Sea of the Woman

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Drama: Sea of the Woman (literal title)
Revised romanization: Geu Yeojaui Bada
Hangul: 그 여자의 바다
Director: Han Chul-Kyung
Writer: Kim Mi-Jung, Lee Jung-Dae
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 120
Release Date: February 27 - August 11, 2017
Runtime: Monday - Friday 9:00-9:40
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set in the 1960's and 1970's. Soo-In (Oh Seung-A) is a smart student who has never missed ranking at the top of her class. Due to her poor family situation, she begins to work at a factory instead of going to college. Nevertheless, she pursues her dream.

Notes

"Sea of the Woman" takes over the KBS2 weekday 09:00 time slot previously occupied by "That Sun in the Sky" and followed by "Dal-Soon's Spring" on August 14, 2017.
Kim Ye-Eun was first cast to play main character Yoon Soo-In, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

Cast



Oh Seung-A	Kim Joo-Young	Jo Hye-Jin	Choi Sung-Jae
Yoon Soo-In	Choi Jung-Wook	Jung Se-Young	Kim Sun-Woo



Yoo Eun-Mi	Lee Dae-Yeon	Park Hyun-Suk	Lee Hyun-Kyung	Han Eun-Seo
Yoon Soo-In (young)	Yoon Dong-Chul	Park Soon-Ok	Lee Young-Sun	Yoon Jung-In



Han Seo-Jin	Kim Do-Yeon	Kim Tae-Yul	Choi Woo-Suk	Jo Sun-Hyung
Yoon Jung-In (young)	Yoon Dal-Ja	Yoon Min-Jae (young)	Kang Tae-Soo	Ko Dae-Bong



Chae Min-Hee	Jo Soo-Ji	Kim Seung-Wook	Lee Kan-Hee	Son Jong-Bum
Oh Seol-Hee	Jung Se-Young (young)	Jung Jae-Man	Hong Sook-Hee	Hong Man-Pyo

Additional Cast Members:

Ban Hyo-Jung - Jo Geum-Rye
Park Ha-Young - Shin So-Hee
Park Yoo-Seung - CEO Kwon
Ban Sang-Yoon - Mangchi
Kim Hye-Won - Lee Kyung-Hee
Kim Seok-Ok - Soon-Ok's mother
Park Jung-Woo - Kim Il-Joo
Kim Hye-Jung - Jung-Wook's mother
Baek Seung-Do - Choi Jung-Sik
Yoo Yeon-Mi - Choi Jung-Hee
Yoon Song-Yi - Choi Jung-Min
Jo Byung-Gi - Jang Ki-Young
Yu Jun-Seo - Yoon Ji-Hoon
Min Ha-Ram - Hee-Joo
Kim Gyung-Ae - Dae-Bong's mother
Park Chan-Hwan - Ma Sang-Kook / Kang Myung-Han
Lim Byung-Ki - Lawmaker Park
Kwon Oh-Kyung - Bae Choon-Bok
Kim Ga-Ran - Kkot-Nim
Lee Yu-Jin - Kyung-Ri
Hong Jin-Gi - Yoon Min-Jae (Kang Seung-Joon)
Park Yong - Secretary Kim Chang-Min
Lee Jae-Wook - factory manager
Seo In-Sung - Ji-Hoon's friend
Lim Yong-Soon - protester 2 (ep.73)
Kim Jin-Seo
Kang Chul-Sung
Lee Myung-Ho
Park Jae-Woong
Jeon Hun-Tae
Kim Seo-Ha
Park Sung-Kyun
Hong Suk-Youn
Choi Young
Son Seon-Geun
Min Joon-Hyun
Byun Joo-Hyun
Yu Jun-Won
Kim Jae-Heum

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Park Min Mar 05 2023 8:33 pm The narration had me dead on the floor. It reminded why I hate these old people style narration in media. This is the 2nd worst 'TV Novel' drama from KBS after 'Eun Hui'. I was looking forward to see Oh Seung Ah as the protagonist but the drama sucked. On another note, they showed a suicide attempt with slit wrist without blurring or censoring which is very rare for TV.

RAZ Sep 28 2022 9:48 pm I decided to watch this drama in spite of the bad reviews and I'm glad I did. It wasn't near as bad as I was led to believe. In fact, the story was actually good.

The first few episodes were set in 1963, then jumped to 1973 and then 1977, and then the epilogue, which was probably 1978.

I found this drama through Hong Jin-Gi, but made the decision to watch it because of Oh Seung-A, and ended up leaving all my other dramas in the middle to binge-watch this one.

Recently I watched two dramas with Oh Seung-A as the remorseless villain and decided to watch this one since here she is playing the typical downtrodden heroine. It was actually cathartic to see all the bad stuff happening to her, as if she was finally paying the price for the wrongs she had committed in "another life", haha. However, she grew on me and I began to empathize with her character early on.

Overall, I enjoyed watching this drama. Of course, things were dragged out, it is a 120=60 episode drama after all. The story is as believable as any other drama. All of the actors did a great job. I lived through the 60s and 70s in a third-world country (which Korea no longer is, by the way) and some of the complaints here in the comments are exactly what lends more credibility for that time period.

There were a few things that could have made it better: like the settings were all messed up, they used the same interior for restaurants that were supposed to be for Incheon as well as Seoul, also the wardrobe was quite limited for the actresses, even when the character is more affluent. I mean Jung Se Young wore the same green and white skirt in every episode for almost a year, haha. The production "mistakes" are really noticeable, especially when you realize this was filmed in 2017 and not in 1977.

lrt Dec 18 2019 12:45 am Min-Jae is not Tae Soo...you need to watch until almost the end. Frustrating how Soo-In just keeps hiding the truth and why Tae Soo never rats on his old boss to his new one!!

lrt Dec 12 2019 2:45 am No Sun-Woo until episode 40 while until this time Soo-In has become the ultimate martyr.

anastasia Aug 31 2018 12:10 am sorry to say, but to be honest this drama is the worst i've ever seen. dont waste your time watching this. not recommended

zombie Aug 25 2017 2:42 pm the role of seyon in this drama doesnt fit her at all its too dramatic for her I think she doesnt have those qualities yet but her role she played in well raised daughter as doun was excellent superb cuz it was a cheerful playful role she was always laughing thats why i liked her very much in contrast Im very dissappointed with her in this drama cuz I havent seen her smile yet I just finished epi 18 so I have a long way to go I hope her role becomes more cheerful optimistic

Lmd Jul 27 2017 5:09 am How can this drama still keep adding episodes????? It's dragging!!!! Soo in is so dumb!!!!!! Sun woo bad expressions and so slow. Like how is this still airing???!!!!!

shortfus Jul 24 2017 10:18 am OMG! The leading lady and man (Soo-In and Sun-Woo) have to be the worst actors, ever. They have no expression on their faces, except for looking like they just chewed alive insect. The story line is interesting so far. However, Soo-In's reaction to everything is just frustrating. Everything is her fault, she has to be the one leaving her home, her family, her job, blab blab blab. I'm sure they are trying to make her look very good and kind but instead it makes her look dumb and stupid and very frustrating. How does she every rank #1 in her class?! I'm not sure if the story-line has to take place in 60's, 70's.

I'm not there yet but, Tae Soo is Min Jae, Soo-In's little brother who "supposedly" drowned? How could that be? Tae Soo is older than Soo-In; Soo-In calls her "Oppa". That doesn't even make sense. Unless there is new character in the future episodes with the name Tae Soo, that cannot be.

Sora Jun 26 2017 10:48 pm @Lmd No way!! Tae Soo is actually Min Jae, Soo Inn's brother that had drowned as a little boy? OMG I didn't think he could still be alive.

It would be great if they find out soon and Sun Woo realizes that Young Soo is his mom and not Soo In's mom.

This drama is getting better and better. Although I'm starting to really dislike Sun Woo's grandma. Just let SooIn and SunWoo be together already!

Lmd Jun 12 2017 11:48 pm Tae-soo and sun woo are brothers!!!! Soo in step mom is sunwoo's mom as well as tae soo's. Tae soo is soo in "dead"brother.

AnYue Jun 07 2017 4:37 pm Episode 73 and things are really interesting! So many things happened in the last few chapters. It's really sad abput Soo'in's mom but I'm so happy that Sun-Woo finally told Soo-In how he feels about her. I'm sure it will take many chapters more for them to be together but I'm looking forward to it. Although I would have liked that Tae-Soo and Soo-In to be together. He loves her so much since they were young and he defended her and stoop up for her. Anyway, both Sun-Woo and Tae-Soo are great men. And also, what about Sun-Woo's mom? How will everything be clarified in the end? Have to wait and see.

Totally recommend this drama. The story and characters are quite interesting.

PS Choi Woo-Suk is very hadsome and his voice is really nice. Love him in this drama

actapus Mar 02 2017 9:51 am The story ,the settings ,the plot seem to be the same as in "my mind's flower rain .Even some actors are the same..right or not???????

Laura Feb 22 2017 8:31 am So excited the plot is really interesting and the cast too!!! Fightingg!!

Ricky Feb 16 2017 3:37 am I am definitely gonna watch this and try my best to watch the whole thing

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