WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU TANGERINES

Title: 폭싹 속았수다 / Pokssak Sogatsuda

Genre: Drama, period, romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network:  Netflix

Broadcast period: 2025-Mar-07 to 2025-Mar-28

Air time: Friday

Original soundtrack: When Life Gives You Tangerines OST

Synopsis

The drama follows the adventurous life and many trials of Ae-sun, a poor girl wanting to become a poet who was born in Jeju in 1951, and Gwan-sik, a young man who cherishes and loves her.

Cast

Main Cast

IU as Oh Ae Soon

    Choi Yeo Won (최여원) as child Ae Soon

    Kim Tae Yun as child Ae Soon

    Yoon Seo Yun as teen Ae Soon

    Moon So Ri as middle-aged Ae Soon

Park Bo Gum as Yang Kwan Shik

    Lee Chun Moo as child Kwan Shik    

    Moon Woo Jin as teen Kwan Shik

    Park Hae Joon as middle-aged Kwan Shik

Yang Kwan Shik's family

Kim Yong Rim as Park Mak Chun (Kwan Shik's grandmother)

Oh Min Ae as Kwon Kye Ok (Kwan Shik's mother)

Yoo Byung Hoon (유병훈) as Yang Sam Bo (Kwan Shik's father)

Kim Se Ah (김세아) as Yang Kyung Ok (Kwan Shik's sister)

Seo Hye Won as adult Kyung Ok

Oh Ae Soon's family

Yum Hye Ran as Jun Kwang Rye (Ae Soon's mother)

Na Moon Hee as Kim Choon Ok (Ae Soon's grandmother)

Jung Hae Kyun as Oh Han Moo (Ae Soon's uncle)

Oh Yun Jae (오연재) as Yi Sook (Han Moo's wife)

Kim Shi Ha (김시하) as Oh Jong Mi (Ae Soon's cousin)

Hyun Seung Jin (현승진) as middle-aged Jong Mi

Kang Yoo Rim (강규림) as Oh Jong Goo

Jo Myung Yun (조명연) as middle-aged Jong Goo

Choi Hye Seo (최혜서) as Yum Soon Nam (Ae Sun's half sister)

Choi Ji Hyuk (최지혁) as Yum Soon Bong (Ae Sun's half brother)

Ae Soon & Kwan Shik's family

IU as Yang Geum Myung

Shin Chae Rin (신채린) as child Geum Myung

Ahn Tae Rin as child Geum Myung

Lee Ah Ra (이아라) as teen Geum Myung

Kang Yoo Suk as Yang Eun Myung

Lee Chae Hyun (이채현) as child Eun Myung

Shin Sae Byuk (신새벽) as Yang Dong Myung

Haenyeo

Cha Mi Kyung as Chung Soo

Lee Soo Mi as Yang Im

Baek Ji Won as Kyung Ja

People around Sang Gil

Choi Dae Hoon as Boo Sang Gil

Byun Seo Yoon (변서윤) as Park Young Ran

Jang Hye Jin as middle-aged Young Ran

Choi Ha Yoon (최하윤) as Boo Hyun Sook

Lee Soo Kyung as adult Hyun Sook

Moon Yoo Kang as Boo Oh Sung

Supporting casts

Hwang Jae Yul as homeroom teacher (ep 1)

Jung Sun Chul (정선철) as Mr. Park

Park Byung Ho as Dodong-ri store owner/landlord

Song Kwang Ja (송광자) as store owner's wife

Lee Joon Young as Park Young Bum

Lee Kyu Hoe as Park Geum Myung (Young Bum's father)

Kang Myung Joo (강명주) as Boo Young (Young Bum's mother)

Lee Ji Hyun as Boon Hee (Choong Sup's mother)

Jun Bae Soo as Song Young Sam

Jung Yi Seo as Song Boo Sun

Kim Ga Hee (김가희) as motel customer (ep 2,8)

Nam Mi Jung (남미정) as middle-aged motel customer / Oh Jenny's housekeeper (ep 7-8)

Kim Keum Soon as Mi Hyang (ep 7-8, Jenny's mother)

Lee Ji Hyun (이지현) as Hyun Ja (ep 10)

Han Bo Ra (한보라) as Hye Ran's mother

Kang Jung Woo (강정우) as Hye Ran's father

Baek Sun Yoo (백선유) as child Hye Ran

Han Seo Hee (한서희) as teen Hye Ran

Yum Hye Ran as Chloe Lee (ep 16)

Special appearances (Based on the ending credits)

Oh Jung Se as Yum Byung Chul (ep 1,2,6, Ae Soon's stepfather)

Uhm Ji Won as Na Min Ok (ep 2,4,6, Byung Chul's 2nd wife)

Kang Mal Keum as motel owner (ep 2-3)

Kim Young Woong as motel owner (ep 2-3)

Lee Mi Do as Mi Sook (ep 5,7, 14,16)

Kim Jae Young as Oh Jenny's driver (ep 7-8)

Kim Soo Ahn as Oh Jenny (ep 7-8)

Kim Kook Hee as Professor (ep 8)

Kim Sun Ho as Park Choong Sup (ep 9-16)

Kim Hae Gon (김해곤) as owner of theater Cannes (ep 9-11, 13)

Kim Sung Ryung as Jung Mi In (ep 11,13,15)

Heo Jin as Boo Sung Gil's mother (ep 14)

Hyun Bong Shik as Jung Mi In's manager (ep 15)

Kim Kang Hoon as Yang Je Il (ep 16)

Production Credits

Director: Kim Won Suk

Screenwriter: Im Sang Choon

Recognitions

2025 61st Baeksang Arts Awards:

Best Drama

Best Supporting Actor - Drama (Choi Dae Hoon)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama (Yum Hye Ran)

Best Screenplay - Drama (Im Sang Choon)

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