''My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol'' () is a 2015

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed be ...

starring Baek Jin-hee,

Park Se-young Park Se-young (; born July 30, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2012 with supporting roles in the television dramas ''Faith'' and ''School 2013''. Park has since played leading roles in '' Sincerity Moves Heaven'' (2013) an ...

, Jeon In-hwa,

Yoon Hyun-min Yoon Hyun-min (born April 15, 1985) is a South Korean actor Biography After graduating from Cheongwon high school, Yoon was a baseball player for the Hanwha Eagles in 2005 and the Doosan Bears in 2006. He fell in love with the stage after wat ...

, and Do Sang-woo. It aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays 21:45 for 51 episodes from September 5, 2015 until February 28, 2016. Although the drama enjoyed high viewership ratings, with the finale earning national viewership of 33.6%, critics described the drama as "absurdly unrealistic".

Plot

Sa-wol, Hye-sang and Oh-wol grow up in the same orphanage as best friends. On the day the orphanage collapses, Hye-sang finds out that Sa-wol is to be adopted by her wealthy biological father instead of her after a DNA test that reveals the mixed up between them. Eager to be raised in the upper class society, Hye-sang traps the orphanage director, who is also her true father, in the collapsing building with Oh-wol to hide the truth. However, when Sa-wol ended up being brought into the family as well, Hye-sang starts tormenting, blame shifting and burying the truth, to make herself the better daughter. As the story goes, her web of lies gets bigger and bigger and becomes harder to control.

Cast

* Baek Jin-hee as Geum Sa-wol **

Kal So-won Kal So-won (; born 14 August 2006) is a South Korean child actress. She debuted with the television series '' Take Care of Us, Captain'' (2012) and is best known for starring in '' Miracle in Cell No. 7'' (2013), one of the best-selling Korean ...

as young Sa-wol *

as Oh Hye-sang ** Lee Na-yoon as young Hye-sang *

as Kang Chan-bin **Jeon Jin-seo as young Chan-bin * Jeon In-hwa as Shin Deuk-ye * Do Sang-woo as Joo Se-hoon ** Go Woo-rim as child Se-hoon ** Goo Seung-hyun as young Se-hoon *

Ahn Nae-sang Ahn Nae-sang (born December 25, 1964) is a South Korean actor. He began his career on the stage, and in 1994 made his film debut in the Bong Joon-ho short film ''Baeksekin'' ("White Man" or "White-collar worker"), followed by Jang Sun-woo's ''B ...

as Joo Ki-hwang * Song Ha-yoon as Lee Hong-do/Joo Oh-wol * Son Chang-min as Kang Man-hoo *

Park Sang-won Park Sang-won (born April 5, 1959) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in four of the highest-rating Korean dramas of all time, ''Eyes of Dawn'' (1991), '' Sandglass'' (1995), '' First Love'' (1996), and You and I. Filmogr ...

as Oh Min-ho *

Do Ji-won Do Ji-won ( ko, 도지원; born February 14, 1966) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Ladies of the Palace'' (2001), ''Punch Lady'' (2007), and ''Smile Again'' (2010). Career Upon her graduation as a dance major from ...

as Han Ji-hye * Kim Hee-jung as Choi Ma-ri *

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as So Kook-ja * Lee Yeon-doo as Kang Dal-rae **Kwak Ji-hye as child Dal-rae **Kim Go-eun as young Dal-rae *

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as Kang Jjil-rae **Kim So-eun as child Jjil-rae **Park Soo-bin as young Jjil-rae *

Choi Dae-chul Choi Dae-chul (born Choi Won-chul on October 16, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He has been active in musical theatre since 2002, but has also played supporting roles in television dramas such as ''Wang's Family'' (2013), ''Jang Bo-ri Is Here!' ...

as Im Shi-ro ** Jung Yun-seok as young Shi-ro * Kim Bo-yoon as young Kang Dal-rae *

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as Yoo Kwon-soon * Kim Ji-young as Im Mi-rang * Lee Tae-woo as Im Woo-rang *

Lee Jung-gil Lee Jung-gil (born October 1, 1944) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in 1967 in the stage play ''Sakhalinsk's The Sky and the Earth'', Lee has had a prolific career in Korean television and film. Filmography Television ser ...

as Shin Ji-sang * Oh Mi-yeon as Kim Hye-soon ( Cameo) * Kim Ho-jin as Geum Hyung-sik ( Cameo) *

Kim Ji-ho Kim Ji-Ho (born July 22, 1974) is a South Korean actress. Career Audiences were first introduced to Kim Ji-ho in 1994 in Shin Seung-hun's music video "For a Long Time Afterwards." She made her acting debut in '' Salut D'Amour'' that year, follo ...

as Kim Ji-young ( Cameo) *

Yoo Jae-suk Yoo Jae-suk (; or ; born on 14 August 1972) is a South Korean comedian, host and television personality. He has hosted several variety television shows in South Korea, including ''Infinite Challenge'', '' Running Man'', '' Happy Together, and ...

as himself ( Cameo) *

Lee Dong-ha Lee Dong-Ha (born December 1, 1942) is a South Korean novelist. Life Lee Dong-Ha was born in Osaka, JapanBiography from ''Shrapnel and other Stories'' and moved to Korea with his family after Korea's liberation from the Japanese. There, he gre ...

as Hye Sang's lawyer in charge

Ratings

*Note: episode 41 wasn't aired on Saturday January 23 due to broadcast of the football Asian Olympic qualification match between

and

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. This episode was aired on Sunday January 24, 2016.

Awards and nominations

References

{{Kim Soon-ok (screenwriter) 2015 South Korean television series debuts 2016 South Korean television series endings MBC TV television dramas Korean-language television shows South Korean melodrama television series Television shows written by Kim Soon-ok