Ji Sun Woo is an associate director of a family clinic with a perfect life—a great career, married to a handsome, young-looking man, mother to an adoring son, and surrounded by seemingly caring friends. She couldn't be more content. Lee Tae Oh, her husband, is an aspiring movie director. However, when his temptation leads him to betray Sun Woo along with the people around her, she gets driven to revenge. The perilous twists-and-turns of a married couple's life unfolds.

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The World of the Married (2020)

She was living her dreams but a betrayal turned her life into a nightmare.

★ 7.5/10 March 27, 2020 1 season

Drama

Creator: Kang Eun-kyung, Mo Wan-il  ·  Writer: Joo Hyun

Ji Sun Woo is an associate director of a family clinic with a perfect life—a great career, married to a handsome, young-looking man, mother to an adoring son, and surrounded by seemingly caring friends. She couldn't be more content. Lee Tae Oh, her husband, is an aspiring movie director. However, when his temptation leads him to betray Sun Woo along with the people around her, she gets driven to revenge. The perilous twists-and-turns of a married couple's life unfolds.

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Creators

Kang Eun-kyung Kang Eun-kyung Mo Wan-il Mo Wan-il

Cast

Kim Hee-ae Kim Hee-ae Ji Seon-u Park Hae-joon Park Hae-joon Lee Tae-o Han So-hee Han So-hee Yeo Da-gyeong Park Sun-young Park Sun-young Ko Ye-rim Kim Young-min Kim Young-min Son Je-hyeok Chae Kook-hee Chae Kook-hee Seol Myeong-suk Lee Kyung-young Lee Kyung-young Yeo Byeong-gyu Kim Sun-kyung Kim Sun-kyung Uhm Hyo-jeong Jeon Jin-seo Jeon Jin-seo Lee Jun-yeong Lee Hak-ju Lee Hak-ju Park In-gyu Park Choong-seon Park Choong-seon Ma Gang-seok Jeong Jae-seong Jeong Jae-seong Kong Ji-cheol

User Reviews (1)

ParkMin
ParkMin June 17, 2023
★ 5/10

The revenge didn't quench my thirst. While the first episode brilliantly set up the story and introduced compelling characters, the subsequent episodes veered off course and fell short of expectations. The drama started to show its cracks as early as the first third. It was no longer as engaging as its start. It continued heading in a downward spiral shortly after midway point where it started to get stupid and pointless. Stupid isn't good. At that point, any interesting elements it had were gone and it deviated from its original promise. For a drama themed around adults relationships you would expect a better and more profound dialogue but, unfortunately, it always favored the more melodramatic and senseless route. Even then, it wasn't spicy enough to keep me stimulated. One more thing, the last episode was bad. I'm not sure why they had to slap the +18 rating on it when the explicit sc…