| 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 – July 30, 2006  | 
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
- ↑ 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. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
 - ↑  "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "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.
 - ↑  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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "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
 
