Familiar Wife

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Familiar Wife
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Promotional poster
Hangul 아는 와이프
Literal meaning Knowing Wife
Revised Romanization Aneun Waipeu
Genre
Created by Studio Dragon[1]
Written by Yang Hee-sung
Directed by Lee Sang-yeob
Starring
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Cho Hyung-jin
  • Kim Sang-heon
Camera setup Single-camera
Production company(s) Chorokbaem Media[1]
Release
Original network tvN
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital
Original release August 1 (2018-08-01) –
September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Familiar Wife (Hangul: 아는 와이프; RR: Aneun Waipeu) is a romantic fantasy South Korean television series starring Ji Sung, Han Ji-min, Jang Seung-jo, and Kang Han-na. It aired on tvN from August 1 to September 20, 2018.[2][3]

Synopsis

A married couple suddenly finds themselves living entirely different lives after their fates magically change through an unexpected incident.

Cha Joo-hyuk works at a bank and has been married to Seo Woo-jin for five years. When a strange incident happens one day, Joo-hyuk makes a decision that impacts his life and those around him in unexpected ways. Suddenly, the life he had with Woo-jin and his best friend, Yoon Joong-hoo are gone and he is leading a very different life.

How will his first love, Lee Hye-won, factor into his new life? And will it be possible to get his old life back?

Cast

Main

An ordinary bank employee that becomes unhappy with his life because of his family's financial struggle and constantly being pressured by both wife at home and his direct superior at office.
A married woman who tries her best to balance between career and family life. She has been married to Joo-hyuk for five years. During those years, she developed anger issues and easily gets agitated with her husband's simple mistakes.
Joo-hyuk's best friend who is also an ordinary bank employee with handsome face. His life is changed completely along with Joo-hyuk due to an unexpected incident.
Cha Joo-hyuk's first love but due to an incident with Woo-jin, both of them became separated. She is a daughter of an influential businessman and also a cello player.

Supporting

People around Cha Joo-hyuk

  • Park Hee-von as Cha Joo-eun, Joo-hyuk's sister who tries to pass a bar examination
  • Oh Eui-shik as Oh Sang-sik,[8] Joo-hyuk's friend who owns a noodle shop and works there alone

People around Seo Woo-jin

  • Lee Jung-eun as Woo-jin's mother[9] with severe Alzheimer's disease. Woo-jin decided to put her in a nursing home because of her worsening situation.

Bank employees

  • Son Jong-hak as Cha Bong-hee,[10] Branch manager of the bank where Joo-hyuk works at. He is kind toward the employees of the branch, especially to Joo-hyuk because of the same surname.
  • Park Won-sang as Byeon Sung-woo. Joo-hyuk's direct superior in the branch's loan department. Unlike Bong-hee, he consistently pressurizes his subordinates, especially Joo-hyuk.
  • Cha Hak-yeon as Kim Hwan,[11] New recruit at the branch and being assigned as Joo-hyuk's subordinate. He is seen slacking around and making mistakes, becomes a further burden to Joo-hyuk's office life.
  • Kim Soo-jin as Jang Man-ok The supervisor of transfer department of the branch.
  • Kim So-ra as Joo Hyang-sook.[12] Bank teller on the deposit team.
  • Gong Min-jeung as Choi Hye-jung. Bank teller on the deposit team.
  • Kang Hui as Jung Min-soo, a security guard who is mostly seen handling rude customers

Special appearances

Production

The first script reading was held on May 9, 2018 at the conference room of Studio Dragon's main office at the 17th floor of DDMC Building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[16]

Original soundtrack

Familiar Wife OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released 2018
Genre Soundtrack
Language Korean
Label Stone Music Entertainment

Part 1

Released on August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Love Me Again"   SF9 03:16
2. "Love Me Again (Inst.)"     03:16
Total length:
 06:32

Part 2

Released on August 16, 2018 (2018-08-16)
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Let Me Stay"   John Park 02:51
2. "Let Me Stay (Inst.)"     02:51
Total length:
 05:42

Part 3

Released on August 23, 2018 (2018-08-23)
No. Title Artist Length
1. "No Longer Mine" (왜 몰랐을까) Roy Kim 03:36
2. "No Longer Mine (Inst.)"     03:36
Total length:
 07:12

Part 4

Released on September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06)
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Let Me Show You"   N.Flying 03:06
2. "Let Me Show You (Inst.)"     03:06
Total length:
 06:12

Part 5

Released on September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)
No. Title Artist Length
1. "You In My Dream" (꿈 속의 너) Damsonegongbang 03:01
2. "You In My Dream (Inst.)"     03:01
Total length:
 06:02

Part 6

Released on September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20)
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Hello"   U Sung-eun 03:20
2. "Hello (Inst.)"     03:20
Total length:
 06:40
Disc 2:
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Between us"   Various Artists 2:40
2. "Eternally"   Various Artists 2:24
3. "IF"   Various Artists 2:22
4. "Memories"   Various Artists 2:14
5. "Morning Walk"   Various Artists 2:54
6. "One fine day"   Various Artists 2:57
7. "The Beginning"   Various Artists 2:10
8. "Time to remember"   Various Artists 2:23

Viewership

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Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(AGB Nielsen)[17]
Nationwide Seoul
1 August 1, 2018 4.680% (1st) 4.910% (1st)
2 August 2, 2018 5.535% (1st) 6.548% (1st)
3 August 8, 2018 5.104% (1st) 6.160% (1st)
4 August 9, 2018 6.209% (1st) 7.523% (1st)
5 August 15, 2018 6.621% (1st) 7.774% (1st)
6 August 16, 2018 7.259% (1st) 8.594% (1st)
7 August 22, 2018 6.506% (1st) 7.445% (1st)
8 August 23, 2018 6.950% (1st) 7.847% (1st)
9 August 29, 2018 6.879% (1st) 7.892% (1st)
10 August 30, 2018 8.210% (1st) 9.741% (1st)
11 September 5, 2018 7.096% (1st) 8.422% (1st)
12 September 6, 2018 8.106% (1st) 9.636% (1st)
13 September 12, 2018 7.449% (1st) 9.121% (1st)
14 September 13, 2018 7.875% (1st) 9.369% (1st)
15 September 19, 2018 6.709% (1st) 7.831% (1st)
16 September 20, 2018 7.870% (1st) 8.937% (1st)
Average 6.816% 7.984%
  • The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This drama 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

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2018 11th Korea Drama Awards Best Original Soundtrack "No Longer Mine" (Roy Kim) Nominated [18]

References

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