''Private Lives'' () is a South Korean television series starring

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, Kim Young-min, and Tae Won-seok. It aired on

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from October 7 to November 26, 2020 and is available for streaming worldwide on

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Synopsis

The drama revolves around a group of swindlers who stumbles upon secret information that could harm the nation. Using their skills and conning techniques, they go up against a huge conglomerate to reveal a major “private life”.

Cast

Main

as Cha Joo-eun : A 29-year-old veteran

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who doesn't like a hard and nasty life. She is a woman who manipulates her own private life. Since her school days, she has contributed greatly to her family business as a life-type swindler. *

as Lee Jung-hwan : GK Technology Development Team 2's Team Manager. He is a man who threw his private life among crooks to live. He actually runs a detective agency named ''Spy Detective Agency''. Unaware of Joo-eun's private life, Jung-hwan asks her to marry him with a trembling heart, and the marriage of the two goes in a flurry. *

as Jeong Bok-gi/Sophia Chung : A former

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by the name of Jeong Yoon-kyung. She is a woman who uses other people's private lives. When everyone in her country tried to kill her, only Jae-wook reached out a helping hand. She was reborn as a swindler conqueror by holding hand with Jae-wook * Kim Young-min as Kim Jae-wook/Edward Kim : A swindler from GK Technology. He is a man who tramples on other people's private lives.

Supporting

People around Cha Joo-eun

* Park Sung-geun as Cha Hyun-tae, Joo-eun's father *

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as Kim Mi-sook, Joo-eun's mother * Tae Won-seok as Hanson, Joo-eun's mentor. He was once a boxer and a gangster. He is Mi-sook and Joo-eun's fraud partner. * Jang Jin-hee as Jang Min-jung, Joo-eun's best friend who she met at Cheongpa Women's Prison. Min-jung used to run an illegal gambling place for women in Hwaryu. * Yoo Hee-je as Park Tae-joo *

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as Yang In-sook, retired police officer who has a soft spot for Joo-eun * Kim Seo-won as President Nam

People around Lee Jung-hwan

* Kim Min-sang as Kim Sang-man, director of Strategic Planning at GK Technology * Kim Ba-da as Woo Seok-ho, team leader of GK Electronics Strategic Planning Division 2 * Jang Won-hyuk as Choi Yoon-seok/Choi Min-seok, a genius hacker who works at a local computer repair shop called PC Graveyard * Song Sang-eun as Go Hye-won, manager of the Spy Detective Agency

Police

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as Kim Myung-hyun * Park Sung-hoon as Jung Dae-sang * Lee Yun Seol as Kang Soo-jin * Yoon Jung-hoon as Park Kyung-seop * Kwak Min-ho as Lee Min-kyu

Others

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as Oh Hyun-kyung, a lawyer at ''O&S Law Office'' *

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as Yoo Mi-young * Min Ji-oh as Yoo Byeong-joon * Lee Jae-eun as Ottu Restaurant employee * Kong Yoo-seok as Jeong Bok-gi's chauffeur

Special appearances

* Han Kyu-won as Chief Park Jin-woo (Ep. 1-2) * Kim Kang-il as criminal making deal (Ep. 1) * Yoo Young-bok as Lee Jung-hwan's father (Ep. 2) * Kim Joo-ah as Lee Jung-hwan's mother (Ep. 2)

Production

The series marks

's first acting role since his military discharge in January 2020 as well as

's small screen comeback after 8 years. The first script reading took place in April 2020 at JTBC Building in

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. The series was originally scheduled to premiere on September 16, 2020 but it was postponed to October 7 due to the

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Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Ratings

Notes

References

External links

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