Hogu's Love (Korean: 호구의 사랑) is a 2015 South Korean television series based on the Daum webtoon of the same title by Yoo Hyun-sook. It starred Choi Woo-shik in the title role with Uee, Lim Seul-ong, and Lee Soo-kyung. It aired on tvN from February 9 to March 31, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.
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Synopsis
Kang Ho-gu has never had a proper girlfriend, with girls constantly taking advantage of his sweet, naive nature by enjoying all the perks of dating then friend zone-ing him. His relationship-savvy twin sister Kang Ho-kyung mocks him and his best friends Kim Tae-hee and Shin Chung-jae for being sorely lacking in any dating skills.
Do Do-hee is an athlete on the Korean national swimming squad, and won the silver medal at the recent Asian Games. Driven and competitive, she's frustrated at never getting first place and is known for cursing a lot.
The timid, bullied Ho-gu had a crush on Do-hee in their teens, when her beauty and sports cred made her the most popular girl in high school. She's the only reason he goes to their high school reunion, and when they meet again, he's surprised to learn that she remembers him. Ho-gu grabs the chance to spend time with the girl of his dreams, not knowing that Do-hee has a secret, that she is pregnant. Do-hee wants to bury this secret because if the story breaks out about her being pregnant, then her life would be destroyed.
Cast
Main
Choi Woo-shik as Kang Ho-gu
Uee as Do Do-hee
Lim Seul-ong as Byun Kang-chul
Lee Soo-kyung as Kang Ho-kyung
People around Do Do-hee
Choi Deok-moon as So Shi-min
People around Kang Ho-gu
Jung Won-joong as Kang Yong-moo
Park Soon-chun as Kim Ok-ryung
Choi Jae-hwan as Kim Tae-hee
Lee Si-eon as Shin Chung-jae
People around Byun Kang-chul
Oh Young-shil as Mok Kyung-jin
Park Ji-il as Byun Kang-se
Song Ji-in as In Gong-mi
Others
Kim Hyun-joon as Noh Kyung-woo
Seol A as Ji-yoon
Ha Ji-young as Reporter
Han Geun-sub
Oh Hee-joong
Lee Jin-kwon as Man running away with comic books
Won Woong-jae
Ahn Soo-ho
Shin Young-il as Announcer
Noh Min-sang
Kwon Byung-gil
Lee Yoon-sang
Jang Tae-min
Kim Hye-hwa
Han Yeo-wool
Moon Jae-young as Director Yang
Lee Joo-woo as Min-ji
Lee Do-yeon as Han Sung-sil
Special appearances
Lee Sung-min as Oh Sang-sik, customer of manhwa rental shop (ep. 1)
Jang Young-nam as Pickpocket mom (ep. 2, 6)
Min Do-hee as High school girl in Yeosu (ep. 2)
Kang Jun as High school boy in Yeosu (ep. 2)
Production
Director Pyo Min-soo and screenwriter Yoon Nan-joong previously worked together on the tvN series Flower Boy Ramen Shop in 2011. Hogu's Love's original author Yoo Hyun-sook also wrote the webtoon I Steal Peeks at Him Every Day, which was adapted into another tvN series Flower Boys Next Door in 2013.
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
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).