''My Husband's Woman'' (; lit. "My Man's Woman") is a 2007

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n television series starring Kim Hee-ae,

Bae Jong-ok Bae Jong-ok (; born May 13, 1964) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as a TV actress after she was recruited by KBS, and has since been active in theater, film and television. While concurrently maintaining an acting career, Bae completed ...

, and Kim Sang-joong. It aired on SBS TV from April 2 to June 19, 2007, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Written by renowned TV scribe

Kim Soo-hyun Kim Soo-hyun (; born February 16, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He is the recipient of five Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards and one Blue Dragon Film Award. Kim made his television debut in 2007 with the family sitcom ''Kimchi Che ...

in her no-nonsense yet provocative style, the TV series explores the intimate and painful ordeal of women on both sides of the story behind an extramarital affair, delving into the minds of the betrayed and the betrayer. It was the second highest-rated

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of 2007 (next to ''

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''), and won Kim Hee-ae the Grand Prize ("Daesang") at the 2007 SBS Drama Awards.

Plot

Ji-soo (

) is an unassuming housewife leading a happy life with her college professor husband Joon-pyo ( Kim Sang-joong) and their son Kyung-min (

Park Ji-bin Park Ji-bin (; born March 14, 1995) is a South Korean actor. He began his career as a child actor, notably in '' Hello, Brother'' (2005) and ''Boys Over Flowers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. Th ...

). But trouble lurks when Ji-soo's widowed friend Hwa-young ( Kim Hee-ae) accompanies Ji-soo and her family on a trip and secretly begins a love affair with Joon-pyo. One day, Ji-soo hosts a barbeque party at her house and invites Hwa-young and her sister Eun-soo ( Ha Yoo-mi). Besieged by passion, Hwa-young and Joon-pyo end up making out inside the kitchen, but soon get caught red-handed by Eun-soo. Shocked and sickened to her stomach, yet nervous about what her fragile sister might do if she ever finds out, Eun-soo threatens Hwa-young and Joon-pyo to end the affair immediately. But truth has a way of slipping out, and Ji-soo's perfect life comes crashing down when she learns that her husband is having an affair with her friend. In the aftermath of the revelation, the psychological warfare begins, and to retaliate, Ji-soo decides to have an affair herself with her old college friend Seok Joon ( Lee Jong-won).

Cast

Main characters

* Kim Hee-ae as Lee Hwa-young *

as Kim Ji-soo * Kim Sang-joong as Hong Joon-pyo * Lee Jong-won as Park Seok-joon

Supporting characters

* Ha Yoo-mi as Kim Eun-soo, Ji-soo's sister * Kim Byung-se as Heo Dal-sam, Eun-soo's husband *Song Yi-woo as Heo Jin-joo, Eun-soo's daughter * Jang Ki-bum as Heo Joon-goo, Eun-soo's son * Song Jae-ho as Kim Yong-deok, Ji-soo's father *Nam Seung-min as Kim Kyung-soo, Ji-soo's brother *Oh Se-jung as Boo Yong-hwa, Kyung-soo's wife *Seo Woo-rim as Ms. Hwang, Joon-pyo's mother *Choi Jung-hoon as Chairman Hong, Joon-pyo's father *

as Hong Kyung-min, Ji-soo's and Joon-pyo's son * Kim Young-ae as Hwa-young's mother * Lee Hoon as Lee Dong-ha, Hwa-young's brother *Song Sun-hee *Kwon Yong-chul *Joo Min-soo

Episode ratings

Awards and nominations

Plagiarism allegations

Writer

strongly denied the accusations of

plagiarism Plagiarism is the representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 ''Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close ...

by Ryu Gyeung-ok, who claimed that ''My Husband's Woman'' was very similar to her own TV drama ''That Woman, Ok-hui''.

References

External links

''My Husband's Woman'' official SBS website
* {{Works by Samhwa Networks Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas 2007 South Korean television series debuts 2007 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows Television shows involved in plagiarism controversies Television shows written by Kim Soo-hyun (writer) South Korean romance television series Television series by Samhwa Networks