Bad Woman, Good Woman Explained

Alt Name:	The Good Woman and the Bad Woman Good Wife, Bad Wife
Genre:	Romance Drama
Director:	Lee Dae-young Lee Dae-yoon
Starring:	Choi Jin-sil Lee Jae-ryong Sung Hyun-ah Jeon No-min
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	176
Producer:	Choi Yi-seob
Location:	South Korea Saipan
Channel:	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

Bad Woman, Good Woman 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

External links

• Bad Woman, Good Woman official MBC website
• Bad Woman, Good Woman at MBC Global Media

Notes and References

1. Web site: Han. Eun-jung. Once Bitten but Not Twice Shy: Disgraced Actresses Ready Comebacks on the Small Screen in 2007. The Korea Times via Hancinema. May 4, 2013. December 18, 2006. March 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004341/https://www.hancinema.net/once-bitten-but-not-twice-shy-8092.html. live.
2. Web site: Big stars, small screens and a boom in musicals. https://archive.today/20130629151002/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2865198. live. June 29, 2013. Korea JoongAng Daily. May 25, 2013. December 31, 2006.
3. Web site: Choi Jin-sil Plays the Lead in the New Drama Bad Woman, Good Woman . MBC Global Media . May 25, 2013 . February 14, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182630/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1670271_56318.html . July 14, 2014 . mdy .
4. Web site: Lee. Min-a. For actress, fiction imitates real life. https://archive.today/20130629144203/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2862851. usurped. June 29, 2013. Korea JoongAng Daily. May 25, 2013. December 25, 2006.
5. Web site: Choi Jin-sil and Seong Hyeon-ah to Engage in an Actress's Duel on Small Screen . MBC Global Media . May 25, 2013 . February 14, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222809/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1670270_56318.html . July 14, 2014 . mdy .