''The Virtual Bride'' (; lit. ''The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law''), is a 2015

South Korean drama Korean dramas (; RR: ''Han-guk deurama''), more popularly known as K-dramas, are television series in the Korean language, made in South Korea. They are popular worldwide, especially in Asia, partially due to the spread of Korean popular cultu ...

series starring Kim Dasom,

Go Doo-shim Go Doo-shim (; born May 22, 1951) is a South Korean actress. Career A native of Jeju Island, Go Doo-shim made her acting debut in 1972 and since then she had a prolific career on television, film and theater. Best known for playing the quintes ...

and

Ryu Soo-young Ryu Su-young (born Eo Nam-seon on September 5, 1979) is a South Korean actor. He made his first appearance on television as a college student on a cooking show in 1998, then starred in the controversial film '' Summertime'' (2001). This was follo ...

. It aired 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 ...

from August 17 to September 22, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 12 episodes.

Plot

In order to boost her flagging popularity, former idol group singer Oh In-young ( Kim Dasom) agrees to appear in a television reality show that pairs up fake mothers- and daughters-in-law. In-young's partner is Yang Choon-ja (

), the matriarch of a long-standing traditional clan, and they end up hating each other on the show. But as fate would have it, the two later end up becoming mother and daughter-in-law for real.

Cast

Kim Da-som Kim Da-som (born May 6, 1993), better known mononymously as Dasom, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a former member of South Korean girl group Sistar and formerly under Starship Entertainment. She has acted in films a ...

as Oh In-young *

as Yang Choon-ja *

as Cha Myeong-seok * Kwak Hee-sung as Cha Dong-seok *

Kim Yoon-seo Kim Yoon-seo (born Kim Ga-eun on March 28, 1986) is a South Korean actress. Career Kim made her acting debut in 2009, and has played supporting roles in television dramas such as ''Glass Mask'' (2012), '' You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin'' (2013 ...

as Kim Se-mi *Kim Seong-hwan as Cha Il-goo *Park Woong as Cha Joo-bok * Baek Ok-dam as Lee Ha-ji *

Kim Bo-yeon Kim Bo-yeon (born Kim Bok-soon on December 31, 1957) is a South Korean actress. Career Kim Bo-yeon graduated from Anyang High School of Arts, and on the principal's recommendation, she was cast in her acting debut, the film ''A Season of Bloom ...

as Jang Mi-hee *

Ki Tae-young Ki Tae-young (born Kim Yong-woo on December 9, 1978) is a South Korean actor. Ki made his acting debut in 1997, and went on to play leading roles in the television dramas ''Creating Destiny ''Creating Destiny'' (; lit: ''Creating Relations'') ...

as Kang Joon-soo *

Son Eun-seo Son Eun-seo (hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for th ...

as Cha Young-ah *Lee Moon-hee as Choi Soon-hee *Lee Seung-woo as Cha San *Kyung Joon as Bae Yong-joon *Lee Yong-joo as Oh Sang-sik *Jung Da-sol as Heo Soon-jung

Title changes

Its early

working title A working title, which may be abbreviated and styled in trade publications after a putative title as (wt), also called a production title or a tentative title, is the temporary title of a product or project used during its development, usually ...

s include ''Killing Mother-in-Law'' () and ''Taming Mother-in-Law'' ().

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