A Happy Woman
| A Happy Woman | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romance, Drama |
| Written by | Park Jung-ran |
| Directed by | Kim Jong-chang |
| Starring | Yoon Jung-hee Kim Suk-hoon Jung Gyu-woon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 58 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Release | January 6 – July 21, 2007 |
A Happy Woman (Korean: 행복한 여자; RR: Haengbokhan Yeoja; also known as Blissful Woman) is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee,[1] Kim Suk-hoon and Jung Gyu-woon. It aired on KBS2 from January 6 to July 21, 2007 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 58 episodes.
Plot
As the titular "happy woman," Lee Ji-yeon (Yoon Jung-hee) is an accessory designer with a cheerful, go-getting personality despite often being looked down upon because of her humble educational and family background. She ends up in a love triangle with her wealthy husband (Jung Gyu-woon) and a lonely detective (Kim Suk-hoon), as the drama explores what happiness means for a woman in terms of family, work, and love.[2]
Cast
- Yoon Jung-hee as Lee Ji-yeon
- Ji-yeon is an accessory designer. She graduated from a vocational college and is therefore looked down on by her peers at work. At her home, she is the youngest daughter of three and was raised by a divorced single mother. She is not her mother's biological child - she is her divorced father's love child. She married into a wealthy family and her mother-in-law does not approve of her. Despite these hardships in both her personal and work life, Ji-yeon is bright, kind, and optimistic.
- Jung Gyu-woon as Choi Joon-ho
- Ji-yeon's husband. The second son of a wealthy family, he has a modern attitude and a sophisticated manner. He married Ji-yeon without regard to her wealth and background.
- Kim Suk-hoon as Kim Tae-seop
- A detective. He became estranged from his widowed mother during his teenage years when she remarried. He worked hard to graduate high school on his own and attended police academy. He then re-established his relationship with his mother, and even accepted his stepfather, but still remains somewhat distant.
- Lee family
- Go Doo-shim as Park Won-hee (mother)
- Kang Boo-ja as Son Young-soon (grandmother)
- Moon Jung-hee as Lee Ji-sook (older sister)
- Kim Yoon-jung as Lee Ji-seon (youngest sister)
- Kim Jae-man as Hwang Dae-gil (Ji-seon's husband)
- Kim So-hyun as young Ji-yeon
- Choi family
- Joo Hyun as Choi Hyun-doo (father)
- Sa Mi-ja as Byun Young-ja (mother)
- Park Sung-woong as Choi Joon-sik (older brother)
- Choi Ji-na as Moon Sun-young (Joon-sik's wife)
- Kim family
- Jang Yong as Lee Jong-min (stepfather)
- Park Soon-chun as Tae-seop's mother
- Kim Dae-sung as Lee Ji-hoon (stepbrother)
- Extended cast
- Jang Mi-inae as Jo Ha-young (Joon-ho's college girlfriend)
- Kim Yoon-kyung as Yoo Mi-ra (Tae-seop's ex-girlfriend)
- Kang Ji-sub as Jang Byung-gyu
- Lee Mi-young as Byung-gyu's mother
- Park Sa-rang as (Ji-yeon and Joon-ho's daughter)
- Kang Yi-seok as (Tae-seop's adopted son)
- Shin Dong-mi as Huh Jong-mi (Ji-yeon's friend)
- Choi Suk-goo as a jewelry distributor
- Kim Myung-kook as a Detective (Tae-seop's boss)
- Choi Jae-won as Ko Pil-doo (Sun-young's dermatologist)
- Jo Sung-kyu
Awards
- 2007 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama - Yoon Jung-hee[3]
References
- ^ "Yoon Jung-hee Overcame Her Fears on Way to Blissful". The Chosun Ilbo. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ Chun, Su-jin (27 February 2007). "TV Review: The title says "happy" but no one's smiling". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ "2007 Year-end Korean drama awards round-up". Hancinema. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 2013-08-25.