Two Wives (2009 TV series)

Two Wives
Promotional poster for Two Wives
Genre	Melodrama, Family, Romance
Written by	Lee Yoo-seon
Directed by	Yoon Ryu-hae
Starring	Kim Ji-young Son Tae-young Kim Ho-jin Kang Ji-sub
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	120
Production
Running time	30 minutes Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 (KST)
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release	May 4 – October 30, 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	Temptation of Wife
Followed by	Wife Returns
Related shows	Two Wives (Philippine TV series)
External links
Website

Two Wives (Hangul: 두 아내; RR: Du Anae) is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Ji-young, Son Tae-young, Kim Ho-jin, and Kang Ji-sub.^[1] The daily drama aired on SBS on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 from May 4 to October 30, 2009 for 120 episodes.

The series was part of the "Wife Trilogy," which includes Temptation of Wife and Wife Returns.^[2]

Plot

Kang Chul-soo (Kim Ho-jin) divorces his wife Yoon Young-hee (Kim Ji-young) to start anew with single mother Han Ji-sook (Son Tae-young), with whom he had carried on an affair. After the split, however, Chul-soo gets into a car accident and wakes up with fake memories of Ji-sook. Chul-soo thinks he's still married to Young-hee, and Young-hee and everyone else can only play along while he recovers.

Cast

Main characters

• Kim Ji-young as Yoon Young-hee
• Son Tae-young as Han Ji-sook
• Kim Ho-jin as Kang Chul-soo
• Kang Ji-sub as Song Ji-ho

Supporting characters

Yoon family

• Andy Lee as Yoon Nam-joon (Young-hee's younger brother)
• Jeon Moo-song as Yoon Jang-soo (Young-hee's father)
• Jo Yang-ja as Seo Yeo-ja (Young-hee's mother)

Kang family

• Kim Yoon-kyung as Kang Do-hee
• Kim Yong-rim as Jang Young-ja (Chul-soo's mother)
• Kang Sung-jin as Ahn Kyung-tae
• Kim Young-ran as Oh Dal-ja
• Uhm Min-woo as Kang Han-byul (Young-hee and Chul-soo's son)

Han family

• Kim Su-jung as Han So-ri (Ji-sook's daughter)

Extended cast

• Lee Yoo-jin as Jo Mi-mi
• Choi Won-young as Lee Young-min
• Go Jung-min as Yoo Young-sun
• Yoon Ji-min as Oh Hye-ran
• Kim Hye-ok as Ji-ho's mother
• Kim Na-young as Oh Ae-rang
• Jung Tae-won as Dong-joon
• Seol Ji-yoon as Dong-joon's mother
• Jang Joon-ho as editor
• Kang Soo-han as editor's son
• Jung Ji-ah as Se-ri
• Jung Chi-in
• Min Ah-ryung
• Jeon Sung-hwan
• Yang Hee-kyung

Notes

• This was actress Son Tae-young's return to the small screen after getting married to Kwon Sang-woo and giving birth to a son.
• Actress Kim Ji-young's real-life mother-in-law, Kim Yong-rim, portrayed her mother-in-law in this drama as well.

Awards

• 2009 SBS Drama Awards: Best Young Actress - Kim Su-jung^[3]

International broadcast

• It aired in the Philippines on ABS-CBN, dubbed in Tagalog, from July 9, 2012 to January 11, 2013.^[4]

Remake

• A Philippine remake aired on ABS-CBN from October 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015, starring Kaye Abad (as Yvonne), Erich Gonzales (as Janine), and Jason Abalos (as Victor).^[5]

References

1. Oh, Jean (4 May 2009). "Single mothers and baseball coming to small screen". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
2. Kim, Hyung-eun (16 November 2009). "Now showing on evening TV: provocative, racy themes". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
3. Ko, Jae-wan (4 January 2010). "Jang Seo-hee wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
4. "Battle of two wives begins today". The Philippine Star. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
5. "Koreanovela gets local version". The Philippine Star. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-03.

External links

• Two Wives official SBS website (Korean)
• Two Wives at HanCinema