''4 Legendary Witches'' () is a 2014 South Korean

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starring

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Oh Hyun-kyung Oh Hyun-kyung (born Oh Sang-ji on March 25, 1970) is a South Korean actress. Career Oh Sang-ji won the 1989 Miss Korea beauty pageant, and represented her country at the Miss Universe 1990 pageant. She immediately rose to stardom. Using the sta ...

and

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. It aired on MBC from October 25, 2014, to March 8, 2015, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 ( KST) for 40 episodes. It reached a peak viewership rating of 31.4% on its 29th episode.

Synopsis

Orphan Moon Soo-in marries Ma Do-hyun, the eldest son of the

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family who owns bakery corporation Shinhwa Group. But when Do-hyun dies unexpectedly, the Ma family makes Soo-in take the fall for their illegal business practices and she ends up in jail for

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that she didn't commit. At Cheongju's Penitentiary for Women, her cellmates are kind-hearted and consists of Shim Bok-nyeo who was falsely accused of killing her husband and son; tough-as-nails, foul-mouthed Son Poong-geum who was convicted of

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, and former model Seo Mi-oh who's been charged with the

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of her boyfriend, Shinhwa Group's youngest son. The four women bond and become friends, particularly when they join the baking classes being taught by Nam Woo-suk, a hotel chef. Woo-suk is a widower who is raising his daughter alone after the death of his wife six years ago. At his father-in-law's suggestion, he became a volunteer at the local prison's vocational training center, where he meets Soo-in and begins to fall for her. Upon their discharge, the four women put the baking skills they learned in prison to use, opening up a bakery together. But they face stiff competition from the Shinhwa Group.

Cast

Main

as Moon Soo-in *

as Nam Woo-seok *

as Shim Bok-nyeo *

as Son Poong-geum *

as Seo Mi-oh

Supporting

The Ma Family

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as Ma Tae-san **

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as young Tae-san *

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as Bok Dan-shim *

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as Cha Aeng-ran **Ha Eun-jin as young Aeng-Ran *

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as Ma Joo-ran * Lee Seung-joon as Park Won-jae *

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as Ma Joo-hee *

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as Ma Do-jin *

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as Ma Do-hyun ( cameo)

Seochon Residence Family

* Park In-hwan as Park Yi-moon *

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as Tak Wol-han *Lee Sook as Bae Chung-ja *Lee Han-seo as Nam Byeol *

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as Kim Young-wok

Extended

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as Eun Bo-kyung *Lee Seung-hyeong as Director Wang *Kwon Seong-deok as Kim Deok-Gu *Kim Jung-dyoon as Lee Gang-Choon *Yum Dong-hun as Oh Man-Bok *

Park Ah-sung Park Ah-sung is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in dramas. He also appeared in series such as '' Who Are You: School 2015'', '' 4 Legendary Witches'' and ''Reply 1988 ''Reply 1988'' () is a South Korean telev ...

as Mr. Kim * Kim Hee-jung as Top Safety CEO

Ratings

Awards and nominations

References

International broadcast

* It aired in

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beginning September 22, 2015, under the title ''Người vợ dũng cảm''.

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