The Second Husband


The Second Husband is a South Korean television series starring Cha Seo-won, Uhm Hyun-kyung, Han Ki-woong and Oh Seung-ah. The series, directed by Kim Chil-bong and written by Seo Hyeon-joo for Pan Entertainment, is a passionate romance drama in which a woman who has lost her family unfairly ventures out for revenge amid mixed fate and love.
The daily drama premiered on MBC on August 9, 2021, and aired every weekday at 19:10 till April 5, 2022. In view of the popularity of the series, it was extended for another 30 episodes from its original 120 episodes making a total of 150 episodes.
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Synopsis

Second Husband is a passionate romance story. It revolves around Bong Seon-hwa and her family surrounding a confectionery company. She underwent an unfortunate childhood, but due to her strong and positive personality, she rises up. Growing up in the same neighborhood she had a long relationship with Moon Sang-hyeok. But, when she unjustly loses her family due to a tragedy born out of an unstoppable desire, she pledges revenge in the mixed fate and love. Bong Seon-Hwa transforms into 'Sharon' in order to restore what was hers.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Daeguk Group

  • Jung Sung-mo as Yoon Dae-gook, the chairman of confectionery company. He murdered his best friend in order to pursue Joo Hae Ran, and masks his evil doings from everyone around him. He thinks bloodline is very important and favors Jae-Min over Jae-Gyeong. He fails to acknowledge Yoon Jae-Gyung until she becomes pregnant with his grandson. He even tried to harm Seon-Hwa several times. His crimes were exposed in the end and he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
  • Ji Soo-won as Joo Hae-ran
  • Kang Yoon as Kim Soo-cheol

Hanok Bakery

Sang-hyeok's family

  • Choi Ji-yeon as Yang Mal-ja, Moon Sang-hyeok and Moon Sang-mi's mother. She is shameless and greedy, and thinks very highly of her son.
  • Chun Yi-seul as Moon Sang-mi, an aspiring model, Moon Sang-hyeok's sister, she has crush on Bae Seo-joon

Bong Seon-hwa's family

  • Sung Byung-sook as Han Gop-boon, Seon-hwa's grandmother, who was murdered in the middle of the series by Jae-kyung

Others

  • Kim Sung-hee as Park Haeng-sil
  • Lee Kan-hee as Ok Kyeong-i
  • Son Kwang-eop as Kang In-ho, an entrepreneur
  • Kim Jung-hwa as Choi Eun-gyeol, who was ordered by Yoon Jae-Kyung to pretend to be Bong Bit-na, Joo Hae-ran's biological daughter.

Special appearance

Production

Initially, Seo Eun-woo was cast in the role of Yoon Jae-kyeong, but due to the production schedule, she dropped out, and Oh Seung-ah took over.
This daily drama marks Uhm Hyun-kyung's reappearance in an MBC production three years after the Saturday revenge drama Hide and Seek in 2018. Uhm Hyun-kyung and Cha Seo-won are also reuniting after playing the second leads in TVN's 2019 miniseries Miss Lee. Oh Seung-ah and Kim Hee-jung are reunited after MBC's 2018 daily drama Secrets and Lies.
On December 7, 2021, one of the drama's staff tested positive for the COVID-19. On December 8, 2021, it was revealed that the main leads and the director are negative.
On January 6, 2022, it was reported that the series is confirmed to air for extended time than its initial planned 120 episodes.
The filming of the series was completed on March 17, 2022.