Touch Your Heart

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.

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.

Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.

Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.

Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in university, but he broke her heart.

Supporting

Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.

Shim Hyung-tak as Choi Yoon-hyuk, a divorce lawyer.

Park Kyung-hye as Dan Moon-hee, a straightforward and honest civil defense lawyer.

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.

Kim Hee-jung as Kim Hae-young, an assistant legal secretary. She has great interest in everyone's private lives.

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.

Lee Jun-hyeok as Yeon Joon-suk, the CEO of Yeon Entertainment, Jin-shim's agency, who discovered and made her an actress.

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.

Jay Kim as Lee Kang-joon, a chaebol heir and Jin-shim's stalker.

Kim Chae-eun as Lee Joo-young, Se-won's junior.

Lee Hyun-kyun as Prosecutor Im, Yeo-reum's senior who often puts her down.

Kim Koo-taek as a prosecutor and Yeo-reum's boss

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 as a host (Ep. 1)

Jang Ki-yong as an actor (Ep. 1)

Hong Seo-joon as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 1)

Lee Yoon-sang as a judge (Ep. 1, 5–6)

Kim Ki-moo as an angry driver (Ep. 2)

Kim Kyung-ryong as Jung-rok's client (Ep. 2)

Park Yong as Moon-hee's client (Ep. 2)

Kim Kwan-soo 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)

Hwang Seung-eon as an actress (Ep. 4)

Kim Wook as an actor (Ep. 4)

Lee Yoo-mi as Seung-hee, Jung-rok's client (Ep. 4)

Seol Chang-hee 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 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 as a judge (Ep. 13)

Production

Lead stars Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook previously worked together in 2016 series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.

The male lead role was first offered to Jung Kyung-ho.

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.

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. He was replaced by actor Lee Sang-woo.

Original soundtrack