Yoo Yeon-seok and Chae Soo-bin star in When the Phone Rings, a drama following Baek Sa-eon and Hong Hee-joo, a couple defined by silence and emotional distance. Jang Ki-yong portrays team leader Gong Ji-hyeok in Dynamite Kiss, who encounters a woman in Jeju.
Kim Ji-an plays Go Da-rim in the same series, a character who assumes the identity of a married mother to work at a baby-products company. Hyun Bin and Park Shin-hye star in Memories of the Alhambra, which follows technology executive Yoo Jin-woo as he travels to Spain to study an augmented-reality game.
Jung Hee-joo also appears as a character in Memories of the Alhambra. Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won lead Queen of Tears, depicting the marriage between Baek Hyun-woo, a lawyer from a modest background, and Hong Hae-in, a wealthy heiress.
Yoon Eun-sung serves as an antagonist in Queen of Tears, while Hong Hae-in suffers from memory loss after undergoing surgery. Kim Tae-ri portrays Na Hee-do, an ambitious young fencer, in Twenty-Five Twenty-One alongside Nam Joo-hyuk as Baek Yi-jin.
The family of Baek Yi-jin lost its fortune during the 1998 financial crisis in South Korea.
