But even though I say this, that doesn't mean that I loved her any less." Cast Main Kwon Sang-woo as Cha Song-joo Baek Sung-hyun as young Song-joo Choi Ji-woo as Han Jung-suh / Kim Ji-soo Park Shin-hye as young Jung-suh Shin Hyun-joon as Han Tae-hwa / Han Chul-soo Lee Wan as young Tae-hwa Kim Tae-hee as Han Yoo-ri Park Ji-mi as young Yoo-ri Supporting Ha Jae-young as Han Su-ha (Jung-suh's father) Lee Hwi-hyang as Tae Mi-ra (Tae-hwa and Yoo-ri's mother) Jung Han-yong as Han Pil-su (Tae-hwa and Yoo-ri's father) Lee Charm (Bernhard Quandt) as Director Jang Kim Ji-sook as Min Seo-hyun (Song-joo's mother) Park Young-ji Jung Ha-na Lee Tae-sung Production Recreation complex Lotte World in Seoul was used as a filming location, namely the carousel, ice rink and as the seat of Cha Song-joo's family business. Soundtrack Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.11 E Minor 2nd Mvt : Romanza Memories of Heaven () – Jang Jung-woo Lethe () – Kang Woo-jin Ave Maria – Rebecca Luker That's the Only One () – Jang Jung-woo Forever () Only Me For You () – Kim Hyun-ah Remember Sad Love () To the Beautiful You () – Moon Ji-hwan I Will Protect You () I Miss You () – Kim Bum-soo This is Not the End () Memories of Heaven () – Park Mook-hwan Though I Am at the End of the World () Promise () That's the Only One () – Park Mook-hwan Stairway to Heaven Bania u cygana – Zero International broadcast In 2004, the broadcast rights were sold to Japan for appropriately , at the time a record price for a Korean drama export. It aired as part of Fuji TV's "Saturday Hallyu Wide Hour" programming block. The first episode received a viewership rating of 6% to 8% and went on to receive ratings as high at 12%. It also aired on cable channel KNTV from 4 June to 29 October 2005. According to a poll conducted by TV Asahi variety show SMAP Station in May 2007, Stairway to Heaven ranked as the third most popular Korean drama in Japan. It aired in Vietnam on HTV9 from May 2 to June 27, 2004. It aired in the Philippines on GMA Network in 2005, during which it received a peak viewership rating of 41.5% and an average viewership rating of 36.1%, making it one of the highest rated programs of all