''Big Mouth'' () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring

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. It aired from July 29 to September 17, 2022 on MBC TV's Fridays and Saturdays at 21:50 ( KST) time slot. It is also available for streaming on

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in selected regions.

Synopsis

The series tells the story of an underperforming lawyer who gets caught up in a murder case. In order to survive and protect his family, he digs into a huge conspiracy among the privileged upper classes.

Cast

Main

as Park Chang-ho : A third-rate lawyer with a ten percent success rate, called "Big Mouth" by his legal acquaintances due to his tendency to speak before acting. His life is suddenly in danger when he is mistaken for a genius conman known as "Big Mouse". *

as Ko Mi-ho : Chang-ho's supportive wife who is a nurse and has a bold personality, as well as outstanding beauty. *

as Choi Do-ha : The ambitious mayor of Gucheon, whose goal in life is to become the most dignified president.

Supporting

NR Forum

* Yang Kyung-won as Gong Ji-hoon : The president of the media conglomerate Gukdong Daily and the chairman of the NR Forum. * Kim Jung-hyun as Jung Chae-bong : The director of Chilbong Academy. * Lee Yoo-joon as Han Jae-ho : A surgeon. * Oh Ryung as Lee Du-geun : Legal counsel of NR Forum. * Yoon Seok-hyun as Cha Seung-tae : Managing director of OC Group. * Park Hoon as Seo Jae-yong : Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology at Gucheon University Hospital. * Hong Ji-hee as Jang Hye-jin : Jae-ho's wife who is a culinary researcher. * Kim Kyu-seon as Ashley Kim : Ji-hoon's wife, who is a Korean-American and the director of Woojung Gallery. *

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as Choi Jung-rak : A prosecutor at Gucheon Public Prosecutors' Office.

Gucheon Hospital

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as Hyun Ju-hee : Do-ha's wife who is the director of Gucheon Hospital. * Kim Seon-hwa as Park Mi-young : The head nurse at Gucheon Hospital. * Park Se-hyeon as Jang Hee-joo : A nurse at Gucheon Hospital.

Gucheon Prison

* Jeong Jae-sung as Park Yoon-gap : The prison warden of Gucheon Prison. * Kim Dong-won as Gan Su-cheol : A prison officer at Gucheon Prison. * Kwak Dong-yeon as Jerry / Oh Jin-chul (real name) : A scammer with three previous convictions who respects the genius conman "Big Mouse". * Yang Hyung-wook as Noh Park : A prisoner at Gucheon Prison.

People around Chang-ho

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as Ko Gi-kwang : Mi-ho's father. *

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as Kim Soon-tae : A lawyer who is Chang-ho's best friend and assistant.

Extended

* Yoo Tae-ju as Tak Kwang-yeon : A psychopath death row inmate at Gucheon Prison. * Song Kyung-cheol as Yang Chun-sik : A gang leader. * Park Jeong-bok as Go Tae-sik : A prisoner at Gucheon Prison. *

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as Peter Hong * Jeon Gook-hwan as Kang Seong-geun (Chairman Kang)

Special appearances

* Yoo Su-bin as Chang-ho and Mi-ho's neighbor. * Kim Do-wan as Chang-ho and Mi-ho's neighbor.

Production and release

It was reported that filming was scheduled to start in the second half of 2021, with a budget of . ''Big Mouth'' was initially confirmed to be released on

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. However, in April 2022, it was announced that the series would air on MBC TV's newly established Fridays and Saturdays time slot instead, in July.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Viewership

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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