Wang's Family

Details

Title: 왕가네 식구들 / Wanggane Shikgoodeul
Also known as: The Wang Family / Family of King / Royal Family / King's Family
Genre: Family, romance, comedy, melodrama
Episodes: 50
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2013-Aug-31 to 2014-Feb-16
Air time: Saturday & Sunday Night 19:55
Viewership ratings: Peak rating
- AGB: Nationwide=48.3%, Seoul=49.9%
- TnMS: Nationwide=46.8%, Seoul=50.3%
Original Soundtrack: Wang's Family OST

Synopsis

The Wang family faces a number of challenges: elitism; discrimination; children moving back home after living on their own during colleges; the power dynamics between husband, wife and family; and decisions about when to marry and have a baby given the financial difficulties in today's Korean society. The first daughter had married into a well-off family, but after they went bankrupt she and the family had to move back to her parents' home. The second daughter is also having financial difficulties as her husband is jobless, while the third daughter suddenly decided to quit her job. How will the family manage to survive such obstacles? --KBS World

Watch Online (with English Subtitles): KBS World Official Channel

User/Viewer Ratings

3.50

(4 votes)

Cast

The Wang family

Jang Yong as Wang Bong (61, father)
Kim Hae Sook as Lee Ang Geum (60, mother)
Na Moon Hee as Ahn Gye Shim (78, grandmother)
Choi Dae Chul as Wang Don (35, uncle)
Moon Ga Young as Wang Hae Bak (18, 4th daughter)
Choi Won Hong as Wang Dae Bak (15, youngest son)

Soo Bak & Min Joong Couple

Oh Hyun Kyung as Wang Soo Bak (37, eldest daughter)
Jo Sung Ha as Go Min Joong (42, Soo Bak's husband)

Ho Bak & Se Dal Couple

Lee Tae Ran as Wang Ho Bak (36, 2nd daughter)
Oh Man Suk as Heo Se Dal (35, Ho Bak's husband)

Kwang Bak & Sang Nam Couple

Lee Yoon Ji as Wang Gwang Bak (29, 3rd daughter)
- Ra Sol In (라솔인) as child Gwang Bak (ep 40)
Han Joo Wan as Choi Sang Nam (Gwang Bak's potential husband)

Go Min Joong's family

No Joo Hyun as Go Ji Shik (Min Joong's father)
Kim Mi Ra as Go Min Sook
Lee Ye Sun as Go Ae Ji (5)
Jung Ji Yun as Go Joong Ji
- Cha Yoo Jin (차유진) as Go Joong Ji
- Park Joon Hyuk (박준혁) as baby Go Joong Ji

Heo Se Dal's family

Lee Bo Hee as Park Sal Ra (55)
Kang Ye Bin as Heo Young Dal (29)
Lee Tae Woo as Heo Shin Tong (8)
Hong Hyun Taek as Heo Bang Tong (7)

Choi Sang Nam's family

Lee Byung Joon as Choi Dae Se (58)
Kim Hee Jung as Oh Soon Jung (40)
Yoon Song Yi as Goo Mi Ho (11)
Lee Sang Sook as Oh Man Jung

Other People

Yoo Seung Bong as Joo Jang Bi
Kim Yoon Kyung as Eun Mi Ran
Choi Jae Woong as Ho Nam Hyung
Lee Sang Hoon (이상훈) as Heo Woo Dae
Kim Jung Hak as Go Yong Joo
Han Ji Yoon (한지윤) as Nam Ahn Na
Kim Chae Rin (김채린) as class vice president (Dae Bak's friend)
Kim Ki Doo as hotel security manager
Yoon Ji Won (윤지원) as Shin Na Ra
Kim Hee Ra as Women's association president
Min Joon Hyun as Se Dal's friend
Baek Kyung Min
Goo Jung Rim
Gong Jae Won

Cameos

Kim Min Hee as Editor Lee Kyung Ah (ep 4, 41)
Suh Joon Young as Gwang Bak's primary school classmate - fake blind date man (ep 18)
Han Hye Rin as Baek Ji Hwa

Production Credits

Production Company: Dream E&M (드림이앤엠)
Chief Producer: Moon Bo Hyun
Producer: Song Hyun Wook
Director: Jin Hyung Wook
Screenwriter: Moon Young Nam

Recognitions

2013 KBS Drama Awards

Excellence Actor for Full Length Drama (Jo Sung Ha)
Excellence Actress for Full Length Drama (Lee Tae Ran)
Newcomer Actor Award (Han Joo Wan)
Best Screenwriter (Moon Young Nam)

2013 2nd Korea Practice Awards

Grand Prize for Drama Actor (Jo Sung Ha)

Episode Ratings

See Wang's Family/Episode Ratings

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