I Believed in Men

I Believed in Men (Korean: 남자를 믿었네; RR: Namjareul Mideotnye) is a South Korean television drama series that aired on MBC from February 28 to June 3, 2011. The series was broadcast in the Monday to Friday 20:15 time slot, spanning 69 episodes.

The narrative centers on a woman working as a manager at a food company who experiences a sudden and unexplained breakup with her boyfriend. The series follows her subsequent personal and professional challenges, fitting the conventions of a classic South Korean family drama.

Promotional image for I Believed in Men — Promotional poster for the series.

Production

The series was directed by Lee Eun-kyu and Choi Eun-kyeong, with the screenplay written by Joo Chan-ok. It succeeded the drama Stormy Lovers in its time slot and was followed by Indomitable Daughters-in-Law on June 6, 2011.

Cast

The ensemble cast includes several prominent actors in the South Korean television industry:

Park Sang-min as Kim Nam-ki
Woo Hee-jin as Kim Hwa-kyung
Shim Hyung-tak as Lee Sun-woo
Wang Bit-na as Oh Kyung-joo
Kim Dong-wook as Moon Hyun-soo

Additional cast members include Lee Da-in, Hong Soo-a, Oh Seung-myung, Oh Mi-yeon, No Joon-hyuk, Kim Hae-in, Park Joo-ah, Ko Joo-yeon, Kim Cheong, Han Jung-heon, Sun Woo Jae-duk, Jung Hye-sun, Kim Jae-man, Kim Joo-young, Kim Se-min, Choi Su-rin, Choi Young-jae, Ahn Joon-woo, and Seo Joo-ae.