The Story of Park's Marriage Contract

Did You Know?

• The murder is driven by the advantages accrued by virtuous women's families.
• Lee Se-young's character is a great seamstress and dressmaker in Hanyang.

Cast

Lee Se-young takes on the role of Park Yeon-woo, a young noblewoman from the Confucian Joseon period who has recently been widowed and winds up traveling through time to the year 2023. In her own era, she was a highly skilled seamstress and dressmaker in Hanyang, and she later becomes Tae-ha’s fake bride. The younger version of Yeon-woo is played by Lee Seol-ah. Bae In-hyuk portrays Kang Tae-ha, the vice president of SH Seoul, a man who keeps to himself, values logic over feelings, and is in line to take over SH Group. Kim Seo-joon appears as the younger Tae-ha. Joo Hyun-young plays Sa-wol, Yeon-woo’s handmaid and closest friend, who is chatty, impulsive, and has a sharp sense of humor. Yoo Seon-ho is Kang Tae-min, Tae-ha’s half-brother, a third-generation chaebol who is also a well-known celebrity with a funny personality. Jo Bok-rae plays Hong Seong-pyo, Tae-ha’s secretary. Jin Kyung takes on the role of Min Hye-suk, also called Lady Yoon, who is Tae-ha’s stepmother and Tae-min’s biological mother, a representative of SH Seoul known for her greed and willingness to eliminate anything that threatens her. Chun Ho-jin plays Kang Sang-mo, also known as Lord Kang, the chairman of SH Group and Tae-ha’s grandfather. Son So-mang appears as Kang Hae-ryeong, also called Lady Ma-cheon, the chairman’s youngest daughter and Tae-ha’s aunt. Jung Si-yul plays Lee Seo-jun, Hae-ryeong’s son. Lee Jun-hyeok is Hwang Myeong-su, also known as Hwang Deok-gu, a director at SH Seoul and Hye-suk’s right-hand man. Kwon Ah-reum plays Yoo Ha-na, an assistant manager in SH Seoul’s marketing team. Jung Shi-ah is Oh Hyun-jung, the marketing team leader at SH Seoul. Noh Jong-hyun plays Lee Seok-ju, a new hire on that marketing team. Kim Yeo-jin portrays both Park Yeon-woo’s mother in Joseon and Lee Mi-dam, the representative of the hanbok brand Midam. Park Yeon-woo plays Do Yun-jae, the manager and chief designer at Midam. Lee Young-jin plays Cheon Myeong, with Kim Tae-yeon (born 2011) as the younger Cheon Myeong, a mysterious guardian deity who looks after Yeon-woo. Oh Yu-jin plays Hong Na-rae, Seong-pyo’s younger sister, an upbeat job seeker who helps Yeon-woo adjust to the modern world. Kim Jung-don plays Choi Hyun-wook, a skilled cardiac surgery professor. Choi Go-yun is Secretary Choi, Min Hye-suk’s secretary.

Reception

The series achieved notable success in Asian markets according to Viu, ranking second in Thailand, fourth in Hong Kong and Malaysia, fifth in the Philippines and Singapore, and sixth in Indonesia from December 4 to 10, 2023. On the global OTT platform Rakuten Viki, from December 31, 2023 to January 7, 2024, the series ranked first in 47 countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands, and within the top five in 64 other countries.