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*Two Wives*
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
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	156
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	JerryBoys Contents (formerly Bloom Entertainment); Saram&Saram Ltd.
Original release
Network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Release	April 5 –; October 30, 2009
Related
	Two Wives (Philippine adaptation)

Two Wives (Korean: 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 no memory of Ji-sook. Chul-soo thinks he is 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 marrying 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]

Adaptation

In 2014, ABS-CBN produced a Philippine remake based on Two Wives. The adaptation was originally aired from October 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015.^[4]

References

^ Oh, Jean (May 4, 2009). "Single mothers and baseball coming to small screen". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
^ Kim, Hyung-eun (16 November 2009). "Now showing on evening TV: provocative, racy themes". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
^ Ko, Jae-wan (4 January 2010). "Jang Seo-hee wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
^ "Koreanovela gets local version". The Philippine Star. 1 October 2014.

External links

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

[1] Oh, Jean (May 4, 2009). "Single mothers and baseball coming to small screen". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

[2] Kim, Hyung-eun (16 November 2009). "Now showing on evening TV: provocative, racy themes". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-20.

[3] Ko, Jae-wan (4 January 2010). "Jang Seo-hee wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-04-20.

[4] "Koreanovela gets local version". The Philippine Star. 1 October 2014.

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