Make a Woman Cry

Make a Woman Cry (Korean: 여자를 울려; RR: Yeojareul ullyeo) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Kim Jung-eun and Song Chang-eui.^[1][2][3][4] It aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 40 episodes beginning April 18, 2015.

Make a Woman Cry
Promotional poster
Also known as	Don't Make Her Cry Make Women Cry Let the Woman Cry Let the Girl Cry
Genre	Romance Family Melodrama
Written by	Ha Chung-ok
Directed by	Kim Geun-hong Park Sang-hoon
Starring	Kim Jung-eun Song Chang-ui
Composers	Kim Jun-seok Jang Se-rin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producer	Noh Do-chul
Producer	Kim Ho-joon
Cinematography	Song In-hyuk
Editor	Choi Sung-wook
Running time	70 minutes
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	April 18 (2015-04-18) – August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)

Plot

Jung Deok-in was once a homicide detective, but she quit her job after the death of her only son. To preserve his memory, she now runs a food stall in front of her son's school, where she also tries to protect the neighborhood children and her student customers from bullying and other dangers. As Deok-in goes on a journey to discover the truth behind her son's death, she must go through a staggering process of healing and forgiveness.

Cast

• Kim Jung-eun as Jung Deok-in
• Song Chang-eui as Kang Jin-woo
• Ha Hee-ra as Na Eun-soo
• Oh Dae-gyu as Kang Jin-myung
• Lee Tae-ran as Choi Hong-ran
• In Gyo-jin as Hwang Kyung-chul
• Lee Soon-jae as Kang Tae-hwan
• Han Do-woo as Kang Yoon-seo
• Shin Ji-woon as Kang Min-seo
• Park Sang-hyun as Kang Hyun-seo
• Han Yi-seo as Kang Jin-hee
• Seo Woo-rim as Min Jung-sook
• Han Bo-bae as Hwang Kyung-ah
• Ji Il-joo as Hwang Kyung-tae
• Jin Seon-kyu as Hwang Kyung-soo
• Kim Ji-young as Bok-rye
• Lee Da-in as Park Hyo-jung
• Park Cheon-guk as Park Ho Shik
• Kim Hae-sook as Park Hwa-soon (cameo)
• Kim Jin-seong

Ratings

• In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings[5]		AGB Nielsen[6]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area	Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area
1	April 18, 2015	15.3% (2nd)	16.2% (3rd)	15.0% (2nd)	16.1% (2nd)
2	April 19, 2015	17.9% (2nd)	19.5% (2nd)	18.4% (2nd)	18.7% (2nd)
3	April 25, 2015	15.1% (2nd)	15.8% (2nd)	14.5% (2nd)	15.6% (2nd)
4	April 26, 2015	17.9% (2nd)	19.8% (2nd)	17.7% (2nd)	18.8% (2nd)
5	May 2, 2015	15.8% (2nd)	18.2% (2nd)	14.8% (2nd)	15.4% (2nd)
6	May 3, 2015	17.1% (2nd)	18.5% (2nd)	18.2% (2nd)	19.5% (2nd)
7	May 9, 2015	17.0% (2nd)	18.9% (2nd)	15.3% (2nd)	16.3% (2nd)
8	May 10, 2015	17.4% (2nd)	18.6% (2nd)	17.4% (2nd)	18.7% (2nd)
9	May 16, 2015	14.9% (2nd)	16.3% (2nd)	15.0% (2nd)	16.0% (2nd)
10	May 17, 2015	17.7% (2nd)	19.7% (2nd)	18.2% (2nd)	19.3% (2nd)
11	May 23, 2015	15.3% (2nd)	16.6% (2nd)	14.6% (2nd)	15.6% (2nd)
12	May 24, 2015	18.7% (2nd)	19.9% (2nd)	17.2% (2nd)	17.9% (2nd)
13	May 30, 2015	16.1% (2nd)	16.6% (2nd)	15.8% (2nd)	16.4% (2nd)
14	May 31, 2015	19.5% (2nd)	21.8% (2nd)	18.7% (2nd)	20.2% (2nd)
15	June 6, 2015	15.5% (2nd)	17.1% (3rd)	16.6% (2nd)	16.6% (2nd)
16	June 7, 2015	18.9% (2nd)	20.3% (2nd)	20.2% (2nd)	21.3% (2nd)
17	June 13, 2015	16.1% (2nd)	18.3% (2nd)	16.8% (2nd)	18.6% (2nd)
18	June 14, 2015	19.9% (2nd)	22.4% (2nd)	20.3% (2nd)	21.6% (2nd)
19	June 20, 2015	17.2% (2nd)	18.1% (2nd)	17.7% (2nd)	18.9% (2nd)
20	June 21, 2015	20.3% (2nd)	20.6% (2nd)	20.9% (2nd)	21.8% (2nd)
21	June 27, 2015	18.3% (2nd)	20.1% (2nd)	17.9% (2nd)	19.0% (2nd)
22	June 28, 2015	20.1% (2nd)	21.8% (2nd)	20.4% (2nd)	21.7% (2nd)
23	July 4, 2015	18.9% (2nd)	20.4% (2nd)	18.8% (2nd)	19.0% (2nd)
24	July 5, 2015	19.9% (2nd)	22.3% (2nd)	21.0% (2nd)	22.0% (2nd)
25	July 11, 2015	18.9% (2nd)	21.0% (2nd)	18.7% (2nd)	19.2% (2nd)
26	July 12, 2015	21.1% (2nd)	22.7% (2nd)	23.0% (2nd)	23.8% (2nd)
27	July 18, 2015	19.8% (2nd)	21.3% (2nd)	19.6% (2nd)	20.2% (2nd)
28	July 19, 2015	21.2% (2nd)	22.6% (2nd)	21.8% (2nd)	22.5% (2nd)
29	July 25, 2015	19.8% (2nd)	21.8% (2nd)	19.0% (2nd)	19.9% (2nd)
30	July 26, 2015	20.4% (2nd)	22.4% (2nd)	22.1% (2nd)	21.7% (2nd)
31	August 1, 2015	18.4% (2nd)	20.5% (2nd)	19.3% (2nd)	20.3% (2nd)
32	August 2, 2015	21.2% (2nd)	22.5% (2nd)	22.7% (2nd)	23.5% (2nd)
33	August 8, 2015	18.3% (2nd)	19.1% (2nd)	18.8% (2nd)	19.5% (2nd)
34	August 9, 2015	21.3% (2nd)	21.9% (2nd)	24.2% (2nd)	25.3% (2nd)
35	August 15, 2015	17.7% (1st)	19.5% (1st)	19.5% (1st)	20.6% (1st)
36	August 16, 2015	24.0% (2nd)	25.1% (2nd)	24.1% (2nd)	24.6% (2nd)
37	August 22, 2015	18.1% (2nd)	18.9% (2nd)	19.3% (2nd)	20.3% (2nd)
38	August 23, 2015	21.9% (1st)	23.7% (1st)	22.8% (1st)	23.6% (1st)
39	August 29, 2015	21.4% (1st)	23.1% (1st)	21.3% (1st)	22.0% (1st)
40	August 30, 2015	23.7% (1st)	25.2% (1st)	25.5% (1st)	26.7% (1st)
Average		18.7%	20.2%	19.1%	20.0%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	4th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Kim Jung-eun	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Song Chang-eui	Nominated
	34th MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kim Jung-eun	Nominated
		Drama of the Year	Make a Woman Cry	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Song Chang-eui	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Kim Jung-eun	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Oh Dae-gyu	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Ha Hee-ra	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor in a Serial Drama	In Gyo-jin	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Serial Drama	Kim Ji-young	Nominated
		Writer of the Year	Ha Chung-ok	Won

International broadcast

• It aired in Vietnam from October 14, 2016, on TV Star - SCTV11, under the name Đừng làm em khóc.