Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears
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Hangul	눈물의 여왕
Hanja	눈물의 女王
Revised Romanization	Nunmul-ui yeowang
McCune–Reischauer	Nunmulŭi yŏwang
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Developed by	CJ ENM
Written by	Park Ji-eun
Directed by	Jang Young-woo [ko] Kim Hee-won
Starring	Kim Soo-hyun Kim Ji-won Park Sung-hoon Kwak Dong-yeon Lee Joo-bin
Music by	Nam Hye-seung
Opening theme	"In a Beautiful Way" (Opening Title ver.) by Kim Kyung-hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16 + 2 special
Production
Executive producers	Lee Hye-young (CP)[2] Park Joo-yeon[3] Kang Hee-wook[3]
Producers	Kim Je-hyun[3] Yoo Sang-won[3] Jang Jin-wook[3] Jang Young-woo[3] Kim Tae-hun[2] Heo Do-yun[2] Jo Su-yeong[2]
Production locations	South Korea Germany
Cinematography	Kang Yoon-soon[3] Wang Ho-sang[3] Park Se-hee[3] Kim Ji-hoon[3]
Editor	Yoo Hyun-hye[3]
Running time	80~90 minutes
Production companies	Studio Dragon Culture Depot Showrunners
Budget	₩56 billion
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	March 9 (2024-03-09) – April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)
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Queen of Tears (Korean: 눈물의 여왕) is a 2024 South Korean television series written by Park Ji-eun, co-directed by Jang Young-woo [ko] and Kim Hee-won, and starring Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won, Park Sung-hoon, Kwak Dong-yeon, and Lee Joo-bin. The series depicts the story of a married couple in a crisis. It aired on tvN from March 9, to April 28, 2024, every Saturday and Sunday at 21:20 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, and on Netflix in selected regions.

Queen of Tears reached a nationwide rating of 24.850% for its final episode and became the highest-rated tvN series, surpassing Crash Landing on You.^[4] It also became the third highest-rated series in Korean cable television history for viewership ratings and the second highest by number of viewers.