The Promise
Promotional poster
Hangul
천상의 약속
Literal meaningHeaven's Promise
Revised RomanizationCheonsangeui Yaksok
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏnsangŭi Yaksok
GenreMelodrama
Revenge
Created byKBS Drama Production (KBS 드라마 제작국)
Written by
  • Kim Yoon-shin
  • Heo In-moo
Directed byJeon Woo-sung
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes102
Production
Executive producerLee Hyang-bong
Running time35 minutes
Production companyNeo Entertainment
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseFebruary 1 (2016-02-01) –
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)

The Promise (Korean: 천상의 약속; RR: Cheonsang-ui Yaksok; lit. Heaven's Promise) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-ri (in a twin role),[1] Seo Jun-young, Park Ha-na and Song Jong-ho. It airs on KBS2 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:50, for 102 episodes with the first episode airing on February 1, 2016.[1]

Plot

Na-yeon (Lee Yu-ri) is a bright woman. She supports her boyfriend Tae-joon (Seo Jun-young), who is from a poor background, and has even given up entering a university. But Tae-joon dumps her for his success and goes with Se-jin (Park Ha-na), who is the granddaughter of the Baekdo Company president. Do-hee (Lee Yu-ri) is Na-Yeon’s twin sister, who was separated from her at birth. Hence, they have never met each other. Do-hee works as a reporter at a weekly magazine, and is the girlfriend of Hwi-kyung (Song Jong-ho), who is the successor of Baekdo Company, and Se-jin's step-uncle. After a series of events, Se-jin's family wrongfully placed Na-yeon in a mental hospital. Do-hee manages to track Na-yeon down, and they switch places. Shortly after, Do-hee dies in Na-yeon's place when the building catches fire. After her death, Na-yeon decides to take revenge. She takes on the identity of Do-hee, then marries Hwi-kyung, stepping into Se-jin's family in the process.

Cast

Main cast

  • Lee Yu-ri as Lee Na-yeon / Baek Do-hee (dual role) (32 years old)
  • Seo Jun-young as Kang Tae-joon (32 years old)
  • Song Jong-ho as Park Hwi-kyung (35 years old)
  • Park Ha-na as Jang Se-jin (32 years old)
    • Gong Yeon-sung as young Jang Se-jin (12 years old)

Supporting cast

Lee Na-yeon's family
  • Yoon Bok-in as Yang Mal-sook
  • Jo Hye-sun as Lee Eun-bong
    • Kim Esther as young Lee Eun-bong
  • Han Ga-rim as Lee Geum-bong
    • Kim Min-kyul as young Lee Geum-bong
  • Im Hyun-sung as Lee Joong-dae
Jang Se-jin's family
Kang Tae-joon's family
  • Oh Young-shil as Oh Man-jung
  • Song Young-kyu as Heo Poong-dal
  • Kang Bong-sung as Heo Se-kwang
Baek Do-hee's family
  • Kim Bo-mi as Ahn Sung-joo
  • Park Chan-hwan as Baek Dong-jin

Others

  • Kim Bo-min as Lee Sae-byul
  • Yoon Byung-hee as Team leader Bae
  • Lee Seol-goo as Park Joon-ik
  • Hong Seung-bum as Park Hee-suk

Guest appearances

Ratings

  • The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date
Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[2] Nielsen Korea[3]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 2016/02/01 17.6% 15.2% 15.7% 15.6%
2 2016/02/02 18.2% 16.3% 15.6% 14.8%
3 2016/02/03 16.4% 13.3% 12.8%
4 2016/02/04 17.5% 14.1% 15.0% 14.9%
5 2016/02/05 16.6% 14.5% 14.8% 14.7%
6 2016/02/08 10.6% 10.4% 8.2% 8.4%
7 2016/02/09 13.1% 11.8% 11.5% 10.8%
8 2016/02/10 13.6% 11.9% 12.2% 11.8%
9 2016/02/11 17.6% 15.5% 14.0% 13.6%
10 2016/02/12 16.3% 14.6% 14.5% 14.4%
11 2016/02/15 16.7% 14.3% 15.4% 15.3%
12 2016/02/16 17.6% 14.0% 15.7% 16.4%
13 2016/02/17 18.3% 15.6% 14.8% 15.1%
14 2016/02/18 18.4% 15.7% 15.8% 16.4%
15 2016/02/19 18.8% 16.0% 15.6% 14.8%
16 2016/02/22 17.6% 15.3% 15.8% 16.7%
17 2016/02/23 17.8% 16.2% 15.6%
18 2016/02/24 18.2% 15.4% 15.8% 15.7%
19 2016/02/25 18.8% 16.1% 15.5% 16.1%
20 2016/02/26 19.2% 17.6% 16.6% 17.0%
21 2016/02/29 18.1% 15.8% 16.8% 17.7%
22 2016/03/01 20.5% 17.9% 18.0% 18.5%
23 2016/03/02 20.6% 16.6% 17.9% 18.6%
24 2016/03/03 18.6% 16.5% 16.8%
25 2016/03/07 20.2% 18.1% 17.1% 17.4%
26 2016/03/08 20.8% 18.5% 17.8% 17.0%
27 2016/03/09 19.5% 16.7% 15.8% 15.4%
28 2016/03/10 18.9% 16.0% 15.9%
29 2016/03/11 19.4% 16.1% 16.9%
30 2016/03/14 19.7% 17.7% 18.4%
31 2016/03/15 20.2% 17.4% 19.0% 19.4%
32 2016/03/16 19.4% 16.3% 17.7% 17.5%
33 2016/03/17 19.0% 15.8% 16.3% 16.0%
34 2016/03/18 15.6% 17.6% 17.1%
35 2016/03/21 20.0% 17.1% 18.5% 19.2%
36 2016/03/22 21.5% 18.6% 18.5% 18.4%
37 2016/03/23 19.6% 16.7% 17.8% 17.4%
38 2016/03/24 18.1% 15.5% 17.0% 16.9%
39 2016/03/25 18.7% 17.2% 16.9% 15.9%
40 2016/03/28 20.1% 18.0% 17.0% 17.3%
41 2016/03/29 20.8% 19.8% 19.0%
42 2016/03/30 21.3% 18.8% 19.1% 18.9%
43 2016/03/31 20.8% 17.7% 17.8% 18.1%
44 2016/04/04 21.1% 18.8% 19.6% 18.9%
45 2016/04/05 20.1% 17.5% 18.9% 17.9%
46 2016/04/06 18.0% 18.2% 17.8%
47 2016/04/07 20.0% 17.2% 18.8% 19.2%
48 2016/04/08 19.7% 18.7% 18.8%
49 2016/04/11 21.0% 19.5% 17.6% 17.0%
50 2016/04/12 20.5% 18.7% 19.6% 18.8%
51 2016/04/13 16.3% 15.9% 16.4% 17.1%
52 2016/04/14 20.1% 17.6% 19.8% 19.5%
53 2016/04/15 18.5% 17.0% 18.1%
54 2016/04/18 20.5% 19.2% 19.0% 19.4%
55 2016/04/19 19.5% 16.9% 20.0% 20.6%
56 2016/04/20 21.7% 18.9% 19.8% 19.9%
57 2016/04/21 19.2% 16.9% 17.9% 17.4%
58 2016/04/22 20.0% 17.3% 18.9% 18.4%
59 2016/04/25 20.7% 19.0% 19.0% 18.7%
60 2016/04/26 19.7% 16.9% 19.5% 19.2%
61 2016/04/27 20.4% 18.5% 18.1%
62 2016/04/28 20.3% 18.2% 19.1% 19.3%
63 2016/04/29 21.0% 19.3% 17.9% 17.7%
64 2016/05/02 20.9% 20.4% 19.0% 19.1%
65 2016/05/03 20.8% 19.4% 20.1% 19.6%
66 2016/05/04 17.8% 16.5% 17.9% 17.8%
67 2016/05/05 17.9% 17.1% 16.7% 16.0%
68 2016/05/06 19.3% 17.5% 15.8%
69 2016/05/09 20.3% 18.5% 19.3% 19.2%
70 2016/05/10 21.6% 19.1% 20.1% 18.9%
71 2016/05/11 19.6% 18.0% 17.6% 15.8%
72 2016/05/12 20.7% 18.3% 19.8% 19.0%
73 2016/05/13 19.9% 18.4% 18.0%
74 2016/05/16 21.0% 19.0% 18.9% 19.7%
75 2016/05/17 9.3% 8.7% 10.4% 10.6%
76 2016/05/18 20.0% 17.9% 17.1% 16.1%
77 2016/05/19 18.4% 16.4% 17.1%
78 2016/05/20 19.7% 18.7% 16.7% 16.3%
79 2016/05/23 20.7% 18.9% 17.9% 17.8%
80 2015/05/24 20.8% 18.7% 19.0%
81 2016/05/25 19.7% 18.5% 17.7%
82 2016/05/26 20.9% 18.7% 20.4% 20.0%
83 2016/05/27 21.6% 19.0% 18.9% 18.1%
84 2016/05/30 19.5% 18.2% 19.3% 18.3%
85 2016/05/31 21.4% 19.5% 18.4%
86 2016/06/01 18.8% 16.9% 18.7%
87 2016/06/03 20.2% 17.7% 19.2% 18.9%
88 2016/06/06 9.8% 10.0% 9.2% 9.1%
89 2016/06/07 20.9% 19.6% 19.0% 18.3%
90 2016/06/08 18.7% 16.6% 17.1% 16.1%
91 2016/06/09 19.4% 18.7% 18.3% 17.9%
92 2016/06/10 20.4% 19.7% 19.2% 18.7%
93 2016/06/13 21.2% 20.9% 20.2% 20.0%
94 2016/06/14 19.6% 19.4% 19.1% 19.2%
95 2016/06/15 20.7% 19.5% 20.3% 20.4%
96 2016/06/16 20.2% 19.2% 20.1% 19.7%
97 2016/06/17 19.4% 18.6% 18.1% 17.4%
98 2016/06/20 22.3% 22.0% 21.3% 20.7%
99 2016/06/21 21.1% 20.4% 19.7%
100 2016/06/22 21.5% 20.7% 21.1% 21.1%
101 2016/06/23 21.4% 20.4% 20.5% 19.8%
102 2016/06/24 21.6% 21.4% 21.3% 20.8%
Average 19.25% 17.28% 17.57% 17.35%
  • Episodes 78 aired on May 20, 2016

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016 30th KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama
Lee Yu-ri
 Won
Nominated
Best Young Actor Nominated
Best Young Actress
Kim Bo-min
 Nominated
Nominated

International broadcast

The series aired, one week after initial broadcast, on KBS World with subtitles.

It started airing in Singapore on Channel U. Starting Feb 8 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 Min, Seonho (1 February 2016). "이유리, '천상의 약속' 1人2色 단독포스터 공개". Sports Today. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Nielsen Korea Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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