Secret Love Affair
2014
📺 1 Season
🎬 16 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 KO
⏱️ 65 min/episode
Drama
Despite being married and having a fulfilling career as a sophisticated arts foundation director, something is missing in Oh Hye Won's life. When she meets twenty-something Lee Seon Jae, Hye Won's appetite for passion is awakened, and she soon falls for the impoverished piano prodigy. Though they risk everything, Hye Won and Seon Jae can't help but embark on an affair that threatens to destroy both their lives. Based on the 2005 Japanese film Tokyo Tower, this romance aches with the desperate struggle between love and reality.
Seasons
Season 1
Looking for a new apprentice, music professor Kang Joon Hyung discovers Lee Sun Jae who has raw talent and ability. Sending Sun Jae to his wife, Oh Hye Won, for an evaulation, a volatile relationship is about to begin between them.
Cast
User Reviews
I'm kinda disappointed, maybe I expected too much judging by who's behind it. It started off heading in one direction then ended up in a different direction. They took away the focus from the relationship/affair and brought the company issues in its place. The relationship already lacked depth and development but neglecting it in the later episodes harmed the drama even more. Speaking of which, I didn't like how they laid out the story with the any of the characters outside the 2 main ones. There was also no real tension or consequences to the affair. The husband failed to play any meaningful role in the story. The main leads brought a good performance but the same can't be said about the rest. Although, whenever there was a moment that required the leads to act "feeling guilty" it came across as artificial, they could have done better with these scenes. Which brings me to my last point that is the production, it was kinda a hit or miss, sometimes it was wonderful while other times was totally distasteful and experimental. Some transitions were off, as if some scenes were cut short and abruptly. At least the music bits were good. It's still a decent drama but not a one that I would recommend from this genre.
June 25, 2023
Crew
Director
Ahn Pan-seok
Writer
Jung Sung-joo
Producer
Kim Eui-seok, Cho Jun-hyeong
Network
JTBC
Production
DramaHouse, JTBC Studios
Keywords
infidelityloveteacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshiprich man poor womansocietal ignorance