Name: Not Others
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2023-07-17
Rating: 9.1
Cast: Jeon Hye Jin (1976), Choi Sooyoung, Ahn Jae Wook, Park Sung Hoon, Kim Hye Eun

Jeon Hye Jin is a South Korean actress. Born on August 10th, 1976, she made her acting debut in the 1997 film “Film-making” and has since starred in many popular films. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her role in the 2015 film “The Throne.” Jeon Hye Jin married actor Lee Sun Gyun in 2009 and they have two sons.

Jeon Hye Jin (1976)

Choi Sooyoung, also known simply as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer and actress. Born on February 10, 1990, she is best known for being a member of the popular K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation. She was discovered through an open audition while she was only in fifth grade and later won first place at the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition, which allowed her to debut in the Korean-Japanese duo Route θ. The group disbanded in 2003 after releasing three singles. Sooyoung then debuted with Girls’ Generation in 2007. In addition to her musical activities, Sooyoung made her acting debut in the 2008 television drama “Unstoppable Marriage” and the 2008 film “Hello, Schoolgirl.” She has since starred in the popular dramas “The 3rd Hospital” (2012), “Dating Agency: Cyrano” (2013), “My Spring Days” (2014), “Squad 38” (2016) and “Man Who Sets the Table” (2017-2018). Sooyoung also has hosted a number of popular shows, including the 2014 Miss Korea Pageant. Sooyoung is the younger sister of Choi Soo Jin, a musical theater actress.

Choi Sooyoung

Ahn Jae Wook is an award-winning South Korean veteran actor and singer whose prolific career spans television, film, theatre, radio and music. Born on September 12, 1971, he made his acting debut in the 1994 television drama “Song of a Blind Bird.” But it was the popular 1997 drama “Star in My Heart” that turned Ahn Jae Wook into a bona fide Hallyu star, with his popularity reaching China, Japan and Southeast Asia. The series also kicked off Ahn Jae Wook’s music career with the soundtrack “Forever,” and he went on to release many albums since. After starring in the television drama “Lights and Shadows” (2011-2012), Ahn Jae Wook took a four-year hiatus from television before returning in “Five Children” (2016). In 2013, Ahn Jae Wook underwent brain surgery in the United States for a condition known as subarachnoid hemorrhage. Ahn Jae Wook married musical theater actress Choi Hyun Joo in 2015.

Ahn Jae Wook

Park Sung Hoon is a South Korean actor. He was born on February 18, 1985 and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2006. Since debut, he has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “Rich Man, Poor Man” (2018), “My Only One” (2019), and “Justice” (2019).

Park Sung Hoon

Kim Hye Eun is a South Korean actress and television personality born on March 1, 1973, in Busan, South Korea. She studied at Seoul National University and began her career as an announcer for MBC in 1997. She made her drama debut in “Nonstop 3” (2002), while still a member of the news team at MBC. In 2004, she decided to quit her MBC post and then went on to pursue a full-time career in drama. She has since appeared in the series “New Heart” (2007), “Women of the Sun” (2008), “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (2012), and “Secret Love Affair” (2014). More recently, she has starred in the dramas “Encounter” (2018) and “Doctor John” (2019).

Kim Hye Eun

Kim Sang Ho is a South Korean character actor who is instantly recognizable from his signature bald head and side curls. Born on July 24, 1970, he began his acting career in theater in 1996 before branching into films and television dramas. Some of his recent roles include “Wonderful Days” (2014), “Doctor Stranger” (2014) and “D-Day” (2015), as well as the film “Proof of Innocence” (2016).

Kim Sang Ho

Kim Young Ok is a veteran, award-winning South Korean actress. Born December 5, 1937, she made her acting debut at the age of 19 in the 1957 film “Farewell Sorrow!” Her role in the 1978 television drama “I Sell Happiness” brought her the Daesang Award (Grand Prize for Television) at the 15th Baeksang Arts Awards, the first of many acting accolades throughout her prolific career that spans films, television and voice-over acting. She has become a fixture in the past few decades in memorable motherly and grandmotherly roles in popular films and television dramas. Her recent credits include the dramas “Shopping King Louie” (2016), “The Most Beautiful Goodbye” (2017), “The Rich Son” (2018) and “Witch’s Love” (2018).

Kim Young Ok

Yang Hee Kyung is a veteran South Korean actress who was born on December 3, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea. She studied at the Seoul College of Art, where she majored in Theater. She debuted in 1975 and has since appeared in scores of hit drama titles, such as “Tiger Teacher” in 1985 as well as “Lie” and Run Barefoot” (both 1998). Some of her more recent drama credits include “Our Blues” and “If You Wish upon Me” (both 2022).

Yang Hee Kyung

Kim Sung Kyun is an award-winning South Korean actor. Born on July 5, 1980, he began his career in 2009 in theatrical productions before breaking into films in “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (2012), for which he swept the Best New Actor awards that year, including the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards and the 20th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards. His other critically acclaimed roles include the films “The Neighbor” and the television dramas “Reply 1994” (2013), “Reply 1988” (2015) and “Untouchable” (2017-2018).

Kim Sung Kyun

When high school student Kim Eun Mi (Jeon Hye Jin) discovered that she was pregnant, her entire life changed in an instant. Determined to keep her baby, Eun Mi did just that. Raising her daughter, Jin Hee (Choi Sooyoung) on her own, the two have quite literally grown up together.

Now in her forties, Eun Mi works as a physical therapist while twenty-nine-year-old Jin Hee works as an officer at the Namchon Police Substation. Despite being an adult herself, Jin Hee still lives with her mother; a fact which leads to an endless stream of bickering between the two. Though both mother and daughter will agree that they love each other dearly, the two just can’t seem to find a way to get along these days. 

As if struggling to find a way to deal with her daughter wasn’t enough, Eun Mi’s life takes a complicated turn when Dr. Park Jin Hong (Ahn Jae Wook) suddenly appears before her. While Eun Mi tries to make sense of the mysterious Dr. Park, Jin Hee struggles to find a way to get along with her work’s new director, Eun Jae Won (Park Sung Hoon). With life taking one complicated turn after another, will mother and daughter ever find a way to repair the breach that’s been widening between them? 

Based on the webtoon “Strangers” by Jung Young Rong, “Not Others” is a 2023 South Korean romantic comedy drama directed by Lee Min Woo.

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