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| Left-Handed Wife | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | Lefty Wife |
| Hangul | 왼손잡이 아내 |
| Revised Romanization | Oensonjabi Anae |
| Genre | Melodrama[1] |
| Written by | Moon Eun-ah |
| Directed by | Kim Myeong-wook |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 103[a] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kim Hee-yeol |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Production company | Pan Entertainment |
| Budget | ₩4 billion[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | KBS2 |
| Release | January 2 – May 31, 2019 |
Left-Handed Wife (Korean: 왼손잡이 아내; RR: Oensonjabi Anae) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Soo-kyung and Kim Jin-woo. It aired from January 2 to May 31, 2019 on KBS2.[3][4] It is also the first KBS daily drama not to premiere on a Monday.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Lee Soo-kyung as Oh San-ha
- An employee at the product development division of a cosmetics company.
- Kim Jin-woo as Park Do-kyung: Heir apparent of the Aura Group. Esther Jang's boyfriend.
- Song Won-seok as Lee Soo-ho: A doctor working as a resident in a hospital's emergency department. San-ha's husband.
- Jin Tae-hyun as Kim Nam-joon
- An associate to Aura Group's chairman.
- Ha Yeon-joo as Esther Jang
- A curator at the Aura Museum (a subsidiary of Aura Group).
Supporting[edit]
People around San-ha[edit]
- Kang Nam-gil as Oh Chang-soo, San-ha and Seul-ha's dad who went blind in the beginning of the series.
- Kim Seo-ra as Baek Geum-hee, San-ha and Seul-ha's mom.
- Park Yoo-na as Oh Seul-ha, Oh San-ha's younger sister.
- Lee Si-hoo as Bong Sun-dal
People around Do-kyung[edit]
- Kim Byung-ki as Park Sun-tae
- Aura Group's chairman and Do-kyung's grandfather.
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Cheon Sun-im
- Do-kyung & Soo-ho's grandmother
- Jung Chan as Park Kang-chul
- Aura's vice chairman and Do-kyung's father & Soo-ho's paternal uncle
- Lee Seung-yeon as Cho Ae-ra
- Director of Aura Museum, Do-kyung and Nam-joon's mom, Kang-chul's wife whom he later divorced.
- Kim Joon-eui as Park Noah
- Do-kyung and Esther's son out of wedlock.
International broadcast[edit]
In Vietnam, the series was broadcast on VTV3 from January 7, 2020 under the title Hoán đổi số phận.
Ratings[edit]
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS | AGB Nielsen[5] | |||
| Nationwide | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | January 2, 2019 | 15.7% | 12.5% (3rd) | 11.5% (5th) |
| 2 | January 3, 2019 | 16.9% | 13.1% (4th) | 11.4% (6th) |
| 3 | January 4, 2019 | 16.2% | 13.0% (4th) | 11.0% (9th) |
| 4 | January 7, 2019 | 16.8% | 13.5% (2nd) | 11.6% (3rd) |
| 5 | January 8, 2019 | 13.5% (3rd) | 12.0% (3rd) | |
| 6 | January 9, 2019 | 16.7% | 12.8% (5th) | 11.0% (6th) |
| 7 | January 10, 2019 | 16.8% | 13.7% (3rd) | 12.4% (5th) |
| 8 | January 11, 2019 | 16.9% | 13.1% (4th) | 10.9% (6th) |
| 9 | January 14, 2019 | 16.3% | 13.0% (3rd) | 11.3% (3rd) |
| 10 | January 15, 2019 | 17.2% | 13.7% (3rd) | 11.5% (3rd) |
| 11 | January 16, 2019 | 16.1% | 13.1% (2nd) | 11.6% (3rd) |
| 12 | January 17, 2019 | 17.2% | 13.4% (3rd) | 11.6% (4th) |
| 13 | January 18, 2019 | 17.3% | 12.9% (3rd) | 11.2% (5th) |
| 14 | January 21, 2019 | 18.9% | 13.8% (2nd) | 12.2% (2nd) |
| 15 | January 22, 2019 | 18.1% | 14.0% (3rd) | 11.6% (3rd) |
| 16 | January 23, 2019 | 17.1% | 13.2% (4th) | 11.0% (5th) |
| 17 | January 24, 2019 | 16.6% | 13.7% (3rd) | 11.9% (4th) |
| 18 | January 25, 2019 | 16.8% | 13.5% (3rd) | 11.6% (4th) |
| 19 | January 28, 2019 | 18.5% | 13.6% (3rd) | 11.7% (3rd) |
| 20 | January 29, 2019 | 18.6% | 14.3% (2nd) | 12.8% (2nd) |
| 21 | January 30, 2019 | 17.6% | 13.1% (4th) | 11.2% (4th) |
| 22 | January 31, 2019 | 18.3% | 13.3% (4th) | 10.9% (5th) |
| 23 | February 1, 2019 | 16.7% | 13.9% (3rd) | 11.7% (4th) |
| 24 | February 6, 2019[b] | 14.0% | 11.1% (5th) | 9.9% (4th) |
| 25 | February 7, 2019 | 17.5% | 14.3% (3rd) | 12.6% (5th) |
| 26 | February 8, 2019 | 17.4% | 13.3% (5th) | 10.7% (8th) |
| 27 | February 11, 2019 | 16.9% | 14.5% (2nd) | 13.0% (2nd) |
| 28 | February 12, 2019 | 17.7% | 14.8% (2nd) | 13.1% (2nd) |
| 29 | February 13, 2019 | 18.6% | 13.9% (2nd) | 11.2% (4th) |
| 30 | February 14, 2019 | 17.5% | 13.8% (4th) | 11.9% (7th) |
| 31 | February 15, 2019 | 17.4% | 11.6% (5th) | 13.5% (7th) |
| 32 | February 18, 2019 | 18.8% | 14.0% (2nd) | 12.4% (2nd) |
| 33 | February 19, 2019 | 19.4% | 14.8% (2nd) | 12.9% (2nd) |
| 34 | February 20, 2019 | 20.4% | 13.9% (2nd) | 11.7% (4th) |
| 35 | February 21, 2019 | 18.0% | 14.2% (4th) | 12.3% (6th) |
| 36 | February 22, 2019 | 19.6% | 14.9% (3rd) | 13.1% (4th) |
| 37 | February 25, 2019 | 19.8% | 14.8% (2nd) | 12.9% (2nd) |
| 38 | February 26, 2019 | 18.2% | 14.9% (2nd) | 12.9% (3rd) |
| 39 | February 27, 2019 | 18.3% | 14.3% (2nd) | 12.4% (3rd) |
| 40 | March 1, 2019 [c] | 18.6% | 14.1% (3rd) | 12.6% (4th) |
| 41 | March 4, 2019 | 20.4% | 15.9% (2nd) | 14.0% (2nd) |
| 42 | March 5, 2019 | 21.0% | 15.9% (2nd) | 13.0% (2nd) |
| 43 | March 6, 2019 | 21.1% | 15.6% (3rd) | 14.0% (4th) |
| 44 | March 7, 2019 | 21.5% | 15.9% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) |
| 45 | March 8, 2019 | 21.2% | 15.6% (3rd) | 13.9% (5th) |
| 46 | March 11, 2019 | 20.8% | 15.8% (2nd) | 13.3% (3rd) |
| 47 | March 12, 2019 | 21.5% | 16.3% (2nd) | 13.6% (2nd) |
| 48 | March 13, 2019 | 21.6% | 15.9% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) |
| 49 | March 14, 2019 | 20.6% | 15.7% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) |
| 50 | March 15, 2019 | 21.1% | 15.9% (3rd) | 13.6% (4th) |
| 51 | March 18, 2019 | 20.6% | 15.1% (2nd) | 13.0% (2nd) |
| 52 | March 19, 2019 | 20.8% | 15.9% (2nd) | 14.0% (2nd) |
| 53 | March 20, 2019 | 20.2% | 15.7% (2nd) | 13.3% (2nd) |
| 54 | March 21, 2019 | 19.6% | 15.5% (2nd) | 13.3% (3rd) |
| 55 | March 25, 2019 [d] | 20.7% | 15.7% (2nd) | 14.1% (2nd) |
| 56 | March 26, 2019 | 19.4% | 14.3% (2nd) | 11.9% (3rd) |
| 57 | March 27, 2019 | 19.7% | 15.3% (2nd) | 13.9% (3rd) |
| 58 | March 28, 2019 | 19.1% | 15.6% (2nd) | 14.3% (3rd) |
| 59 | March 29, 2019 | 18.8% | 14.7% (4th) | 12.6% (5th) |
| 60 | April 1, 2019 | 19.2% | 15.9% (2nd) | 13.6% (2nd) |
| 61 | April 2, 2019 | 19.6% | 15.5% (2nd) | 13.4% (2nd) |
| 62 | April 3, 2019 | 19.7% | 15.4% (2nd) | 13.6% (3rd) |
| 63 | April 4, 2019 | 19.2% | 16.0% (2nd) | 14.2% (4th) |
| 64 | April 5, 2019 | 18.8% | 14.4% (4th) | 12.5% (5th) |
| 65 | April 8, 2019 | 19.3% | 15.2% (3rd) | 13.1% (3rd) |
| 66 | April 9, 2019 | 20.1% | 17.1% (2nd) | 15.7% (2nd) |
| 67 | April 10, 2019 | 19.8% | 15.5% (2nd) | 13.3% (3rd) |
| 68 | April 11, 2019 | 16.7% | 13.9% (3rd) | 12.4% (4th) |
| 69 | April 12, 2019 | 18.7% | 14.2% (4th) | 12.8% (5th) |
| 70 | April 15, 2019 | 18.4% | 14.5% (2nd) | 12.9% (2nd) |
| 71 | April 16, 2019 | 19.8% | 15.2% (2nd) | 13.6% (2nd) |
| 72 | April 17, 2019 | 18.5% | 15.0% (2nd) | 12.8% (4th) |
| 73 | April 18, 2019 | 18.7% | 14.1% (3rd) | 12.0% (4th) |
| 74 | April 19, 2019 | 17.5% | 13.0% (4th) | 10.5% (7th) |
| 75 | April 22, 2019 | 18.9% | 14.2% (2nd) | 12.5% (2nd) |
| 76 | April 23, 2019 | 20.7% | 16.7% (2nd) | 14.6% (2nd) |
| 77 | April 24, 2019 | 19.9% | 15.0% (2nd) | 13.0% (4th) |
| 78 | April 25, 2019 | 22.5% | 16.6% (2nd) | 15.2% (2nd) |
| 79 | April 26, 2019 | 20.7% | 15.8% (2nd) | 13.9% (2nd) |
| 80 | April 29, 2019 | 21.1% | 16.4% (2nd) | 14.5% (2nd) |
| 81 | April 30, 2019 | 20.9% | 15.5% (1st) | 13.3% (2nd) |
| 82 | May 1, 2019 | 20.3% | 14.8% (2nd) | 12.6% (4th) |
| 83 | May 2, 2019 | 21.1% | 15.3% (2nd) | 13.9% (2nd) |
| 84 | May 3, 2019 | 18.5% | 14.7% (2nd) | 12.9% (2nd) |
| 85 | May 7, 2019[e] | 18.8% | 14.9% (2nd) | 13.1% (2nd) |
| 86 | May 8, 2019 | 17.0% | 13.4% (3rd) | 11.8% (3rd) |
| 87 | May 9, 2019 | 17.5% | 13.0% (2nd) | 11.2% (3rd) |
| 88 | May 10, 2019 | 18.8% | 14.3% (2nd) | 12.4% (2nd) |
| 89 | May 13, 2019 | 18.0% | 15.6% (2nd) | 14.3% (2nd) |
| 90 | May 14, 2019 | 20.1% | 14.3% (2nd) | 13.0% (2nd) |
| 91 | May 15, 2019 | 18.6% | 14.0% (3rd) | 11.7% (4th) |
| 92 | May 16, 2019 | 18.2% | 14.7% (2nd) | 13.2% (1st) |
| 93 | May 17, 2019 | 19.4% | 15.3% (1st) | 13.9% (1st) |
| 94 | May 20, 2019 | 20.1% | 15.6% (1st) | 13.8% (1st) |
| 95 | May 21, 2019 | 21.1% | 13.9% (2nd) | 12.5% (2nd) |
| 96 | May 22, 2019 | 18.6% | 14.5% (2nd) | 13.4% (1st) |
| 97 | May 23, 2019 | 18.9% | 14.1% (2nd) | 12.5% (2nd) |
| 98 | May 24, 2019 | 18.1% | 14.0% (1st) | 12.6% (1st) |
| 99 | May 27, 2019 | 20.9% | 16.1% (2nd) | 14.2% (2nd) |
| 100 | May 28, 2019 | 19.0% | 15.2% (1st) | 13.7% (1st) |
| 101 | May 29, 2019 | 19.5% | 14.4% (2nd) | 12.5% (2nd) |
| 102 | May 30, 2019 | 18.6% | 15.1% (1st) | 14.1% (1st) |
| 103 | May 31, 2019 | 19.4% | 15.8% (1st) | 13.5% (2nd) |
| Average | 18.9% | 14.6% | 12.7% | |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by three episodes, as the series premiered on a Wednesday.
- ^ No episodes were aired on February 4 due to the broadcast of the movie Captain America: Civil War, and on February 5 due to the broadcast of the movie Zootopia.
- ^ No episode was aired on February 28 due to the broadcast of a special 100 Years of Spring.
- ^ No episode was aired on March 22 due to a football match between Bolivia and South Korea.
- ^ No episode was aired on May 6 due to the broadcast of Mr. House Husband.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Korean)
- Left-Handed Wife on KBS World
- Left-Handed Wife at HanCinema