Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life (Korean: 사랑은 뷰티풀 인생은 원더풀) is a 2019–2020 South Korean television series starring Seol In-ah, Kim Jae-young, Jo Yoon-hee, Yoon Park and Oh Min-suk. The series aired on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday from 19:55 to 21:15 (KST) from September 28, 2019, to March 22, 2020.^[2]

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life
Promotional poster
Hangul	사랑은 뷰티풀 인생은 원더풀
Lit.	Love Is Beautiful, Life Is Wonderful
RR	Sarangeun byutipul insaengeun wondeopul
MR	Sarangŭn pyut'ip'ul insaengŭn wŏndŏp'ul
Genre	Melodrama Romantic comedy
Created by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Bae Yoo-Mi
Directed by	Han Joon-Seo
Starring	Seol In-ah Kim Jae-young Jo Yoon-hee Yoon Park Oh Min-suk
Composer	Choi In Hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original languages	Korean Jeju Language
No. of episodes	100[a]
Production
Executive producer	Bae Gyeung Soo (KBS)
Producers	Choi Sang yeol Moon Bo mi Lee Eun Jin
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes[a]
Production company	HB Entertainment
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28) – March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)

Synopsis

This is a story about love and deception. The deceptions come in every form - outright lies, obfuscations, failure to speak up, misleading silence, misdirection, rampant insincerity. Against this tidal wave, the main characters fight to find happiness. Their battles never fail to engage.

Cast

Main

• Seol In-ah as Kim Cheong-ah^[3]
• Kim Jae-young as Goo Joon-hwi^[3]
• Jo Yoon-hee as Kim Seol-ah^[4]
• Yoon Park as Moon Tae-rang^[5]
• Oh Min-suk as Do Jin-woo^[5]

Supporting

• Kim Mi-sook as Sunwoo Yeong-ae
• Park Yeong-gyu as Kim Yeong-woong
• Jo Yoo-jung as Kim Yeon-ah
  • Ok Ye-rin as (young) Yeon-ah
  • Kwon Eun-bin as Kim Yeon-ah (left the show)
• Na Young-hee as Hong Yoo-ra^[6]
• Park Hae-mi as Hong Hwa-yeong
• Jung Won-joong as Moon Joon-ik
• Jo Woo-ri as Moon Hae-rang^[5]
• Ryu Ui-hyun as Moon Pa-rang
• Kim Jin-yeop as Baek Rim
• Lee Tae-sun as Kang Shi-wol
• Park Yeong-soo as Na Tae-pyeong
• Lee Soo-mi as Yoo Ra-ne^[7]
• Kim Bo-jung as Oh Deok-hee
• Jin Ho-eun as Goo Joon-gyeom

Special appearances

• Yoo Jae-suk as Happy Together host (Ep. 2)
• Jun Hyun-moo as Happy Together host (Ep. 2)
• Kim Da-som as a mysterious actress (Ep. 3)
• Oh Jung-yeon as Bae Hyeon-ji (Ep. 3)
• Seol Jung-hwan as a reporter

Original soundtrack

Part 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"123 Love" (123 사랑)	Gamdongis roz Ki Hyun-suk	Gamdongis roz Ki Hyun-suk	Hello Ga-Young	3:39
2.	"123 Love" (Inst.)		Gamdongis roz Ki Hyun-suk		3:39
Total length:					7:18

Part 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Way" (길)	Kim Beom-joo Kim Si-hyuk Kang Tae-kyu	Kim Beom-joo Kim Si-hyuk Cha Ye-oul	Sohyang	4:59
2.	"The Way" (Inst.)		Kim Beom-joo Kim Si-hyuk Cha Ye-oul		4:59
Total length:					9:58

Part 3

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"How Can I Do" (어떻게 해)	Park Jung-hee Kim Seung-jae	Kim Seung-Jae Park Ga-young Mo Soo-Jin	Acoustic Collabo	3:21
2.	"How Can I Do" (Inst.)		Kim Seung-Jae Park Ga-young Mo Soo-Jin		3:21
Total length:					6:42

Part 4

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Beginning" (시작)	Han Jun	Lee Yu-jin	A.C.E (Kim Byeong-kwan & Chan)	3:17
2.	"The Beginning" (Inst.)		Lee Yu-jin		3:17
Total length:					6:34

Part 5

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Remember Me"	Kim Ah-reum Miyao	Jade Sungjin	D:amant	3:45
2.	"Remember Me" (Inst.)		Jade Sungjin		3:45
Total length:					7:30

Part 6

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"What I Can Do For You" (내가 해줄 수 있는 일)	Hoe Jang-nim Choi In-hee	Hoe Jang-nim Choi In-hee Kim Hyun-suk Kim Chan-hyuk	Na Yoon-kwon	5:00
2.	"What I Can Do For You" (Inst.)		Hoe Jang-nim Choi In-hee Kim Hyun-suk Kim Chan-hyuk		5:00
Total length:					10:00

Part 7

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Bad Love" (나쁜 사랑)	Jin Kyo-jun	Jin Kyo-jun	Yoon Ye-kyu	3:52
2.	"Bad Love" (Inst.)		Jin Kyo-jun		3:52
Total length:					7:44

Part 8

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Close To You" (한걸음 또 한걸음)	Kang Tae-kyu	Jung Woo-sik Jung So-ri	Jin Won	3:46
2.	"Close To You" (Inst.)		Jung Woo-sik Jung So-ri		3:46
Total length:					7:32

Part 9

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"So We Are" (그래서 우리는)	Kim Do-hyung Gya Gya-mel	Kim Do-hyung Flame Man (불꽃남자)	Do Hyung	4:16
2.	"So We Are" (Inst.)		Kim Do-hyung Flame Man (불꽃남자)		4:16
Total length:					8:32

Part 10

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Love Is Coming" (그대 오는 날)	Kang Tae-kyu	Jung Woo-sik	Hong Jin-young	3:39
2.	"Love Is Coming" (Inst.)		Jung Woo-sik		3:39
3.	"Love Is Coming (Acoustic Ver.)"	Kang Tae-kyu	Jung Woo-sik	Hong Jin-young	3:41
4.	"Love Is Coming (Acoustic Ver.)" (Inst.)		Jung Woo-sik		3:41
Total length:					14:40

Part 11

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I Want To Hear You" (니가 듣고싶다)	Ppake Aile Kang Tae-kyu	Ppake Aile Space Rain (우주비) Doo	Hwan & Seo Seok-jin (N.CUS)	4:35
2.	"I Want To Hear You" (Inst.)		Ppake Aile Space Rain (우주비) Doo		4:35
Total length:					9:10

Part 12

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Love Always Run Away" (사랑은 늘 도망가)	Kang Tae-kyu	Hong Jin-young Jung Woo-sik	Kim Yang	4:20
2.	"Love Always Run Away" (Inst.)		Hong Jin-young Jung Woo-sik		4:20
Total length:					8:40

Part 13

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Destiny"	LoF! NIA	LoF! Yeun	NIA	3:38
2.	"Destiny" (Inst.)		LoF! Yeun		3:32
Total length:					7:00

Viewership

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
• Each night's broadcast is divided into two 40-minute episodes with a commercial break in between.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[8]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	September 28, 2019	17.1%	15.9%	19.3%
2		19.6%	17.8%	22.2%
3	September 29, 2019	20.2%	19.1%	20.9%
4		24.1%	23.0%	25.3%
5	October 5, 2019	18.5%	17.2%	19.2%
6		20.7%	19.6%	22.0%
7	October 6, 2019	21.7%	20.6%	20.8%
8		25.7%	24.2%	24.6%
9	October 12, 2019	19.2%	18.0%	18.0%
10		22.2%	21.3%	20.1%
11	October 13, 2019	20.3%	19.1%	19.4%
12		24.0%	22.5%	23.0%
13	October 19, 2019	16.9%	15.3%	17.7%
14		20.2%	19.1%	20.7%
15	October 20, 2019	20.5%	19.3%	20.4%
16		23.6%	22.2%	24.0%
17	October 26, 2019	13.6%	12.7%	—
18
19	October 27, 2019	18.8%	17.9%	18.7%
20		23.0%	22.0%	22.6%
21	November 2, 2019	17.3%	16.6%	17.7%
22		20.3%	20.0%	20.9%
23	November 3, 2019	20.6%	19.7%	19.5%
24		23.6%	22.4%	22.6%
25	November 9, 2019	17.2%	16.0%	16.9%
26		20.2%	18.6%	19.9%
27	November 10, 2019	20.7%	20.2%	19.5%
28		24.0%	22.9%	22.8%
29	November 16, 2019	17.9%	16.0%	17.3%
30		20.8%	18.6%	20.4%
31	November 17, 2019	20.9%	19.7%	19.3%
32		25.0%	23.5%	23.1%
33	November 23, 2019	19.2%	18.1%	18.3%
34		23.2%	21.7%	22.3%
35	November 24, 2019	24.4%	23.2%	22.4%
36		28.3%	26.7%	26.1%
37	November 30, 2019	19.6%	18.3%	19.3%
38		23.3%	21.7%	23.5%
39	December 1, 2019	23.5%	22.3%	21.1%
40		27.8%	26.2%	26.0%
41	December 7, 2019	20.2%	18.2%	—
42		24.0%	21.9%
43	December 8, 2019	23.6%	22.5%	22.5%
44		27.3%	26.2%	25.6%
45	December 14, 2019	19.5%	18.4%	20.1%
46		23.2%	22.0%	23.8%
47	December 15, 2019	23.7%	23.5%	22.1%
48		27.0%	26.3%	26.4%
49	December 21, 2019	21.9%	21.0%	20.3%
50		25.7%	24.3%	24.3%
51	December 22, 2019	24.4%	22.5%	23.6%
52		27.7%	26.4%	27.4%
53	January 4, 2020	19.4%	19.5%	18.2%
54		23.8%	23.6%	22.8%
55	January 5, 2020	24.7%	23.5%	24.0%
56		29.0%	28.2%	28.0%
57	January 11, 2020	18.4%	17.2%	19.9%
58		23.1%	21.8%	24.9%
59	January 12, 2020	24.0%	22.8%	23.3%
60		26.5%	25.4%	26.9%
61	January 18, 2020	21.9%	21.1%	20.5%
62		26.1%	25.1%	24.5%
63	January 19, 2020	23.4%	22.3%	22.4%
64		27.8%	26.4%	27.0%
65	January 25, 2020	17.4%	16.8%	15.7%
66		21.0%	20.5%	19.1%
67	January 26, 2020	21.8%	20.9%	21.1%
68		25.0%	23.7%	25.7%
69	February 1, 2020	20.9%	19.6%	20.5%
70		25.0%	23.7%	25.0%
71	February 2, 2020	23.9%	23.1%	23.7%
72		28.0%	26.7%	28.0%
73	February 8, 2020	21.3%	19.9%	20.1%
74		26.1%	24.4%	25.1%
75	February 9, 2020	25.2%	23.4%	24.9%
76		28.8%	26.9%	28.9%
77	February 15, 2020	20.9%	20.1%	19.8%
78		25.0%	24.0%	24.0%
79	February 16, 2020	27.5%	27.3%	25.7%
80		30.4%	29.9%	29.1%
81	February 22, 2020	22.4%	21.3%	21.0%
82		26.9%	26.0%	25.6%
83	February 23, 2020	26.4%	25.1%	26.3%
84		30.6%	29.2%	30.3%
85	February 29, 2020	22.6%	22.4%	20.8%
86		27.0%	25.9%	25.8%
87	March 1, 2020	27.2%	26.0%	25.6%
88		31.5%	30.3%	29.4%
89	March 7, 2020	24.3%	22.7%	22.5%
90		29.5%	27.5%	26.3%
91	March 8, 2020	28.8%	27.6%	27.1%
92		32.3%	31.0%	31.1%
93	March 14, 2020	15.9%	14.8%	16.3%
94		26.3%	24.6%	24.5%
95	March 15, 2020	28.8%	27.9%	28.5%
96		31.2%	30.3%	30.6%
97	March 21, 2020	25.4%	24.9%	24.5%
98		29.6%	29.3%	28.0%
99	March 22, 2020	29.2%	28.8%	27.8%
100		32.0%	31.5%	31.5%
Average		23.5%	22.4%	—[b]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2019	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Oh Min-suk	Won	[9][10][unreliable source?]
			Yoon Park	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Seol In-ah	Won
			Jo Yoon-hee	Nominated
			Kim Mi-sook	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Kim Jae-young	Won
		Best New Actress	Jo Woo-ri	Nominated
		Best Couple	Kim Jae-young & Seol In-ah	Nominated
			Jo Yoon-hee & Yoon Park	Nominated
		Netizen Award	Kim Jae-young	Nominated
			Seol In-ah	Nominated
			Jo Yoon-hee	Nominated

Notes

1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[1]
2. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.