''Single Dad in Love'' () is a 2008

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starring

Oh Ji-ho Oh Ji-ho (; born April 14, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the television dramas '' Couple or Trouble'' (2006), '' The Slave Hunters'' (2010), '' The Queen of Office'' (2013) and ''My Fair Lady'' (2016). Career Oh was born an ...

, Heo Yi-jae and

Kang Sung-yeon Kang Sung-yeon (; born July 21, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1996 through MBC's Open Recruitment. Although her main profession was acting, she also contributed songs to several soundtracks and released two alb ...

. It aired on

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from February 18 to April 8, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

Kang Poong-ho is a

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by day and a

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fighter by night. He is a single father raising his 7-year-old son Kang San after the boy's mother, his first love Yoon So-yi, abandoned them to pursue her ambition of becoming a pianist. Despite life's trials, Poong-ho never loses his optimism and sense of humor. He meets and falls in love with Jeon Ha-ri, a bright and bubbly medical student from a wealthy family. An obstacle to their romance arises when they learn that Ha-ri's soon-to-be stepmother is none other So-yi and that it was Ha-ri's surgeon father Jeon Ki-suk who sponsored her piano studies abroad. As So-yi re-enters their lives, San is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Poong-ho is willing to go to any lengths to save his beloved son.

Cast

Main characters

as Kang Poong-ho * Heo Yi-jae as Jeon Ha-ri *

as Yoon So-yi * as Jeon Ki-suk *

Ahn Do-gyu Ahn Do-gyu (; born September 28, 2000) is a South Korean actor. He made his debut an actor in 2007. He is well known for his roles in ''Duty After School'', and ''Twinkling Watermelon ''Twinkling Watermelon'' () is a 2023 South Korean televis ...

as Kang San

Supporting characters

* Im Joo-hwan as Min Hyun-ki *

Shindong Shin Dong-hee (; born September 28, 1985), known professionally as Shindong (lit. meaning: "prodigy"), is a South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, host, radio personality, and video director. He is best known as a member of Super Junior and its s ...

as Oh Chil-goo *

Kim Ha-eun Kim Ha-eun (; born January 3, 1984), born Kim Hyun-jin (), is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series '' Conspiracy in the Court'', and ''The Slave Hunters''. She is also the CEO A chief executive of ...

as Jo Kyung-ah, Ha-ri's friend * as Goo Sang-tae, Poong-ho's boxing coach * as Min Joon-ho, principal *

Kim Ja-ok Kim Ja-ok (; October 11, 1951 – November 16, 2014) was a South Korean actress. Kim was born in Busan in 1951. Kim dropped out of Hanyang University majoring in Film. Kim started her acting career after admitted to a public recruit by MBC T ...

as Jung Eun-ji, Hyun-ki' mother *Jang Ji-min as Park Min-joo * Jung Jae-soon as Lee Wal-soon, Min-joo's grandmother

References

External links

''Single Dad in Love'' official KBS website
*{{hancinema film, Single_Dad_in_Love Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas 2008 South Korean television series debuts 2008 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romance television series South Korean melodrama television series