''It's Beautiful Now'' () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring

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Seo Bum-june Seo Bum-june (; born June 27, 1997) is a South Korean actor. He is recently known for his role as Lee Soo-jae in KBS2 television series ''It's Beautiful Now'' (2022) and as one of the current co-hosts of SBS music program, ''Inkigayo ''Ink ...

, and Choi Ye-bin. Directed by Kim Seong-geun, the weekend drama depicts the reality of the current generation that are reluctant to get married and have family. It premiered on

KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

on April 2, 2022 and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 ( KST) till September 18, 2022.

Synopsis

The series depicts the story of Lee family whose head is Lee Kyung-cheol ( Park In-hwan), the grandfather. His son Lee Min-ho (

Park Sang-won Park Sang-won (born April 5, 1959) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in four of the highest-rating Korean dramas of all time, ''Eyes of Dawn'' (1991), '' Sandglass'' (1995), '' First Love'' (1996), and You and I. Filmogr ...

) and his wife Han Kyung-ae (

Kim Hye-ok Kim Hye-ok (born May 9, 1958) is a South Korean actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as fil ...

) have 3 sons. The sons are reluctant to marry, so the elders declare that they would give an apartment to the son who marry within 6 months.

Cast and characters

Main

as Lee Hyun-jae :36 years old, partner lawyer in law firm Haejun Specializing in family (divorce/inheritance) law and criminal law. A lawyer with a high win rate due to his logical eloquence. *

as Hyun Mi-rae :31 years old, eldest daughter, a VIP personal shopper, she asks for an annulment of marriage by saying that she was fraudulently married. *

as Lee Yun-jae : 39 years old, a dentist. *

as Shin Hae-jun :41 years old, CEO of law firm Haejun, divorce attorney. She has crush on Yun-jae. *

as Lee Soo-jae :27 years old, 7th grade public exam preparation student, youngest brother, strong positive narcissism, doing a part-time job of loading and unloading at a parcel delivery service. He met Na Yu-na at his part time job. * Choi Ye-bin as Na Yu-na :25 years old, she is the eldest of two sons and one daughter. She dreams of becoming a pastry chef, she is working hard at a bakery academy and also working part-time as a courier.

Lee family

* Park In-hwan as Lee Kyeong-cheol :79 years old, head of Igane, Min-ho's father, he worked hard as a fresh produce seller. ** Ji Seung-hyun as young Lee Kyeong-cheol *

as Lee Min-ho :60 years old, Lee Kyeong-cheol's adopted son, Kyung-ae's husband, vice-principal of a middle school, father of 3 sons. *

as Han Kyung-ae :60 years old, Min-ho's wife, mother of 3 sons.

Lee extended family

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as Lee Kyung-soon :76 years old, Lee Kyeong-cheol's younger sister, who immigrated to the Atlanta, United States but went bankrupt and came back to live with her brother. * Jung Heung-chae as Choi Man-ri :58 years old, Lee Kyung-soon's son. *

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as Yoo Hye-yeong :55 years old, Choi Man-ri's wife. * Cha Yeop as Choi Seong-soo :35 years old, law firm manager in Hae-jun's law firm, Lee Hyun-jae's cousin. *

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as Lee So-ra :35 years old, wife of Choi Seong-soo, She is a nursing assistant in Lee Yoon-jae's dental clinic. Lee So-ra married at an age of 20, and has three children. * Kim Hyo-kyung as Choi Ha-neul :12 years old, the eldest daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra. * Im Ye-jin as Choi Ba-da :10 years old, the second daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra. * Kim So-min as Choi Hae :8 years old, the youngest son of Seong-soo and So-ra.

Hyun family

* Ban Hyo-jung as Yoon Jung-ja :80 years old, a successful restauranteur, anything she touched turned into money. * Byun Woo-min as Hyun Jin-heon :57 years old, Yoon Jung-ja's son.

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franchise and in love with his wife. * Park Ji-young as Jin Su-jeong :53 years old, Hyun Jin-heon's wife. She lived a comfortable life and gave birth to a daughter and a son (Hyun Mi-rae and Hyun Jeong-hoo). * Kim Kang-min as Hyun Jeong-hoo :27 years old, Hyun Mi-rae's younger brother and Head of Bong Food headquarters. He has crush on Na Yu-na.

Others

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as Na Seok-man, Yu-na's father *

Song Ok-sook Song Ok-sook (born August 14, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She has appeared in supporting roles in numerous television dramas, including ''Winter Sonata'', ''Beethoven Virus'', ''More Charming by the Day'', and '' Missing You''. Song is al ...

as Sok Sook-suk, Yu-na's mother * Lee Joo-shil as Jung Mi-young :77 years old, Su-jeong's mother. *

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as Jin-ju : Su-jeong's sister-in-law. * Kwak Hee-ju as Na Wan-ju : Na Yu-na's younger brother. * Ahn Sang-eun as Satbyul :Macaron shop owner and Yu-na.

Special appearances

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as Yeon Na-young * Lee Hyun-jin as Park Jun-hyung : 32 years old, party to the marriage annulment lawsuit. *

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as Bong Food worker *

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as Judiciary * Kim Ji-min as The plaintiff filed for divorce. * Bae Geu-rin as So Young-eun :36 years old, ex-girlfriend of Hyun-jae, after breaking up with Lee Hyun-jae, she married the son of a semi-millionaire and followed each other's rules. 10 years later, the two reunited as lawyers and divorce clients. *

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as VIP client *

Lee Jung-hyuk Lee Jung-hyuk is a South Korean actor and model. He is known for his in dramas such as ''I Can Hear Your Voice'', '' On the Way to the Airport'' and he is also known for his roles in movies such as ''Fists of Legend ''Fists of Legend'' () is ...

as Jaehyun, So Young-eun's ex-husband. *

Nam Bo-ra Nam Bo-ra (; born November 27, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She appeared in '' Sunny'', ''Moon Embracing the Sun ''Moon Embracing the Sun'' (, also known as ''The Moon that Embraces the Sun'' or ''The Sun and the Moon'') is a 2012 South K ...

as Kim Yu-jin, currently recommended playwrights.

Production

In August, it was reported that

has been offered role in the series and he was considering it positively. Director Kim Seong-geun directed a KBS weekend drama after 2006 weekend TV series ''Thank You, My Life'' and 2009 daily drama '' Jolly Widows''. Park In-hwan and

are working together after 2019 TV series '' Liver or Die''. Park In-hwan last appeared in KBS weekend drama ''Believe in Love'' in 2011.

is appearing in KBS weekend dramas fourth time. Previously, she joined in '' My Too Perfect Sons'' (2009), '' Seoyoung, My Daughter'' (2012) and ''

My Golden Life ''My Golden Life'' () is a 2017-18 South Korean television series starring Park Si-hoo, Shin Hye-sun, Lee Tae-hwan, and Seo Eun-soo. The series was originally broadcast on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday from September 2017 to March 2018 betw ...

'' (2017) with KBS. On March 11, photos from script reading site were released revealing the site. Production presentation of the series was given by Oh Min-seok, Shin Dong-mi, Yoon Si-yoon, Bae Da-bin, Seo Bum-june, and Choi Ye-bin on April 1, 2022.

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Release and reception

''It's Beautiful Now'' began its first broadcast on

on April 2, 2022, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 20:00 ( KST). As per Nielsen Korea, the 50th episode of the series logged 29.4% nationwide ratings. It also attracted 5.3 million viewers and as of September 18, 2022, it was placed at 12th rank among Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea.

Viewership

Accolades

Notes

References

External links

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