Wonderful Mama

Wonderful Mama
Promotional poster for Wonderful Mama
Also known as	My Wonder Mom Wonderful Mom
Genre	Drama Romance Family
Written by	Park Hyun-joo
Directed by	Yoon Ryu-hae
Starring	Bae Jong-ok Jeong Yu-mi Jung Gyu-woon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	48
Production
Location(s)	South Korea Cebu, Philippines[1]
Running time	Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 (KST)
Broadcast
Original channel	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original run	13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) – 22 September 2013 (2013-09-22)
Chronology
Preceded by	My Lover, Madame Butterfly
Followed by	Passionate Love
External links
Website

Wonderful Mama (Hangul: 원더풀 마마; RR: Wondeopul Mama) is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Bae Jong-ok, Jeong Yu-mi and Jung Gyu-woon.^[2] It premiered on April 13, 2013, and ended on September 22, 2013, airing on SBS every Saturday and Sunday at 20:40 for 48 episodes.

Plot

Yoon Bok-hee has accomplished a lot in her life, working her way up from running a money-lending market stand to managing millions. But her priorities shift when she's faced with a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's. Her degenerative disease threatens her ability to manage her business and eventually the details of her daily life.

After receiving her diagnosis, she realizes that her most important goal is helping her children to grow up in a hurry. She must teach them how to run the family business and they must also learn how to care for her when she can no longer care for herself. It won't be easy as they still have a lot of growing up to do.^[3]

Cast

• Bae Jong-ok as Yoon Bok-hee

A self-made woman who went from working a tiny market stand to becoming a successful loan shark who owns multi-million-won buildings. She is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

• Jeong Yu-mi as Go Young-chae

Bok-hee's eldest daughter, and a designer. Bratty and spoiled, Young-chae has a short temper and a quick tongue. But she'll eventually mature and become a warm, optimistic young woman with lots of affection. She meets Hoon-nam when she starts a new job, and they'll have a contentious workplace romance.

• Jung Gyu-woon as Jang Hoon-nam

Hoon-nam (which in Korean literally means "nice guy") is the second son of a family that's owned a clothing material factory for three generations. He lost his parents at a young age, and grew up taking care of his hearing-impaired older brother. He's strict and professional at work, with a strong sense of responsibility. He starts out trying to get Young-chae to stop being a gold-digging princess, and eventually falls in love with her.

• Kim Ji-seok as Go Young-soo

• Park Bo-gum as Go Young-joon

• Ahn Nae-sang as Jang Ki-nam

• Kyeon Mi-ri as Kim Young-yi

• Yooyoung as Jang Go-eun

• Lee Min-woo as Lee Jang-ho

• Lee Chung-ah as Oh Da-jung

Young-chae's sweet, sincere, but clumsy best friend. Da-jung is a doormat type who is disregarded by her husband and constantly taken advantage of by others, but is lovable and childlike in her innocence and incites protective instincts.

• Yoo In-young as Lee Soo-jin

• Kim Chung as Choi Eun-ok

• Yoon Joo-hee as Kim Nan-hee

• Hwang Jae-won as Lee Ji-woo

• Jeong Kyeong-ho as Sasa Kim

• Lee Kyung-shil as Jaegal Jeom-soon

• Heo Jung-eun as Kim Ha-pil

• Lee Suk-joon as Han Dong-soo

• Hwang Dong-joo as Hong Yoon-jae

• Shin Ji-soo as Hee-jin

• Yoon Ji-min as Han Se-ah

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2013	APAN Star Awards	Best Dressed	Yoo In-young	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Ahn Nae-sang	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Jeong Yu-mi	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Jung Gyu-woon	Nominated

References

External links

• Wonderful Mama official SBS website (Korean)
• Wonderful Mama at HanCinema