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Queen of Tears (2024)

Queen of Tears poster
Original title
눈물의 여왕
Directed by
Kim Hee-won, Jang Young-woo
Cast
Kim Soo Hyun, Moon Sung Hyun, Jo Yi Ahn, Kim Ji Won, Hwang Ji Ah, Min Seo Young, Park Sung Hoon, Lee Joo Won
Genre
romance television series
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 16 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 498 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple works through their difficult times together. The series follows their relationship as they face personal and shared challenges.

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What happens

Queen of Tears (Korean: 눈물의 여왕) is a 2024 South Korean romantic comedy television series written by Park Ji-eun, co-directed by Jang Young-woo and Kim Hee-won, and starring Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won, Park Sung-hoon, Kwak Dong-yeon, and Lee Joo-bin. The series explores the nuances of a married couple going through a difficult time together. It aired on tvN from March 9, to April 28, 2024, every Saturday and Sunday at 21:20 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, and on Netflix in selected regions. According to Nielsen Korea, the series recorded a nationwide TV rating of 24.850% for its final episode and became the highest-rated tvN series, surpassing Crash Landing on You. In Netflix's biannual Engagement Report released in September 2024, Queen of Tears was the most-watched Korean television series of all time on Netflix, with 682.6 million hours viewed in total. Queen of Tears became the first Korean television series to win at both the Asian Academy Creative Awards and Asian Television Awards in the same year, receiving the Best Direction at the former and the Best Scriptwriting at the latter. The series also won the Best Drama award at the Korea Drama Awards and the Seoul International Drama Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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