Marry My Husband
A woman travels back in time to change her fate.
Marry My Husband is a 2024 South Korean television series based on a web novel of the same name, which was also serialized as a webtoon. It aired on tvN from January 1 to February 20, 2024, and stars Park Min-young, Na In-woo, Lee Yi-kyung, and Song Ha-yoon. The series is available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and on Amazon Prime Video in selected regions worldwide.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Romantic comedy
- Fantasy
- Revenge
- Workplace
- Time travel
- Creator
- Studio Dragon
- Based on
- Marry My Husband, Sung So-jak
- Writer
- Shin Yoo-dam
- Director
- Park Won-guk; Han Jin-seon
- Starring
- Park Min-young
- Na In-woo
- Lee Yi-kyung
- Song Ha-yoon
- Music
- Park Sung-il
- Country
- South Korea
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Plot
The story begins on April 12, 2023, with Kang Ji-won terminally ill from gastric cancer. She catches her husband Park Min-hwan in bed with her best friend Jeong Su-min, and during a scuffle Min-hwan accidentally kills her. Ji-won then finds herself back in 2013 at her workplace, sent by her late father's spirit. Reliving her life with full knowledge of the future, she learns she must transfer her misfortune to others to live better. She resolves to make Su-min marry Min-hwan as revenge. Ji-won discovers her manager Yoo Ji-hyuk also traveled back after dying in a car accident; he knows Min-hwan caused her death and, having loved her in the previous timeline, protects her. After manipulating Su-min into marrying Min-hwan, Ji-won starts a relationship with Ji-hyuk, but his ex-fiancée Oh Yu-ra interferes. Yu-ra recruits Su-min and Min-hwan to kill Ji-won, but Min-hwan has an affair with Yu-ra. Ji-won's colleague Yang Ju-ran unintentionally acquires Ji-won's cancer from the previous timeline, but it is detected early for treatment. Min-hwan is killed by Su-min, Su-min is arrested, and Yu-ra dies in a car accident. Ji-won and Ji-hyuk attend an art exhibit on April 12, 2023, marry, have children, and live peacefully.
Cast and characters
Park Min-young plays Kang Ji-won, an ordinary woman burdened by an incompetent husband and neglectful in-laws who becomes a young cancer patient and resolves to escape her fate and enact revenge. Kim Ah-hyun portrays young Kang Ji-won. Na In-woo plays Yoo Ji-hyuk, a marketing manager at U&K Food who supports Ji-won's quest for a happier life and revenge, motivated by his feelings for her. Lee Yi-kyung plays Park Min-hwan, Ji-won's husband before her return and assistant manager of U&K Food's Marketing Team 1. Song Ha-yoon plays Jeong Su-min, a manipulative woman claiming to be Ji-won's best friend who has an affair with Min-hwan in both timelines; Uhm Seo-hyun plays young Su-min. Lee Gi-kwang plays Baek Eun-ho, Ji-won's high school classmate and a popular chef. Gong Min-jeung plays Yang Ju-ran, Ji-won's co-worker and assistant manager of Marketing Team 1. Choi Gyu-ri plays Yoo Hui-yeon, a Marketing Team 1 member and Yoo Ji-hyuk's younger sister. Kim Joong-hee plays Kim Gyeong-uk, Ji-won's boss and manager of Marketing Team 1. Ha Do-kwon plays Lee Suk-jun, head of U&K Group's Strategic Planning. Moon Sung-keun plays Yoo Han-il, Ji-hyuk and Hui-yeon's grandfather and U&K Group founder. BoA plays Oh Yu-ra, Ji-hyuk's ex-fiancée.
Reception
Marta Górna of Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza described the series as a guilty pleasure that gives satisfaction and improves mood if viewers overlook bombastic banality, exaggerated dialogues, and slow motion. Puah Ziwei of NME gave the series four stars, noting it is not groundbreaking but lets Ji-won get her payback with unexpected twists that keep viewers returning.
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