High Society (2015 TV series)

Plot

Jang Yoon-ha is the youngest daughter of a chaebol family. Despite her wealth, she works part-time at a food market and hides her true identity as an heiress because all she truly wants is to find a man who'll love her for herself and not her money.

Choi Joon-ki grew up in extreme poverty, and has a huge chip on his shoulder about his poor parents being belittled. Now working as a middle manager for a conglomerate, Joon-ki is smart and talented but also jaded and calculating, believing that love is a luxury only for the wealthy.

Main characters

Uee as Jang Yoon-ha

The youngest daughter of a chaebol family. She took part-time jobs in order to handle the stress she gets from her family. She does not let people get close to her because those people often get hurt or always leave her, but she falls in love with Joon-ki.

Sung Joon as Choi Joon-ki.

He grew up in poverty and since a young age, has worked hard to get himself into a high ranking position. He initially begins dating Yoon-ha to gain powers, but eventually his feelings become real.

Park Hyung-sik as Yoo Chang-soo.

He is also a chaebol, and Joon-ki's boss. He falls for Yoon-ha's best friend Ji-yi, due to the fact that she overlooked his wealth and status. He doesn't like being used by people he considers allies.

Lim Ji-yeon as Lee Ji-yi.

She is Yoon-ha's best friend and Chang-soo's girlfriend. At first she didn't know about Yoon-ha's real identity and had a crush on Joon-ki. She had imagined chaebols to be people who led an easy life and got whatever they want; those are the reasons why she refused to date Chang-soo at first. But his earnest affection for her made her change her mind.

Supporting characters

Yoon Joo-sang as Jang Won-sik

Yoon-ha's father.

Go Doo-shim as Min Hye-soo

Yoon-ha's mother.

Lee Sang-woo as Jang Kyung-joon

Yoon-ha's older brother. He was very caring and protective of Yoon-ha, her only ally in the family. Kyung-joon's boat sank off the coast of Mexico, and he is presumed dead.

Yoon Ji-hye as Jang Ye-won

Yoon-ha's eldest sister. She will do anything to get to the top.

Yoo So-young as Jang So-hyun

Yoon-ha's second oldest sister. She is jealous of Yoon-ha because their parents let her do whatever she wants; however, Yoon-ha only wants to be loved by her parents. So-hyun is vain and very high maintenance.

Bang Eun-hee as Kim Seo-ra

Won-sik's mistress.

Nam Myung-ryul as Choi Young-ho

Joon-ki's father.

Yang Hee-kyung as Lee Min-sook

Joon-ki's mother, who works as Seo-ra's housekeeper.

Choi Yong-min as Butler Hong

A longtime employee of the Jang family.

Production

Its early working titles were Chaebol's Daughter (Hangul: 재벌의 딸; RR: Jaebeorui Ttal) and True Romance (Hangul: 트루 로맨스; RR: Teuru Romaenseu). Screenwriter Ha Myung-hee and director Choi Young-hoon previously worked together on One Warm Word (2013).

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

International broadcast

It aired in Vietnam on HTV2 from July 22, 2016 under the title Yêu trong toan tính.