Bad Woman, Good Woman

Bad Woman, Good Woman
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Also known as	The Good Woman and the Bad Woman Good Wife, Bad Wife
Genre	Romance Drama
Written by	Lee Hong-gu
Directed by	Lee Dae-young Lee Dae-yoon
Starring	Choi Jin-sil Lee Jae-ryong Sung Hyun-ah Jeon No-min
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	176
Production
Producer	Choi Yi-seob
Production locations	South Korea Saipan
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	January 12 (2006-01-12) – July 30, 2006 (2006-07-30)

Bad Woman, Good Woman (Korean: 나쁜 여자 착한 여자; RR: Nappeun Yeoja Chakhan Yeoja) is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Choi Jin-sil, Lee Jae-ryong, Sung Hyun-ah, and Jeon No-min. It aired on Mondays to Fridays at 19:45 on MBC from January 1 to July 13, 2007 for 140 episodes.[1][2]

The daily drama explores the true meaning of family and love, as a wife who considers herself a "good woman" agonizingly finds out about her husband's 6-year-long affair.[3][4]

Plot

Se-young is (Choi Jin-sil) is a devoted wife and mother who greatly values her family and home life. She loves her doctor husband Geon-woo (Lee Jae-ryong) very deeply, and affectionately takes care of her old mother-in-law who is afflicted with dementia, as well as her daughter whom she did not give birth to. But unbeknownst to her, for the past six years Geon-woo has been having an affair with his first love, Seo-kyung (Sung Hyun-ah), who herself is married to Tae-hyun (Jeon No-min). Things come to a head when Geon-woo and Seo-kyung take their families to Saipan for an international medical seminar. Se-young and Tae-hyun are looking forward to a second honeymoon with their respective spouses, not knowing that Geon-woo and Seo-kyung are secretly meeting for trysts. When Se-young discovers her husband's infidelity, her world goes to pieces.[5]

Cast

Main characters

• Choi Jin-sil as Lee Se-young
• Lee Jae-ryong as Song Geon-woo
• Sung Hyun-ah as Yoon Seo-kyung
• Jeon No-min as Kim Tae-hyun

Supporting characters

• Lee Hyo-choon as Lee Kyung-seon
• Kim Yong-rim as Mrs. Song
• Ha Seung-ri as Song Jin-ah
• Kim Ji-woo as Song Ji-woo
• Baek Il-seob as Kim Bong-dal
• Nam Yoon-jung as Choi Mal-ja
• Chae Jin-geon as Kim Tae-wook
• Lee Yoon-mi as Kim Tae-hee
• Lee Sang-gil as Kim Woo-ram
• Yoo Seo-jin as Lee So-young
• Kyung Joon as Han Sang-jin
• Shin Dong-mi as Jang Ji-seon
• Han In-soo as Seo-kyung's father
• Park Hye-won
• Lee Jin-sung
• Song Min-jung as nurse
• Shin Shin-ae Gwi-ok
• Kim Young-sun as Yeon Byeon-daek

References

1. Han, Eun-jung (December 18, 2006). "Once Bitten but Not Twice Shy: Disgraced Actresses Ready Comebacks on the Small Screen in 2007". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
2. "Big stars, small screens and a boom in musicals". Korea JoongAng Daily. December 31, 2006. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
3. "Choi Jin-sil Plays the Lead in the New Drama Bad Woman, Good Woman". MBC Global Media. February 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
4. Lee, Min-a (December 25, 2006). "For actress, fiction imitates real life". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
5. "Choi Jin-sil and Seong Hyeon-ah to Engage in an Actress's Duel on Small Screen". MBC Global Media. February 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2013.

External links

• Bad Woman, Good Woman official MBC website (in Korean)
• Bad Woman, Good Woman at MBC Global Media
• Bad Woman, Good Woman at HanCinema