Revolutionary Love

Revolutionary Love[6] (Korean: 변혁의 사랑; RR: Byeonhyeogui Sarang; lit. Byun Hyuk's Love) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Choi Si-won, Kang So-ra and Gong Myung about young people's challenges as they move forward in society. The series marks Choi Si-won's first acting project after his military service. It aired on tvN every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 KST from October 14 to December 3, 2017.[7][8][9][10]

Revolutionary Love
Promotional poster
Also known asRevolution[1]
Hangul변혁의 사랑
GenreRomantic comedy[2]
Created by
Written byJoo Hyun
Directed bySong Hyun-wook
Creative directors
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Ahn Jae-hyun
  • Shin Sang-yoon
  • Kim Young-kyu
  • Jang Young-woo
ProducerLee So-yoon
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companySamhwa Networks[3]
DistributortvN
Budget₩6.96 billion[4][5]
Release
Original networktvN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseOctober 14 (2017-10-14) –
December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)
External links
Website

Synopsis

Byun Hyuk (Choi Si-won) is the happy-go-lucky son of Byun Kang-soo (Choi Jae-sung), the chairman of Gangsu Group of companies. Byun Woo-sung (Lee Jae-yoon), the elder son of Byun Kang-soo, is jealous of Hyuk and looks for opportunities to bring him down.

Kwon Jae-hoon (Gong Myung) is a long time friend of Byun Hyuk and is employed by Gangsu Group to cover up the follies of Hyuk. Jae-hoon's father is a loyal driver of Kang-soo and also has gone to jail because of Hyuk's mistake, which is the cause of Jae-hoon's hatred towards Hyuk.

Baek Joon (Kang So-ra) is a street-smart girl who has multiple part-time jobs and refuses to settle in a permanent job. Her father was wronged by Gangsu Group after being a loyal employee for a long time. She has a crush on Jae-hoon, who is extremely cold towards her.

Byun Hyuk accidentally meets Baek Joon in a cleaner uniform leading Joon to believe he is just an employee of Gangsu Group. Later, when Hyuk is kicked out of his house, he comes to live with Jae-hoon.

Joon forces Hyuk to take part-time jobs and in process imbues him with the confidence to fight Gangsu Group’s misconduct and oppressive policies.

With Woo-sung and Kang-soo fighting hard to bring Hyuk down, Kwon Jae-hoon, Byun Hyuk and Baek Joon unite to expose the corruption of Gangsu Group.[11]

Cast

Main
An unemployed third-generation chaebol who hides his true identity as the second son of a wealthy family and begins living in a studio apartment.[8][12]
A hardworking young woman who has a university education but makes her living by working part-time jobs.[8][12]
A highly intelligent young man who is the chief of a secretarial team at a company owned by Byun Hyuk's family.[13][14]

Supporting

People around Byun Hyuk

Byun Hyuk's brother.[15]
Byun Hyuk's father.
  • Seo Yi-an as Hong Chae-ri
The youngest daughter of Chairman Hong, the owner of a hotel chain. Byun Hyuk's ex-girlfriend.[16]
Byun Hyuk's mother.
  • Jung Chan-bi as Byun Se-na
Byun Hyuk's sister.
  • Kim Eung-suk as Byun Gang-ho
Byun Huk's uncle.
Byun Hyuk's aunt.

People around Baek Joon

An air stewardess and Baek Joon's best friend.[17] She becomes involved with Cheol-min.
  • Jeon Bae-su as Baek Joon's father
  • Hwang Young-hee as Baek Joon's mother

People around Je-hoon

  • Choi Gyu-hwan as Hwang Myeong-soo
A prosecutor at the Seoul Central Court.[18]
Je-hoon's father.
  • Kim Ki-doo as Chief Yang, Jae-hoon's co-worker

Others

Baek Joon's colleague at the construction company.
  • Seo Hyun-chul as Kim Ki-sub
Baek Joon's colleague at the construction company.
  • Hwang Jung-min as An Mi-yeon
Baek Joon's colleague at the construction company.
  • Kang Young-seok as Jang Cheol-min
A policeman involved in arresting Byun Hyuk, who later becomes his neighbour by coincidence. He becomes Yeon-hee's boyfriend.
  • Kim Seung-wook as Sul Gi-hwan
An employee of Byun Group. He was a friend of Baek Joon's father.
  • Song Young-kyu as CEO Min
  • Yoon Jeong-hyuk as General Manager Han
  • Lee Tae-kyung as Byun Hyuk's friend

Special appearance

Production
  • The series is produced by Samhwa Networks and created by Studio Dragon and Kang Eun-kyung's creative group called Plot Line (글Line).[3][19]
  • The first table script reading of the cast took place on September 10, 2017.[2]

Original soundtrack
Revolutionary Love
Original soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Recorded2017
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelCJ E&M Music

Part 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Between Strange Romance" (이상한 연애 사이)LeeOn
  • LeeOn
  • Mirja Lakso
Cheon Dan-bi3:12
2."Between Strange Romance" (Inst.) 
  • LeeOn
  • Mirja Lakso
 3:12
Total length:6:24

Part 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Love U"
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Han Jae-hwan
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Han Jae-hwan
Younha3:27
2."Love U" (Inst.) 
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Han Jae-hwan
 3:27
Total length:6:54

Part 3
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Go Ready Go"
  • Uhm Ki-yeom
  • Lee Young-joo
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Shape
Dawon (Cosmic Girls)3:41
2."Go Ready Go" (Inst.) 
  • Park Woo-sang
  • Shape
 3:41
Total length:7:22

Part 4
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Sing My Song"
  • Gustav Karlstrom
  • Gustav Karlstrom
  • Leif Sundin
  • Jo Michelle
Goo Keun-byul3:37
2."Sing My Song" (Inst.) 
  • Gustav Karlstrom
  • Leif Sundin
  • Jo Michelle
 3:37
Total length:7:14

Part 5
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."My Way" (내 멋대로)
  • Kim Won
  • Kim Won
Yeontae (IN2IT)4:21
2."My Way" (Inst.) 
  • Kim Won
 4:21
Total length:8:42

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[20] TNmS[21]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 October 14, 2017 2.501% 2.698% 2.2%
2 October 15, 2017 3.533% 3.485% 4.0%
3 October 21, 2017 2.762% 2.970% 3.2%
4 October 22, 2017 3.796% 3.683% 3.4%
5 October 28, 2017 3.032% 2.736% 2.3%
6 October 29, 2017 3.676% 3.466% 2.8%
7 November 4, 2017 2.792% 2.724% 2.8%
8 November 5, 2017 2.494% 2.274% 2.8%
9 November 11, 2017 2.792% 2.637% 2.3%
10 November 12, 2017 2.637% 2.692% 2.0%
11 November 18, 2017 2.690% 2.547% 1.8%
12 November 19, 2017 2.854% 2.692% 2.4%
13 November 25, 2017 2.729% 2.382% 2.0%
14 November 26, 2017 2.568% 2.670% 1.8%
15 December 2, 2017 2.418% 2.263% 1.6%
16 December 3, 2017 3.306% 3.257% 2.1%
Average 2.911% 2.864% 2.5%
  • This drama airs 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).

International broadcast
  • In Sri Lanka, the drama is available to stream on-demand via Iflix with Sinhalese and English subtitles. During its original run, episodes of the series were available to stream on Iflix 24 hours after their original South Korean broadcast with Sinhalese and English subtitles.[22]
  • In Malaysia, it was aired on 8TV on November 13, 2017, every Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:30pm to 10:30pm.
  • In Indonesia, it was aired on Sony One from March 13 to April 6, 2018.[23]
  • It will premiere in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia on tvN Asia on (Upcoming) 2019 with a variety of subtitles.
  • In Indonesia, it was aired on Trans TV on June 10, 2020, every Mondays to Fridays at 9:30pm.
  • In the United States, it is available on Netflix.

References
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  4. 삼화네트웍스, 69억5700만원 규모 드라마 '변혁의 사랑' 제작 계약 체결. NSPNA (in Korean). NSP News Agency. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
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