Name: My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Drama
Released: 2016-10-28
Rating: 9.1
Cast: Lee Sun Gyun, Song Ji Hyo, Kim Hee Won, Ye Ji Won, BoA

Lee Sun Gyun is a popular South Korean actor. Born on March 2, 1975, he began his career in musical theater and struggled in minor television roles for many years. After he acted in a one-act drama, he met TV director Lee Yoon Jung, who later cast him in her series “Coffee Prince” in 2007. The role helped him launch his career and gain mainstream popularity. He went on to star in many popular television dramas, including “Triple” (2009), “Pasta” (2010), “Golden Time” (2012), “Miss Korea” (2013) and “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” (2016). His leading role in the film “Paju” garnered him the Best Actor award at the 11th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival in Spain in 2010. Lee Sun Gyun married actress Jeon Hye Jin in 2009 and they have two sons.

Lee Sun Gyun

Song Ji Hyo is a popular South Korean actress. Born on August 15, 1981, as Cheon Seong Im, she always wanted to become an actress and chose her stage name from two famous actors, Song Seung Heon and Song Hye Gyo. Song Ji Hyo made her acting debut in the 2003 film “Whispering Corridors: Wishing Stairs” and went on to star in many popular films and television dramas. She is best known for her roles in “Princess Hours” (2006), “Jumong” (2007), “Emergency Couple” (2014,)” “Ex-Girlfriend Club” (2015) and “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” (2016). Song Ji Hyo also was a cast member of the popular reality show “Running Man” (2010-2017) and hosted the beauty programs “Song Ji Hyo's Beauty View” (2017) and “Song Ji Hyo's Beautiful Life” (2018).

Song Ji Hyo

Kim Hee Won is a South Korean actor who is known for playing often menacing supporting roles. Born on January 10, 1971, he made his acting debut in the 2007 film “Miracle on 1st Street” and won Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for his role in the 2015 television drama “Angry Mom.” His other memorable roles include the television dramas “Gu Family Book” (2013), “Incomplete Life” (2014), “Let’s Eat 2” (2015) and “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” (2016).

Kim Hee Won

Ye Ji Won is the stage name of Lee Yoo Jung, a South Korean actress who is best known for her role in the 2004 television drama “Old Miss Diary,” for which she won a Best Actress award. Born on February 1, 1973, she made her acting debut in the 1996 film “Mulberry” and has starred in many popular films, theater productions and television dramas since. Some of her recent credits include the television dramas “Tomorrow Cantabile” (2014), “Producer” (2015), “Page Turner” (2016), “Oh Hae Young Again” (2016) and “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” (2016). Ye Ji Won also has appeared in numerous variety shows, serving as a cast member for “Here Comes Gold Miss” (2008), “Law of the Jungle in Micronesia” (2013) and “Law of the Jungle in Brazil” (2014).

Ye Ji Won

BoA is the stage name of Kwon Bo Ah, a South Korean singer and actress who is known as the “Queen of Korean Pop.” Born on November 5, 1986, she was discovered at the age of 11 by a talent agency when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search and released her first album two years later in 2000, when she was only 13. Since then, she has released numerous hit records in Korea, Japan and the United States, making her one of the most commercially successful K-pop artists in Asia. BoA branched into acting in the Hollywood film “Make Your Move 3D,” which was eventually released in the United States in 2014. She also starred in the Korean drama special “Waiting for Love” (2013) and in the television drama “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” (2016). BoA has served as a judge on the first two seasons of the reality singing competition “K-Pop Star.”

Lee Sang Yeob is a South Korean actor. Born on May 8, 1983, he made his acting debut in the 2007 television drama “A Happy Woman.” He has appeared in many popular films and television dramas since then, including the recent “I Live in Cheongdam-dong” (2011), “The Innocent Man” (2012), “Jang Ok Jung, Lives in Love” (2013), “A Little Love Never Hurts” (2013), “House of Bluebird” (2015), “Signal” (2016), “Master: God of Noodles” (2016), “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” (2016) and "While You Were Sleeping" (2017).

Lee Sang Yeob

Park Soo Young is a South Korean actor. He was born on March 15, 1970 and made his acting debut in 2000. Since then, he has appeared in numerous films and television dramas, including “My Beautiful Bride” (2015), “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People” (2017), “Children of Nobody” (2018), “Doctor Prisoner” (2019), and “Fix You” (2020).

Park Soo Young

Woo Hyun is a South Korean actor who was born in 1964. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Theology from Yonsei University in Seoul, and made his acting debut in the 2003 movie “Article 1 of the Korean Constitution.” He made his TV drama series bow in 2014, with a role in “Healer,” following up with an appearance in “Reply 1988” in 2015. He has also appeared in movie releases, such as “Fabricated City” (2017) and “Tazza: One Eyed Jack” (2019).

Woo Hyun

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Where do you turn when your happy life is ripped apart? Do Hyun Woo (Lee Sun Gyun) is a television producer who considers himself blessed to have a successful career and a happy marriage. 

But his happy existence is shaken to the core when he accidently sees a text message to his wife, Jung Soo Yeon (Song Ji Hyo), from a mysterious man named Michael who says he has reserved a hotel room for later in the week and he can’t wait to see her. Convinced that his wife is having an affair, Hyun Woo doesn’t know where to turn for help to save his marriage and ends up going on an online forum to ask for anonymous advice from strangers. 

The people closest to Hyun Woo are of no help. His coworker Ahn Joon Young (Lee Sang Yeob) is married but is obsessed with fellow colleague Kwon Bo Young (BoA), who is divorced. His lawyer friend Choi Yoon Gi (Kim Hee Won) is a master philanderer who goes to great lengths to hide his cheating from his suspicious wife, Eun Ah Ra (Ye Ji Won). 

Can Hyun Woo survive the worst crisis of his life? “My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Suk Yoon. 

It is a remake of the 2007 Japanese television drama “My Wife’s Having an Affair This Week?!” (“Konshu Tsuma ga Uwaki Shimasu”), written by Tomoko Yoshida.

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