Two Wives (2009 TV series)

Two Wives (Korean두 아내; RRDu Anae) is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Ji-young, Son Tae-young, Kim Ho-jin, and Kang Ji-sub.[1] The daily drama aired on SBS on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 from May 4 to October 30, 2009 for 120 episodes.

Two Wives
Promotional poster for Two Wives
GenreMelodrama
Family
Romance
Written byLee Yoo-seon
Directed byYoon Ryu-hae
StarringKim Ji-young
Son Tae-young
Kim Ho-jin
Kang Ji-sub
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes156
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesJerryBoys Contents (formerly Bloom Entertainment)
Saram&Saram Ltd.
Original release
NetworkSeoul Broadcasting System
ReleaseApril 5 (2009-04-05) –
October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)
Related
Two Wives (Philippine adaptation)

The series was part of the "Wife Trilogy," which includes Temptation of Wife and Wife Returns.[2]

Plot

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Kang Chul-soo (Kim Ho-jin) divorces his wife Yoon Young-hee (Kim Ji-young) to start anew with single mother Han Ji-sook (Son Tae-young), with whom he had carried on an affair. After the split, however, Chul-soo gets into a car accident and wakes up with no memory of Ji-sook. Chul-soo thinks he is still married to Young-hee, and Young-hee and everyone else can only play along while he recovers.

Cast

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Main characters

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Supporting characters

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Yoon family
  • Andy Lee as Yoon Nam-joon, Young-hee's younger brother
  • Jeon Moo-song as Yoon Jang-soo, Young-hee's father
  • Jo Yang-ja as Seo Yeo-ja, Young-hee's mother
Kang family
  • Kim Yoon-kyung as Kang Do-hee
  • Kim Yong-rim as Jang Young-ja, Chul-soo's mother
  • Kang Sung-jin as Ahn Kyung-tae
  • Kim Young-ran as Oh Dal-ja
  • Uhm Min-woo as Kang Han-byul, Young-hee and Chul-soo's son
Han family
Extended cast
  • Lee Yoo-jin as Jo Mi-mi
  • Choi Won-young as Lee Young-min
  • Go Jung-min as Yoo Young-sun
  • Yoon Ji-min as Oh Hye-ran
  • Kim Hye-ok as Ji-ho's mother
  • Kim Na-young as Oh Ae-rang
  • Jung Tae-won as Dong-joon
  • Seol Ji-yoon as Dong-joon's mother
  • Jang Joon-ho as editor
  • Kang Soo-han as editor's son
  • Jung Ji-ah as Se-ri
  • Jung Chi-in
  • Min Ah-ryung
  • Jeon Sung-hwan
  • Yang Hee-kyung

Notes

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Awards

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Adaptation

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In 2014, ABS-CBN produced a Philippine remake based on Two Wives. The adaptation was originally aired from October 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Oh, Jean (4 May 2009). "Single mothers and baseball coming to small screen". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  2. ^ Kim, Hyung-eun (16 November 2009). "Now showing on evening TV: provocative, racy themes". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  3. ^ Ko, Jae-wan (4 January 2010). "Jang Seo-hee wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  4. ^ "Koreanovela gets local version". The Philippine Star. 1 October 2014.
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