Childless Comfort

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Childless Comfort

Promotional poster for Childless Comfort
Also known as Childless Bliss
Childless Good Fortune
No Kids, Good Life
Best Life is Without Children
My Kids Give Me a Headache
Genre Family drama
Format Television series
Written by Kim Soo-hyun
Directed by Jung Eul-young
Starring Lee Soon-jae
Kim Hae-sook
Yoo Dong-geun
Uhm Ji-won
Composer(s) Kang Dong-yoon
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 40
Production
Executive producer(s) Ahn Je-hyun
Shin Sang-yoon
Producer(s) Jo Joon-hyung
Kwon Hyuk-joon
Editor(s) Kim Hyun-woo
Location(s) Korea
Cinematography Ji Jae-woo
Running time Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 (KST)
Production company(s) Samhwa Networks
Broadcast
Original channel jTBC
Original run 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) – 17 March 2013 (2013-03-17)
Chronology
Followed by Cruel Palace - War of Flowers
External links
jTBC official website

Childless Comfort (Hangul: 무자식 상팔자; RR: Moojashik Sangpalja) is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of Seoul, and how they deal with the societal discrimination that their smart and highly educated, eldest granddaughter faces, when she became a single mother.[1][2] It aired on cable channel jTBC from October 27, 2012 to March 17, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 40 episodes.

The series received consistently solid ratings,[3][4] and its January 26, 2013 episode reached 7.955%, breaking the previous record of Reply 1997 to become the highest viewership ratings that a drama has received on Korean cable.[5] It went on to break its own record for the February 24 episode, with another cable drama all-time rating high of 10.715%.[6]

Cast

Ahn Family

Patriarch and Matriarch

First son's family

Second son's family

  • Song Seung-hwan as Ahn Hee-myung
  • Im Ye-jin as Ji Yoo-jung
  • Jung Joon as Ahn Dae-ki
  • Kim Min-kyung as Kang Hyo-joo

Third son's family

  • Yoon Da-hoon as Ahn Hee-gyu
  • Kyeon Mi-ri as Shin Sae-rom
  • Jeon Yang-ja as Shin Young-ja

Supporting Characters

Cameo

  • Lee Sang-woo as Ha In-chul
  • Kim Ji-sook as In-chul's mother
  • Park Hyun-sook as In-chul's sister
  • Kim Ha-kyun as barista teacher
  • Joo Da-young as single mother
  • Kim Kwang-kyu as gas station customer
  • Kim In-kwon as Joo Jae-won (the man who on blind date with So-young)
  • Jung Suk-young as guard
  • Hwang In-young as cafe customer
  • Im Hyung-joon as clothing store customer
  • Lee Seon-jin as clothing store customer
  • Bang Eun-hee as divorce suit client
  • Jung Dong-hwa as In-chul's father in-law
  • Kim Bo-yeon as Young-hyun's mother
  • Han Jin-hee as Young-hyun's father
  • Hong Yeo-jin as Young-hyun's aunt
  • Yang Hee-kyung as Young-hyun's aunt
  • An Hae-sook as Young-hyun's aunt
  • Jo Yun-woo as Oh Hyun-soo (Young-hyun's friend)
  • Kim Ji-young as Young-hyun's friend
  • Ha Jae-sook as Sun-hwa

References

  1. ↑ Lim, Ju-ri (22 October 2012). "Screenwriter breaks taboos with JTBC drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 
  2. ↑ Kim, Ji-soo (16 January 2013). "Meanings behind figures". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02. 
  3. ↑ "Childless Comfort Gains Popularity, Scores Record High Ratings for JTBC". KpopStarz. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-27. 
  4. ↑ "Childless Comfort Nears The Record of JTBC Dramas With 4% Ratings". KoreanDrama.com. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-27. 
  5. ↑ "'무자식상팔자' 시청률, 8%대 돌파 눈앞에 두고 '잠시 주춤'". TV Report (in Korean). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  6. ↑ Kim, Tong-hyung (25 February 2013). "Childless Comfort looks like TV game-changer". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 

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