''Mine'' () is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Lee Na-jung, and starring

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, and

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. The story revolves around strong women who free themselves from the prejudices of society to find their true 'mine'. It also concerns the lives of members of a wealthy family and their servants. ''Mine'' is the first

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to feature a

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as a lead character. The series premiered on

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on May 8, 2021, and aired every Saturday and Sunday from 21:00 ( KST) until June 27, 2021.

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acquired the exclusive rights to international distribution. It ended on June 27 with an average viewership of 8.208% nationwide and 9.078% for the metropolitan area, and an average viewership of 1.826 million audience per episode. The last episode recorded an average of 10.5% and 11.2% for households nationwide and metropolitan area respectively, breaking its own highest ratings in both segments.

Synopsis

The series glimpses into the high society's lifestyle and follows strong and ambitious women who are trying to find their real 'mine'. Seo Hi-soo, a former top actress and now the second daughter-in-law of the Hyowon Group

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, and Jung Seo-hyun, the first daughter-in-law of Hyowon Group, are trying to find their true identities.

Cast

Main

as Seo Hi-soo, former top actress and Hyowon Group's second daughter-in-law *

as Jung Seo-hyun, Hyowon Group's first daughter-in-law and director of Seohyun Gallery ** Cho Hye-won as young Jung Seo-hyun *

as Kang Ja-kyung, Han Ha-joon's tutor

Supporting

Hyowon family

as Han Ji-yong, second son of the Hyowon family and Seo Hi-soo's husband *

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as Han Jin-ho, eldest son of the Hyowon family and Jung Seo-hyun's husband *

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as Han Soo-hyuk, Han Jin-ho's son from his first marriage and Jung Seo-hyun's stepson *

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as Han Ha-joon, Han Ji-yong's son from a previous relationship and Seo Hi-soo's stepson *

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as Yang Soon-hye, mother-in-law of Jung Seo-hyun and Seo Hi-soo *

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as Chairman Han Suk-chul, father-in-law of Jung Seo-hyun and Seo Hi-soo *Kim Hye-hwa as Han Jin-hee, only daughter of the Hyowon family *Jo Eun-sol as Park Jung-do, Han Jin-hee's husband

Hyowon Mansion's staff

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as Kim Yu-yeon, an orphan who used to be a teacher at the Ilsin Foundation and the new housemaid at Cadenza *

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as Butler Joo, she is responsible for management and housekeeping at Hyowon Mansion *

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as Kim Seong-tae, the only male staff member at Hyowon Mansion * Jo Yoon-seo as Oh Soo-young, Seo Hi-soo's personal assistant *Yoon Seon-ah as Hwang Gyeong-hye, a housemaid *Kim Nam-jin as Ko Mi-jin, a housemaid

People around the Hyowon family

Ye Soo-jung Ye Soo-jung is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Mine'', ''The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won'', ''One the Woman'', '' Link: Eat, Love, Kill'', ''Do You Like Brahms?'' and ''Becoming Witch''. She also appeared i ...

as Mother Emma/Seol-hwa, founder of Ilsin Foundation, who acts as therapist for members of the Hyowon family *

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as Suzy Choi, a painter and Jung Seo-hyun's first love * Choi Soo-im as Kim Mi-ja, Chairman Han's dead mistress and Han Ji-yong's biological mother *

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as Seo Jin-kyeong, mistress of Yang Soon-hye's older brother and director of Hawon Gallery * Jang Ha-eun as Roh A-rim, eldest granddaughter of the Yeongwon Group and Han Soo-hyuk's intended fiancée

Hyowon Group's employees

* Kim Woo-dam as Secretary Seo, Jung Seo-hyun's secretary *Lee Ho-suk as Secretary Jo, Han Ji-yong's secretary *Ma Jung-pil as Secretary Cha *Park Sang-yong as member of the Legal Team *Kim Soo-hyun as member of the PR Team

Others

Choi Young-joon Choi Young-joon (born 7 July 1980) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is known for his roles in '' Flower of Evil'' (2020), ''Hospital Playlist'' (2020–21), ''Vincenzo'' (2021), and ''Our Blues'' (2022). Career Choi made his debut in 2002 ...

as Baek Dong-hun, a detective *Ahn Ji-hye as deputy director of Seohyun Gallery *Kim Yoon-ji as Jasmin, a member of the Bible study group *Oh Jung-yeon as Mi-joo, a member of the Bible study group *Song Seung-hwan as autistic teen artist *Kim Ji-woo as Ji-won, Han Ha-joon's classmate *

Kwon So-hyun Kwon So-hyun (born August 30, 1994), also known mononymously as Sohyun, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was known as a member of the South Korean girl group 4Minute, under Cube Entertainment. She is also a former member of the South K ...

as Ji-won's mother *Gil Geum-seung as Mr. Kwak, an underground fighter

Production

In October 2020, it was reported that writer Baek Mi-kyeong and director Lee Na-jung were in talks with

and

for appearing in a women oriented drama initially known as 'Blue Diamond'. On 29 December,

channel reported that Lee Bo-young,

and

confirmed their appearance in the drama, and

Ko So-young Ko So-young (; born October 6, 1972) is a South Korean actress and model. Early life Ko was born in Seoul, South Korea. She attended an all-female high school before gaining early admission to Chung-Ang University, where she studied computer sci ...

, who has earlier received the proposal has refused the appearance due to scheduling conflicts.

joined the cast in January 2021. On March 25, stills from script reading were released by the production crew.

Awards and nominations

Episodes

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Reception

Audience response

As per Nielsen Korea, the last (16th) episode aired on June 27, 2021, logged a national average viewership of 10.512% with 2.42 million viewers watching the episode, thereby breaking its own highest ratings.

Viewership

References

External links

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