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4.1/5 DramaFever Final episode date 19 May 2009 Number of episodes 20 | 91% AsianWiki 7.1/10 IMDb Directed by Go Dong-sun First episode date 16 March 2009 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Also known as 'My Wife is a Superwoman' Genre RomanceWorkplace comedyDrama Starring Kim Nam-jooOh Ji-hoLee Hye-youngYoon Sang-hyunChoi Cheol-hoSunwoo Sun Network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Cast Kim Nam‑joo, Yoon Sang‑hyun, Oh Ji‑ho, Sunwoo Sun, Choi Cheol‑ho Similar My Lovely Sam Soon, Infinite Challenge, The 1st Shop of Coffee Pri, Get Karl! Oh Soo‑jung, White Lies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Queen of Housewives (Hangul: 내조의 여왕; RR: Naejoui Yeowang; also known as My Wife Is a Superwoman) is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Kim Nam-joo, Oh Ji-ho, Yoon Sang-hyun, Lee Hye-young, Choi Cheol-ho, and Sunwoo Sun. It depicts the life of "naejo," housewives who devote their entire lives to their husbands' success, but with a more comedic and aggressive twist. It aired on MBC from March 16 to May 19, 2009 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
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The hit drama topped the ratings chart during its run, and created new trends among married women in terms of fashion and makeup. Actress Kim Nam-joo received numerous accolades for her acting comeback after an 8-year hiatus, and the series also served as the breakout vehicle of actor Yoon Sang-hyun.
Plot
Chun Ji-ae (Kim Nam-joo) had it all...in high school. Pretty and popular, she was the school's queen bee, while awkward Yang Bong-soon (Lee Hye-young) was the exact opposite. The two were initially friends, until Ji-ae stole Bong-soon's crush, Han Joon-hyuk (Choi Cheol-ho). Fast-forward to middle-aged married life, and their roles have become reversed. Ji-ae struggles with household finances because she married Ohn Dal-soo (Oh Ji-ho), a once-promising university graduate turned unemployed pushover, while Joon-hyuk, whom Bong-soon married after Ji-ae dumped him, is now a successful executive.
Dal-soo finally gets a shot at a decent job at top company Queen's Food, where Joon-hyuk happens to be his new boss. Joon-hyuk still carries a torch for Ji-ae, and he makes it a point to make Dal-soo's internship as difficult and demeaning as possible. Meanwhile, determined to help her smart but clueless husband climb the corporate ladder, Ji-ae joins a social wives club to support him. The wives' power plays are directly correlative to their husbands' positions in the company (meaning, the higher-ranking the husband, the higher-ranking the wife), and Ji-ae sets aside her pride to curry favor and jockey for position. She immediately thrives within the wives' inner circle, but she's constantly thwarted by her ex-best friend, Bong-soon.
Then Dal-soo runs into his college friend Eun So-hyun (Sunwoo Sun), wife of Heo Tae-joon (Yoon Sang-hyun), the current president of Queen's Food. Stuck in a loveless marriage, So-hyun wants to have an affair with Dal-soo, while indolent chaebol Tae-joon gradually finds himself attracted to Ji-ae. The three couples interact in a confusing mix of romance, friendship, and workplace politics.
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Source: TNS Media Korea