Temptation of an Angel
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Also known as천사의 유혹
Angel's Temptation
GenreMelodrama
Suspense
Erotica Drama
Written byKim Soon-ok
Directed bySon Jung-hyun
Cho Young-kwang
StarringBae Soo-bin
Lee So-yeon
Jin Tae-hyun
Hong Soo-hyun
Composers
  • Moon Dae-hyun
  • Kim Hyun-jong
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes21
Production
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time70 minutes
Production companySamhwa Networks
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
ReleaseOctober 12 (2009-10-12) –
December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22)
Related
Temptation of Wife

Temptation of an Angel (Korean: 천사의 유혹; RR: Cheonsaui Yuhok) (also known as Angel's Temptation) is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Bae Soo-bin, Lee So-yeon, Jin Tae-hyun and Hong Soo-hyun. It aired from October 12 to December 22, 2009, on SBS TV's Mondays and Tuesdays at 20:50 (KST) time slot. This drama was a male version of another series, Temptation of Wife. Bae Soo-bin and Lee So-yeon reunited onscreen on the MBC television series Dong Yi, less than a year after the show ended.[1][2][3][4]

Synopsis

Joo Ah-ran (Lee So-yeon) and Shin Hyun-woo (Han Sang-jin / Bae Soo-bin) have an elaborate wedding at a luxurious hotel. Shin Hyun-woo sincerely loves Joo Ah-ran, but Joo Ah-ran has ulterior motives for the marriage. Joo Ah-ran's family was destroyed by Shin Hyun-woo's parents and, because of this, she is marrying Shin Hyun-woo in a secret plan to exact revenge.

Sometime after their marriage, Shin Hyun-woo is involved in a horrible car accident, leaving him in a coma. Once Shin Hyun-woo awakes from his coma, he learns of Joo Ah-ran's revenge plot and then sets out on his own path for revenge.

Cast

Main

Wife of Shin Hyun-woo. A furniture designer who married the son of Soul Furniture's owners. She once had an ordinary and happy childhood. But when she lost her parents, she became orphan who went through life's hardships. To avenge her parents' death, she got herself married into the family she believed have led to her parents' death. Growing up as an orphan, she devised a plan to make Hyun-woo fall for her and manipulating him into marrying her as his wife. She started destroying her husband's family thereafter. Ah-ran possesses extreme tenacity and fast thinking. Despite the loss of her parents, she still has an aunt and uncle and even a sister who was put up for adoption.
He was the chief of design department in Soul Furniture, a furniture company owned by his parents. He has soft personality. He's a sweetheart with a romantic sense. Despite his family's objections, Hyun-woo married the woman of his dreams, Ah-ran. His life changed after he was betrayed by the very woman he loved, which led him to a horrific car accident that altered his life forever.
  • Bae Soo-bin as Shin Hyun-woo / Ahn Jae-sung (after plastic surgery) - After regaining consciousness, he became totally different person, vowing revenge to his wife. Undergoing plastic surgery, he became a physically attractive man, possessing an image of both an angel and a demon.
  • Jin Tae-hyun as Nam Joo-seung - Joo Ah-ran's lover. He is a person who has secrets of his own. Joo-seung works as a doctor during the day and works as a lounge singer at a jazz café at night. His father was the secretary of Mr. Shin, who the younger Nam now works for as the family doctor. He has no physical prowess, but has a strong eyesight, in addition to having a very strong charisma.
  • Hong Soo-hyun as Yoon Jae-hee / Joo Kyeong-ran
    • Park Ha-young as young Jae-hee
She grew up not knowing who her parents are. She has a bright and optimistic viewpoint on the world. As a child, she dreamed of becoming a nurse who takes care of the poor. Even when she was growing up in the orphanage, she took care of younger children like a big sister. Rather than thinking she was abandoned by her real parents, she believed that it was enough that she was given the love and care from the people of the orphanage. Little did she know that her real parents have died and her sister is still alive, which turns out to be Joo Ah-ran.

Supporting

Ratings

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea TNmS
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 October 12, 2009 10.0% 10.2% 10.3% 10.9%
2 October 13, 2009 10.6% 10.7% 11.0% 11.5%
3 October 19, 2009 11.5% 10.9% 11.3% 11.6%
4 October 26, 2009 11.2% 10.9% 12.1% 12.7%
5 October 27, 2009 12.8% 12.8% 13.9% 14.2%
6 November 2, 2009 14.8% 14.4% 15.9% 16.5%
7 November 3, 2009 17.0% 16.9% 16.6% 17.2%
8 November 9, 2009 15.2% 15.8% 16.4% 16.8%
9 November 10, 2009 18.3% 18.2% 17.9% 17.4%
10 November 16, 2009 17.5% 17.6% 19.6% 20.0%
11 November 17, 2009 18.5% 19.0% 18.3% 19.0%
12 November 23, 2009 18.3% 18.7% 18.6% 18.9%
13 November 24, 2009 20.4% 20.7% 19.6% 20.0%
14 November 30, 2009 17.2% 16.7% 19.8% 20.3%
15 December 1, 2009 19.1% 19.0% 21.5% 22.1%
16 December 7, 2009 19.6% 19.5% 21.8% 22.8%
17 December 8, 2009 22.6% 22.7% 23.2% 23.7%
18 December 14, 2009 20.6% 21.3% 22.7% 23.2%
19 December 15, 2009 20.1% 20.1% 22.2% 22.6%
20 December 21, 2009 20.0% 21.1% 20.7% 21.4%
21 December 22, 2009 20.5% 21.1% 22.9% 23.6%
Average 16.9% 17.0% 17.9% 18.4%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Awards

2009 SBS Drama Awards

Notes

This was considered by many as a "male version" of SBS' top-rating primetime daily drama, Temptation of Wife.

References

  1. ↑ "'천사의 유혹', '독한 드라마가 재미있다' 공식 재확인". 2009-12-22.
  2. ↑ "TV Decency Rules to be Tightened". 2009-10-18.
  3. ↑ "배수빈, SBS '천사의 유혹' 주인공 발탁". 2009-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Korean Entertainment News". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
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