
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[18]
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[19][20] TNmS[21]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 April 12, 2021 3.7% — —
2 April 13, 2021 4.5%
3 April 14, 2021 3.9%
4 April 15, 2021 4.4% 4.4% 4.4%
5 April 16, 2021 3.7% — —
6 April 19, 2021 4.9%
7 April 20, 2021 4.2%
8 April 21, 2021 4.3% 4.2%
9 April 22, 2021 4.5% 4.5% 4.6%
10 April 23, 2021 3.8% — —
11 April 26, 2021 4.7%
12 April 27, 2021 4.6%
13 April 28, 2021 4.2% 4.2%
14 April 29, 2021 4.6% 4.4%
15 April 30, 2021 4.5% 4.5% 4.8%
16 May 3, 2021 4.8% — 5.3%
17 May 4, 2021 5.3% 5.3% 4.9%
18 May 5, 2021 4.5% 4.6% 5.8%
19 May 6, 2021 4.7% 4.4% 4.5%
20 May 7, 2021 4.2% — 4.4%
21 May 10, 2021 4.8% 5.9%
22 May 11, 2021 4.8% 4.9%
23 May 12, 2021 4.3% 4.2% 4.4%
24 May 13, 2021 5.1% 4.7% 5.3%
25 May 14, 2021 5.1% 4.9% 4.3%
26 May 17, 2021 5.1% — —
27 May 18, 2021 4.7% 4.8%
28 May 19, 2021 4.5% 4.6% 5.6%
29 May 20, 2021 5.4% 4.8% 5.2%
30 May 21, 2021 4.9% 4.9% 5.6%
31 May 24, 2021 5.4% 5.3% —
32 May 25, 2021 5.3% 5.2% 5.1%
33 May 26, 2021 4.5% — 5.0%
34 May 27, 2021 5.4% 5.4% 5.4%
35 May 28, 2021 4.8% 4.7% 5.4%
36 May 31, 2021 5.3% — 5.8%
37 June 1, 2021 4.9% 5.9%
38 June 2, 2021 5.3% 5.1% 4.7%
39 June 3, 2021 5.3% 5.1% 4.9%
40 June 4, 2021 4.8% 4.5% 5.3%
41 June 7, 2021 4.8% — 5.5%
42 June 8, 2021 5.5% 5.5% 5.0%
43 June 9, 2021 4.9% 4.4% 4.6%
44 June 10, 2021 4.9% 4.8% 5.1%
45 June 11, 2021 5.5% 5.4% 5.5%
46 June 14, 2021 5.1% — 5.0%
47 June 15, 2021 5.2% 5.1% 5.7%
48 June 16, 2021 5.2% 5.3% 4.9%
49 June 17, 2021 5.1% 4.8% 4.7%
50 June 18, 2021 5.3% — 5.2%
51 June 21, 2021 4.6% — 5.4%
52 June 22, 2021 5.6% 5.6% 5.2%
53 June 23, 2021 5.0% 4.7% 5.3%
54 June 24, 2021 5.4% 5.2% 4.8%
55 June 25, 2021 5.3% 5.2% 5.3%
56 June 28, 2021 5.9% 5.6% 5.7%
57 June 29, 2021 5.8% 5.3% 5.7%
58 June 30, 2021 5.2% 4.8% 6.0%
59 July 1, 2021 6.2% 6.0% 5.6%
60 July 2, 2021 5.3% 5.1% 5.3%
61 July 5, 2021 6.1% 6.1% 5.8%
62 July 6, 2021 6.3% 5.7% 6.1%
63 July 7, 2021 5.8% 5.2% 5.6%
64 July 8, 2021 6.0% 5.2% 5.8%
65 July 9, 2021 6.2% 5.9% 6.0%
66 July 12, 2021 5.7% 5.2% 5.6%
67 July 13, 2021 6.0% 6.1% 6.0%
68 July 14, 2021 6.0% 6.1% 5.7%
69 July 15, 2021 5.6% 5.3% 5.5%
70 July 16, 2021 5.8% 5.6% 6.3%
71 July 19, 2021 5.3% 5.0% 5.8%
72 July 20, 2021 5.8% 5.6% 5.9%
73 July 21, 2021 6.1% 6.1% 5.6%
74 July 22, 2021 6.1% 6.2% 6.2%
75 July 23, 2021 5.8% 5.4% 6.3%
76 July 26, 2021 5.7% 5.2% 6.0%
77 July 27, 2021 5.8% 5.7% —
78 July 28, 2021 5.9% 5.7% —
79 July 29, 2021 5.7% 5.4% 5.9%
80 July 30, 2021 5.8% 5.7% 6.1%
81 August 9, 2021 5.5% 4.9% —
82 August 10, 2021 5.6% 5.3%
83 August 11, 2021 6.0% 5.8%
84 August 12, 2021 6.5% 6.4%
85 August 13, 2021 5.0% 4.7% 5.3%
86 August 16, 2021 6.3% 6.0% 6.2%
87 August 17, 2021 6.3% 6.2% 6.6%
88 August 18, 2021 6.3% 6.3% 6.5%
89 August 19, 2021 6.3% 6.0% 6.8%
90 August 20, 2021 6.4% 6.0% 6.6%
91 August 23, 2021 6.5% 6.1% 6.8%
92 August 24, 2021 6.9% 6.7% 6.9%
93 August 25, 2021 6.8% 6.7% 7.1%
94 August 26, 2021 6.3% 5.9% 7.0%
95 August 27, 2021 5.9% 5.3% 7.2%
96 August 30, 2021 6.1% 5.9% 6.3%
97 August 31, 2021 6.2% 6.0% 7.0%
98 September 1, 2021 6.3% 6.3% 6.4%
99 September 2, 2021 6.4% 6.1% 6.9%
100 September 3, 2021 6.6% 6.3% 6.6%
101 September 6, 2021 6.4% 6.2% 6.2%
102 September 7, 2021 7.0% 7.0% 7.3%
103 September 8, 2021 7.0% 6.7% 6.9%
104 September 9, 2021 6.9% 7.0% 6.9%
105 September 10, 2021 6.2% 5.8% —
106 September 13, 2021 6.1% 5.6% 6.7%
107 September 14, 2021 6.5% 6.2% 6.7%
108 September 15, 2021 6.1% 5.8% 5.8%
109 September 16, 2021 6.3% 5.8% 6.1%
110 September 17, 2021 6.4% 5.6% 7.3%
111 September 20, 2021 4.2% 4.8% —
112 September 21, 2021 3.1% —
113 September 22, 2021 5.5% 5.5% 5.3%
114 September 23, 2021 6.4% 6.3% 6.6%
115 September 24, 2021 6.6% 6.2% 6.2%
116 September 27, 2021 5.8% 5.4% 6.5%
117 September 28, 2021 6.1% 5.6% 6.5%
118 September 29, 2021 6.1% 5.9% 7.4%
119 September 30, 2021 6.2% 5.9% 6.4%
120 October 1, 2021 5.7% 5.6% 6.2%
Average _ — —
  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

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