The series, directed by Park Gi-hyeon and written by Hwang Soon-young, tells the story of a daughter who seeks to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success. The daily drama premiered on KBS2 on July 5 and aired on every weekday at 19:50 (KST ) till December 10, 2021.
Red Shoes Promotional poster
Hangul 빨강 구두
Genre Created by Lee Jung-mi Jung Woo-jin KBS Drama Division Written by Hwang Soon-young Directed by Park Gi-hyeon Starring Composer Choi In-hee Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes100 Executive producers Hong Seok-gu (KBS) Hwang Joon-young Producers Sohn Seok-jin Sohn Ok-hyeon Lee Seung-beom Camera setup Single-camera Running time 40 minutes Production company OH Story Network KBS2 Release July 5 (2021-07-05 ) – (2021-12-10 )
Synopsis
The series revolves around Kim Jem-ma (So Yi-hyun ), a daughter who has a strong desire to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success.
Choi Myung-gil portrays Min Hee-kyeong, Kim Jem-ma's cold-hearted mother, who abandons her family after reuniting with her first love. Kim Jem-ma seeks to find out the secrets related to, and to avenge, her father's death. Yoon Gi-seok (portrayed by Park Yoon-jae ) does not believe in love due to his wife's betrayal, but falls in love with Kim Jem-ma. Yoon Hyeon-seok (Shin Jung-yoon) is Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, with free soul and defiant charm.
The title of the series as explained by the writer Hwang Soon-young: "The day the main character woman was kicked out of her house by her husband, she comes out wearing the 'red shoes' that a man in the past gave her. And the last gift she left for her daughter is a necklace of red shoe accessories. If the 'red shoes' are 'desire' for the mother, it becomes 'revenge' for the daughter."
Cast
Main She has her desires and instincts and transforms from the past when she was tied to the roles of mother and wife, leader in the shoe industry with the name 'Laura' Daughter of Kim Jeong-guk and Min Hee-kyeong, Min Hee-kyeong disappears one night, her father is killed in a hit and run case, she grows up as the adopted daughter of the aunt Ok-kyung next door Grandson of Choi Sook-ja, representative of the fusion Korean restaurant. Afraid of love due to the betrayal of his former wife, closed the door to his heart due to the wounds of the past Shin Jung-yoon as Yoon Hyeon-seok, Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, the second grandson of Choi Sook-ja Jung Yoo-min as Kwon Hye-bin, Kim Jem-ma's half-sisterA gold spoon princess character, born late to CEO Kwon Hyuk-sang and Min Hee-kyung, and grew up only being cute Supporting People around Kim Jem-ma So Ok-kyung's social friend, older sister, and rival, sells coffee in the same traditional market Kyeong In-seon as So Ok-kyung Kim Kwang-young as So Tae-gil A white-bearded gangster who lives with his older sister Ok-kyung Ji Ji-yoon as Lee Kun-wook, So Ok-kyung's son of a wealthy man. Ha Eun-jin as Jung Yoo-kyung Kim Jem-ma's best friend and Lee Kun-wook's girlfriend People around Min Hee-kyeong Min Hee-kyeong's former lover, current husband Choi Yeong-wan as Kwon Soo-yeon Kwon Hyuk-sang's younger sister A famous big fish in the underground lending industry. Kim Jem-ma's long-lost adoptive grandmother. Kim Kyu-chul as Kim Jeong-guk, Min Hee-kyung's husbandHwang Dong-ju as Kwon Joo-hyeong Others Kim Yu-seok as Kwon Seok-hwanPark Chan-hwan as Mi Jeong Kim Ri-won as Ye Won Han In-soo as Yoon Jin-beom Seo Kwon-soon Han Chae-kyung as Go Eun-cho, Yoon Gi-seok's ex-wife, disappeared before, now reappears Special appearance Production
Casting So Yi-hyun was confirmed to appear in the revenge series in May 2021. She last appeared in 2016 KBS daily drama Secrets of Women Ruby Ring Two Mothers The Great Wives . Jung Yoo-min and director Park Gi-hyeon are working together for third time. Their previous two series are: Unasked Family KBS Drama Special, Season 11 episode "My Lilac". First joint script reading session was held on June 14.
Filming On June 16, KBS released first stills of So Yi-hyun from the filming of drama. On August 19, A confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported from the filming site of the TV series. An actor, who came in contact with that person has been sent under self-quarantine.
Original soundtrack
Part 1 Released on July 10, 2021 (2021-07-10 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Bad Girls" (나쁜 여자 (소찬휘)) Kang Woo-Kyung Park Hyeon-Am So Chan-whee 3:10 2. "Bad Girls" (Inst.) Park Hyeon-Am 3:10
Part 2 Released on July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "It Was Tears" (눈물이었다 (장희영)) Kang Woo-Kyung Park Hyeon-Am Jang Hee-young 3:18 2. "It Was Tears" (Inst.) Park Hyeon-Am 3:18
Part 3 Released on July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I must erase my heart to forget it" (타이틀 심장도 지워야 잊나봐 (황가람)) Honsu Sang-tae Algoboni, Honsu Sang-tae, Hun Choe-cheol Hwang Ga-ram 3:40 2. "I must erase my heart to forget it" (Inst.) 3:40
Part 4 Released on July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I loved you, Why Did You Leave" (타이틀 사랑했는데 왜 떠나서) Honsu sang-tae Algoboni, Honsu sang-tae, Choi Cheol-hoon J-Sera 4:02 2. "I loved you, Why Did You Leave" (Inst.) 4:02
Part 5 Released on August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "My Heart Keeps Going" (자꾸 마음이 가) Burning Sweet Potato (Kim Seon-Yeop, Lee Sang-Min) Burning Sweet Potato (Kim Seon-Yeop, Lee Sang-Min Lee) Ji Yeon 3:34 2. "My Heart Keeps Going" (Inst.) 3:34
Part 6 Released on August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "'cause I'll be Sicker" (내가 더 아플 테니까) Kang Woo-kyung Choi Byung-chang Shin-yu 4:09 2. "Because I'll Hurt More" (Inst.) 4:09
Part 7 Released on August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "One love" Honggom, Ju Jin-hee Honggom, Ju Jin-hee Yeo Eun 3:28 2. "One love" (Inst.) 3:28
Part 8 Released on August 28, 2021 (2021-08-28 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Bloom" (피어나) Win and Lose, Jamie Win and Lose, Jamie The Daisy 4:07 2. "Bloom" (Inst.) 4:06
Part 9 Released on September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Remember You ..." (그대 생각나…) Turns coma, Choecheolhun Turns coma, Choecheolhun Jang Hee-young 3:40 2. "I Remember You ..." (Inst.) 3:40
Part 10 Released on September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "In Your Time" (너의 시간에) OneK , Choi Seungil OneK, HBLR, MOOK OneK (one.k) 2. "In Your Time" (Inst.)
Part 11 Released on September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "All Days Together" (함께였던 모든 날) Invincible, Jamie Invincible, Jamie Woo Yi Kyung 2. "All Days Together" (Inst.)
Part 12 Released on September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Loved You So Much" (참 사랑했었는데) Absolute Victory, Jamie Absolute Victory, Jamie Morning Coffee 2. "I Loved You So Much" (Inst.)
Part 13 Released on September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "You are in Me" (내 안에 넌 그대로) Undefeated, Sok Sok-hee Undefeated, Sok Sok-hee, Lee Joo-yong Kim Min-wool 4:08 2. "You are in Me" (Inst.) 4:08
Part 14 Released on October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Can't Break Up" (헤어질 수 없어요) Undefeated, Jamie Lee Ju-yong Undefeated, Jamie Lee Ju-yong Han Kyung-il 3:14 2. "I Can't Break Up" (Inst.) Undefeated, Jamie Lee Ju-yong 3:14
Part 15 Released on October 9, 2021 (2021-10-09 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "How Can I Forget You" (어떻게 그대를 잊을 수 있을까요) Hwang Seong-jin, Jeong Jeong- ni Absolute Victory Lydia 3:30 2. "How Can I Forget You" (Inst.) Absolute Victory 3:30
Part 16 Released on October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Love Please" (사랑아 제발) Algo Boni Coma, Counter Punch, Park Ye-ji Algo Boni Coma, Counter Punch, Park Ye-ji Coda Bridge 3:52 2. "Love Please" (Inst.) 3:52
Part 17 Released on October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Wish You" (바래요) Invincible, Jamie Invincible, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong RAN 3:23 2. "I Wish You" (Inst.) 3:23
Part 18 Released on October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Clumsy Love" (서툰 사랑) Immortal, Jamie, Americano Impossible , Jamie, Lee Joo-Yong Vivian (BBAHN) 4:05 2. "Clumsy Love" (Inst.) 4:05
Part 19 Released on October 30, 2021 (2021-10-30 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I'll be There for you" Major Leaguers, Seong-Hyun Major Leaguers, Chi-Yong Park Seo J 4:07 2. "I'll be There for you" (Inst.) 4:07
Part 20 Released on November 1, 2021 (2021-11-01 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Over the Sea" Major Leaguers, Park Seong- mi Lee Yong-joo, Major leaguer, Hong Eun-mi Hannah Yang 3:56 2. "Over the Sea" (Inst.) 3:56
Part 21 Released on November 6, 2021 (2021-11-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Winter Night" (겨울밤) Major Leaguers, Jiyeon Seo Major Leaguers, Heonje Ha, Jiyeon Seo Sook Haeng 3:20 2. "Winter Night" (Inst.) 3:20
Part 22 Released on November 10, 2021 (2021-11-10 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "It's My Fault" (내 잘못이죠) Invincible, Jamie Invincible, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong Cheon Soa 3:43 2. "It's My Fault" (Inst.) 3:43
Part 23 Released on November 13, 2021 (2021-11-13 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Why Did You Leave Me Like That" (왜 날 그렇게 떠나갔니) Invincible, Sok Sok Invincible, Sok Sok, LeeJu- yong The Bridge 4:01 2. "Why Did You Leave Me Like That" (Inst.) 4:01
Part 24 Released on November 20, 2021 (2021-11-20 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "A Pretty Good Day" (꽤나 괜찮았던 하루) Major Leaguer Major Leaguer, Jung Mi-hyun Jang Hyeri 4:23 2. "A Pretty Good Day" (Inst.) Major Leaguer, Jung Mi-hyun 4:23
Part 25 Released on November 23, 2021 (2021-11-23 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Keep Having Sad Expectations" (슬픈 기대만 자꾸 하게 돼) Bad Boss, Kaiser Bad Boss, Kaiser Club Soul 3:54 2. "I Keep Having Sad Expectations" (Inst.) Bad Boss, Kaiser 3:54
Part 26 Released on November 27, 2021 (2021-11-27 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I'm Afraid I'll Never See You Again" (다신 못 볼까 봐) Immortal, Jamie Immortal, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong Yoon Tae-Hwa 4:50 2. "I'm Afraid I'll Never See You Again" (Inst. ) Immortal, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong 4:50
Part 27 Released on December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Take My Hand Once Again" (다시 한번 내 손을 잡아요) Immortal, Jamie Immortal, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong So Young 3:40 2. "Take My Hand Once Again" (Inst. ) Immortal, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong 3:40
Part 28 Released on December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "That Person" (그 사람) Immortal, Jamie Immortal, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong Song Min-kyung 3:58 2. "That Person" (Inst. ) Immortal, Jamie, Lee Ju-yong 3:58
Part 29 Released on December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Your Season" (당신의 계절) Park Seongmi Major Leaguer, Park Seongmi Hansal Chai 3:15 2. "Your Season" (Inst. ) 3:15
Part 30 Released on December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Walking in Winter" (겨울을 걷다) Raeun (Chic Angel) Lee Hyun-soo Seunghan 3:13 2. "Walking in Winter" (Inst. ) Lee Hyun-soo 3:13
Part 31 Released on December 10, 2021 (2021-12-10 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Bestie" Major Leaguer, Yoon Min-hee Major Leaguer, Hong Eun-mi, Buzzer Beater An Ye-seul 3:42 2. "Bestie" (Inst. ) Major Leaguer, Hong Eun-mi, Buzzer Beater 3:42
Viewership
Red Shoes : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Episodes Episode number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1–20 2.015 1.883 2.008 1.914 1.946 2.249 2.013 2.133 1.973 2.204 2.216 2.239 2.493 2.129 2.051 2.270 2.309 2.421 2.280 2.257 21–40 2.474 2.547 2.511 2.518 2.493 2.821 2.560 2.436 2.539 2.545 2.772 2.697 2.518 2.476 2.737 2.707 2.655 2.594 2.579 2.538 41–60 2.680 2.685 2.715 2.555 2.428 2.697 2.716 2.581 2.787 2.798 2.704 2.622 2.880 2.801 2.680 2.560 2.544 2.845 2.727 2.694 61–80 2.609 2.517 2.703 2.630 2.492 2.648 2.570 2.661 2.632 2.706 2.564 2.637 2.679 2.712 2.654 2.708 2.488 2.913 2.778 2.571 81–100 2.659 2.762 2.636 2.635 2.677 2.869 2.673 2.794 2.794 2.578 2.753 2.881 2.821 2.802 2.745 2.788 3.033 2.846 2.880 3.074
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by °
Nielsen Korea .
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share Nielsen Korea TNmS Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 July 5, 2021 12.8% 10.9% 14.3% 2 July 6, 2021 12.0% 10.2% 13.0% 3 July 7, 2021 12.2% 10.4% 13.2% 4 July 8, 2021 12.0% 10.5% 12.1% 5 July 9, 2021 11.6% 9.8% 13.6% 6 July 12, 2021 13.1% 11.5% 14.7% 7 July 14, 2021 12.3% 10.7% 14.0% 8 July 15, 2021 13.3% 12.1% 15.4% 9 July 16, 2021 12.8% 11.1% 14.7% 10 July 19, 2021 13.4% 12.2% 14.8% 11 July 20, 2021 14.0% 13.2% 15.1% 12 July 21, 2021 13.8% 12.4% 14.9% 13 July 22, 2021 15.0% 13.2% 16.4% 14 July 23, 2021 12.3% 10.7% 14.4% 15 August 9, 2021 12.6% 11.3% — 16 August 10, 2021 13.9% 12.1% 17 August 11, 2021 13.9% 12.3% 18 August 12, 2021 14.6% 12.8% 19 August 13, 2021 14.2% 12.8% 16.6% 20 August 16, 2021 14.2% 13.5% 15.6% 21 August 17, 2021 15.2% 13.6% 16.1% 22 August 18, 2021 15.8% 13.7% 15.7% 23 August 19, 2021 15.1% 13.0% 16.5% 24 August 20, 2021 15.4% 14.0% 16.0% 25 August 23, 2021 15.9% 14.1% 17.8% 26 August 24, 2021 17.6% 15.8% 18.4% 27 August 25, 2021 16.2% 13.8% 16.5% 28 August 26, 2021 15.3% 13.5% 17.1% 29 August 27, 2021 16.1% 14.0% 17.0% 30 August 30, 2021 15.8% 13.9% 16.7% 31 August 31, 2021 17.0% 14.5% 17.7% 32 September 1, 2021 16.9% 17.4% 33 September 2, 2021 15.9% 13.6% 15.8% 34 September 3, 2021 15.9% 14.0% 17.0% 35 September 6, 2021 16.8% 14.2% 17.4% 36 September 7, 2021 17.0% 15.0% 16.4% 37 September 8, 2021 16.2% 14.3% 17.0% 38 September 9, 2021 15.9% 14.0% 16.4% 39 September 10, 2021 15.8% 13.7% — 40 September 13, 2021 16.5% 14.3% 17.4% 41 September 14, 2021 16.7% 15.0% 17.1% 42 September 15, 2021 16.3% 13.8% 17.7% 43 September 16, 2021 16.6% 14.5% 16.3% 44 September 17, 2021 16.0% 13.8% 15.9% 45 September 22, 2021 15.6% 14.0% 14.9% 46 September 23, 2021 17.0% 15.3% 16.9% 47 September 24, 2021 16.7% 14.8% 17.0% 48 September 27, 2021 16.7% 14.2% 17.5% 49 September 28, 2021 17.5% 14.9% 17.5% 50 September 29, 2021 17.5% 15.4% 17.2% 51 September 30, 2021 16.6% 14.4% 17.2% 52 October 1, 2021 16.5% 14.9% 16.9% 53 October 4, 2021 17.4% 15.0% 17.1% 54 October 5, 2021 16.7% 13.9% 17.6% 55 October 6, 2021 16.4% 14.2% 17.5% 56 October 7, 2021 16.0% 13.4% 17.4% 57 October 8, 2021 15.4% 12.8% 16.4% 58 October 11, 2021 17.3% 14.7% 17.6% 59 October 12, 2021 16.8% 14.1% 17.1% 60 October 13, 2021 17.0% 14.6% 17.0% 61 October 14, 2021 16.0% 14.1% 17.1% 62 October 15, 2021 16.0% 13.1% 17.3% 63 October 18, 2021 16.9% 14.8% 18.1% 64 October 19, 2021 16.4% 13.7% 17.1% 65 October 20, 2021 16.2% 14.6% 17.2% 66 October 21, 2021 16.8% 13.8% 17.9% 67 October 22, 2021 16.9% 14.2% 17.0% 68 October 25, 2021 16.1% 13.1% 17.8% 69 October 26, 2021 17.0% 14.1% 17.6% 70 October 27, 2021 16.2% 13.5% 17.5% 71 October 28, 2021 15.9% 14.2% 18.1% 72 October 29, 2021 16.8% 14.6% 17.9% 73 November 1, 2021 16.7% 13.9% 19.2% 74 November 2, 2021 17.2% 14.9% 18.9% 75 November 3, 2021 16.7% 13.2% 19.0% 76 November 4, 2021 17.2% 14.8% 18.3% 77 November 5, 2021 16.1% 13.2% 18.3% 78 November 8, 2021 17.5% 15.6% 18.9% 79 November 10, 2021 17.4% 14.6% 18.5% 80 November 11, 2021 16.9% 14.2% 18.5% 81 November 12, 2021 17.0% 14.4% — 82 November 16, 2021 17.1% 14.0% 18.9% 83 November 17, 2021 16.8% 13.9% 18.2% 84 November 18, 2021 17.5% 14.8% 18.8% 85 November 19, 2021 17.1% 15.2% 19.0% 86 November 22, 2021 18.6% 16.0% 19.5% 87 November 23, 2021 17.2% 14.3% 18.6% 88 November 24, 2021 17.6% 14.6% 19.2% 89 November 25, 2021 17.6% 15.6% 18.1% 90 November 26, 2021 17.1% 14.6% 18.2% 91 November 29, 2021 17.1% 14.8% 18.0% 92 November 30, 2021 18.2% 15.5% 17.9% 93 December 1, 2021 18.0% 14.7% 17.5% 94 December 2, 2021 18.1% 15.4% 17.9% 95 December 3, 2021 17.4% 15.2% — 96 December 6, 2021 17.9% 15.0% 17.4% 97 December 7, 2021 19.2% 17.2% — 98 December 8, 2021 18.6% 15.5% 19.9% 99 December 9, 2021 19.0% 16.1% 19.9% 100 December 10, 2021 19.6% 17.1% 19.9% Average — — — In this table, the blue numbers the red numbers N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Awards and nominations
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