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. It aired on SBS from March 22 to May 11, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

Baek Na-rim is a nine-year-old girl living happily with her big, extended family. One day, while on their way to a family vacation, Ha In-soo, an unscrupulous businessman that Na-rim's father had cut ties with, desperately tries to flag down their van. But in the process, In-soo accidentally runs their van off the road, causing a car crash. Her entire family dies, and Na-rim is the sole survivor. Grabbing his opportunity, In-soo conceals that he was ever at the scene of the accident. Traumatized from the accident, Na-rim now suffers from

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and

speech impairment Speech disorders or speech impairments are a type of communication disorder in which normal speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, etc. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. Speech skills are ...

. Her doctor advises her only remaining relative Byun, an uncle who wasn't with the family at the time of the accident, that she shouldn't be exposed to any more shock and that it would aid in her recovery if she's reminded of her happy memories with her family. So Byun hires Oh Dal-geon, a former small-time gangster who runs an agency that provides fake wedding guests and fake funeral mourners, to create a seven-member "fake family" for Na-rim, exactly the same number of members as her real, deceased one. Dal-geon auditions and hires six oddball characters, mostly entrepreneurs from the local market who owe him money: "fake grandfather" Jang Hwang-gu is an aging ladies' man and dancing instructor; "fake grandmother" Park Bok-nyeo is a foul-mouthed

mandu (dumpling) ''Mandu'' (), or mandoo, are dumplings in Korean cuisine. * ''Mandu'' can be steamed, boiled, pan-fried, or deep-fried. The styles also vary across regions in the Korean Peninsula. ''Mandu'' were long part of Korean royal court cuisine, but are ...

seller; "fake mother" Uhm Ji-sook is a vain coffee seller (she and Bok-nyeo are longtime mortal enemies); "fake father" Jo Gi-dong is mild-mannered and therefore useless at his job of threatening people over the phone to pay their debts; "fake brother" Gong-min is a homeless youth Dal-geon found wandering the streets; "fake sister" Kim Yang-ah is a tough young woman raising her brothers, whose fishing boat was inadvertently destroyed by Dal-geon; lastly, Dal-geon himself plays the "fake uncle." Byun installs his niece with the fake family in a nice house, and pays them a salary; in return, every day at a designated time, they must send him a cellphone photo with all family members present. In the beginning, the fake family members don't get along, and hilarious situations arise as they try to take care of Na-rim while hiding their true identities and relationships. Meanwhile, the market is in crisis as a new supermarket built by In-soo threatens the locals' livelihood. As their individual

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are revealed, the family members come to care for each other like a real family. But complications arise when Dal-geon and Yang-ah fall in love, and more dangerously, In-soo would rather that Na-rim never regains her memory.

Cast

as Oh Dal-geon, Na-rim's fake uncle *

as Kim Yang-ah, Na-rim's fake sister *

as Jang Hwang-gu, Na-rim's fake grandfather *

as Park Bok-nyeo, Na-rim's fake grandmother *

as Jo Gi-dong, Na-rim's fake father *

as Uhm Ji-sook, Na-rim's fake mother *

as Gong-min, Na-rim's fake brother *

as Baek Na-rim *

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as Ha In-soo *

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as Ha Boo-kyung, In-soo's niece *

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as Ha Tae-kyung, In-soo's son * Yoo Hyung-kwan as Deputy chief Byun, Na-rim's uncle * Jo Deok-hyun as Dokgo Pa, gangster * Choi Ha-na as Noh Ah-na * Han Young-kwang * Lee Hyun *

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Ratings

Source
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Awards

* 2006

SBS Drama Awards The SBS Drama Awards (), also known as SBS Awards Festival, is an awards ceremony presented annually by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on December 31. The hi ...

: PD Award -

References

External links

''Bad Family'' official SBS website
* {{IMDb title, 1461527, Bad Family Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas 2006 South Korean television series debuts 2006 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows