Bad Woman, Good Woman

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| image = Bad Woman Good Woman poster.jpeg

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name = The Good Woman and the Bad Woman
Good Wife, Bad Wife

| genre = Romance
Drama

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| writer = Lee Hong-gu

| director = Lee Dae-young
Lee Dae-yoon

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| starring = Choi Jin-sil
Lee Jae-ryong
Sung Hyun-ah
Jeon No-min

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| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

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| num_episodes = 176

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| executive_producer =

| producer = Choi Yi-seob

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| location = South Korea
Saipan

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| channel = Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

| first_aired = {{Start date|2006|01|12}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2006|07|30}}

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Bad Woman, Good Woman ({{ko-hhrm|나쁜 여자 착한 여자||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.{{cite web|last=Han|first=Eun-jung|title=Once Bitten but Not Twice Shy: Disgraced Actresses Ready Comebacks on the Small Screen in 2007|url=http://www.hancinema.net/once-bitten-but-not-twice-shy-8092.html|work=The Korea Times via Hancinema|access-date=May 4, 2013|date=December 18, 2006|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004341/https://www.hancinema.net/once-bitten-but-not-twice-shy-8092.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Big stars, small screens and a boom in musicals|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2006/12/31/features/Big-stars-small-screens-and-a-boom-in-musicals/2865198.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629151002/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2865198|url-status=live|archive-date=June 29, 2013|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=December 31, 2006}}

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.{{cite web|title=Choi Jin-sil Plays the Lead in the New Drama Bad Woman, Good Woman |url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1670271_56318.html |work=MBC Global Media |access-date=May 25, 2013 |date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182630/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1670271_56318.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |df=mdy }}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Min-a|title=For actress, fiction imitates real life|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2862851|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629144203/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2862851|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2013|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=December 25, 2006}}

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.{{cite web|title=Choi Jin-sil and Seong Hyeon-ah to Engage in an Actress's Duel on Small Screen |url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1670270_56318.html |work=MBC Global Media |access-date=May 25, 2013 |date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222809/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1670270_56318.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |df=mdy }}

Cast

=Main characters=

=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

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