Touch Your Heart

Touch Your Heart^[4][5] (Korean: 진심이 닿다) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook. It is based on the web novel of the same name, which was first published in 2016 on KakaoPage. It aired on tvN from February 6 to March 28, 2019.^[6][7][8][9]

Touch Your Heart
Promotional poster
Hangul	진심이 닿다
Literal meaning	Reach of Sincerity
Revised Romanization	Jinsim-i Data
Genre	Romantic comedy^[1]
Based on	Reach of Sincerity by Jäger^[2]
Developed by	Studio Dragon (planning)^[3]
Written by	Lee Myung-suk Choi Bo-rim
Directed by	Park Joon-hwa
Starring	Yoo In-na Lee Dong-wook
Theme music composer	Seo Sung-won Lee Jong-soo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Jang Jung-do Lee Jun-ho Han Suk-won
Producer	Jung Da-hyung
Editor	Oh Dong-hee
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Mega Monster^[3] Zium Content^[a]^[3]
Release
Original network	tvN
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	February 6 (2019-02-06) – March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)

Synopsis

Top actress Oh Jin-shim (Yoo In-na), who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years until she has a chance to earn a major role in an upcoming drama. However, in order to clear her name and secure success, she must first take a job working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the events following form the crux of the story.^[10]

Cast

Main

• Yoo In-na as Oh Jin-shim / Oh Yoon-seo (stage name), a top star who loses her fame after getting embroiled in a drug scandal with a third-generation chaebol. In order to make a comeback by starring in a famous writer's project, she gets field experience in law by posing as Jung-rok's secretary.^[11]
• Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.^[12]
• Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.^[13]
• Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in school, but he broke her heart.^[14]

Supporting

Always Law Firm

• Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.^[15]
• Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk, a divorce lawyer.^[13]
• Park Kyung-hye as Dan Moon-hee, a straightforward and honest civil defense attorney.^[14]
• Park Ji-hwan as Lee Doo-seob, a paralegal and former detective.
• Jang So-yeon as Yang Eun-ji, a legal secretary with ten years of experience.^[14]
• Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young, an assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.^[14]
• Lee Jong-hwa as Lee Jong-hwa, an intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.
• Lee Kyu-sung as Kim Pil-gi, an intern lawyer who is a fan of Jin-shim.

People around Jin-shim

• Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Joon-suk, the CEO of Yeon Entertainment, Jin-shim's agency, who discovered and made her an actress.^[13]
• Oh Eui-shik as Kong Hyuk-joon, Jin-shim's manager of ten years. He is very loyal and considers Jim-shim as his younger sister.^[16]
• Jay Kim as Lee Kang-joon, a chaebol heir and Jin-shim's stalker.

Seoul District Prosecutor Office

• Kim Chae-eun [ko] as Lee Joo-young, Se-won's junior.^[17]
• Lee Hyun-kyun [ko] as Prosecutor Im, Yeo-reum's senior who often puts her down.
• Kim Koo-taek [ko] as a prosecutor and Yeo-reum's boss
• Kim Hee-chang [ko] as a chief prosecutor
• Na Chul [ko] as Kim Hyung-shik from Se-won's team
• Park Yun [ko] as Yoo Hyun-ji from Se-won's team
• Jin So-yeon as Yeo-reum's legal secretary
• Min Jung-seob [ko] as Yeo-reum's investigator

Others

• Kim Soo-jin as Lee Se-jin, the writer of the drama that Jin-shim wants to star in.
• Kim Dae-gon as Park Soo-myung
• Son Se-bin as Kim Min-ji, Jin-shim's rival.
• Yoo Eun-mi as Seo Jin-hee, Eun-ji's daughter.
• Song Duk-ho as Deok-ho
• Baek Eun-hye as Insurance agent
• Yoo Yeon as Im Yoon-hee

Special appearances

• Park Seul-gi [ko] as a host (Ep. 1)
• Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)^[18]
• Hong Seo-joon [ko] as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 1)
• Lee Yoon-sang as a judge (Ep. 1, 5-6)
• Kim Ki-moo [ko] as an angry driver (Ep. 2)
• Kim Kyung-ryong [ko] as Jung-rok's client (Ep. 2)
• Park Yong [ko] as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 2)
• Kim Kwan-soo [ko] as a Subway part-timer (Ep. 2, 8, 10)
• Jo Soo-min as Kim Yoon-ha, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 3)
• Hwang Chan-sung as a delivery man (Ep. 3 & 5)^[18]
• Hwang Seung-eon as an actress (Ep. 4)
• Kim Wook [ko] as an actor (Ep. 4)
• Lee Yoo-mi as Seung-hee, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 4)
• Seol Chang-hee [ko] as Seung-hee's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 4)
• Hwang Bo-ra as Hwang Yeon-du, Jin-shim's senior and rival (Ep. 7)
• Jeon Shin-hwan [ko] as a café owner (Ep. 8)
• Park Ji-il as Kwon Jae-bok, Jung-rok's father (Ep. 10)
• Song Kang as a deliveryman (Ep. 13)
• Seo Kwang-jae [ko] as a judge (Ep. 13)
• Moon Ji-hoo as himself portraying the male lead Jeong-do in Lee Se-jin's new drama (Ep. 15)
• Seo Ji-seung [ko] as Jung-rok's blind date (Ep. 16)

Production

• Lead stars Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook previously worked together in 2016 series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.^[7]
• The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.^[19]
• The first script reading of the cast was held on November 27, 2018 at Studio Dragon's head office in Sangam-dong, Seoul; and filming started in the same month.^[20][21]
• Actor Shin Dong-wook was originally cast for the role of Kim Se-won, but later stepped down from the series amidst controversies surrounding fraud claims and a subsequent lawsuit.^[22] He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.^[23]

Original soundtrack

Touch Your Heart OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Jellyfish^[24] Kakao M

Part 1

Released on February 7, 2019 (2019-02-07)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Make It Count"	ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc	ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc	Chen (EXO)	3:27
2.	"Make It Count" (Inst.)		ZigZag Note, Kang Myung-shin, moonc		3:27
Total length:					6:54

Part 2

Released on February 14, 2019 (2019-02-14)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Oh? Truly!" (Oh? 진심!)	J Rabbit	Jung Da-woon	J Rabbit	2:42
2.	"Oh? Truly!" (Inst.)		Jung Da-woon		2:42
Total length:					5:24

Part 3

Released on February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"What If Love"	Baek Chan	Baek Chan DJ Kayvon	Wendy (Red Velvet)	3:41
2.	"What If Love" (Inst.)		Baek Chan DJ Kayvon		3:41
Total length:					7:22

Part 4

Released on February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Be Your Star" (마음을 담아)	Lee Jong-soo Na Byung-soo	Lee Jong-soo Na Byung-soo	Seoryoung, Lena (GWSN)	4:01
2.	"Be Your Star" (Inst.)		Lee Jong-soo Na Byung-soo		4:01
Total length:					8:02

Part 5

Released on March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Good Night"	Jae Wonpil	Jae Wonpil MAJORCODE Moon Ssng-sun	Jeong Se-woon	4:00
2.	"Good Night" (Inst.)		Jae Wonpil MAJORCODE Moon Ssng-sun		4:00
Total length:					8:00

Part 6

Released on March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"At The End Of Your Left Hand" (왼손끝에)	Lee Jong-soo Na Byung-soo	Lee Jong-soo Na Byung-soo	Park Bo-ram	4:08
2.	"At The End Of Your Left Hand" (Inst.)		Lee Jong-soo Na Byung-soo		4:08
Total length:					8:16

Part 7

Released on March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Photographs"	Jayins	Jayins	1415	3:40
2.	"Photographs" (Inst.)		Jayins		3:40
Total length:					7:20

Part 8

Released on March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Falling Down"	Hana (Gugudan)	Ng Kai Ming	Hana (Gugudan)	3:33
2.	"Falling Down" (Inst.)		Ng Kai Ming		3:33
Total length:					7:06

Background tracks

Disc 2:

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Excellent"	Lee Song Su	2:38
2.	"Curious Magic"	Lee Song Su	2:42
3.	"Wait"	Lee Song Su	1:57
4.	"Life Work"	Lee Song Su	2:26
5.	"Moonlight"	Lee Song Su	4:01
6.	"Afternoon"	Hyun Joong Yoon	2:03
7.	"Starlight"	Hyun Joong Yoon	2:55
8.	"Guy"	Hyun Joong Yoon	2:07
9.	"Joyful"	Hyun Joong Yoon	1:45
10.	"High Heel"	Hyun Joong Yoon	2:12
11.	"Cute Curiosity"	Yang Sung woo	2:14
12.	"Littile Maiden"	Yang Sung woo	2:05
13.	"A life of Beauty"	Yang Sung woo	3:27
14.	"Romantic Feeling"	Yang Sung woo	2:29
15.	"Duck"	Jung Won	1:36
16.	"Amusement Park"	Kyu Chong Won	2:01
17.	"All Crazy"	Kyu Chong Won	2:09
18.	"We are screwed"	Kyu Chong Won	1:56
19.	"New Day"	Kyu Chong Won	3:04
20.	"Caramel Macchiato"	Kim Samuel	2:09
21.	"My Heart goes"	Kim Samuel	1:57
22.	"Elegance Cooking"	Kim Samuel	2:05
23.	"Dancing Shoes"	Kim Samuel	1:58
24.	"Puzzle"	Kim Samuel	2:29
25.	"Do ASAP"	Lee Soo Jin	1:45
26.	"Arabian Night"	Cho Hun Kyung	1:57
27.	"I Like You"	Kim Ho Jang	2:13
28.	"What are you doing?"	Kim Ho Jang	1:57
29.	"Funky Man"	Seo Seong Won	1:34

Viewership

Touch Your Heart : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	1249	1119	1027	956	985	965	1163	1083	841	845	888	925	873	771	836	895	964

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[25]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)^[26]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	February 6, 2019	4.736%	5.154%
2	February 7, 2019	4.583%	5.629%
3	February 13, 2019	4.153%	4.688%
4	February 14, 2019	3.670%	4.236%
5	February 20, 2019	4.052%	4.909%
6	February 21, 2019	3.949%	4.678%
7	February 27, 2019	4.386%	4.802%
8	February 28, 2019	4.234%	4.477%
9	March 6, 2019	3.731%	4.154%
10	March 7, 2019	3.904%	4.256%
11	March 13, 2019	3.833%	4.050%
12	March 14, 2019	3.669%	4.282%
13	March 20, 2019	3.745%	4.055%
14	March 21, 2019	3.727%	4.227%
15	March 27, 2019	3.335%	3.558%
16	March 28, 2019	3.803%	4.576%
Average		3.969%	4.483%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2019	12th Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	Yoo In-na	Nominated	^[27]
	27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama	Shim Hyung-tak	Won	^[28]

Notes

1. now HighZium Studio

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Touch Your Heart at Studio Dragon (in Korean)
• Touch Your Heart at Mega Monster (in Korean)
• Touch Your Heart at HighZium Studio (in Korean)
• Touch Your Heart (original novel) at KakaoPage (in Korean)
• Touch Your Heart at IMDb
• Touch Your Heart at HanCinema