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Latest Episode

Episode 16

59 min

Season 1 • Episode 16

Latest

Episode 16

Jul 28, 2015

Overview

Jang Yoon-Ha is the youngest daughter of a chaebol. Even though her family is extremely wealthy, she holds a part-time job at a food market. She hides her background as an heiress and attempts to find a man that loves her for herself.

Content warning

heir heiress seaside chaebol secondary couple rich woman poor man pretending to be poor

class performanceauthenticity vs. transactionfamilial debt and dutyperformance of poverty

Standout Aspects

Acting

Park Hyung-sik's entitled-to-vulnerable arc—devastating.

Writing

Secondary couple outshines mains, fight me.

Costume

Yoon-ha's 'poor' wardrobe costs more than your rent.

Best for:Solo·Binge·Friends

Heads up:Emotional

First AiredJun 8, 2015

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes16

Top Cast

Uee

Jang Yoon-ha

Sung Joon

Choi Joon-ki

Lim Ji-yeon

Lee Ji-yi

Park Hyung-sik

Yoo Chang-soo

Yoon Ji-hye

Jang Ye-won

Goh Doo-shim

Min Hye-soo

Yun Ju-sang

Jang Won-sik

Yang Hee-kyung

Lee Min-sook

Yoo So-young

Jang So-hyun

Lee Sang-woo

Jang Kyung-joon

Han Sa-myeong

Reporter Yoon

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

The 'rich woman poor man' trope inverts typical K-drama power dynamics, reflecting 2010s anxiety about Korea's rigid class mobility. The food market setting specifically nods to collapsing small business dreams under chaebol dominance.

Trivia

Uee and Sung Joon reportedly fought constantly on set; their tense chemistry reads as either terrible acting or accidentally perfect friction. You decide which.

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