Valid Love

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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 일리있는 사랑 / Ilriittneun Sarang
*'''Also known as::''' Righteous Love
*'''Genre:''' Romance, drama, family
*'''Episodes:''' 20
*'''Broadcast network:''' tvN
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2014-Dec-01 to 2015-Feb-03
*'''Air time:''' [[List of Dramas aired in Korea by tvN#MonTue2300|Monday & Tuesday 23:00]]
*'''Original Soundtrack:''' [[Valid Love OST]]

==Synopsis==
Jang Hee-tae (Uhm Tae-woong) and Kim Il-ri (Lee Si-young) first met when she was 18, fourteen years prior to the events in the series, when he went to the hospital for a circumcision operation, and he mistakenly ended up in urology while looking for the orthopedics department, then crashes into him while they both leave the facility. He then ended up being her substitute teacher for a few months while waiting to go study in the US, because the official teacher was on leave. While she was a student Il-ri develops a crush on him, and is left seriously injured when a car speeds towards them and crashes into her, while she manages to push him out of the way. After that, he is persuaded to leave to the US, and she starts working as a house painter after one year of recovery at the hospital. Seven years later, they meet again by chance, fall in love, then get married and have a typical, happy marriage. In the present day he works as a marine researcher on fishery boat, while Il-ri gets attracted to a carpenter she works with.

==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
;Main Cast
*[[Uhm Tae Woong]] as Jang Hee Tae
*[[Lee Si Young]] as Kim Il Ri
*[[Lee Soo Hyuk]] as Kim Joon
**[[Lee Hyun Bin]] as younger Kim Joon

;Jang Hee Tae's family
*[[Lee Young Ran]] as Mrs. Go
*[[Im Ha Ryong]] as Jang Min Ho
*[[Choi Yeo Jin]] as Jang Hee Soo
*[[Park Jung Min]] as Jang Ki Tae

;People around Il Ri
*[[Seo Jung Yeon]] as Kim Boon Ja
*[[Han Eu Ddeum]] as Kim Yi Ri
*[[Ryu Hye Rin]] as Jung Soo Young
*[[Han Do Woo]] as Choi Duk Bae

;People around Hee Tae
*[[Han Soo Yun]] as Yoo Sun Joo
*[[Kim Ki Moo]] as Hwang Jung Goo
*[[Han Seung Yoon]] as Lee Suk
*[[Kim Sung Ki]] (김성기) as mart granpa
*[[Seo Tae Hwa]] as Prof. Park
*[[Hong Tae Ui]] as Park Min Ki

;Others
*[[Jin Hee Kyung]] as Kim Joon's mother
*[[Park Jin Seo]]
*[[Hwang Gun]]
*[[Huh Jung Bum]] as Min Ki's friend

;Cameos
*[[Gong Hyung Jin]]
*[[Lee Shi Un]]
*[[Sung Ji Roo]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Director:''' [[Han Ji Seung]]
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Kim Do Woo]]

==Episode Ratings==
''Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and OBS).''

{|class="ratingtable collapsible collapsed"
! Date !! Episode !! Nationwide (%)
|-
| 2014-12-01 || 01 || 0.773
|-
| 2014-12-02 || 02 || 0.785
|-
| 2014-12-08 || 03 || 0.948
|-
| 2014-12-09 || 04 || 1.293
|-
| 2014-12-15 || 05 || 0.857
|-
| 2014-12-16 || 06 || 1.081
|-
| 2014-12-22 || 07 || 1.032
|-
| 2014-12-23 || 08 || 1.110
|-
| 2014-12-29 || 09 || 0.624
|-
| 2014-12-30 || 10 || 1.003
|-
| 2015-01-05 || 11 || 0.937
|-
| 2015-01-06 || 12 || 1.100
|-
| 2015-01-12 || 13 || 0.686
|-
| 2015-01-13 || 14 || 1.023
|-
| 2015-01-19 || 15 || 0.874
|-
| 2015-01-20 || 16 || 0.914
|-
| 2015-01-26 || 17 || 0.584
|-
| 2015-01-27 || 18 || 0.927
|-
| 2015-02-02 || 19 || 0.745
|-
| 2015-02-03 || 20 || 1.202
|-
! colspan=2 | Average || 0.925%
|}
Source: [http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr AGB Nielsen Korea] (cable standard rating)

==External Links==
*[http://program.interest.me/tvn/illy Official site]
*[https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Valid_Love.php HanCinema]
*[[wikipedia:Righteous Love (TV series)|English Wikipedia]]
*[[wikipedia:ko:일리있는 사랑|Korean Wikipedia]]

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