Beating Again

Beating Again^[1] (Korean: 순정에 반하다; lit. Fall in Love with Soon-jung) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Jung Kyung-ho, Kim So-yeon, and Yoon Hyun-min.^[2][3][4] It aired on JTBC from April 3 to May 23, 2015 on Fridays and Saturdays at 21:45 (KST) for 16 episodes.

Beating Again
Promotional poster
Also known as	Falling in Love with Soon-jung Falling for Innocence
Genre	Romance Comedy Drama
Written by	Yoo Hee-kyung
Directed by	Ji Young-soo
Starring	Jung Kyung-ho Kim So-yeon Yoon Hyun-min
Composer	Kim Jun-seok
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Son Ki-won Kim Woon-ho Jo Joon-hyeon
Producers	Ra Ha-na Yeon Ju-hyeong Jo Gwang-hwi
Production location	Korea
Cinematography	Choi Jin-tae Jung Hae-geun
Editors	Kim Soo-jin Jeon Hyun-jung
Running time	57 – 61 minutes
Production companies	Kim Jong-hak Production Doremi Entertainment
Original release
Network	jTBC
Release	April 3 (2015-04-03) – May 23, 2015 (2015-05-23)

Synopsis

Kang Min-ho (Jung Kyung-ho) is a cold-blooded corporate raider who takes no prisoners. He is a scoundrel investment banker for Gold Investment, seemingly the world's largest financial service firm. As a cynical, self-defensive, suspicious sociopath, he wears people down with his tenacity and takes advantage of them with his delusions of grandeur. However, Min-ho has his own story of how he became evil - it was because of his uncle's betrayal. His father was overthrown by his uncle and it caused his family to hit bottom. As Min-ho vows to get revenge, he meets Soon-jung (Kim So-yeon), the daughter of his father's former secretary who betrayed him and who now works for his uncle. One day, he has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital. He miraculously survives his heart attack after undergoing a heart transplant. His heart is actually from Dong-wook (Jin Goo), a young detective and Soon-jung's fiancé, who suffered from brain damage from a mysterious car accident. After receiving a new life thanks to the new heart, he is no longer the cold and callous person that he has been and undergoes a profound change to his personality, talking differently and warming up people. But he still pursues his plan to get revenge on his uncle even though his emotions get in the way at times. He gradually learns the meaning of happiness when he finds Soon-jung, whom he wants to cherish and protect. His heart becomes tender and his eyes swell with tears when he works with her. He falls in love with her without realizing it.

Cast

• Jung Kyung-ho as Kang Min-ho
  • Lee Tae-woo as young Min-ho
• Kim So-yeon as Kim Soon-jung
  • Jung Da-bin as young Soon-jung
• Yoon Hyun-min as Lee Joon-hee
• Jin Goo as Ma Dong-wook
• Gong Hyun-joo as Han Ji-hyun
• Lee Si-eon as Oh Woo-sik
• Park Yeong-gyu as Kang Hyun-chul
• Ahn Suk-hwan as Ma Tae-seok
• Nam Myung-ryul as Lee Jung-gu
• Jo Eun-ji as Na Ok-hyun
• --- as Min Hye-ri
• --- as Kang Sung-min
• --- as Kang Ji-min
• Kim Jung-seok as Director Yoon
• Lee Soo-ji as Oh Mi-ru
• Jung Yoo-min as Yoo Yoo-mi
• Im Sung-eun
• Kim Hee-jung as Kang Min-ho's mother
• Jang Tae-sung
• Ricky Kim as Wigo (cameo, ep. 4)

International broadcast

• Philippines: GMA Network aired the series under the title Carmina replacing Dangwa from February 1 to March 23, 2016. Re-aired on GMA News TV in 2019