Bad Woman, Good Woman

Bad Woman, Good Woman (Korean: 나쁜 여자 착한 여자; RR: 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.^[1][2]

Bad Woman, Good Woman
Promotional poster
Also known as	The Good Woman and the Bad Woman Good Wife, Bad Wife
Genre	Romance Drama
Written by	Lee Hong-gu
Directed by	Lee Dae-young Lee Dae-yoon
Starring	Choi Jin-sil Lee Jae-ryong Sung Hyun-ah Jeon No-min
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	176
Production
Producer	Choi Yi-seob
Production locations	South Korea Saipan
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	January 12 (2006-01-12) – July 30, 2006 (2006-07-30)

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

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