Director: Jang Young-woo, Kim Hee-won
Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won headline Queen of Tears, a 2024 South Korean drama-romance that follows a wealthy, mismatched couple whose marriage is tested just as their world falls apart.
What is Queen of Tears about?
Baek Hyun-woo married into one of Korea's richest families, and years later he's grown weary of playing the dutiful son-in-law while his wife, department-store heiress Hong Hae-in, runs her family's business empire with icy precision. Their relationship has cooled into something closer to a business arrangement than a marriage. Then a sudden health crisis upends everything, forcing both of them to confront feelings they'd buried under years of routine, corporate infighting, and family pressure. As the couple's inner circle scrambles over inheritance and control of the conglomerate, Hyun-woo and Hae-in are pushed back toward each other in ways neither expects. The series balances soapy corporate intrigue with quieter, more sincere scenes between its two leads, letting the drama build gradually rather than rushing the reconciliation.
Cast & crew
Kim Soo-hyun (My Love from the Star) plays Hyun-woo with a wry, understated exhaustion, while Kim Ji-won brings both brittleness and warmth to Hae-in as she plays a woman unaccustomed to needing anyone. Park Sung-hoon adds a sharp supporting turn as a family rival, and veteran actors Na Young-hee and Kim Jung-nan round out the extended Hong family with plenty of scene-stealing tension.
Context & significance
Queen of Tears comes from director duo Jang Young-woo and Kim Hee-won, working from a script that leans into the tropes of Korean romantic melodrama while updating them with sharper pacing and a modern eye toward workplace and family dynamics. It became one of the most-watched Korean dramas of 2024, driven largely by the chemistry between its two leads and a plot that keeps finding new complications for its central couple.
Where & how to watch
Queen of Tears streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can watch in whichever format they prefer. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to start the series, and the interface is fully available in Farsi for Persian-speaking audiences.