A Word From Warm Heart

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Drama: A Word From Warm Heart (English title) / One Warm Word (literal title)
Revised romanization: Ddaddeukhan Mal Hanmadi
Hangul: 따뜻한 말 한마디
Director: Choi Hyeong-Hun
Writer: Ha Myung-Hee
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release Date: December 2, 2013 - February 24, 2014
Runtime: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Song Mi-Kyung (Kim Ji-Soo) is a housewife. Her husband runs a business and her neighbors are envious of her. One day, she learns that her husband is having an affair. She approaches them carefully.

Notes

"One Warm Word" takes over the SBS Monday & Tuesday 21:55 time slot previously occupied by "The Suspicious Housekeeper" and will be replaced by "God's Gift - 14 Days" on February 17, 2014.
# Ep. 9 & 10 of "A Word From Warm Heart" originally scheduled to air December 30th and 31st did not air due to award shows and special programming. Ep. 9 & 10 will air during the first week of January, 2014.
Ep. 19 & 20, originally scheduled to air February 10 and February 11, will air a week later due to the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Cast



Han Hye-Jin	Ji Jin-Hee	Kim Ji-Soo	Lee Sang-Woo
Na Eun-Jin	Yoo Jae-Hak	Song Mi-Kyung	Kim Sung-Soo

Additional Cast Members:

Yun Ju-Sang - Na Dae-Ho
Ko Du-Shim - Kim Na-Ra
Yoon Jong-Hwa - Na Jin-Chul
Yoon Joo-Hee - Yoon Sun-Ah
Han Groo - Na Eun-Young
Lee Chae-Mi - Kim Yoon-Jung
Yang On-Yoo - Na Hoon
Park Jung-Soo - Jae-Hak's mother
Park Seo-Jun - Song Min-Soo
Choi Hwa-Jung - Choi An-Na
Son Hwa-Ryeong - Ji-Hye
Kim Hye-Na - Young-Kyung
Kim Dae-Sung - Yoo Hye-Hwang
Jeon Jin-Seo - Hye-Joon
Choi Ha-Ho - Yoo Hye-Hwang (young)
Sung Byoung-Sook - Sung-Soo's mother
Ko Na-Yeon - Yoon Bo-Ram
Sun Hak - police officer
Kim Jin-Soo - bank customer (cameo)
Lee Jae-Won - lawyer (cameo)
Yoon Jin-Young - Jae-Hak's secretary (cameo)
Jo Sung-Kyu - bank customer (cameo)
Jung Gang-Hee

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Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	TNmS		AGB
Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
2013-12-02	1	NR	NR	NR	NR
2013-12-03	2	7.38.4% (19th)	9.1% (16th)	8.4% (19th)	8.8% (17th)
2013-12-09	3	NR	NR	NR	NR
2013-12-10	4	NR	8.2% (18th)	8.3% (18th)	9.5% (15th)
2013-12-16	5	NR	NR	NR	NR
2013-12-17	6	NR	8.5% (20th)	8.5% (18th)	9.3% (18th)
2013-12-23	7	NR	NR	NR	9.7% (16th)
2013-12-24	8	NR	NR	9.1% (16th)	10.0% (12th)
2014-01-06	9	NR	NR	NR	NR
2014-01-07	10	NR	NR	10.5% (12th)	11.8% (7th)
2014-01-13	11	NR	NR	9.9% (16th)	11.4% (11th)
2014-01-14	12	NR	9.8% (18th)	10.2% (16th)	10.9% (11th)
2014-01-20	13	NR	NR	10.8% (12th)	12.3% (7th)
2014-01-21	14	NR	9.6% (15th)	11.3% (12th)	12.2% (7th)
2014-01-27	15	NR	NR	9.7% (16th)	10.0% (13th)
2014-01-28	16	7.9% (20th)	NR	10.5% (13th)	10.4% (9th)
2014-02-03	17	NR	NR	9.9% (20th)	10.1% (17th)
2014-02-04	18	9.3% (17th)	10.4% (13th)	10.9% (11th)	11.4% (9th)
2014-02-17	19	NR	NR	11.2% (14th)	12.7% (9th)
2014-02-24	20	NR	NR	NR	9.7% (18th)

Source: TNS Media Korea& AGB Nielson

NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson.

Awards

2014 SBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2014
- Special Actress (medium-length drama) (Ko Du-Shim)
- New Star Award (Han Groo/Park Seo-Jun)

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Park Min Sep 10 2022 5:47 pm Don't expect to find a realistic portrayal of marriage and infidelity here, it's mostly quirky melodramatic maneuvers. Therefore, it's hard to see any raw emotion that carry a heavy emotional impact. Especially from Eun Jin, static stiff expressions throughout any emotional scene. Yes she tears up and her eyes get red but that's the only part of her face that moves. Also, Eun Jin had no chemistry with any of the two men. It only makes it harder to get invested. And of course, everything, with the power of magic, work out after a time skip :/

Below average direction, weird inconsistent transitions and dialogues. Awkward insertions of music and sound tracks. The way the episode is divided into clips doesn't flow properly. It only get worse when they switch the topic within a scene to something irrelevant or unfitting for the scene.

I finished this drama and looked who was the screenwriter? Guess what? It's the cursed writer "Ha Myung Hee", she is the infamous writer for ruining any project she works on and this is no exception. As I said in my comment 10 months ago on her profile page "The writing is so weird, detached from reality and has no good construction.", since then, I watched 6/9 of her projects and my opinion remains the same.

Go watch "Valid Love (2014)" or "My Wife’s Having an Affair this Week (2016)".

Melorine Jun 05 2021 7:47 am I love to watch this drama for how many times❤❤

rizqueena Apr 06 2021 7:54 am IDK why ji jin hee often got a role as a cheating husband. he also played as a cheater on drama I have a lover. but I agreed his acting skill is superb!!! ji jin hee is always suitable for role as a king who has many wives or cheater.. hahaha, because he looks mature charming and charismatic.. while Bae Soo-bin is suitable for role as a smart but obsessive and psyco man

yran Sep 05 2020 6:23 pm 2020 and re watching, adorable little girl, beautiful production. Love Lee SAng Woo and Han HyeJin.

misha Feb 22 2019 3:18 pm I am watching this because 1. Ji Jin Hee is here 2. Lee Sang-woo is here and 3. Park seo Joon is here. hope this drama is worth of my 20hrs.

lrt Nov 28 2018 7:18 pm Remind me never to watch this kind of drama again...even my favorite actors couldn't stop me from pressing the fast forward button!

ab Sep 21 2016 6:45 am Han Hye Jin is a great actress. Her acting in drama "Jumong" is just perfect. Love her so much!

PT Mar 24 2016 4:38 pm Han hye-jin's acting so ugly in this drama. She is really annying. Does she even know acting of ABCD. Till tue end she had only one expression on her face. Really!!

This drama is worth watching only for ji jin-hee and ji-su. Amazing performances by them

ElBee Dec 08 2015 8:55 am PS The very best acting in this, I have to say, is the child who plays Yoon Jung! Wow way to make my face contort and threaten me with tears five minutes before or after cheesy grins spread across my face! (I also like the dad of the main actress' character...He is excellent whether tender like this, I'll like Unfortunate Boyfriend, or evil!)... Not the best show ever but LSW did such a great job! The writers are really the main issue -and the main actress' seems almost like her face was either botoxed or just has partial paralysis/Bells Palsy sometimes... Deer in headlights that suddenly has tears streaming down her face just felt unbelievable... Worth the watch though!! (dramanice.us is where I Ifound the episodes for anyone looking! Awl is also there...it is on. Myasiantv too though)

ElBee Dec 08 2015 8:48 am I started this for Lee Sang Woo (like many) and found it wonderful that while waiting for eps of All About My Mom+I Have a Lover, I was immersed in both of the leading men (pity Ji Jin Hee cheats in both but NOT a pity both men are aging so beautifully with such talents for bringing every emotion to life)... A great surprise was seeing the same son-favoring All About My Mom Im San Ok play a tender, protective mother who connects with the daughter and likewise displays every emotion so well, connecting in ways that feel so real with other actors...I also finished She Was Pretty not long after much loved Kill Me Heal Me and the change/aging of "Min Soo" Park Seo Joon is a great one-I hope natural and not forced like Seo ain Guk's harsh dieting, of course!

Miss Bee Aug 18 2015 9:35 pm Am a third of the way through episode 5. Touching, natural scene between daughter and father. Sweet child.

Lorraine Jul 24 2015 3:02 pm I just finished this series. So much true emotions of everyday life I will always keep in heart "The most miserable person in the world, is the one who when they fall, has no one to pick them up" so profound. Thank you

Sydney Feb 16 2015 9:40 pm what types or names of the phones they were using on this show? Does anyone know?

Karen Aug 06 2014 1:35 am Very good but found Han Hye-Jin very annoying. Don't know if it is the acting or the directing but how sorry can one person feel for themselves. An It's-all-about-me character. Have seen her in other work with the same sort of where-am-I expression. Otherwise really good cast. Loved the father. What a great face and so lovable. This film really demonstrates the misery and destruction caused by those who choose to cheat. Found Ji Jin-Hee's character a little too stiff and not passionate at all. Loved both Lee and Min Soo. It did drag in some areas but overall enjoyable.

SangWoo-HyeJinLove Jun 14 2014 11:16 pm GOOD QUALITY drama, excellent actors. Everything beautiful. Why low rating?

tan Mar 24 2014 2:05 am i love lee sang woo oppa.. love this story,

herbmom Mar 18 2014 9:55 am Very interesting drama. Acting was excellent. My favorite characters were the parents, who realistically demonstrated the turmoil a parent feels when crises come in their children's lives. You never stop being a mom or dad. Great themes here....forgiveness, fidelity, sacrifice, perseverance, all of which are needed to sustain a marriage for a lifetime. Good job!

SOUMA Feb 27 2014 4:27 pm RIDICULE, what a silly story, I have an affair, but I didn't sleep with him, is like I see other men but didn't sleep with them is more convenient, but those ajumah, want to make it more dramatic what a shame an affair in my dictionary mean screwing

wisa Feb 27 2014 4:26 pm Started off great, I was pretty much hooked. However somewhere along the middle to end I found myself getting really bored. The actors should be all praise for their hard work because I enjoyed each of their portrayal of the characters. I was emotionally invested in some parts of the drama. Favorite part of the storyline was the younger sister, everything that she had to face, I enjoyed that being added. When started watching this drama I wanted yoo jae hyuk (ji jin hee) and na eun jin (han hye jin) to end up together. It ended with a good ending. The ratings are well deserved. Meaning its not high rated drama. Top 40 list for me.

colleen Feb 25 2014 7:27 pm I LOVE THIS DRAMA! ....Ji Jin Hee is gorgeous & an excellent actor....wish he was making American films....but I am thrilled to see him in this.

Am rooting forJi and Han to end up together....but am prepared to be disappointed as the writers will probably try to take the less controversial ending.

Viet Nguyen Feb 22 2014 11:43 am Very dull script. Generous rating is 29/100. No progress made. That was why the rating is so low. Script writer was sleeping while writing it.

miodec Feb 20 2014 2:36 am I agree with madison and ann... love this drama

Frank Feb 14 2014 9:17 pm I am sorry, I am following this drama and cannot see Adultery here. I saw a married woman upset over her Husband affair find a Man to spend good laughing time with if I am wrong is because the writer did not add holding hand,hugs,kisses,sex to the screen. May be in Korea there is no platonic words.

Madison Feb 14 2014 10:56 am This drama is well worth the watch. The subject matter is heavy, and it deals a lot with the emotional aftermath of infidelity and the widespead affects in can have on one's family and life. I find the writing and the way each situation is handled to be very true to life. Some people are complaining that there is no progress in this show, but I think they are missing the tiny details of character development that as each character comes to grip with the situation and their feelings. I agree that this show is aimed at a mature/experienced audience who can appreciate the fine storytelling.

ann Feb 13 2014 5:13 pm A must see drama especially for married people. A drama that penetrates the sensitive reality that every family must pass when facing unexpected event in their lives. I love the actors. The emotions that come out in every scene is very convincing. Trust, betrayal, jealousy, anger,struggle, survival, sympathy, hope and love rolled into one. A drama that lets you examine your inner self and will remind you of good and the devastating effect of every decision that you will make in your life. Waiting on how this will end. :)

Phyllis West Feb 13 2014 2:13 pm By accident I turned on channel 18 and am so thrilled with the acting, the story line and the sub titles that I find myself eagerly looking forward to Monday and Tuesday. I also discovered Madly in Love on channel 18 The subtitles are easier to read on that show than on Word from Warm Heart, which tend have words zoom by using too long sentences that are cut off before one can read clearly, or white print against white background is tough to follow. Thank you so much for these wonderful shows. Even though I am not Asian, I enjoy viewing the various countries' electronic inventions, business attitudes, family support and stunning fashions. (Especially since I am a retired fashion designer and illustrator). THANK YOU!

Phyllis West

Nyx. Feb 12 2014 2:19 pm This drama seems to be dragging a lot... Mistakes repeat and repeat and never seems to be resolved... The actors and actresses also seems to be lagging in something towards each other... The only thing I like about this drama is Eun Jin's parents...

loesje Feb 11 2014 8:23 pm Wonderful drama well worth watching.It is about all the emotions that come out after a spouse commits adultery. It affects everyone around you.It has far strechting consequences. This makes it even more interesting due to the Oriental dynamics.Mistresses are not uncommon for Asian men. Yes,everyone can make a "mistake",but it is what you do with that mistake that makes the difference in people's lives. Comitting adultery is not noise over "nothing'! Be honest when you are over and done with a relationship and go your own way.Don't drag third parties into your bedroom,unless you BOTH agree to that.

stephanie Feb 06 2014 9:45 pm I really hope all the couples can really work out their problems and stay together. So, they made mistakes, that's what makes them human.

izabel Feb 05 2014 1:57 pm So disappointig this drama. I can't even watch anymore. So much noise for nothing. Thank God it's almost over.

Vera_yen Feb 03 2014 9:32 am I love this drama.. I really wish Eun Jin to be with Jae Hak,though it's not supposed to, but I can really feel their love towards each other. Jae Hak never loves his wife, Eun Jin has lost her love towards her husband, but they can't be together bcoz each of them is trying to protect their families. I believe in reality, this thing really happens. Somehow, I still hope Eun Jin can be together with Jae Hak.

SCHA Jan 28 2014 8:10 pm i want so bad eun jin end up with sung soo..this storyline really make me heartaching in a whole day...its really affect me a lot and i dont want to feel this depression anymore.please end this drama quickly~~

Rebekah Huang Jan 28 2014 12:06 pm Na Eun jin character makes me sick! Always dragging around like someone did her wrong. So pathetic! She's the one who put the ball in motion that's tearing at the fabric of all the family members involved but, you're suppose to have sympathy for her just bcos her husband cheated? Please.

yenny Jan 16 2014 4:47 am Love this drama.i like ost of the drama..

Samanta Jan 14 2014 4:12 am Eun Young and Min Soo are so cute. Whatever happens in the future these two really have great chemistry atm <3

Fatuma Jan 14 2014 3:29 am Omg i hope the cheaters dont end up together song mi worked her butt off for that marriage its sad how men can be so cold hearted i hate home wreckers btw im also 24 n sorta like it just want the woman who knew how it felt when her husband cheated to have a miserable life lol i hate her lol

Gina Jan 13 2014 10:38 pm This drama deals with very deep and complex emotions and relationship and because of these it is a story that can be understood more by a mature audience. It is a great drama with very good actors, I look forward to every episode!

anna Jan 11 2014 6:04 pm I cannot believe why people don't like this drama. It's even funny to read some comments about this drama being targeted to old people. To me, this drama is really great... it is very intriguing. And by the way, I am only 24.

kathy Jan 09 2014 12:59 pm I'm really sad that this movie is not doing well. I am not middle aged, I am 24 and I love this drama. I will admit that I've skipped through some scenes but I still very much enjoy watching it. I can't wait for the next episodes to come out.

ssss Jan 01 2014 9:13 am the song in the trailer- korean dramas need to stop using it! so unoriginal and just an ugly song!

renaya Dec 28 2013 10:59 am drama specialist of han ye jin... but I dont like anymore this type of drama.. too much the indentical relative of it. I'm too tired to watch this type of drama...I think this type drama is suitable for middle-age or fans of old drama type, which run on family affair.....

J Coccinelle Dec 21 2013 8:48 am Ji Jin Hee is a heart-throb!! :-)) I have watched all the 6 episodes that have been broadcast so far. It is not a very light-hearted drama, and I think one also has to be old enough to be able to relate to the issues tackled. Someone who is middle-aged can really appreciate it, I think! I really like the rich stock of characters in the drama, and the different resopnses they give to the marital problems they face. And I feel grateful because it has also helped me to get a better understanding of Korean men :-))

Hanny Tandy Dec 13 2013 10:26 pm Like the strory, especially to see Ji Jin hee and Lee Sang Woo.. keep waiting for next episode

ian Dec 10 2013 9:42 pm i love the actors and i really hope this does well in rating because i am afraid it wont because of being pitted against hajwon's series.. anyway ill try to watch both

debrat Dec 06 2013 11:50 pm Ji Jin-hee, Lee Sang-Woo ........nuff said! This is drama for grown folks.......only the kiddies are complaining of low expectations.

Ctoo Dec 05 2013 10:30 pm Really interesting drama. So far so good. Actors, actresses, director and script writer are really doing the great job. Hopefully they can keep this momentum till the end.

JJ Dec 05 2013 1:54 am Love these intense drama. Something a bit different. Definitely we will see great acting. Sick of those popular dramas with really bad acting.

klutz Dec 05 2013 1:26 am Pictures please of Lee Sang Woo

5555 Dec 04 2013 8:22 pm unpleasant i Ignore

mmmm Dec 04 2013 5:05 am yikes.. looks really bad..

sarah Dec 02 2013 9:53 pm Yeah !! All my favourite actor and actress !! Hope that this drama's storyline is interesting !! :D

jan Dec 02 2013 9:02 am first episode was great.. can't wait till how the story will go.. ji jin hee is indeed amazing.. :)

PZA Dec 02 2013 5:34 am Lee sang woo..cheers!

izabel Nov 19 2013 2:27 pm Looks absolutely fantastic. I can't wait for this drama. Maybe this can be as good as Secret. Or better. Who knows?

Juwita Goh Nov 19 2013 6:53 am Lee sang woo,up coming new drama...figthing.

TRT Nov 06 2013 11:20 pm I love lee sang woo, to bad he'll not in the main cast... Fighting oppa!

sara Sep 20 2013 9:04 am Ji Jin hee is present in this drama ????

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