I Need Romance

*I Need Romance*
I Need Romance
	Promotional poster
Also known as	In Need of Romance
Genre	Romance; Comedy; Drama;
Written by	Jung Hyun-jung
Directed by	Lee Chang-han
Starring	Jo Yeo-jeong; Kim Jeong-hoon; Choi Yeo-jin; Choi Song-hyun; Choi Jin-hyuk
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Production company	JS Pictures
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	June 13 –; August 2, 2011
Related
	I Need Romance 2012 ; I Need Romance 3

I Need Romance (Korean: 로맨스가 필요해; RR: Romaenseuga Pilyohae) is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy series starring Jo Yeo-jeong, Kim Jeong-hoon, Choi Yeo-jin, Choi Song-hyun and Choi Jin-hyuk. It aired on tvN from June 13 to August 2, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.^[1]

The cable drama revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives. It was popular with female viewers in their 20s and 30s for depicting contemporary women in a realistic way.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

Funny, romantic, and just a little racy, I Need Romance follows the Sex and the City-like adventures of three thirty-something best friends looking for love in modern-day Seoul.

Cast

Jo Yeo-jeong as Sunwoo In-young
Kim Jeong-hoon as Kim Sung-soo
Choi Yeo-jin as Park Seo-yeon
Choi Song-hyun as Kang Hyun-joo
Choi Jin-hyuk as Bae Sung-hyun
Ha Yeon-joo as Yoon Kang-hee
Kim Hyung-min as Kim Deok-soo
Ricky Kim as Alex
Lee Kwan-hoon as Seo Joon-yi
Heo Tae-hee as Kim Tae-woo
Jung Yoo-chan as Man at the airport (cameo, ep. 4)
Lee Da-hee as Lee Min-jung (cameo, ep. 16)
Park Woo-chun as Jung Hae-woon (cameo, ep. 16)
Kim So-yeon as young Sung-soo's girlfriend (cameo, ep. 16)

Spin-off

Currently, there are two spin-offs, I Need Romance 2012 (2012) and I Need Romance 3 (2014).

References

^ Lee, Ga-on (12 July 2011). "On the set of tvN series In Need of Romance". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Kim, Heidi (9 June 2011). "Cable drama In Need of Romance pre-sold to Japan". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Lee, Dong-hyun (9 February 2012). "I Need Romance Leads Cable Drama Wave in Japan". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

External links

[1] Lee, Ga-on (12 July 2011). "On the set of tvN series In Need of Romance". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[2] Kim, Heidi (9 June 2011). "Cable drama In Need of Romance pre-sold to Japan". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[3] Lee, Dong-hyun (9 February 2012). "I Need Romance Leads Cable Drama Wave in Japan". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

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