White Lie (TV series)
{{Short description|2008–2009 South Korean television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image = WhiteLieposter.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| alt_name = White Lies
| genre = {{ubl|Family|Romance|Melodrama|Revenge}}
| starring = {{ubl|Shin Eun-kyung | Kim Hae-sook | Kim Yu-seok | Kim Tae-hyun | Im Ji-eun}}
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| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 179
| list_episodes =
| director = {{ubl|Bae Han-chun | Lee Min-soo }}
| writer = Jo Eun-jung
| producer = Jeongho Kim
| executive_producer = Lee Dae-young
| location =
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| network = MBC
MBC Dramanet
MBC ON
| first_aired = {{start date|2008|11|10}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2009|7|17}}
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White Lie{{cite web|title=White Lie|url=https://content.mbc.co.kr/program/drama/2603080_64285.html|website=MBC Global Media|publisher=MBC&iMBC|access-date=January 29, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210070106/http://content.mbc.co.kr/program/drama/2603080_64285.html|url-status=live}} ({{ko-hhrm|하얀 거짓말||Hayan Geojitmal}}) is a South Korean television series starring Shin Eun-kyung, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Yu-seok, Kim Tae-hyun and Im Ji-eun. The morning daily drama aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 7:50 a.m. from November 10, 2008, to July 17, 2009, for 179 episodes.
White Lie recorded ratings of over 20% — unusually popular for a morning show.{{cite web|title=MBC, the Kingdom of Dramas|url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1742645_56318.html|website=MBC Global Media|access-date=April 20, 2013|date=June 1, 2009|archive-date=July 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716013340/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1742645_56318.html|url-status=live}} It was also shortlisted for Best Telenovela at the International Emmys.{{cite web|last=Suk|first=Monica|title=Iron Daughters-in-Law Shortlisted for Emmy Award|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012101616310170054|website=Asiae|access-date=April 20, 2013|date=October 16, 2012|archive-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130001332/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012101616310170054|url-status=live}}
Plot
Seo Eun-young (Shin Eun-kyung) is happily engaged to marry Kang Jung-woo (Kim Yu-seok) until he suddenly dumps her to marry a rich woman, Hong Na-kyung (Im Ji-eun). Eun-young, alone and pregnant, is left behind as her ex-fiancé and his new bride go abroad. Managing to get a job as a nurse at a hospital, she supports herself while five years go by.
Meanwhile, one of her patients, Kang Hyung-woo (Kim Tae-hyun) falls in love with her and wholeheartedly pursues her. With Hyung-woo's wealthy mother Madam Shin, a department store owner, in support of the match, Eun-young has no reason to refuse him beyond her memories of Jung-woo. But then Jung-woo suddenly returns, and Eun-young discovers that Hyung-woo is his half-brother. Hyung-woo is autistic, and with Eun-young, he is able to express himself and open his mind to the world. And though Eun-young initially marries him for money and revenge, with time she starts to genuinely love Hyung-woo.
Cast
;Seo family
- Shin Eun-kyung as Seo Eun-young
- Yoon Hye-kyung as Seo Bo-young (sister)
- Ahn Suk-hwan as Seo Heo-gu (father)
- Kim Hye-ok as Na Jin-sun (mother)
;Kang family
- Kim Yu-seok as Kang Jung-woo
- Im Ji-eun as Hong Na-kyung (Jung-woo's wife)
- Kim Young-ran as Joo Ae-sook (Jung-woo's birth mother)
;Madam Shin's family
- Kim Tae-hyun as Kang Hyung-woo (Jung-woo's half brother)
- Jung Yoon-jo as Kang Shin-woo (Jung-woo's half sister)
- Kim Hae-sook as Shin Jung-wook, or Madam Shin (Hyung-woo and Shin-woo's mother)
;Extended cast
- Kim Jin as Joo Hong-jin
- Jung Hee-tae as Ahn Bi-seo
- Lee Eun-soo as Hwang Bi-an
- Kang Suk-jung as Cha Min-jae (photographer)
- Ha Ji-young as Ms. Han
- Song Ji-eun as Song Yeon-hee (Madam Shin's new housekeeper)
- Seol Ji-yoon as Lawyer Kang
- Min Joon-hyun as doctor
- Seo Dong-hyun as Bi-an's friend
- Han Young-kwang
- Heo Tae-hee
International Broadcast
- {{flagicon|Philippines}} The series has been aired in 2012 in the Philippines via TV5, airing weekday afternoons at 2:45pm.{{cite web|title=TV5 AIRS THREE OF THE BIGGEST KOREAN DRAMAS – "WHITE LIES," "LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES," AND "PINK LIPSTICK"|url=https://www.lionheartv.net/2012/05/tv5-airs-three-of-the-biggest-korean-dramas-white-lies-love-you-a-thousand-times-and-pink-lipstick/|date=May 14, 2012}}
- {{flagicon|United States}} The series has been aired since 2021 in the United States via MBC Drama America, airing weeknights at 10:20PM (EST).{{cite web|title=MBC America Broadcast Schedule|url=https://www.mbc-america.com/media/schedule/Drama_20210927788050263292.pdf2}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/whitelie}} {{in lang|ko}}
- [http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/08/1753935_56077.html White Lie] at MBC Global Media
- {{hancinema drama|White_Lie}}
Category:MBC TV television dramas
Category:2008 South Korean television series debuts
Category:2009 South Korean television series endings
Category:Korean-language television shows