Through the Waves

Through the Waves (Korean: 파도야 파도야; Hanja: 波濤야 波濤야; RR: Padoya Padoya) is a 2018 South Korea morning soap opera starring Ah Young, Park Jung-wook, Jay Kim, Jang Jae-ho, Seo Ha, Noh Haeng-ha, Kim Jung-heon, and Jung Yoon-hye. It aired on KBS2 from February 12, 2018 to August 31, 2018.

Through the Waves
Promotional poster
Hangul	TV소설 파도야 파도야
Genre	Period drama Romance Family
Written by	Lee Hyun-jae Lee Hwang-won
Directed by	Lee Duk-gun
Creative director	Lee Dae-kyung
Starring	Ah Young Park Jung-wook Jay Kim Jang Jae-ho Seo Ha Noh Haeng-ha Kim Jung-heon Jung Yoon-hye
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	143
Production
Executive producer	Lee Gun-joon
Producer	Park Man-young
Running time	40 min
Production company	KBS Drama Production
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	February 12 (2018-02-12) – August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)

It is the 44th and the final TV Novel series (13th in 2010s) of KBS. It is also the lowest-rated TV Novel series, averaging only 7.4% and hitting a peak of 10.4%, according to AGB Nielsen's nationwide ratings.

Plot

This is a family drama which tells the story of a family of five women who lost their property and became separated after the war.

Cast

Main

• Ah Young as Oh Bok-shil/Oh Se-ra,^[1] the only daughter in the Oh household who becomes a singer named Oh Se-ra in order to look for her missing father.
  • Jo Ye-rin as young Oh Bok-shil
• Park Jung-wook as Han Kyung-ho,^[2] Bok-shil's childhood friend and Daeguk Construction employee who realizes his feelings for her.
  • Park Ha-joon as young Han Kyung-ho
• Jay Kim as Cha Sang-pil,^[3] the chief executive officer of Lucky Entertainment and an orphan who becomes insecure of his position in the Hwang household that adopted him.
• Jang Jae-ho as Oh Jung-hoon,^[4] the eldest of the Oh brood who shoulders the burden of being the man of the household and fails in his dreams of becoming a lawyer.
  • Kwon Mi-reu as young Oh Jung-hoon
• Seo Ha as Uhm Soon-young,^[5] Jung-hoon's girlfriend of four years whom he had to abandon to marry a rich woman.
• Noh Haeng-ha as Hwang Mi-jin,^[6] the daughter of construction magnate Hwang Chang-shik whom Jung-hoon marries to get a better chance in life.
  • Lee Yoo-joo as young Hwang Mi-jin
• Kim Jung-heon as Oh Jung-tae,^[7] the second son of the Oh family who could not go to school and could only live a poor and violent life.
  • Lee Hyun-bin as young Oh Jung-tae
• Jung Yoon-hye as Kim Choon-ja,^[8] the Oh siblings' childhood friend and neighbor who insistently clings onto her longtime crush, Jung-tae.

Supporting

Oh Family

• Lee Kyung-jin as Lee Ok-boon, the mother of the Oh siblings who lost her husband during the war and was forced to make difficult decisions to survive.
• Ban Hyo-jung as Hong Ki-jun, the grandmother of the Oh siblings who lives with the guilt of losing her son's riches during the war and plunging their family into poverty.
• Lee Si-hoo as Oh Jung-woo, the youngest of the Oh siblings whose leg becomes lame in a childhood accident.
  • Jung Hyeon-jun as young Oh Jung-woo

Sohyun-dong Neighbors

• Kyun Oh-hyun as Han Cheon-sam, Kyung-ho's father who works as a musician for the Golden Carriage Cabaret.
• Lee Kyung-sil as Yang Mal-soon, Kyung-ho's mother who is a seamstress and holds a tight leash on the household.
• Jung Sung-ho as Kim Sang-man, Choon-ja's father who works for the government and helps the Oh family settle into the poor Seoul neighborhood of Sohyun-dong.

Daeguk Construction

• Sunwoo Jae-duk as Hwang Chang-sik, the Chairman of Daeguk Construction whose wealth was secretly built on the stolen riches of the Oh family.
• Sung Hyun-ah as Cheon Geum-geum, Chang-shik's nosy and haughty wife.

Golden Carriage Cabaret

• Lee Joo-hyun as Cho Dong-chul, chief executive officer of Golden Carriage Cabaret who runs a gang of thugs and does dirty work for Hwang Chang-shik.
• Park Seon-young as Gu Mi-shim, Soon-young's aunt who initially opposes her relationship with Jung-hoon.
• Song Young-jae as Johnny Kim, Han Cheon-sam's musical partner who influences his gambling addiction.
• Nam Tae-woo as Park Yong-chil, Dong-chul's lackey.

Lucky Entertainment

• Kim Min-seon as Oh Hae-rin, the daughter of a rich ally of Hwang Chang-shik and Bok-shil's fellow singer trainee who has a crush on Kyung-ho.
• Seo Jae-won as Heo Jin-gyu, Sang-pil's employee.

Extended

• Kim Kwang-tae as
• Lee Jin-mok
• Jo Hee
• Kang Jae-eun
• Lee Yoon-sang
• Goo Jung-rim
• Lee Ye-rin

Original soundtrack

Through the Waves OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	LOEN Entertainment

Part 1

Released on March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Road To You" (그대에게 가는 길)	Lee Ji-yoon	Blue Ocean	Cha Soo-kyung [ko]	3:04
2.	"The Road To You" (Inst.)		Blue Ocean		3:04
Total length:					6:08

Part 2

Released on April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Fate" (인연)	Hwi Jang-nam, Choi Chul-ho, Miss Kim	Hwi Jang-nim, Miss Kim	Dong Woo	3:10
2.	"Fate" (Inst.)		Hwi Jang-nim, Miss Kim		3:10
Total length:					6:20

Part 3

Released on April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Pinwheel" (바람개비)	Kim Jong-chul	Choi Chul-ho, Kim Jong-chul	Ah Young	2:57
2.	"Pinwheel" (Inst.)		Choi Chul-ho, Kim Jong-chul		2:57
Total length:					5:54

Ratings

• In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen ratings^[9]		TNmS ratings^[10]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area	Nationwide
001	February 12, 2018	7.8% (15th)	6.9% (16th)	10.1% (7th)
002	February 13, 2018	7.5% (14th)	6.6% (14th)	9.4% (9th)
003	February 14, 2018^[a]	7.4% (17th)	7.0% (17th)	7.7% (17th)
004	February 15, 2018^[b]	8.0% (17th)	6.5% (18th)	9.2% (14th)
005	February 16, 2018	7.4% (16th)	6.2% (18th)	10.3% (10th)
006	February 19, 2018	7.5% (12th)	6.7% (12th)	9.0% (11th)
007	February 20, 2018	5.8% (20th)	NR	8.2% (NR)
008	February 21, 2018	6.3% (15th)	5.3% (19th)	8.5% (11th)
009	February 22, 2018	7.7% (18th)	7.2% (17th)	9.2% (14th)
010	February 23, 2018	7.3% (17th)	6.4% (20th)	9.7% (12th)
011	February 26, 2018	6.8% (18th)	NR	9.3% (14th)
012	February 27, 2018	7.8% (15th)	6.8% (18th)	11.5% (9th)
013	February 28, 2018	7.7% (15th)	7.0% (17th)	9.9% (12th)
014	March 1, 2018	8.2%	NR	11.1%
015	March 2, 2018	7.3%	6.1%	9.7%
016	March 5, 2018	6.8%	6.0%	10.3%
017	March 6, 2018	7.3%	6.0%	10.8%
018	March 7, 2018	2.5%	NR	7.7%
019	March 8, 2018	6.7%		10.0%
020	March 9, 2018	6.9%	6.1%	9.6%
021	March 12, 2018	4.7%	NR	6.4%
022	March 13, 2018	6.5%		8.6%
023	March 14, 2018	7.7%	6.6%	10.3%
024	March 15, 2018	7.1%	NR	9.1%
025	March 19, 2018	6.8%		10.2%
026	March 19, 2018	6.3%		10.4%
027	March 20, 2018	7.1%	6.3%	9.6%
028	March 21, 2018	7.0%	NR	10.1%
029	March 22, 2018	6.6%		9.3%
030	March 23, 2018	6.8%		9.7%
031	March 26, 2018	6.5%		8.9%
032	March 27, 2018	7.5%	6.8%	9.9%
033	March 28, 2018	7.0%	6.3%	9.3%
034	March 29, 2018	7.2%	6.3%	8.5%
035	March 30, 2018	6.9%	5.9%	9.0%
036	March 31, 2018	6.6%	6.2%	9.3%
037	April 2, 2018	7.1%	6.3%	10.8%
038	April 3, 2018	6.8%	5.5%	10.6%
039	April 4, 2018	5.8%	NR	8.4%
040	April 5, 2018	6.5%		7.9%
041	April 6, 2018	6.6%	5.8%	8.8%
042	April 9, 2018	7.6%	7.0%	9.0%
043	April 10, 2018	6.7%	6.0%	8.7%
044	April 11, 2018	5.9%	NR	7.8%
045	April 12, 2018	6.6%	5.3%	8.5%
046	April 13, 2018	6.9%	5.5%	8.7%
047	April 16, 2018	7.0%	6.0%	10.0%
048	April 17, 2018	7.5%	6.6%	9.7%
049	April 18, 2018	7.2%	NR	10.7%
050	April 19, 2018	7.5%	5.6%	10.6%
051	April 20, 2018	6.8%	5.7%	8.6%
052	April 23, 2018	6.8%	5.7%	9.0%
053	April 24, 2018	3.6% (19th)	NR	4.7%
054	April 25, 2018	6.8%		9.4%
055	April 26, 2018	7.7%	6.7%	10.5%
056	April 27, 2018	7.7%	7.2%	8.8%
057	April 30, 2018	7.4%	6.3%	9.2%
058	May 1, 2018	7.2%	6.2%	8.7%
059	May 2, 2018	7.0%		8.8%
060	May 3, 2018	6.8%	5.7%	8.2%
061	May 4, 2018	6.7%	5.8%	8.6%
062	May 7, 2018	7.1%	6.0%	8.7%
063	May 8, 2018	7.3%	6.6%	8.4%
064	May 9, 2018	6.3%	NR	8.8%
065	May 10, 2018	6.0%		7.6%
066	May 11, 2018	6.6%	6.1%	8.6%
067	May 14, 2018	7.0%	6.3%	9.2%
068	May 15, 2018	7.5%	6.6%	10.5%
069	May 16, 2018	5.7%	NR	8.0%
070	May 17, 2018	6.4%		6.7%
071	May 18, 2018	6.6%	6.0%	9.3%
072	May 21, 2018	6.9%		8.8%
073	May 22, 2018	6.4%	5.4%	9.6%
074	May 23, 2018	6.6%	NR	8.2%
075	May 24, 2018	6.8%	5.7%	9.4%
076	May 25, 2018	6.5%	5.6%	9.1%
077	May 28, 2018	6.2%	5.9%	9.8%
078	May 29, 2018	6.8%	6.3%	9.2%
079	May 30, 2018	7.0%		8.4%
080	May 31, 2018	6.6%	5.6%	9.0%
081	June 4, 2018	7.5%	7.1%	8.7%
082	June 5, 2018	6.7%	6.1%	8.5%
083	June 6, 2018	7.4%	6.6%	8.8%
084	June 7, 2018	7.3%	6.5%	9.8%
085	June 8, 2018	5.3%	5.0%	7.3%
086	June 11, 2018	7.0%	6.3%	9.0%
087	June 12, 2018	7.2%	6.6%	9.6%
088	June 13, 2018	6.9%	6.0%	10.5%
089	June 14, 2018		6.3%	8.4%
090	June 15, 2018	7.3%		9.2%
091	June 18, 2018	6.9%		8.6%
092	June 19, 2018	7.9%	6.8%	9.8%
093	June 20, 2018	8.3%	7.3%	10.2%
094	June 21, 2018	7.6%	6.3%	9.4%
095	June 22, 2018	8.8%	7.9%	10.5%
096	June 25, 2018	8.9%	7.8%	10.7%
097	June 26, 2018	7.8%	6.6%	10.4%
098	June 27, 2018	8.2%	7.3%	10.7%
099	June 28, 2018	7.7%	NR	11.0%
100	June 29, 2018	7.9%	6.7%	10.7%
101	July 2, 2018	7.2%	6.3%	9.2%
102	July 3, 2018	7.8%	6.2%	10.4%
103	July 4, 2018	7.7%	6.2%	10.1%
104	July 5, 2018	7.8%	NR	8.9%
105	July 6, 2018	7.6%	6.4%	10.0%
106	July 9, 2018	7.8%	7.0%	10.5%
107	July 10, 2018	8.1%	6.8%	10.4%
108	July 11, 2018	8.5%	7.1%	11.0%
109	July 12, 2018	7.4%	NR	9.1%
110	July 13, 2018	7.7%	6.0%	10.1%
111	July 16, 2018	6.5%	5.6%	9.8%
112	July 17, 2018	7.6%	6.7%	10.4%
113	July 18, 2018	7.7%	6.3%	10.5%
114	July 19, 2018	8.4%	7.3%	10.1%
115	July 20, 2018	8.5%	7.6%	NR
116	July 23, 2018	7.5%	6.4%	9.5%
117	July 24, 2018	7.6%		10.3%
118	July 25, 2018	7.8%	6.5%	10.4%
119	July 26, 2018	7.8%	6.8%	9.3%
120	July 27, 2018	8.0%	6.5%	9.0%
121	July 30, 2018	8.4%	7.6%	9.9%
122	July 31, 2018	8.0%	6.8%	8.6%
123	August 2, 2018	9.6%	8.4%	8.7%
124	August 3, 2018	8.4%	7.3%	9.4%
125	August 6, 2018	9.2%	7.9%	10.2%
126	August 7, 2018	8.4%	6.9%	10.1%
127	August 8, 2018	8.8%	7.5%	10.7%
128	August 9, 2018	9.0%	7.4%	11.8%
129	August 10, 2018	8.7%	7.7%	10.7%
130	August 13, 2018	8.6%	7.5%	10.6%
131	August 14, 2018	8.4%	7.3%	9.8%
132	August 15, 2018	9.1%	7.8%	10.7%
133	August 16, 2018	8.8%	7.4%	10.6%
134	August 17, 2018	8.3%	7.1%
135	August 20, 2018	9.1%	8.0%	10.9%
136	August 21, 2018	8.6%	7.7%	9.9%
137	August 22, 2018	10.3% (7th)	8.9% (8th)
138	August 23, 2018	9.7%	8.1%
139	August 24, 2018	9.2%	7.6%
140	August 27, 2018	9.0%	6.9%
141	August 28, 2018	8.8%	7.2%
142	August 29, 2018	9.8%	8.1%
143	August 30, 2018	10.4% (6th)	8.3% (9th)
Average ratings		7.4%	%	%

Notes

1. Episodes 1-3 were aired 10 minutes late at 9:10 a.m. due to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
2. Episodes scheduled to air on February 15 and 16 were pushed back due to the 2018 Winter Olympics.

References

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)