When Life Gives You Tangerines

When Life Gives You Tangerines

Details

• Title: 폭싹 속았수다 / Pokssak Sogatsuda
• Genre: Drama, period, romance
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: Netflix
• Broadcast period: 2025-Mar-07 to 2025-Mar-28
• Air time: Friday
• Original soundtrack: When Life Gives You Tangerines OST

Synopsis

When Life Gives You Tangerines chronicles the adventures of Ae-sun, “the remarkable rebel,” and Gwan-sik, whose nickname means “unyielding iron,” in Jeju Island, including Gwan-sik’s long-standing crush on Ae-sun since they were young. -- Source: Netflix

User/Viewer Ratings

4.69

(13 votes)

Cast

Main Cast

• IU as Oh Ae Soon
  • Choi Yeo Won (최여원) as child Ae Soon
  • Kim Tae Yun as child Ae Soon
  • Yoon Seo Yun as teen Ae Soon
  • Moon So Ri as middle-aged Ae Soon
• Park Bo Gum as Yang Kwan Shik
  • Lee Chun Moo as child Kwan Shik
  • Moon Woo Jin as teen Kwan Shik
  • Park Hae Joon as middle-aged Kwan Shik

Yang Kwan Shik's family

• Kim Yong Rim as Park Mak Chun (Kwan Shik's grandmother)
• Oh Min Ae as Kwon Kye Ok (Kwan Shik's mother)
• Yoo Byung Hoon (유병훈) as Yang Sam Bo (Kwan Shik's father)
• Kim Se Ah (김세아) as Yang Kyung Ok (Kwan Shik's sister)
  • Seo Hye Won as adult Kyung Ok

Oh Ae Soon's family

• Yum Hye Ran as Jun Kwang Rye (Ae Soon's mother)
• Na Moon Hee as Kim Choon Ok (Ae Soon's grandmother)
• Jung Hae Kyun as Oh Han Moo (Ae Soon's uncle)
• Oh Yun Jae (오연재) as Yi Sook (Han Moo's wife)
• Kim Shi Ha (김시하) as Oh Jong Mi (Ae Soon's cousin)
  • Hyun Seung Jin (현승진) as middle-aged Jong Mi
• Kang Yoo Rim (강규림) as Oh Jong Goo
  • Jo Myung Yun (조명연) as middle-aged Jong Goo
• Choi Hye Seo (최혜서) as Yum Soon Nam (Ae Sun's half sister)
• Choi Ji Hyuk (최지혁) as Yum Soon Bong (Ae Sun's half brother)

Ae Soon & Kwan Shik's family

• IU as Yang Geum Myung
  • Shin Chae Rin (신채린) as child Geum Myung
  • Ahn Tae Rin as child Geum Myung
  • Lee Ah Ra (이아라) as teen Geum Myung
• Kang Yoo Suk as Yang Eun Myung
  • Lee Chae Hyun (이채현) as child Eun Myung
• Shin Sae Byuk (신새벽) as Yang Dong Myung

Haenyeo

• Cha Mi Kyung as Chung Soo
• Lee Soo Mi as Yang Im
• Baek Ji Won as Kyung Ja

People around Sang Gil

• Choi Dae Hoon as Boo Sang Gil
• Byun Seo Yoon as Park Young Ran
  • Jang Hye Jin as middle-aged Young Ran
• Choi Ha Yoon as Boo Hyun Sook
  • Lee Soo Kyung as adult Hyun Sook
• Moon Yoo Kang as Boo Oh Sung

Extended cast

• Hwang Jae Yul as homeroom teacher (ep 1)
• Jung Sun Chul as Mr. Park
• Park Byung Ho as Dodong-ri store owner/landlord
• Song Kwang Ja (송광자) as store owner's wife
• Lee Joon Young as Park Young Bum
• Lee Kyu Hoe as Park Geum Myung (Young Bum's father)
• Kang Myung Joo (강명주) as Boo Young (Young Bum's mother)
• Lee Ji Hyun as Boon Hee (Choong Sup's mother)
• Jun Bae Soo as Song Young Sam
• Jung Yi Seo as Song Boo Sun
• Jun Jin Oh as Captain (ep 2-3)
• Kim Ka Hee as motel customer (ep 2, 8)
  • Nam Mi Jung as middle-aged motel customer / Oh Jenny's housekeeper (ep 7-8)
• Kim Keum Soon as Mi Hyang (ep 7-8, Jenny's mother)
• Kim Kye Rim as Joo Kyung
• Lee Ji Hyun (이지현) as Hyun Ja (ep 10)
• Han Bo Ra (한보라) as Hye Ran's mother
• Kang Jung Woo (강정우) as Hye Ran's father
• Baek Sun Yoo (백선유) as child Hye Ran
  • Han Seo Hee (한서희) as teen Hye Ran
  • Yum Hye Ran as Chloe Lee (ep 16)

Special guest appearances

• Oh Jung Se as Yum Byung Chul (ep 1, 2, 6, Ae Soon's stepfather)
• Uhm Ji Won as Na Min Ok (ep 2, 4, 6, Byung Chul's 2nd wife)
• Kang Mal Keum as motel owner (ep 2-3)
• Kim Young Woong as motel owner (ep 2-3)
• Lee Mi Do as Mi Sook (ep 5, 7, 14, 16)
• Kim Jae Young as Oh Jenny's driver (ep 7-8)
• Kim Soo Ahn as Oh Jenny (ep 7-8)
• Kim Kook Hee as Professor (ep 8)
• Kim Sun Ho as Park Choong Sup (ep 9-16)
• Kim Hae Gon (김해곤) as owner of theater Cannes (ep 9-11, 13)
• Kim Sung Ryung as Jung Mi In (ep 11, 13, 15)
• Heo Jin as Boo Sung Gil's mother (ep 14)
• Hyun Bong Shik as Jung Mi In's manager (ep 15)
• Kim Kang Hoon as Yang Je Il (ep 16)

Production Credits

• Director: Kim Won Suk
• Screenwriter: Im Sang Choon

Recognitions

• 2025 11th APAN Star Awards:
  • Grand Prize (IU)
  • Drama of the Year
  • Best Director (Kim Won Suk)
  • Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries (Lee Joon Young)
  • Best New Actor (Kang Yoo Suk)
  • Best Child Actor (Kim Tae Yun, Lee Chun Moo)

• 2025 FUNdex Awards:
  • Best of OTT Original Drama
  • Best Actor of OTT Original Drama (Park Bo Gum)
  • Best Actress of OTT Original Drama (IU)

• 2025 30th Consumer Day KCA Culture & Entertainment Awards:
  • Viewer’s Choice Drama of the Year
  • Viewer’s Choice Actor of the Year (Drama) (Moon So Ri)

• 2025 10th Asia Artist Awards:
  • Best Couple (IU & Park Bo Gum)

• 2025 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards:
  • Grand Prize
  • Best Actress (IU)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Yum Hye Ran)

• 2025 61st Baeksang Arts Awards:
  • Best Drama
  • Best Supporting Actor - Drama (Choi Dae Hoon)
  • Best Supporting Actress - Drama (Yum Hye Ran)
  • Best Screenplay - Drama (Im Sang Choon)

External Links

• Official Press Release
• HanCinema
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia