Red Shoes

Red Shoes is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Choi Myung-gil, So Yi-hyun and Park Yoon-jae. The series, directed by Park Gi-hyeon and written by Hwang Soon-young, tells the story of a daughter who seeks to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success. The daily drama premiered on KBS2 on July 5 and aired on every weekday at 19:50 (KST) till December 10, 2021. Synopsis The series revolves around Kim Jem-ma (So Yi-hyun), a daughter who has a strong desire to take revenge on her heartless mother, who left her father and brother in search of love and success. Choi Myung-gil portrays Min Hee-kyeong, Kim Jem-ma's cold-hearted mother, who abandons her family after reuniting with her first love. Kim Jem-ma seeks to find out the secrets related to, and to avenge, her father's death. Yoon Gi-seok (portrayed by Park Yoon-jae) does not believe in love due to his wife's betrayal, but falls in love with Kim Jem-ma. Yoon Hyeon-seok (Shin Jung-yoon) is Yoon Gi-seok's younger brother, with free soul and defiant charm. The title of the series as explained by the writer Hwang Soon-young: "The day the main character woman was kicked out of her house by her husband, she comes out wearing the 'red shoes' that a man in the past gave her. And the last gift she left for her daughter is a necklace of red shoe accessories. If the 'red shoes' are 'desire' for the mother, it becomes 'revenge' for the daughter."