Scripted series · MBC
My Lovely Sam Soon
"Shall we pretend to be dating?"
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Seon-a
Kim Sam Sun
16 eps
Hyun Bin
Hyun Jin Heon
16 eps
Jung Ryeo-won
Yoo Hui Jin
16 eps
Daniel Henney
Dr. Henry Kim
16 eps
Kim Ja-ok
Park Bong Suk (Sam Sun's mother)
16 eps
Lee Ah-hyeon
Kim I Yeong
16 eps
Na Moon-hee
Na Heyon Suk (Jin Heon's mother)
16 eps
Lee Kyu-han
Min Heyon U
16 eps
Lee Yoon-mi
Jang Chae Ri
16 eps
Yeo Un-gye
Ms. O (Manager)
16 eps
Kwon Hae-hyo
Lee Hyeon Mu (Chef)
16 eps
Ahn Mi-na
Lee In Hye
16 eps
Seo Ji-hee
Hyun Mi Ju (Jin Heon's niece)
16 eps
Yoon Ye-hee
Yun Hyeon Suk (Jin Heon's aunt)
16 eps
Maeng Bong-hak
Sam Sun's father
16 eps
Kim Nam-gil
Kim Byeong Tae
16 eps
Kim Ki-bang
Gi Bang (Cook)
16 eps
Jeon Il-beom
Sam Sun's blind date
16 eps
Lee Seung-Hyung
Unfaithful husband having dinner
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How My Lovely Sam Soon actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
My Lovely Sam Soon reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Sam Soon is an average woman who dreams of falling in love with a perfect man. It's a story of encouragement.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 16 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200516 episodes
Kim Sam Soon is a baker who has a talent for making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she catches her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo, cheating on her and breaks up. On that same night, she meets Hyun Jin Heon, the owner of a restaurant called Bon Appetit. By sheer coincidence, Jin Heon needs a baker for his restaurant and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fight like cat and dog.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E16
Let's love like we've never been hurt before
S01E15
The old-fashioned rules of falling in love
S01E14
The basics of dating
S01E13
The way to break up with her..
S01E12
So what? I am only 30 years old!
S01E11
What are you doing?
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Kim Do-wooWriter
Direction
- Kim Yun-cheolDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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