Listen to My Heart () is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Kim Jaewon, Hwang Jung-eum and Namkoong Min. It aired on MBC from April 2 to July 10, 2011, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 30 episodes.
Plot This is the love story of Cha Dong-joo (Kim Jaewon), a man who's been rendered deaf after an accident but pretends he can hear, and Bong Woo-ri (Hwang Jung-eum), a woman who's intelligent but pretends she's dim-witted to protect the dignity of her mentally disabled father. She has been looking for her step-brother, Bong Ma-roo, who ran away from home 16 years ago. What she soon finds out is that Jang Joon-ha (Namkoong Min), Cha Dong-joo's brother, is Bong Ma-roo himself.
Cast Kim Jaewon as Cha Dong-joo Kang Chan-hee as young Dong-joo Hwang Jung-eum as Bong Woo-ri Kim Sae-ron as Young Bong Woo-ri Namkoong Min as Jang Joon-ha Seo Young-joo as young Joon-ha/Bong Ma-roo Go Joon-hee as Kang Min-soo Lee Kyu-han as Lee Seung-chul Jeong Bo-seok as Bong Young-kyu Lee Hye-young as Tae Yeon-sook Song Seung-hwan as Choi Jin-chul Youn Yuh-jung as Hwang Soon-geum Kang Moon-young as Kim Shin-ae Kim Yeo-jin as Na Mi-sook Lee Sung-min as Lee Myung-gyun Hwang Young-hee as Seung-chul's mother Noh Hee-ji as Park Dae-ri Kim Kwang-kyu as Botanical garden director and Young-kyu's boss.
Ratings Broadcast dateEpisode #Average audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoulNationwideSeoul 2011-04-02 01 10.8 (10th) 13.4 (6th) 12.6 (7th) 14.7 (4th) 2011-04-03 02 9.6 (15th) 11.7 (11th) 11.6 (8th) 13.3 (7th) 2011-04-09 03 10.9 (7th) 13.8 (6th) 12.1 (7th) 12.4 (8th) 2011-04-10 04 10.7 (8th) 12.8 (7th) 12.6 (7th) 14.3 (5th) 2011-04-16 05 12.6 (5th) 15.0 (6th) 15.1 (3rd) 15.9 (5th) 2011-04-17 06 11.4 (7th) 14.0 (6th) 15.0 (5th) 16.7 (4th) 2011-04-23 07 11.8 (8th) 15.0 (6th) 15.5 (3rd) 16.7 (3rd) 2011-04-24 08 12.5 (7th) 15.4 (6th) 15.7 (4th) 17.3 (4th) 2011-04-30 09 16.9 (4th) 19.8 (2nd) 21.6 (3rd) 23.3 (2nd) 2011-05-01 10 11.5 (7th) 14.2 (6th) 16.1 (6th) 17.7 (4th) 2011-05-07 11 13.1 (4th) 16.0 (4th) 15.8 (6th) 17.6 (3rd) 2011-05-08 12 13.9 (6th) 16.8 (5th) 16.3 (4th) 18.1 (3rd) 2011-05-14 13 13.5 (5th) 16.1 (5th) 16.6 (5th) 17.3 (5th) 2011-05-15 14 12.2 (7th) 15.4 (6th) 16.3 (5th) 17.7 (3rd) 2011-05-21 15 14.5 (4th) 18.4 (2nd) 18.0 (3rd) 19.3 (3rd) 2011-05-22 16 13.9 (6th) 17.7 (4th) 16.3 (6th) 17.4 (5th) 2011-05-28 17 15.2 (5th) 18.5 (5th) 16.8 (4th) 17.6 (5th) 2011-05-29 18 14.0 (6th) 16.4 (6th) 16.7 (6th) 18.0 (5th) 2011-06-04 19 14.7 (4th) 16.5 (4th) 17.0 (4th) 18.8 (2nd) 2011-06-05 20 13.2 (5th) 15.9 (5th) 15.0 (5th) 16.0 (7th) 2011-06-11 21 12.7 (5th) 15.0 (6th) 15.2 (4th) 16.5 (4th) 2011-06-12 22 13.5 (6th) 16.8 (6th) 15.4 (5th) 17.1 (4th) 2011-06-18 23 13.2 (5th) 17.3 (5th) 15.8 (4th) 17.0 (4th) 2011-06-19 24 13.1 (7th) 15.8 (6th) 15.1 (5th) 16.3 (4th) 2011-06-25 25 12.3 (9th) 14.8 (6th) 15.0 (4th) 16.9 (4th) 2011-06-26 26 9.8 (15th) 12.3 (13th) 14.0 (7th) 16.0 (6th) 2011-07-02 27 12.3 (7th) 14.5 (6th) 14.0 (4th) 15.2 (5th) 2011-07-03 28 10.7 (15th) 13.4 (10th) 13.3 (7th) 15.3 (7th) 2011-07-09 29 12.6 (8th) 14.7 (7th) 15.5 (4th) 17.1 (3rd) 2011-07-10 30 12.8 (9th) 15.7 (6th) 15.6 (4th) 16.7 (5th) Average 12.7% 15.5% 15.4% 16.8%
Original soundtrack
The official soundtrack album for Listen to My Heart was released on June 24, 2011. The title track is "당신을 사랑합니다" by Gavy NJ.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2011 Jaekyung Ilbo's 2011 Star of the Year Best Actor Kim Jaewon Best Actor Kim Jaewon Best Director Kim Sang-ho Drama of the Year Listen to My Heart Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Jaewon Namkoong Min Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Hwang Jung-eum Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries Jeong Bo-seok Popularity Award, Actor Kim Jaewon Popularity Award, Actress Hwang Jung-eum Best Couple Award Kim Jaewon and Hwang Jung-eum
References
External links
Listen to My Heart at MBC Global Media