Touch Your Heart

2019 South Korean television series
Touch Your Heart
Promotional poster
Hangul
진심이 닿다
Literal meaningReach of Sincerity
Revised RomanizationJinsim-i Data
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Based onReach of Sincerity
by Jäger[2]
Developed byStudio Dragon (planning)[3]
Written by
  • Lee Myung-suk
  • Choi Bo-rim
Directed byPark Joon-hwa
Starring
  • Yoo In-na
  • Lee Dong-wook
Theme music composer
  • Seo Sung-won
  • Lee Jong-soo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Jang Jung-do
  • Lee Jun-ho
  • Han Suk-won
ProducerJung Da-hyung
EditorOh Dong-hee
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseFebruary 6 (2019-02-06) –
March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)

Touch Your Heart[4][5] (Korean: 진심이 닿다) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook. It is based on the web novel of the same name, which was first published in 2016 on KakaoPage. It aired on tvN from February 6 to March 28, 2019.[6][7][8][9]

Synopsis

Top actress Oh Jin-shim (Yoo In-na), who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years until she has a chance to earn a major role in an upcoming drama. However, in order to clear her name and secure success, she must first take a job working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the events following form the crux of the story.[10]

Cast

Main

  • Yoo In-na as Oh Jin-shim / Oh Yoon-seo (stage name), a top star who loses her fame after getting embroiled in a drug scandal with a third-generation chaebol. In order to make a comeback by starring in a famous writer's project, she gets field experience in law by posing as Jung-rok's secretary.[11]
  • Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.[12]
  • Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.[13]
  • Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in university, but he broke her heart.[14]

Supporting

Always Law Firm

  • Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.[15]
  • Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk, a divorce lawyer.[13]
  • Park Kyung-hye as Dan Moon-hee, a straightforward and honest civil defense lawyer.[14]
  • Park Ji-hwan as Lee Doo-seob, a paralegal and former detective.
  • Jang So-yeon as Yang Eun-ji, a legal secretary with ten years of experience.[14]
  • Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young, an assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.[14]
  • Lee Jong-hwa as Lee Jong-hwa, an intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.
  • Lee Kyu-sung as Kim Pil-gi, an intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.

People around Jin-shim

  • Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Joon-suk, the CEO of Yeon Entertainment, Jin-shim's agency, who discovered and made her an actress.[13]
  • Oh Eui-shik as Kong Hyuk-joon, Jin-shim's manager of ten years. He is very loyal and considers Jim-shim as his younger sister.[16]
  • Jay Kim as Lee Kang-joon, a chaebol heir and Jin-shim's stalker.

Seoul District Prosecutor Office

  • Kim Chae-eun [ko] as Lee Joo-young, Se-won's junior.[17]
  • Lee Hyun-kyun [ko] as Prosecutor Im, Yeo-reum's senior who often puts her down.
  • Kim Koo-taek [ko] as a prosecutor and Yeo-reum's boss
  • Kim Hee-chang [ko] as a chief prosecutor
  • Na Chul [ko] as Kim Hyung-shik from Se-won's team
  • Park Yun [ko] as Yoo Hyun-ji from Se-won's team
  • Jin So-yeon as Yeo-reum's legal secretary
  • Min Jung-seob [ko] as Yeo-reum's investigator

Others

  • Kim Soo-jin as Lee Se-jin, the writer of the drama that Jin-shim wants to star in.
  • Kim Dae-gon as Park Soo-myung
  • Son Se-bin as Kim Min-ji, Jin-shim's rival.
  • Yoo Eun-mi as Seo Jin-hee, Eun-ji's daughter.
  • Song Duk-ho as Deok-ho
  • Baek Eun-hye as Insurance agent
  • Yoo Yeon as Im Yoon-hee

Special appearances

  • Park Seul-gi [ko] as a host (Ep. 1)
  • Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)[18]
  • Hong Seo-joon [ko] as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 1)
  • Lee Yoon-sang as a judge (Ep. 1, 5–6)
  • Kim Ki-moo [ko] as an angry driver (Ep. 2)
  • Kim Kyung-ryong [ko] as Jung-rok's client (Ep. 2)
  • Park Yong [ko] as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 2)
  • Kim Kwan-soo [ko] as a Subway part-timer (Ep. 2, 8, 10)
  • Jo Soo-min as Kim Yoon-ha, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 3)
  • Hwang Chan-sung as a delivery man (Ep. 3 & 5)[18]
  • Hwang Seung-eon as an actress (Ep. 4)
  • Kim Wook [ko] as an actor (Ep. 4)
  • Lee Yoo-mi as Seung-hee, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 4)
  • Seol Chang-hee [ko] as Seung-hee's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 4)
  • Hwang Bo-ra as Hwang Yeon-du, Jin-shim's senior and rival (Ep. 7)
  • Jeon Shin-hwan [ko] as a café owner (Ep. 8)
  • Park Ji-il as Kwon Jae-bok, Jung-rok's father (Ep. 10)
  • Song Kang as a deliveryman (Ep. 13)
  • Seo Kwang-jae [ko] as a judge (Ep. 13)
  • Moon Ji-hoo as himself portraying the male lead Jeong-do in Lee Se-jin's new drama (Ep. 15)
  • Seo Ji-seung [ko] as Jung-rok's blind date (Ep. 16)

Production

  • Lead stars Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook previously worked together in 2016 series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.[7]
  • The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.[19]
  • 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.[20][21]
  • 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.[22] He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.[23]

Original soundtrack

Touch Your Heart OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Recorded2019
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label

Part 1

Released on February 7, 2019 (2019-02-07)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Make It Count"ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, mooncZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, mooncChen (EXO)3:27
2."Make It Count" (Inst.) ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc 3:27
Total length:6:54

Part 2

Released on February 14, 2019 (2019-02-14)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Oh? Truly!" (Oh? 진심!)J RabbitJung Da-woonJ Rabbit2:42
2."Oh? Truly!" (Inst.) Jung Da-woon 2:42
Total length:5:24

Part 3

Released on February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."What If Love"Baek Chan
  • Baek Chan
  • DJ Kayvon
Wendy (Red Velvet)3:41
2."What If Love" (Inst.) 
  • Baek Chan
  • DJ Kayvon
 3:41
Total length:7:22

Part 4

Released on February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Be Your Star" (마음을 담아)
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Na Byung-soo
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Na Byung-soo
Seoryoung, Lena (GWSN)4:01
2."Be Your Star" (Inst.) 
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Na Byung-soo
 4:01
Total length:8:02

Part 5

Released on March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Good Night"
  • Jae
  • Wonpil
  • MAJORCODE
  • Moon Ssng-sun
Jeong Se-woon4:00
2."Good Night" (Inst.) 
  • Jae
  • Wonpil
  • MAJORCODE
  • Moon Ssng-sun
 4:00
Total length:8:00

Part 6

Released on March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."At The End Of Your Left Hand" (왼손끝에)
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Na Byung-soo
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Na Byung-soo
Park Bo-ram4:08
2."At The End Of Your Left Hand" (Inst.) 
  • Lee Jong-soo
  • Na Byung-soo
 4:08
Total length:8:16

Part 7

Released on March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Photographs"JayinsJayins14153:40
2."Photographs" (Inst.) Jayins 3:40
Total length:7:20

Part 8

Released on March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Falling Down"Hana (Gugudan)Ng Kai MingHana (Gugudan)3:33
2."Falling Down" (Inst.) Ng Kai Ming 3:33
Total length:7:06
Background tracks
Disc 2:
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Excellent"Lee Song Su2:38
2."Curious Magic"Lee Song Su2:42
3."Wait"Lee Song Su1:57
4."Life Work"Lee Song Su2:26
5."Moonlight"Lee Song Su4:01
6."Afternoon"Hyun Joong Yoon2:03
7."Starlight"Hyun Joong Yoon2:55
8."Guy"Hyun Joong Yoon2:07
9."Joyful"Hyun Joong Yoon1:45
10."High Heel"Hyun Joong Yoon2:12
11."Cute Curiosity"Yang Sung woo2:14
12."Littile Maiden"Yang Sung woo2:05
13."A life of Beauty"Yang Sung woo3:27
14."Romantic Feeling"Yang Sung woo2:29
15."Duck"Jung Won1:36
16."Amusement Park"Kyu Chong Won2:01
17."All Crazy"Kyu Chong Won2:09
18."We are screwed"Kyu Chong Won1:56
19."New Day"Kyu Chong Won3:04
20."Caramel Macchiato"Kim Samuel2:09
21."My Heart goes"Kim Samuel1:57
22."Elegance Cooking"Kim Samuel2:05
23."Dancing Shoes"Kim Samuel1:58
24."Puzzle"Kim Samuel2:29
25."Do ASAP"Lee Soo Jin1:45
26."Arabian Night"Cho Hun Kyung1:57
27."I Like You"Kim Ho Jang2:13
28."What are you doing?"Kim Ho Jang1:57
29."Funky Man"Seo Seong Won1:34

Viewership

Touch Your Heart : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[25]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[26]
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%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers 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).

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2019 12th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Yoo In-na Nominated [27]
27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Shim Hyung-tak Won [28]

Notes

  1. ^ now HighZium Studio

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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 at HighZium Studio (in Korean)
  • Touch Your Heart (original novel) at KakaoPage (in Korean)
  • Touch Your Heart at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Touch Your Heart at HanCinema
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