Bad Woman, Good Woman
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{{Infobox television
| image = Bad Woman Good Woman poster.jpeg
| caption = Promotional poster
| alt_name = The Good Woman and the Bad Woman
Good Wife, Bad Wife
| creator =
| developer =
| writer = Lee Hong-gu
| director = Lee Dae-young
Lee Dae-yoon
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| presenter =
| 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=
- 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
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External links
- [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/badwoman/ Bad Woman, Good Woman official MBC website] {{in lang|ko}}
- [http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/07/1670519_56071.html Bad Woman, Good Woman] at MBC Global Media
- {{hancinema film|Bad_Woman_v__Good_Woman}}
Category:2007 South Korean television series debuts
Category:2007 South Korean television series endings
Category:2000s South Korean television series
Category:MBC TV television dramas