First Love | |
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Genre | Romance, Drama |
Written by | Jo So-hye |
Directed by | Lee Eung-jin |
Starring |
Bae Yong-joon Choi Soo-jong Lee Seung-yeon |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 66 |
Production | |
Location(s) | Korea |
Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 (KST) |
Release | |
Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Original release | 7 September 1996 | – 20 April 1997
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Men of the Bath House |
Followed by | A Bluebird Has It |
First Love | |
Hangul | |
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Revised Romanization | Cheot Sarang |
McCune–Reischauer | Chǒt Sarang |
First Love (Hangul: 첫사랑; RR: Cheot Sarang) is a South Korean television series starring Bae Yong-joon, Choi Soo-jong and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from September 7, 1996 to April 20, 1997 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes.
It is currently the highest-rated Korean drama of all time based on single episode viewership ratings, reaching 65.8% on its final broadcast on April 20, 1997. Its average rating for its entire run was 52.6%.
Depicting the afflictions of youth, First Love is the story of two brothers who fall for the same woman.
Due to Bae Yong-joon's popularity post-Winter Sonata, First Love was aired in Japan on NHK in 2005.