# My Secret Romance (애간장)
**My Secret Romance** (Korean: 애타는 로맨스, *Aetaneun Romance*) is a 2017 South Korean romantic comedy television series broadcast on the cable channel OCN, starring Sung Hoon and [Song Ji-eun](https://www.edgepedia.org/song-ji-eun) as a chaebol (South Korean family-owned conglomerate, often run by heirs) heir and a nutritionist who reunite three years after a one-night stand.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) • [2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-secret-romance) The Hangul title in the article name, 애간장, belongs to a different OCN romance drama from January 2018, described below.[3](https://v.daum.net/v/20180108150659523)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and run | OCN, April 17 to May 30, 2017, Monday and Tuesday at 21:00[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) |
| Episodes | 13 per AsianWiki and TVmaze; JustWatch lists 14 for season 1[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/25984/my-secret-romance) • [2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-secret-romance) |
| Firsts for OCN | The first OCN romance-themed drama series and the first OCN drama series in the Monday–Tuesday 21:00 slot[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) |
| Main cast | Sung Hoon as Cha Jin-wook (32, head of Daebok Group's management-support division); Song Ji-eun as Lee Yoo-mi (28, new nutritionist at the group's company cafeteria)[5](https://ocn.cjenm.com/ko/mysecretromance/) |
| Creative team | Director Kang Cheol-woo, writer Kim Ha-na[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) |
| IMDb rating | 7.1/10 from about 5,400 user votes[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6300100/ratings/) |
| Streaming | Available on Rakuten Viki free with ads in the United States; also listed on Netflix[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-secret-romance) • [7](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81170092) |
## Premise and characters
Cha Jin-wook is the son of a wealthy family that runs a large company. He pursues only short-term love until he meets [Lee Yoo-mi](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-yoo-mi), who has never had a boyfriend, and he begins to change.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) The two spend a night together, and when Yoo-mi joins his company years later as a new nutritionist in the staff cafeteria, they reunite without planning to.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-secret-romance) Netflix's synopsis describes the setup as a nutritionist entangled in misunderstandings with her new chaebol boss, who turns out to be someone she slept with in the past.[7](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81170092)
The OCN character page gives the supporting cast: Kim Jong-goo as Cha Dae-bok, Jin-wook's father in his 60s; Park Sin-un as Jang Woo-jin, Jin-wook's secretary in his mid-30s; Nam Gi-ae as Jo Mi-hee, Yoo-mi's mother; and a cafeteria ensemble including Kim Si-young as head cook Wang Bok-ja, Lim Do-yoon as cook Kang Je-ni, Baek Seung-heon as Lee Shin-hwa, and Lee Hae-in as the youngest cook Jang Eun-bi. Kim Jae-young plays Jung Hyun-tae, 28, owner of the beer-and-books shop "Mac & Book," and Jeong Da-sol plays announcer Joo Hye-ri, both 28.[5](https://ocn.cjenm.com/ko/mysecretromance/)
## Production and broadcast context
The series was directed by Kang Cheol-woo and written by Kim Ha-na.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) OCN used the show to enter the romance genre and the Monday–Tuesday 21:00 slot for the first time; the drama was followed by *Meloholic* on November 6, 2017.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance) The OCN program page also calls it the first web novel drama the channel selected.[5](https://ocn.cjenm.com/ko/mysecretromance/) The two lead actors collaborated on the main theme song of the soundtrack, titled "Same."[8](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/My_Secret_Romance)
## Reception and availability
On IMDb the series holds a 7.1/10 rating from about 5,400 votes, with an unweighted mean of 7.3 among the countries with the most ratings, including the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Turkey, and Brazil.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6300100/ratings/) JustWatch shows a 79 percent score and lists the show as streaming on Rakuten Viki free with ads in the United States, with a TV-14 age rating and episodes of about 52 minutes.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-secret-romance) Netflix also lists the title, categorized as a romantic Korean TV comedy.[7](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81170092)
## The separate drama 애간장
애간장 is a different OCN Monday–Tuesday romance that premiered on January 8, 2018, at 9 p.m. Its story follows a protagonist who has been unable to forget his first love for ten years and gets the chance to return to the past and win her again.[3](https://v.daum.net/v/20180108150659523) The OCN page describes it as a "first-love restoration" romance in which the older Shin-woo ([Lee Jung-shin](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-jung-shin)), finding everything going wrong, struggles to return to 2017, while trying to prevent his mother's sudden death in 2007 alongside his younger self (Seo Ji-hoon).[9](https://ocn.cjenm.com/ko/myfirstlove/) The production company Company AIENT promoted the drama at home and abroad as based on a popular webtoon, noting that its triangle is unusual because the third corner is the protagonist's own past self rather than a rival.[10](https://kr.aving.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=1413804) A sports-daily column published when it premiered asked whether OCN's romance experiment would win over audiences.[11](https://isplus.com/article/view/isp201801080082)
## References
1. [My Secret Romance, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/My_Secret_Romance)
2. [My Secret Romance – watch online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-secret-romance)
3. [나와 10년 전 나, 연적이 되다..OCN '애간장', Daum news](https://v.daum.net/v/20180108150659523)
4. [My Secret Romance, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/25984/my-secret-romance)
5. [애타는 로맨스, OCN official site](https://ocn.cjenm.com/ko/mysecretromance/)
6. [My Secret Romance (TV Series 2017) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6300100/ratings/)
7. [My Secret Romance, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81170092)
8. [My Secret Romance, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/My_Secret_Romance)
9. [애간장, OCN official site](https://ocn.cjenm.com/ko/myfirstlove/)
10. [컴퍼니에이이엔티, 인기 웹툰 바탕의 로맨스 드라마 '애간장', AVING News](https://kr.aving.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=1413804)
11. [편파레이더 '애간장', OCN의 로맨스가 통할까, 일간스포츠](https://isplus.com/article/view/isp201801080082)
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