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2009 South Korean TV series or program
Queen of Housewives
GenreRomance
Workplace comedy
Written byPark Ji-eun
Directed byGo Dong-sun
StarringKim Nam-joo
Oh Ji-ho
Lee Hye-young
Yoon Sang-hyun
Choi Cheol-ho
Sunwoo Sun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
Production locationSouth Korea
Running timeMondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (KST)
Original release
NetworkMBC
Release16 March (2009-03-16) –
19 March 2009 (2009-03-19)
Related
Queen of Reversals

Queen of Housewives (Korean: 내조의 여왕; RR: Naejoui Yeowang; also known as My Wife is a Superwoman) is a 2009 South Korean television series that depicts the life of "naejo," housewives who devote their entire lives to their husbands' success, but with a more comedic and aggressive twist. The hit drama topped the ratings chart during its run, and created new trends among married women in terms of fashion and makeup. Actress Kim Nam-joo received numerous accolades for her acting comeback after an 8-year hiatus, and the series also served as the breakout vehicle of actor Yoon Sang-hyun.

Plot

Chun Ji-ae (Kim Nam-joo) had it all...in high school. Pretty and popular, she was the school's queen bee, while awkward Yang Bong-soon (Lee Hye-young) was the exact opposite. The two were initially friends, until Ji-ae stole Bong-soon's crush, Han Joon-hyuk (Choi Cheol-ho). Fast-forward to middle-aged married life, and their roles have become reversed. Ji-ae struggles with household finances because she married Ohn Dal-soo (Oh Ji-ho), a once-promising university graduate turned unemployed pushover, while Joon-hyuk, whom Bong-soon married after Ji-ae dumped him, is now a successful executive.

Dal-soo finally gets a shot at a decent job at top company Queen's Food, where Joon-hyuk happens to be his new boss. Joon-hyuk still carries a torch for Ji-ae, and he makes it a point to make Dal-soo's internship as difficult and demeaning as possible. Meanwhile, intent on molding her hapless husband into a winner, Ji-ae joins a social wives club to support him. The wives' power plays are directly correlative to their husbands' positions in the company (meaning, the higher-ranking the husband, the higher-ranking the wife), and Ji-ae sets aside her pride to curry favor and jockey for position. She immediately thrives within the wives' inner circle, but she's constantly thwarted by her ex-best friend, Bong-soon.

Then Dal-soo runs into his college friend Eun So-hyun (Sunwoo Sun), wife of Heo Tae-joon, the current president of Queen's Food. Stuck in a loveless marriage, So-hyun wants to have an affair with Dal-soo, while indolent chaebol Tae-joon gradually finds himself attracted to Ji-ae. The three couples interact in a confusing mix of romance, friendship, and workplace politics.

Cast

Main cast

  • Kim Nam-joo as Chun Ji-ae
  • Oh Ji-ho as Ohn Dal-soo
  • Lee Hye-young as Yang Bong-soon
  • Yoon Sang-hyun as Heo Tae-joon
  • Choi Cheol-ho as Han Joon-hyuk
  • Sunwoo Sun as Eun So-hyun
  • Kim Chang-wan as Kim Hong-shik
  • Na Young-hee as Jang Young-sook

Ji-ae and Bong-soon's high school classmates

  • Park Joo-hee as Go Mi-young
  • Lee Seung-ah as Kim Young-sun
  • Jung Soo-young as Ji Hwa-ja
  • Kim Do-yeon as Ahn Jung-sook

Queen's Food husbands and wives

  • Kim Yong-hee as Ha-chang
  • Choi Ye-jin as Hwang-sook (Ha-chang's wife)
  • Kim Jung-hak as Department chief Yang
  • Hwang Hyo-eun as Lee Seul (chief Yang's wife)
  • Hwang Jae-hee as Gong Young-min (HR manager's nephew)
  • Joo Min-ha as Jung Go-woon (Young-min's wife, art gallery assistant)
  • Lee Mae-ri as Jung-ran

Extended cast

  • Kang Soo-han as Han Hyuk-chan (Bong-soon and Joon-hyuk’s son)
  • Kim Sung-kyum as President Heo (Tae-joon’s father)
  • Yoo Ji-in as Tae-joon’s mother
  • Kim Young-ran as Ji-ae’s mother
  • Baek Seung-hee as Hyang-suk
  • Kim Ik-tae as jeweller
  • Min Joon-hyun as Ohn Dal-soo's co-worker
  • Lee Seung-ho
  • Kim Seung-woo as police officer (cameo, ep 3)
  • Shin Dong-hee as couple in sauna (cameo, ep 11)
  • Kim Shin-young as couple in sauna (cameo, ep 11)
  • Kim Sung-min as Tae Joon’s friend (cameo, ep 16)
  • Jun Jin as job applicant(cameo, ep 20)
  • Yoo Jae-seok as job applicant (cameo, ep 20)
  • Park Myung-soo as job applicant (cameo, ep 20)
  • Jung Hyung-don as job applicant (cameo, ep 20)

Awards

See also

References

  1. Han, Sang-hee (10 March 2009). "New Types of Husbands to Sneak Onto TV Screen". The Korea Times.
  2. "Kim Nam-joo Still in Shape After 8-Year Hiatus". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 April 2009.
  3. Hong, Lucia (21 April 2010). "Yoon Sang-hyun to attend screening of "Housewives"". 10Asia.
  4. "Kim Nam-joo Wins Top Acting Award in China". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 June 2010.
  5. Kim, Jessica (21 June 2010). "Kim Nam-joo wins grand prize at award ceremony in China". 10Asia.
  6. ^ Han, Sang-hee (3 January 2010). "2009 Drama Awards Wrap Up With No Surprises". The Korea Times.
  7. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (31 December 2009). "Ko Hyun-jung Wins Top Drama Award". The Korea Times.
  8. Kim, Lynn (23 December 2009). "Government names Kim Nam-joo top actor of 2009". 10Asia.

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