Scripted series · KBS2
Winter Sonata
We always come back to our first love
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bae Yong-jun
Kang Joon-sang
20 eps
Choi Ji-woo
Jeong Yoo-jin
20 eps
Park Yong-ha
Kim Sang-hyeok
20 eps
Park Sol-mi
Oh Chae-rin
20 eps
Lee Hae-eun
Gong Jin-sook
20 eps
Ryu Seung-su
Kwon Yong-gook
20 eps
Song Ok-suk
Kang Mi-hee
20 eps
Jeong Dong-hwan
Professor Kim Jin-woo
20 eps
Kim Hae-sook
Yoo-jin's Mother
20 eps
Jang Hang-seon
Supervisor Kim
20 eps
Jung Won-joong
Teacher Park Jeong-o
20 eps
Ha Jae-yeong
Jeong Hyeon-soo
20 eps
Lee Hyo-choon
Sang-hyeok's Mother
20 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Winter Sonata actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Winter Sonata reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A woman, who is about to marry her longtime lover, encounters a man who looks just like her first love.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 20 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200220 episodes
9.1IMDbKang Joonsang moves to a new high school in search of his biological father. Jeong Yoojin and Kim Sanghyeok are close childhood friends, although Sanghyeok wants to be more than a friend, Yoojin sees him as a brother. On a trip together with other high school mates, Oh Chaerin, Gong Jinsook and Kwon Yonggook, Yoojin is saved after an accident by Joonsang. They become close and she opens up his cold heart. However, circumstances and fate dictate that their love will never be. He abruptly disappears from their lives. Ten years later, the old High School buddies gather to celebrate Yoojin and Sanghyeok's soon-to-be wedding. Yoojin, who was deeply in love with Joonsang, still has a fire in her heart for him. But at the party, Oh Chaerin's new boyfriend arrives, who appears the same as Joonsang.
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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
- Yoon Eun-kyungWriter
- Kim Seon-sooWriter
Direction
- Lee Hyung-minDirector
- Yoon Seok-hoDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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- Kocowa Amazon ChannelStreaming
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