2015 South Korean television series
Unkind Ladies Also known as Unkind Women Genre Family Drama Romance Written by Kim In-young Directed by Yoo Hyun-ki Starring Kim Hye-ja Chae Shi-ra Do Ji-won Lee Ha-na Composers Park Sung-jin Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes24 Executive producers Shin In-soo Producers Yoon Jae-hyuk Production location Korea Cinematography Kim Kyung-ho Editors Ahn Young-rok Running time 65 minutes Production company IOK Media Network KBS2 Release February 25 (2015-02-25 ) – (2015-05-14 )
Unkind Ladies Korean : 착하지 않은 여자들 RR : Chakhaji Anheun Yeojadeul South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-ja , Chae Shi-ra , Do Ji-won and Lee Ha-na .[ 1] [ 2] KBS2 from February 25 to May 14, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Plot
Three generations of a family of women are led by matriarch Kang Soon-ok, a famous cooking instructor to the rich and famous. Her older daughter Kim Hyun-jung is a rising network anchor at a television station, while younger daughter Kim Hyun-sook is the black sheep of the family. Jung Ma-ri is Hyun-sook's daughter but takes after her aunt by being accomplished, and is on track to become the youngest professor at the university where she works. Ma-ri gets caught up in a love triangle between a pair of half-brothers, reporter Lee Doo-jin and kendo instructor Lee Roo-oh.[ 3]
Cast
Main characters
Supporting characters
Cameos
Jang Gwang as traditional fortune-teller (episode 1)Joo Jong-hyuk as Ma-ri's student (episode 1)[ 7] Julian Quintart as Leif Garrett (flashbacks)Lee Sang-yoon as top star (episode 3)Boyfriend as popular idol group (episode 5)Park Chil-yong as jewelry appraiser (Ahn Jong-mi's uncle; episode 6)
Choi Jong-hoon & Choi Ha-na as adulterous couple (episode 8)
Lee Seung-yeon as junior anchorwoman (episode 8)
An Si-wu as presentator on the train (episode 15)
Lee Su-han as helper of presentator on the train (episode 15)
Lee Yong-seong as helper of presentator on the train (episode 15)
Lee Sang-joon as pianist (episode 19)
Lee Deok-hwa as Han Ki-young, Mo-ran's ex-fiancé (episodes 21-22)
Ratings
Episode #
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[ 8]
AGB Nielsen[ 9]
Nationwide
Seoul National Capital Area
Nationwide
Seoul National Capital Area
1
February 25, 2015
8.8%
10.3%
9.1% 9.4%
2
February 26, 2015
8.9%
10.4%
9.8%
10.2%
3
March 4, 2015
10.1%
13.0% 11.8%
12.2%
4
March 5, 2015
9.5%
12.8%
11.5%
12.7%
5
March 11, 2015
9.1%
11.8%
12.0%
13.1%
6
March 12, 2015
9.5%
11.9%
12.2%
13.3%
7
March 18, 2015
9.6%
12.2%
12.1%
12.4%
8
March 19, 2015
9.5%
12.5%
13.7% 14.7%
9
March 25, 2015
9.8%
11.3%
12.8%
13.9%
10
March 26, 2015
10.3%
11.7%
12.9%
13.8%
11
April 1, 2015
9.9%
12.0%
11.9%
12.1%
12
April 2, 2015
10.6% 12.3%
13.7% 15.1%
13
April 8, 2015
10.5%
11.9%
13.6%
14.0%
14
April 9, 2015
10.4%
12.4%
12.7%
13.4%
15
April 15, 2015
10.0%
11.5%
12.1%
12.3%
16
April 16, 2015
9.4%
11.5%
12.2%
12.8%
17
April 22, 2015
9.8%
10.9%
12.1%
12.7%
18
April 23, 2015
8.8%
9.8% 12.4%
13.9%
19
April 29, 2015
8.5% 9.9%
11.4%
11.8%
20
April 30, 2015
9.7%
10.9%
11.2%
11.8%
21
May 6, 2015
9.8%
11.5%
12.6%
13.6%
22
May 7, 2015
9.1%
10.4%
11.5%
11.9%
23
May 13, 2015
9.7%
11.1%
12.2%
13.4%
24
May 14, 2015
9.7%
11.6%
12.0%
12.9%
Average
9.6% 11.5% 12.1% 12.8%
Awards and nominations
References
^ "Points not to miss in Unkind Women " . Hancinema . Retrieved March 4, 2015 .^ Jones, Julie (February 27, 2015). "The Four Women Of Unkind Women Are Looking For Happiness" . KDramaStars . Retrieved March 4, 2015 . ^ Sung, So-young (December 13, 2014). "Song nabs his 1st lead role" . Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved March 4, 2015 . ^ Kwon, Ji-youn (March 23, 2015). "Angry Moms are back on screen" . The Korea Times . Retrieved April 2, 2015 . ^ "Veteran Actress 'Goes Wild' in New TV Series" . The Chosun Ilbo . Retrieved March 31, 2015 .^ Park, Ah-reum (February 23, 2015). "Song Jae Lim Talks about Finally Protecting a Woman and Not a Man in Unkind Women " . enewsWorld . Retrieved March 4, 2015 . ^ Ghim, Sora (February 9, 2015). "Ryan Makes His Comeback To The Small Screen With A Cameo" . BNTNews . Retrieved March 4, 2015 . ^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu" . TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .
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