Private Lives (TV series) explained
| Native Name: | |
| Creator: | JTBC Studios
Production plan |
| Director: | Nam Jun hyuk |
| Music: | Kim Jun-seok |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Executive Producer: | Kim U-no
Jo Joon-hyung |
| Producer: | Lee Seung-hee |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Company: | Doremi Entertainment |
| Network: | JTBC |
Private Lives is a South Korean television series starring Seohyun, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Hyo-jin, Kim Young-min, and Tae Won-seok.[1] It aired on JTBC from October 7 to November 26, 2020 and is available for streaming worldwide on Netflix.[2]
Synopsis
The drama revolves around a group of swindlers who stumbles upon secret information that could harm the nation. Using their skills and conning techniques, they go up against a huge conglomerate to reveal a major “private life”.[3]
Cast
Main
A 29-year-old veteran swindler who doesn't like a hard and nasty life. She is a woman who manipulates her own private life. Since her school days, she has contributed greatly to her family business as a life-type swindler.
GK Technology Development Team 2's Team Manager. He is a man who threw his private life among crooks to live. He actually runs a detective agency named Spy Detective Agency. Unaware of Joo-eun's private life, Jung-hwan asks her to marry him with a trembling heart, and the marriage of the two goes in a flurry.
A former announcer by the name of Jeong Yoon-kyung. She is a woman who uses other people's private lives. When everyone in her country tried to kill her, only Jae-wook reached out a helping hand. She was reborn as a swindler conqueror by holding hand with Jae-wook
A swindler from GK Technology. He is a man who tramples on other people's private lives.
Supporting
People around Cha Joo-eun
- Park Sung-geun as Cha Hyun-tae, Joo-eun's father
- Song Seon-mi as Kim Mi-sook, Joo-eun's mother
- Tae Won-seok as Hanson,[4] Joo-eun's mentor. He was once a boxer and a gangster. He is Mi-sook and Joo-eun's fraud partner.
- Jang Jin-hee as Jang Min-jung, Joo-eun's best friend who she met at Cheongpa Women's Prison. Min-jung used to run an illegal gambling place for women in Hwaryu.
- Yoo Hee-je as Park Tae-joo
- Yoon Sa-bong as Yang In-sook, retired police officer who has a soft spot for Joo-eun
- Kim Seo-won as President Nam
People around Lee Jung-hwan
- Kim Min-sang as Kim Sang-man, director of Strategic Planning at GK Technology
- Kim Ba-da as Woo Seok-ho, team leader of GK Electronics Strategic Planning Division 2
- Jang Won-hyuk as Choi Yoon-seok/Choi Min-seok, a genius hacker who works at a local computer repair shop called PC Graveyard
- Song Sang-eun as Go Hye-won, manager of the Spy Detective Agency
Police
- Lee Hak-joo as Kim Myung-hyun
- Park Sung-hoon as Jung Dae-sang
- Lee Yun-seol as Kang Soo-jin
- Yoon Jung-hoon as Park Kyung-seop[5]
- Kwak Min-ho as Lee Min-kyu
Others
- Cha Soo-yeon as Oh Hyun-kyung, a lawyer at O&S Law Office
- Ha Young as Yoo Mi-young
- Min Ji-oh as Yoo Byeong-joon
- Lee Jae-eun as Ottu Restaurant employee
- Kong Yoo-seok as Jeong Bok-gi's chauffeur
Special appearances
- Han Kyu-won as Chief Park Jin-woo (Ep. 1-2)[6]
- Kim Kang-il as criminal making deal (Ep. 1)
- Yoo Young-bok as Lee Jung-hwan's father (Ep. 2)
- Kim Joo-ah as Lee Jung-hwan's mother (Ep. 2)
Production
The series marks Go Kyung-pyo's first acting role since his military discharge in January 2020 as well as Kim Hyo-jin's small screen comeback after 8 years.[7] [8]
The first script reading took place in April 2020 at JTBC Building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[9]
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on September 16, 2020 but it was postponed to October 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
Original soundtrack
Part 5
Ratings
| + Average TV viewership ratings |
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[11] |
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| Nationwide | |
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| 1 | October 7, 2020 | | 2.816% |
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| 2 | October 8, 2020 | 2.235% | rowspan=15 |
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| 3 | October 14, 2020 | 2.030% |
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| 4 | October 15, 2020 | 1.952% |
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| 5 | October 21, 2020 | 1.721% |
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| 6 | October 22, 2020 | 1.491% |
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| 7 | October 28, 2020 | 1.592% |
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| 8 | October 29, 2020 | 1.970% |
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| 9 | November 4, 2020 | 1.609% |
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| 10 | November 5, 2020 | 1.487% |
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| 11 | November 11, 2020 | 1.505% |
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| 12 | November 12, 2020 | 1.913% |
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| 13 | November 18, 2020 | 1.669% |
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| 14 | November 19, 2020 | 1.608% |
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| 15 | November 25, 2020 | |
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| 16 | November 26, 2020 | 1.507% |
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Notes and References
- Web site: JTBC's "Private Life" Casts Seohyun, Go Kyung-pyo and Kim Hyo-jin. HanCinema. August 12, 2020. February 24, 2020.
- Web site: Lim. Jang-won. 3 Wednesday-Thursday dramas kick off together. October 11, 2020. The Korea Herald. October 11, 2020.
- Web site: Enthusiast. Indoor. 2020-08-13. First look at Go Kyung-pyo, Girls' Generation's Seohyun's 'Private Lives'. 2020-10-17. Kdramapal. en-US.
- Web site: July 23, 2020. Tae Won-seok in "Private Life". August 12, 2020. HanCinema.
- Web site: July 28, 2020. Yoon Jung-hoon to Star in JTBC's "Private Life". August 12, 2020. HanCinema.
- Web site: August 5, 2020. Han Kyu-won to Star in JTBC "Private Life". August 12, 2020. HanCinema.
- Web site: Park. Gwi-im. Go Kyung Pyo comes back to small screen with new JTBC drama after demobilization. February 18, 2020. TV Report. V Live. August 12, 2020. October 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201006233050/https://channels.vlive.tv/C7B6EF/vtoday/1.12875798/. dead.
- Web site: Hwang. So-young. Seohyun, Go Kyung Pyo and Kim Hyo Jin confirm to star in new JTBC drama. February 21, 2020. JTBC Plus. V Live. August 12, 2020. October 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201006233055/https://channels.vlive.tv/EBF267/vtoday/0.12892267/. dead.
- Web site: Lee. Min-ji. 고경표X서현 '사생활' 카타르시스 넘친 첫 대본리딩 공개. July 24, 2020. Newsen. ko. August 12, 2020.
- Web site: Kim. Myung-mi. JTBC 측 "'사생활' '18 어게인' 촬영 재개, 편성 논의 중"(종합). September 4, 2020. Newsen. ko. September 6, 2020.
- Web site: Nielsen Korea. AGB Nielsen Media Research. ko. October 8, 2020.
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