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n romantic comedy series starring

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, Choi Song-hyun and

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. It aired on tvN from June 13 to August 2, 2011, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 ( KST) for 16 episodes. 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.

Synopsis

Funny, romantic, and just a little racy, ''I Need Romance'' follows the ''

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''-like adventures of three thirty-something best friends looking for love in modern-day Seoul.

Cast

as Sunwoo In-young *

as Kim Sung-soo *

as Park Seo-yeon * Choi Song-hyun as Kang Hyun-joo *

as Bae Sung-hyun *

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as Yoon Kang-hee * Kim Hyung-min as Kim Deok-soo *

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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 ''I Need Romance 2012'' () is a 2012 South Korean romantic comedy television drama, starring Jung Yu-mi, Lee Jin-wook and Kim Ji-seok. The series follows the everyday lives of work, love and friendship of thirty-something women and men in Seou ...

'' (2012) and ''

I Need Romance 3 ''I Need Romance 3'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kim So-yeon, Sung Joon, Namkoong Min, Wang Ji-won, Park Hyo-joo, Yoon Seung-ah and Park Yu-hwan. It aired on cable channel tvN from January 13 to March 4, 2014, on ...

'' (2014).

References

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