Cast
* Kwon Sang Woo as Kang Yong Ki
* Lee Yo Won as Na In Jung
* Kim Sung Soo as Lee Soo Hwan
* Kim Ga Yun as Kang Joo Ran (Soo Hwan’s wife & Yong Ki’s sister)
* Cha Ye Reon as Park Shin Yeong / Jo Ann (Yong Ki’s first love)
Extended Cast
* Kim Hyang Gi as Soo Hwan’s daughter
* Song Ok Sook as Lee Jin Soo (Joo Ran’s mother)
* Kim Chang Wan as Hwang In Soo
* Park Geun Hyung as Kang Woo Taek / Chairman Kang (Yong Ki’s father)
* Choi Yong Min as In Jung’s father
* Yoo Ji In as In Jung’s mother
* Park Eun Hee as Park Chan Sook
* Choi Sung Min as Yoon Sil Gang
Synopsis
This melodrama depicts the lives, struggles and up and downs of 3 people when falling in love. Na In Jung (LYW), a chelo player, falls in love with Lee Soo Hwan (KSS), the son-in-law of a famous business tycoon. She later discovers that LSH is a married man and is thoroughly devastated. Kang Yong Gi (KSW) is the step-brother of LSH’s wife, the rebellion in their family. As an illigitimate child of the family, he grows up not appreciating the love given by his father. He expresses his feelings and passion thru art and does not care what other ppl think of him. The 3 ppl get entangled in a story of love and deceit when NIJ lets go of LSH and cross paths with KYG….
Comments:
I had really high hope when I decided to watch this drama only to be disappointed as a drag myself further into the show. There are so many factors I dislike about this drama in particular, the way love is portrayed throughout the drama.
People often said that the first love usually leave the deepest impression on a person and I nonetheless believe this. A typical Korean drama often portray that way too – that first love is the strongest love. I never had a problem with this because I think it’s true. When I watch a HK drama or a modern genre type of shows, love always portray as an easy come easy go sort of thing. With one person leaving is another chance of getting a different person. I usually hate this because it makes love seems superficial and not a part of one’s life. While I do not expect a love till death type of love, I just hope that with separation, there is at least some type of beautiful memory left between the two. I don’t expect the departing party to completely forget about the relationship because to me that’s unrealistic. With that in mind, I sorta hesitate to watch Bad Love after I read the synopsis because base on my experience with Korean Drama, forgetting about first love to move on is almost impossible since most if not all Korean dramas show that first love endure and last forever.
The beginning starts of the developing relationship between Na In Jung & Lee Soo Kwan and the relationship between Kang Yong Ki and Park Shin Yeong. At first I told myself that these 2 couples are not permanent couple because I know for a fact that Na In Jung will be with Kang Yong Ki. But as the drama continues to the point where Na In Jung and Kang Yong Ki are together, I feel nothing for them. Their relationship is so unrealistic I do not know where to start. Well, let’s start with the fact that Kang Yong Ki misses his dead girlfriend one moment and the next thing is he said he likes Na In Jung. Then we see one moment Na In Jung still has some sort of feelings for Lee Soo Kwan because she always seems so not herself in front of him, then the next moment she’s playing around with Na In Jung. I don’t blame the actor and actress for carrying out this mix of feelings thing between them, I blame the script. The time the drama spent showing the sparks of love between Na In Jung and Kang Yong Ki is just too short. Whereas the time spent showing Kang Yong Ki being miserable, depress, despair, and longing for his ex is substantial to the point that I wish he can get his girlfriend back and they would have a happy ending. I mean, seriously, he loves his exgirlfriend (first love) dearly that I feel he could have kill himself numerous times if it’s not for I don’t know what that still keep him living. I do not see the same love when he looks or held onto Na In Jung. Their relationship feel like “we’re together because we’ve to be together.” yes true, everything seems dramatic with Kang Yong Ki’s family disapproval, and Lee Soo Kwan in the picture but that still does not shows how deep their love is. I refuse to believe Kang Yong Ki loves Na In Jung because if i’m not mistaken, when he saw the girl that resemble his ex, he was mesmerized. At that moment, even Na In Jung doesn’t matter. It was this split second that reveal he still loves his ex the most. With Na In Jung, it seems like he’s in too deep and can no longer back out. He hold onto her because without her, he has nothing. Some might argue that if he still loves his ex, he could choose over the girl who resembles his ex but instead he didn’t. Kang Yong Ki knows for a fact that the one resembles his ex is not his ex, he loves the ex girlfriend for who she is not the physical appearance. That to me show how deep is his love for his ex.
Then there is Lee Soo Kwan, the jerk, who abandons Na In Jung then crawls back asking for forgiveness. Some might pity him for suffering from sickness and blames Na In Jung for being cruel not to visit him. I blame himself for being in that state. The jerk knew he had a family, yet still go fool around and ruin someone else life. I know some people hates his wife for doing the things she did to Na In Jung, but honestly, can anyone blame her? She is afterall a woman who try to save her marriage and family. She had done nothing wrong. If someone is too blame, then it is Lee Soo Kwan who inflicted pains on both women. His indecisiveness in the beginning led him to the conclusion he had and even do I feel he doesn’t deserve to die, it is for the better. If only he learns to let go then his life would be so much better. Let go of his wife to be with Na In Jung. Let go of the company that in the end is not even his.
I don’t like Na In Jung either. it’s true that she is the victim in the beginning, she had a miscarriage, her mom passed away, while her dad becomes a vegetable. I thought after all the pain she endured she becomes mature but I was wrong when she still obviously afraid of Lee Soo Kwan’s wife and still act like a weakling in front of Lee Soo Kwan. Have she not realize she owe them nothing. As a matter of fact they owe her. They owe her for causing her miscarriage and having to live such a horrible life. Why does she feel guilty? She shouldn’t. After so many years, what is Lee Soo Kwan gonna do to her. Why is she feeling so scare? Her character is so inconsistent which drive me crazy and led me to hate her. She acts so weak and fragile in front of Lee Soo Kwan and his wife yet when it comes to Kang Yong Ki, she’s nothing but cruel. I blame her for the death of his father and her for making his life worst than it used to be. I don’t see happiness when she’s with in. All I see is he trying to win her and he sacrificing so many things for her. I do believe if he had never meet her, he would eventually continue his life and perhaps become a happier person.
I don’t like this drama at all. I dread watching it and I could careless after Kang Yong Ki got together with Na In Jung. The reason I watch till the end is to find out what happen to Lee Soo Kwan’s wife. She becomes a better person and I think without Lee Soo Kwan, he life would be much happier. I don’t even care if Kang Yong Ki and Na In Jung have a happy ending or not. I would probably be happier if it’s a sad ending. But all in all, it’s not a bad drama, just not my cup of tea and I would never watch it again.
