My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol

My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (Korean: 내 딸, 금사월; RR: Nae ttal, Geum Sa-wol) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Baek Jin-hee, Park Se-young, Jeon In-hwa, Yoon Hyun-min, and Do Sang-woo. It aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays 21:45 for 51 episodes from September 5, 2015 until February 28, 2016. Although the drama enjoyed high viewership ratings, with the finale earning national viewership of 33.6%, critics described the drama as "absurdly unrealistic".

Plot

Sa-wol, Hye-sang and Oh-wol grow up in the same orphanage as best friends. On the day the orphanage collapses, Hye-sang finds out that Sa-wol is to be adopted by her wealthy biological father instead of her, since a DNA test reveals the mix up between them. Eager to be raised in upper class society, Hye-sang traps the orphanage director, who is also her true father, in the collapsing building with Oh-wol to hide the truth. However, when Sa-wol ends up being brought into the family as well, Hye-sang starts tormenting, blame shifting and burying the truth, to make herself the better daughter. As the story continues, her web of lies gets bigger and bigger, and becomes harder to control.

Cast

• Baek Jin-hee as Geum Sa-wol
  • Kal So-won as young Sa-wol
• Park Se-young as Oh Hye-sang
  • Lee Na-yoon as young Hye-sang
• Yoon Hyun-min as Kang Chan-bin
  • Jeon Jin-seo as young Chan-bin
• Jeon In-hwa as Shin Deuk-ye
• Do Sang-woo as Joo Se-hoon
  • Go Woo-rim as child Se-hoon
  • Goo Seung-hyun as young Se-hoon
• Ahn Nae-sang as Joo Ki-hwang
• Song Ha-yoon as Lee Hong-do/Joo Oh-wol
• Son Chang-min as Kang Man-hoo
• Park Sang-won as Oh Min-ho
• Do Ji-won as Han Ji-hye
• Kim Hee-jung as Choi Ma-ri
• Park Won-sook as So Kook-ja
• Lee Yeon-doo as Kang Dal-rae
  • Kwak Ji-hye as child Dal-rae
  • Kim Go-eun as young Dal-rae
• Kang Rae-yeon as Kang Jjil-rae
  • Kim So-eun as child Jjil-rae
  • Park Soo-bin as young Jjil-rae
• Choi Dae-chul as Im Shi-ro
  • Jung Yoon-seok as young Shi-ro
• Kim Bo-yoon as young Kang Dal-rae
• Yoon Bok-in as Yoo Kwon-soon
• Kim Ji-young as Im Mi-rang
• Lee Tae-woo as Im Woo-rang
• Lee Jung-gil as Shin Ji-sang
• Oh Mi-yeon as Kim Hye-soon (Cameo)
• Kim Ho-jin as Geum Hyung-sik (Cameo)
• Kim Ji-ho as Kim Ji-young (Cameo)
• Yoo Jae-suk as himself (Cameo)
• Lee Dong-ha as Hye-sang's lawyer in charge

Ratings

• Note: episode 41 wasn't aired on Saturday January 23 due to broadcast of the football Asian Olympic qualification match between South Korea and Jordan. This episode was aired on Sunday January 24, 2016.

Awards and nominations

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