The Good Wife (South Korean TV series)

*The Good Wife*
The Good Wife
	Promotional poster
Hangul	굿 와이프
Revised Romanization	Gut Waipeu
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Good Wife; by Robert King & Michelle King
Developed by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Han Sang-woon
Directed by	Lee Jeong-hyo
Starring	Jeon Do-yeon; Yoo Ji-tae; Yoon Kye-sang;
Composer	Nam Hye-seung
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Jo Moon-joo; Jinnie Choi; Kim Young-kyu;
Producers	Han So-jin; Lee So-yoon;
Production locations	Choi Yoon-man; Han Hwi-soo;
Editors	Lee Hyun-mi; Kwon Hyo-rim;
Production company	Studio Dragon
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	July 8 –; August 27, 2016

The Good Wife (Korean: 굿 와이프)^[b] is a South Korean television series starring Jeon Do-yeon, Yoo Ji-tae and Yoon Kye-sang.^[1]^[2] It is a Korean drama remake of the American television series of the same title^[3] which aired on CBS from 2009 to 2016. It replaced Dear My Friends and aired on the cable network tvN every Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) for 16 episodes from July 8 to August 27, 2016.^[4]

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

Jeon Do-yeon as Kim Hye-kyung – newly hired lawyer.^[5]^[6]
Yoo Ji-tae as Lee Tae-joon – prosecutor, Hye-kyung's husband.
Yoon Kye-sang as Seo Joong-won – Law firm's co-managing partner (sharing position with his older sister Seo Myung-hee), and friend of Hye-kyung.^[7]

MJ Law firm[edit]

Kim Seo-hyung as Seo Myung-hee – Law firm's co-managing partner (sharing position with her younger brother Seo Joong-won).
Nana as Kim Dan – Law firm's investigator, Hye-kyung's colleague.
Lee Won-keun as Lee Joon-ho – newly hired lawyer, Hye-kyung's rival.^[8]
Cha Soon-bae [ko] as David Lee – divorce lawyer, Hye-kyung's colleague.

People around Lee Tae-joon[edit]

Kim Tae-woo as Choi Sang-il – deputy inspector of Seyang District Prosecutors Office, Tae-joon's opponent.^[9]
Jeon Seok-ho as Park Do-seop – inspector of Seyang District Prosecutors Office, Sang-il's right arm.
Tae In-ho as Oh Joo-hwan – Tae-joon's lawyer.

Kim Hye-kyung's family[edit]

Sung Yu-bin as Lee Ji-hoon – Hye-kyung's son.
Park Si-eun as Lee Seo-yeon – Hye-kyung's daughter.
Yoon Hyun-min as Kim Sae-byuk - Hye Kyung's younger brother (ep. 13).

Extended cast[edit]

Choi Byung-mo as Lee Jong-in – the judge in charge of Lee Tae-joon's case and Kim In-young's case
Yoon Joo-sang as Seo Jae-moon – Joong-won's father
Ray Yang [ko] as Amber
Bae Hae-sun as Shim Eun-sook – Sang-il's wife..
Go Jun as Jo Gook-hyun – steel development's representative, Lee Tae-joon's bribery related person
Han Gap-soo [ko] as Kang Seok-beom – Gook-hyun's driver
Park Ah-in as Lee Yeon-joo – lawyer
Oh Yeon-ah as Lee Soo-yeon – lawyer
Gong Sang-ah as Kim In-young – Park Dong-hyun's wife, suspect of Park Dong-hyun's murder case
Jung Ji-ho
Song Ha-rim [ko] as apartment security, witness of Park Dong-hyun's murder case
Lee Young-shil as apartment's cleaning lady
Na Da-woon
Park Joo-hee as Do Han-na
Song Yoo-hyun
Geum Seo-yeon as Sevi – In-young's daughter
Chae Dong-hyun [ko] as Jang Dae-seok – Mooil Group lawyer
Uhm Hyun-kyung as Lee Eun-joo – rape victim
Kim Ki-moo [ko] as Kim Sang-man – character accompanied by Lee Eun-joo
Jung Dong-hyun [ko] as Jung Han-wook – 3rd generation chaebeol, suspect of Lee Eun-joo's rape case
Lee Bong-gyu [ko] as talk show's political commentator
Ahn Hye-kyung [ko] as talk show host
Yoon In-jo [ko] as sex shop madame
Na Soo-yoon [ko] as Kim Dan's friend at prosecutor's office
Kang Hee
Sung Gi-yoon [ko] as the judge in charge of Lee Eun-joo's rape case
Seol Chang-hee [ko]
Jang Tae-min [ko]
Lee Gi-seop as Jang Dae-seok's junior, witness of Lee Eun-joo's rape case
Park Seon-im as Hana – Seo Joong-won's meeting woman
Moon Ah-ram as Choi Yoon-jin – hotel staff
Jung Da-woon [ko] as Kim Ye-ji – Eun-joo's friend
Kang Jeong-goo
Kim Ji-eun as Lee Hyo-jin
Song Young-hak [ko] as detective who tried to arrest Jung Han-wook
Lee Hyun-bae as the judge in charge of Seo Jae-moon's case
Jo Soon-chang [ko] as traffic police
Lee Yoon-sang as KJ Products's finance director
Park Chul-min
Kim Kwang-tae
Lee Gyu-seop [ko] as Cheol-goo
Jung Seon-ah
Im Pyung-soon
Jo Hwi [ko] as Sang-il's divorce lawyer
Do Yool-gok
Kim Bong-soo as Sai Yoichi
Park Joo-yong
Yoon Da-gyeong as Dong-hyun's mother
Kim Jeong-young [ko] as Jae-yeol's mother
Jung Jae-min as Jung Jae-yeol
Jung In-wook
Kang Shin-goo
Seo Dong-gap
Ryu Chang-woo
Jang In-ho
Kim Jae-heum
Lee Eun-shil
Sung Hyun-mi
Kim Bo-ri
Han Dae-ryong
Choo Gwi-jeong [ko] as Kim Hee-ae – the judge in charge of Lee Ho-jin's dignity-related case
Na Cheol as Na Joong-gi – Lee Hyo-jin's common-law relationship husband
Jeon Seok-chan [ko] as Lee Hyo-jin's older brother
Park Tae-sung [ko] as Woo-sung – Lee Hyo-jin's doctor, Joong-won's friend, witness
Hong Seo-joon as gynecologist – Lee Hyo-jin's related plaintiff witnesses
Han Tae-il [ko] as Lee Hyo-jin's adult relative
Kim Tae-rang
Kim Mi-hye as Kim Mi-hye – CNB News reporter
Kim Jae-cheol
Kwon Gi-joo
Kang Sung-cheol as hospital's security team member
Kang Chan-yang
Choi Nam-wook
Seo Hyun-woo as Baek Min-hyuk – inspector
Kang Dong-yeop [ko]
Seo Hyun-chul as Son Byung-ho – presiding judge, the judge in charge of Lee Tae-joon's case
Kim Tae-hwan
Jung Jong-woo
Choi Hyun-jeong
Shin Dong-eun
Hwang Yoon-geol [ko]
Jung Soo-in
Sung Nak-kyung
Ha Ji-eun [ko]
Lee Joo-seok [ko] as judge
Park Ji-a as medical staff
Kim Tae-hwan [ko]
Kim Min-kwang
Choi Young [ko]
Im Jae-geun
Go Ah-chim
Baek Joon-hyuk
Kim Seo-kyung [ko] as Kim Woo-yeol – Kim Dan's colleague at prosecutor's office
Uhm Soo-jeong [ko] as Ji-eun – Park Jeong-jin's wife
Kang Ki-dong as Jung Shi-yeon's boyfriend
Lee Myung-haeng [ko] as Park Jeong-jin
Jang Do-yoon
Kim Bo-hyun as Jung Shi-yeon
Jo Hye-jin
Jung Ye-ji as Supporting
Jin Ki-joo as Song Hee-soo
Jang Joon-ho as MJ Law firm's fired lawyer
Lee Ik-joon [ko]
Park Ik-joon
Kim Hyung-gi
Kim Do-hae
Kang Min-seo
Min Ye-ji
Park Joo-hee as Do Han-na
Seo Byung-deok
Gong Jung-hwan [ko]
Lee Sang-hwa
Choi Seung-yoon
Lee Jong-eun
Kim Joon-won
Park Seon-young
Woo Hye-young
Ha Jin
Lee Shi-on
Kim Min-sang [ko]
Choi Myung-gil

Special appearance[edit]

Park Jung-soo as Oh Jeong-im – Lee Tae-joon's mother.
Yoo Jae-myung as Son Dong-ho – Lawyer.

Production[edit]

The series was directed by Lee Jung-hyo whose prior work includes I Need Romance and A Witch's Love.^[10]

Original soundtrack[edit]

Part 1[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Breath (숨)"	Nell	5:01
2.	"Breath (숨)" (Inst.)		5:01
Total length:			10:02

Part 2[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"The Light"	Jo Jeong-hee (조정희)	3:09
2.	"The Light" (Inst.)		3:09
Total length:			6:18

Part 3[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"When I Dream"	Jang Jane	3:51
2.	"When I Dream" (Inst.)		3:51
Total length:			7:42

Ratings[edit]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	July 8, 2016	3.966%	4.172%	3.2%
2	July 9, 2016	3.765%	3.772%	3.0%
3	July 15, 2016	4.771%	4.715%	4.9%
4	July 16, 2016	4.503%	5.101%	3.2%
5	July 22, 2016	5.382%	6.831%	5.1%
6	July 23, 2016	3.954%	4.970%	3.4%
7	July 29, 2016	5.183%	6.152%	3.8%
8	July 30, 2016	3.887%	4.838%	2.7%
9	August 5, 2016	4.818%	5.322%	4.4%
10	August 6, 2016	4.313%	4.963%	4.2%
11	August 12, 2016	4.455%	4.717%	4.4%
12	August 13, 2016	4.222%	5.110%	4.0%
13	August 19, 2016	5.203%	5.760%	4.3%
14	August 20, 2016	4.108%	4.759%	3.3%
15	August 26, 2016	5.921%	6.487%	4.6%
16	August 27, 2016	6.232%	7.261%	5.3%
Average		4.668%	5.308%	4.0%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2016	5th APAN Star Awards	Best New Actress	Nana	Nominated
	9th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated
	1st Asia Artist Awards	Best Rookie Award, Actress		Won
2017	53rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (TV)		Nominated	^[11]
2017	11th Cable TV Broadcasting Awards [ko]	Cable Star Award – Best Acting	Yoo Ji-tae	Won	^[12]

Remake[edit]

This series is remade in Vietnam as Hành trình công lý, aired on government-owned VTV3 in October, 10th, 2022.

Notes[edit]

^ Under license from CBS Television Distribution
^ The series' Korean name is a direct transliteration of its English name.

References[edit]

^ Kim Jin-seok (April 14, 2016). [단독]'굿 와이프', 월화→금토 "7월 8일 첫방송". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Han Hye-ri (April 20, 2016). '굿와이프', 웰메이드 드라마의 시작을 알리다. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ "Jeon Do-yeon returns to small screen for the first time in 11 years". The Korea Times. February 18, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ Jung, Min-kyung (May 12, 2016). "Sneak peek of tvN drama 'The Good Wife'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ Yoon Go-eun (February 24, 2016). "전도연, 11년만 드라마 출연…tvN '굿 와이프'". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Park Jin-hai (July 18, 2016). "Jun Do-yeon dominant in 'Good Wife'". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
^ Heo Jeong-yoon (April 28, 2016). '굿와이프' 윤계상, 매력만점 '독신남'으로 변신. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Yoon Ji-yoon (April 12, 2016). "이원근, tvN '굿 와이프' 합류..'전도연-유지태와 호흡'". IssueDaily (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Jung Sol-hee (April 15, 2016). 김태우, '굿와이프' 출연 확정…초호화 특급 라인업 완성. OBS News (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Ahn, Sung-mi (April 14, 2016). "Yoon Kye-sang to return with 'The Good Wife'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ "제 53회 백상예술대상". Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
^ "'Goblin' wins big at Korea Cable TV Awards Show, but not Gong Yoo". Yahoo. March 11, 2017.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Korean)
The Good Wife at HanCinema
The Good Wife at IMDb
The Good Wife at Daum (in Korean)
The Good Wife at Naver Movies (in Korean)

[1] Under license from CBS Television Distribution

[2] The series' Korean name is a direct transliteration of its English name.

[3] Kim Jin-seok (April 14, 2016). [단독]'굿 와이프', 월화→금토 "7월 8일 첫방송". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[4] Han Hye-ri (April 20, 2016). '굿와이프', 웰메이드 드라마의 시작을 알리다. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[jeon-5] "Jeon Do-yeon returns to small screen for the first time in 11 years". The Korea Times. February 18, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

[sneak-6] Jung, Min-kyung (May 12, 2016). "Sneak peek of tvN drama 'The Good Wife'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

[7] Yoon Go-eun (February 24, 2016). "전도연, 11년만 드라마 출연…tvN '굿 와이프'". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[8] Park Jin-hai (July 18, 2016). "Jun Do-yeon dominant in 'Good Wife'". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 18, 2016.

[9] Heo Jeong-yoon (April 28, 2016). '굿와이프' 윤계상, 매력만점 '독신남'으로 변신. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[10] Yoon Ji-yoon (April 12, 2016). "이원근, tvN '굿 와이프' 합류..'전도연-유지태와 호흡'". IssueDaily (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[11] Jung Sol-hee (April 15, 2016). 김태우, '굿와이프' 출연 확정…초호화 특급 라인업 완성. OBS News (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[director-12] Ahn, Sung-mi (April 14, 2016). "Yoon Kye-sang to return with 'The Good Wife'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

[13] "제 53회 백상예술대상". Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-04-07.

[14] "'Goblin' wins big at Korea Cable TV Awards Show, but not Gong Yoo". Yahoo. March 11, 2017.

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