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When Life Gives You Tangerines TV Series Details
| Original title | 폭싹 속았수다 |
| Also known as | You Were Fooled , Life, Thank You For Your Hard Work, You Have Done Well, Pogssag Sogassuda, Pokssak Sogasssuda, Insaeng, Sugo Manheusyeossseubnida, 인생, 수고 많으셨습니다 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Genres | History, Romance, Slice-of-life Drama |
| Season | 1 |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release date | March 7, 2025 |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Age rating | TV-14 |
| Starring | IU, Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri, Park Hae-joon |
| Created by | Kim Won-seok |
| Directed by | Kim Won-seok |
| Written by | Lim Sang-choon, Im Sang-choon |
| Produced by | Kim Won-suk |
| Music by | Studio Curiosity |
| Art Direction by | Ryu Seong-hie |
| Production Company | Pan Entertainment, Baram Pictures |
| Original Network | Netflix |
| Budget | ₩60 billion |
Cast & Characters
Main
- IU as Oh Ae-sun/ Yang Geum-myeong
- Kim Tae-yeon as child Oh Ae-sun
- Moon So-ri as middle age Oh Ae-sun
- Park Bo-gum as Yang Gwan-sik
- Lee Cheon-mu as child Yang Gwan-sik
- Moon Woo-jin as teen Yang Gwan-sik
- Park Hae-joon as middle age Yang Gwan-sik
Supporting
- Kim Yong-rim as Park Mak-cheon
- Oh Min-ae as Kwon Gye-ok
- Na Moon-hee as Kim Chun-ok
- Yeom Hye-ran as Jeon Gwang-rye
- Jung Hae-kyun as Oh Han-moo
- Choi Dae-hoon as Bu Sang-gil
- Kang You-seok as Yang Eun-myeong
- Jang Hye-jin as Yeong-ran
- Baek Ji-won as Hong Kyung-ja
- Cha Mi-kyung as Park Chung-su
- Lee Soo-mi as Choi Yang-im
- Oh Jung-se as Yeom Byeong-cheol
- Uhm Ji-won as Na Min-ok
- Lee Jun-young as Park Yeong-bum
- Lee Soo-kyung
Special appearances
- Kim Seon-ho as Park Chung-seob
- Lee Soo-mi as Choi Yang-im
Storyline
It is a story that resembles a tribute to our parents’ tender and still youthful seasons when they were so young, including the story of mother’s first love, father’s heroic tales, grandma’s rebellious youth, and grandpa’s romantic era.
Ae Sun is rebellious but gets nervous every time she rebels. She is not well off but is always shining and full of positivity. She dreams of becoming a poet, although she cannot attend school, and she is a bold character who doesn’t hide any emotions.
Gwan Sik is an extremely diligent and quiet character. Romance is not a strength for him, and he doesn’t know how to act if Ae Sun cries or laughs, but he is a silent warrior who only loves Ae Sun from the very beginning and pours his all into loving her.
About When Life Gives You Tangerines TV Series
When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean: 폭싹 속았수다) is an ongoing South Korean romance slice-of-life TV drama created by Lim Sang-choon, directed by Kim Won-seok, and starring IU, Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri, and Park Hae-joon.
The series was developed under the working title Life (Korean: 인생; RR: Insaeng) by Kim Won-seok and written by Lim Sang-choon, who came back after writing the 2019 KBS drama When the Camellia Blooms. Production designer Ryu Seong-hie told in December 2022 that the series was one of her new projects. It would be her third drama after Little Women and Mask Girl.
On 27 January 2023, it was announced that the official Korean title of the series was “폭싹 속았수다”: the title, which is in Jeju dialect, means “Thank you for your hard work”. Three days later, the English title of the series was announced by Netflix to be When Life Gives You Tangerines. The production cost is said to be approximately ₩60 billion.
IU and Park Bo-gum were cast in the main roles of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik respectively, confirmed on January 27, 2023. It is Kim Won-seok and IU’s second collaboration after the 2018 tvN drama series My Mister.
Moon So-ri and Park Hae-joon were cast on January 30, 2023, to play the grown-up Ae-sun and Gwan-sik, respectively. This is the fourth collaboration between Park Hae-joon and director Kim Won-seok following the casting for tvN dramas Misaeng: Incomplete Life, My Mister, and Arthdal Chronicles.
Following casting reports, Choi Dae-hoon was announced as part of the cast on February 28, 2023. Furthermore, it was revealed that the production of the series would commence in March. The casting of Na Moon-hee and Kim Yong-rim was confirmed on March 10, 2023.
This is a reunion of Kim Yong-rim and IU since it has been nine years since their previous collaboration in the KBS2 weekend drama series You Are the Best! released in 2013. Finally, the casting of Lee Jun-young was confirmed on March 15, 2023.
On March 7, 2023, the cast read the script for the first time. Actors who read the script include IU, Park Bo-gum, Lee Jun-young, Choi Dae-hoon, Na Moon-hee, and Kim Yong-rim.
Lee Soo-kyung joined on May 12, 2023. There were reports that the script reading would occur after a meeting with director Kim Won-seok. Baek Ji-won’s casting was confirmed on June 23, 2023, followed by Oh Jeong-se on July 25, 2023.
Jeong Yi-seo’s casting had been confirmed on August 24, 2023. Lee Soo-mi’s casting had been confirmed on September 5, 2023. In an interview with Yeom Hye-ran on September 16, 2023, it was announced that her next project would be When Life Gives You Tangerines.
On 27 July 2023, an article came out stating that Kim Seon-ho would make a special appearance. In December of the same year, at the 8th Asia Artist Awards in Bulacan, Philippines, Kim Seon-ho revealed that the drama was going to be his project for 2024. In January 2024, a news article quoted his appearance in the drama.
The drama was also filmed in Andong more than 30 times in 2023.
When Life Gives You Tangerines Release Date
In April 2023, it was announced that PAN Entertainment signed a production contract with Netflix. It was scheduled for distribution in 190 countries in 2024. On January 30, 2024, media outlets published the script reading photos of the drama and announced its exclusive release on Netflix worldwide.
In January 2025, Netflix revealed the series’ release date as March 7.
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