Temptation () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Ji-woo, Lee Jung-jin and Park Ha-sun. It aired on SBS TV from July 14 to September 16, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The drama reunites Choi Ji-woo and Kwon Sang-woo who both starred in the 2003 hit melodrama Stairway to Heaven.
Plot Cha Seok-hoon is a naive man who grew up a rural village in Gangwon Province. His intellect gets him into the country's top university despite his family's economic plight, and he takes on all sorts of part-time jobs, from quick services to construction work, in order to earn his tuition.
He then meets Na Hong-joo, a girl also from a poor family. Hong-joo is resigned to a miserable existence, until Seok-hoon brings happiness and hope into her life. They get married, and Hong-joo is a calm and understanding wife, always the first to sacrifice and make concessions. However, Seok-hoon finds himself plunged into massive debt due to a failed business venture with another partner.
Yoo Se-young is a hotel heiress, trained to take over her father's company from a young age. Called a "woman of iron," she is a workaholic and a headstrong leader, and has no interest in love or marriage. One of her family friends is rich playboy Kang Min-woo, who unsuccessfully tried to seduce her in the past. Min-woo has everything he could ever want, and approaches life with the philosophy that you should have a hundred different faces for a hundred different women. He got married only because it was a requirement for his inheritance.
While on a business trip to Hong Kong, Se-young meets Seok-hoon and Hong-joo, and for her amusement, she makes them a dangerous offer to test their marriage: In exchange for paying off Seok-hoon's debts so that he could avoid going to jail, she asks for three days with him.
Seok-hoon makes a crucial choice and takes the deal. But his strange relationship with Yoo Se-young jeopardizes his marriage. Upon their return to Korea, Seok-hoon and Hong-joo's marriage is unable to survive this crisis of trust, and they eventually divorce. Meanwhile, Se-young finds herself genuinely falling for Seok-hoon.
Cast
Main characters Kwon Sang-woo as Cha Seok-hoon Choi Ji-woo as Yoo Se-young Lee Jung-jin as Kang Min-woo Park Ha-sun as Na Hong-joo
Supporting characters Chae So-young as Yoo Se-jin Kim Sung-kyum as Yoo Dal-ho Hong Yeo-jin as Jung Yoon-seok Joo Jin-mo as Choi Seok-gi Jo Mi-ryung as Myung-hwa Kim Hyung-bum as Jo Young-chul Choi Il-hwa as Na Shi-chan Lee Jung-shin as Na Hong-gyu Ahn Se-ha as Park Han-soo Jo Hwi-joon as Roy Yoon A-jung as Han Ji-sun Jung Hye-sun as Im Jung-soon Kim Ji-young as Kang Yoon-ah Heo Jung-eun as Kang Sung-ah Choi Hyun as Kim Doo-hyun Hwang Seok-ha as Chairman Doo Fei as Jenny Maria Cordero as Tina, Jenny's friend
Ratings Episode #Original broadcast date Average audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area 1July 14, 20149.6%11.9%7.6%8.6% 2July 15, 20148.3%10.3%8.0%9.1% 3July 21, 20148.2%9.9%9.0%10.3% 4July 22, 20148.4%10.8%8.3%9.3% 5July 28, 20148.8%10.5%9.0%9.3% 6July 29, 20148.5%10.4%8.9%9.6% 7August 4, 20146.9%8.7%8.3%9.3% 8August 5, 20148.3%10.3%9.5%10.7% 9August 11, 20147.2%9.5%8.6%9.2% 10August 12, 20147.4%9.6%8.6%9.3% 11August 18, 20147.9%9.6%8.1%9.0% 12August 19, 20148.3%10.7%8.8%9.3% 13August 25, 20148.1%9.8%9.6%10.6% 14August 26, 20148.4%10.9%10.0%10.7% 15September 1, 20149.3%11.1%11.3%12.2% 16September 2, 20148.5%11.0%10.1%11.4% 17September 8, 20146.7%8.2%6.6%7.2% 18September 9, 20148.1%9.8%8.3%8.9% 19September 15, 20147.7%9.6%8.8%9.7% 20September 16, 201410.1%12.6%10.8%11.7% Average 8.2% 10.3% 8.9% 9.8%
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result Best Supporting Actress Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Netizen Popularity Award Best Couple Award
References
External links Temptation official SBS website