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, and Kang Ji-sub. The daily

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aired on SBS on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 from May 4 to October 30, 2009 for 120 episodes. The series was part of the "Wife Trilogy," which includes '' Temptation of Wife'' and ''

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''.

Plot

Kang Chul-soo (

) divorces his wife Yoon Young-hee ( Kim Ji-young) to start anew with single mother Han Ji-sook (

), with whom he had carried on an affair. After the split, however, Chul-soo gets into a car accident and wakes up with no memory of Ji-sook. Chul-soo thinks he is still married to Young-hee, and Young-hee and everyone else can only play along while he recovers.

Cast

Main characters

* Kim Ji-young as Yoon Young-hee *

as Han Ji-sook *

as Kang Chul-soo * Kang Ji-sub as Song Ji-ho

Supporting characters

;Yoon family * Andy Lee as Yoon Nam-joon, Young-hee's younger brother *

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as Yoon Jang-soo, Young-hee's father *Jo Yang-ja as Seo Yeo-ja, Young-hee's mother ;Kang family *Kim Yoon-kyung as Kang Do-hee *

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as Jang Young-ja, Chul-soo's mother * Kang Sung-jin as Ahn Kyung-tae * Kim Young-ran as Oh Dal-ja *Uhm Min-woo as Kang Han-byul, Young-hee and Chul-soo's son ;Han family *

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as Ji-ho's mother *Kim Na-young as Oh Ae-rang *Jung Tae-won as Dong-joon *Seol Ji-yoon as Dong-joon's mother *Jang Joon-ho as editor *Kang Soo-han as editor's son *Jung Ji-ah as Se-ri *Jung Chi-in *Min Ah-ryung *Jeon Sung-hwan *

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Notes

*This was actress

's return to the small screen after marrying

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and giving birth to a son. *Actress Kim Ji-young's real-life mother-in-law,

, portrayed her mother-in-law in this drama as well.

Awards

2009 SBS Drama Awards The 2009 SBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the best performances in television on the SBS network for the year 2009. It was held on December 31, 2009, at the SBS Open Hall in Deungchon-dong, Seoul, and was hosted by actor Jang Keun-suk ...

: Best Young Actress -

Adaptation

In 2014, ABS-CBN produced a Philippine remake based on ''Two Wives''. The adaptation was originally aired from October 13, 2014 to March 13, 2015.

References

External links

''Two Wives'' official SBS website
*{{hancinema drama, Two_Wives, Two Wives Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows 2009 South Korean television series debuts 2009 South Korean television series endings South Korean romance television series South Korean melodrama television series