Revolutionary Love

For the 2021 Ani DiFranco album, see Revolutionary Love (album).
Not to be confused with Love Revolution (web series).
Revolutionary Love
Promotional poster
Also known asRevolution[1]
Hangul
변혁의 사랑
Literal meaningByun Hyuk's Love
Revised RomanizationByeonhyeog-ui Sarang
GenreRomantic comedy[2]
Created by
Written byJoo Hyun
Directed bySong Hyun-wook
Creative directors
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Ahn Jae-hyun
  • Shin Sang-yoon
  • Kim Young-kyu
  • Jang Young-woo
ProducerLee So-yoon
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companySamhwa Networks[3]
Budget₩6.96 billion[4][5]
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseOctober 14 (2017-10-14) –
December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)

Revolutionary Love[6] (Korean: 변혁의 사랑) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Choi Si-won, Kang So-ra and Gong Myung. It aired on tvN from October 14 to December 3, 2017.[7][8][9][10]

Synopsis

Byun Hyuk is the happy-go-lucky second son of Byun Kang-soo, the chairman of Gangsu Group. Byun Woo-sung, the elder son of Byun Kang-soo, is jealous of his younger brother and seizes opportunities to bring him down.

Kwon Jae-hoon is a long time friend of Byun Hyuk and is employed by Gangsu Group to cover up the follies of Hyuk. Jae-hoon's father is a loyal driver of Kang-soo and has also gone to jail because of Hyuk's mistake, which is the cause of Jae-hoon's hatred towards Hyuk.

Baek Joon is a street-smart girl who has multiple part-time jobs and refuses to settle in a full-time permanent job. Her father was wronged by Gangsu Group after being a loyal employee for a long time. She has a crush on Jae-hoon, who is extremely cold towards her.

When Byun Hyuk accidentally meets Baek Joon, he is wearing a custodian's uniform. This leads Joon to believe that Hyuk is just a regular employee of Gangsu Group. Later, when Hyuk is kicked out of his house, he comes to live with Jae-hoon. Joon forces Hyuk to take part-time jobs and in the process imbues him with the confidence to fight Gangsu Group's misconduct and oppressive business policies and practices.

With Woo-sung and Kang-soo fighting hard to bring Hyuk down, Kwon Jae-hoon, Byun Hyuk and Baek Joon unite to expose the corruption of Gangsu Group.[11]

Cast

Main

An unemployed third-generation chaebol who hides his true identity as the second son of a wealthy family and begins living in a studio apartment.[8][12]
A hardworking young woman who has a university education but makes her living by working part-time jobs.[8][12]
A highly intelligent young man who is the chief of a secretarial team at a company owned by Byun Hyuk's family.[13][14]

Supporting

People around Byun Hyuk
Byun Hyuk's brother.[15]
Byun Hyuk's father.
  • Seo Yi-an as Hong Chae-ri
Byun Hyuk's ex-girlfriend and Chairman Hong's youngest daughter.[16]
Byun Hyuk's mother.
  • Jung Chan-bi as Byun Se-na
Byun Hyuk's sister.
  • Kim Eung-suk as Byun Gang-ho
Byun Huk's uncle.
Byun Hyuk's aunt.
People around Baek Joon
Baek Joon's best friend who is a flight attendant.[17]
People around Je-hoon
  • Choi Gyu-hwan as Hwang Myeong-soo
A prosecutor at the Seoul Central Court.[18]
Je-hoon's father.
  • Kim Ki-doo as Chief Yang
Jae-hoon's co-worker.
Others
Baek Joon's colleague at the construction company.
Baek Joon's colleague at the construction company.
  • Hwang Jung-min as An Mi-yeon
Baek Joon's colleague at the construction company.
A policeman involved in arresting Byun Hyuk, who later becomes his neighbour by coincidence. He becomes Yeon-hee's boyfriend.
  • Kim Seung-wook as Sul Gi-hwan
An employee of Byun Group, who was a friend of Baek Joon's father.
  • Song Young-kyu as CEO Min
  • Yoon Jeong-hyuk as General Manager Han
  • Lee Myung-hoon as Byun Hyuk's friend

Special appearance

Production

Revolutionary Love is produced by Samhwa Networks and created by Studio Dragon and Kang Eun-kyung's creative group Plot Line (글Line).[3][19] The first table script reading of the cast took place on September 10, 2017.[2] The series also marks Choi Si-won's first acting project after his military service.

Original soundtrack

Revolutionary Love
Original soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Recorded2017
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelCJ E&M Music

Part 1

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Between Strange Romance" (이상한 연애 사이)LeeOn
  • LeeOn
  • Mirja Lakso
Cheon Dan-bi3:12
2."Between Strange Romance" (Inst.) 
  • LeeOn
  • Mirja Lakso
 3:12
Total length:6:24

Part 2

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Love U"
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Han Jae-hwan
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Han Jae-hwan
Younha3:27
2."Love U" (Inst.) 
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Han Jae-hwan
 3:27
Total length:6:54

Part 3

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Go Ready Go"
  • Uhm Ki-yeom
  • Lee Young-joo
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Shape
Dawon (Cosmic Girls)3:41
2."Go Ready Go" (Inst.) 
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Shape
 3:41
Total length:7:22

Part 4

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Sing My Song"
  • Gustav Karlstrom
  • Gustav Karlstrom
  • Leif Sundin
  • Jo Michelle
Goo Keun-byul3:37
2."Sing My Song" (Inst.) 
  • Gustav Karlstrom
  • Leif Sundin
  • Jo Michelle
 3:37
Total length:7:14

Part 5

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."My Way" (내 멋대로)
  • Kim Won
  • Kim Won
Yeontae (IN2IT)4:21
2."My Way" (Inst.) 
  • Kim Won
 4:21
Total length:8:42

Ratings

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[20] TNmS[21]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 October 14, 2017 2.501% 2.698% 2.2%
2 October 15, 2017 3.533% 3.485% 4.0%†
3 October 21, 2017 2.762% 2.970% 3.2%
4 October 22, 2017 3.796%† 3.683%† 3.4%
5 October 28, 2017 3.032% 2.736% 2.3%
6 October 29, 2017 3.676% 3.466% 2.8%
7 November 4, 2017 2.792% 2.724% 2.8%
8 November 5, 2017 2.494% 2.274% 2.8%
9 November 11, 2017 2.792% 2.637% 2.3%
10 November 12, 2017 2.637% 2.692% 2.0%
11 November 18, 2017 2.690% 2.547% 1.8%
12 November 19, 2017 2.854% 2.692% 2.4%
13 November 25, 2017 2.729% 2.382% 2.0%
14 November 26, 2017 2.568% 2.670% 1.8%
15 December 2, 2017 2.418%⁂ 2.263%⁂ 1.6%⁂
16 December 3, 2017 3.306% 3.257% 2.1%
Average 2.911% 2.864% 2.5%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers with an asterism (⁂) represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers with a dagger (†) represent the highest ratings.
  • This series aired 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).

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