My Daughter Seo-young

Seoyoung, My Daughter
Promotional poster for Seoyoung, My Daughter
Also known as	My Daughter, Seo-young
Genre	Romance Family Drama
Written by	So Hyun-kyung
Directed by	Yoo Hyun-ki
Starring	Lee Bo-young Chun Ho-jin Lee Sang-yoon Park Hae-jin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	50
Production
Executive producer(s)	Moon Bo-hyun
Producer(s)	Hwang In-hyuk
Location(s)	Korea
Running time	Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 (KST)
Release
Original network	Korean Broadcasting System
Original release	15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) – 3 March 2013 (2013-03-03)
Chronology
Preceded by	My Husband Got a Family
Followed by	You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin
External links
Website

Seoyoung, My Daughter (Hangul: 내 딸 서영이; RR: Nae Ttal Seo-yeong-i) is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Bo-young, Chun Ho-jin, Lee Sang-yoon and Park Hae-jin. The family drama focuses on the broken relationship between Seo-young and her father, who later reunite with the help of her twin brother. It aired on KBS2 from September 15, 2012 to March 3, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 50 episodes.

It recorded a peak viewership rating of 47.6%, making it the highest rated Korean drama of 2013.

Lee Seo-young (Lee Bo-young) and Lee Sang-woo (Park Hae-jin) are twin siblings who often suffered hardships along with their mother due to their father Lee Sam-jae's (Chun Ho-jin) poor financial decisions and getting conned out of his money led by his own ambitions. Desperate to survive, the twins have taken various odd jobs while Seo-young studies law and Sang-woo studies medicine in their small rooftop house in Seoul. When the twins' mother dies in Jeju-do, Seo-young reaches her limits, holds Sam-jae responsible for her death, and decides to walk out of his life. Things become complicated once more when Lee Sam-jae returns to live with them and causes more trouble for Seo-young. However, her life will take a dramatic change when she is hired by the wealthy Kang family as a live-in tutor of their youngest son, Kang Sung-jae (Lee Jung-shin).

Kang Woo-jae (Lee Sang-yoon), the eldest son of the Kangs, returns home after being discharged from the army. Woo-jae, despising politics within his own house, plans to stay for a short while and then to go to the United States. After meeting Seo-young and spending time with her, he falls in love and secretly begins aggressively chasing her. However, despite the two having feelings for each other, Seo-young is resistant during the whole courtship due to her low social status and personal insecurities. When the Kang family finds out the secret relationship between Seo-young and Woo-jae, it is met with great resistance. However, after much pleadings and compromises, Kang Woo-jae makes a deal with his father: if his father allows Lee Seo-young to enter the Kang family, he'll stay behind South Korea and enter the family business empire. Because Woo-jae's father, Kang Ki-beom (Choi Jung-woo), had always been desperate for his son to enter the family business, he accepts the terms and convinces everyone else to relent to this marriage. However, fearing that the Kangs would reject her upon learning about her troublesome father, Seo-young lies about his death towards her future in-laws. Unfortunately, such a lie causes a rift with the twins, as Sang-woo finds it unacceptable for his sister to leave her family for a man. Despite rough transition into the Kangs, she successfully enters the family. Seo-young keeps her marriage a secret from Sam-jae and falsely tells him she is going to the United States for long-term studies. To his shock, he accidentally attends his own daughter's wedding as a paid phony guest. Realizing that she kept her marriage a secret, he hides his face to avoid being identified.