Left-Handed Wife (Korean왼손잡이 아내; RROensonjabi Anae) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Soo-kyung and Kim Jin-woo. It aired from January 2 to May 31, 2019 on KBS2.[3][4] It is also the first KBS daily drama not to premiere on a Monday.

Left-Handed Wife
Promotional poster
Also known asLefty Wife
Hangul
왼손잡이 아내
Revised RomanizationOensonjabi Anae
GenreMelodrama[1]
Written byMoon Eun-ah
Directed byKim Myeong-wook
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes103[a]
Production
Executive producerKim Hee-yeol
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time35 minutes
Production companyPan Entertainment
Budget₩4 billion[2]
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseJanuary 2 (2019-01-02) –
May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)

Cast

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Main

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An employee at the product development division of a cosmetics company.
  • Kim Jin-woo as Park Do-kyung: Heir apparent of the Aura Group. Esther Jang's boyfriend.
  • Song Won-seok as Lee Soo-ho: A doctor working as a resident in a hospital's emergency department. San-ha's husband.
  • Jin Tae-hyun as Kim Nam-joon
An associate to Aura Group's chairman.
A curator at the Aura Museum (a subsidiary of Aura Group).

Supporting

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People around San-ha

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  • Kang Nam-gil as Oh Chang-soo, San-ha and Seul-ha's dad who went blind in the beginning of the series.
  • Kim Seo-ra as Baek Geum-hee, San-ha and Seul-ha's mom.
  • Park Yoo-na as Oh Seul-ha, Oh San-ha's younger sister.
  • Lee Si-hoo as Bong Sun-dal

People around Do-kyung

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Aura Group's chairman and Do-kyung's grandfather.
Do-kyung & Soo-ho's grandmother
Aura's vice chairman and Do-kyung's father & Soo-ho's paternal uncle
Director of Aura Museum, Do-kyung and Nam-joon's mom, Kang-chul's wife whom he later divorced.
  • Kim Joon-eui as Park Noah
Do-kyung and Esther's son out of wedlock.

International broadcast

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In Vietnam, the series was broadcast on VTV3 from January 7, 2020 under the title Hoán đổi số phận.

Ratings

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In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS AGB Nielsen[5]
Nationwide Nationwide Seoul
1 January 2, 2019 15.7% 12.5% (3rd) 11.5% (5th)
2 January 3, 2019 16.9% 13.1% (4th) 11.4% (6th)
3 January 4, 2019 16.2% 13.0% (4th) 11.0% (9th)
4 January 7, 2019 16.8% 13.5% (2nd) 11.6% (3rd)
5 January 8, 2019 13.5% (3rd) 12.0% (3rd)
6 January 9, 2019 16.7% 12.8% (5th) 11.0% (6th)
7 January 10, 2019 16.8% 13.7% (3rd) 12.4% (5th)
8 January 11, 2019 16.9% 13.1% (4th) 10.9% (6th)
9 January 14, 2019 16.3% 13.0% (3rd) 11.3% (3rd)
10 January 15, 2019 17.2% 13.7% (3rd) 11.5% (3rd)
11 January 16, 2019 16.1% 13.1% (2nd) 11.6% (3rd)
12 January 17, 2019 17.2% 13.4% (3rd) 11.6% (4th)
13 January 18, 2019 17.3% 12.9% (3rd) 11.2% (5th)
14 January 21, 2019 18.9% 13.8% (2nd) 12.2% (2nd)
15 January 22, 2019 18.1% 14.0% (3rd) 11.6% (3rd)
16 January 23, 2019 17.1% 13.2% (4th) 11.0% (5th)
17 January 24, 2019 16.6% 13.7% (3rd) 11.9% (4th)
18 January 25, 2019 16.8% 13.5% (3rd) 11.6% (4th)
19 January 28, 2019 18.5% 13.6% (3rd) 11.7% (3rd)
20 January 29, 2019 18.6% 14.3% (2nd) 12.8% (2nd)
21 January 30, 2019 17.6% 13.1% (4th) 11.2% (4th)
22 January 31, 2019 18.3% 13.3% (4th) 10.9% (5th)
23 February 1, 2019 16.7% 13.9% (3rd) 11.7% (4th)
24 February 6, 2019[b] 14.0% 11.1% (5th) 9.9% (4th)
25 February 7, 2019 17.5% 14.3% (3rd) 12.6% (5th)
26 February 8, 2019 17.4% 13.3% (5th) 10.7% (8th)
27 February 11, 2019 16.9% 14.5% (2nd) 13.0% (2nd)
28 February 12, 2019 17.7% 14.8% (2nd) 13.1% (2nd)
29 February 13, 2019 18.6% 13.9% (2nd) 11.2% (4th)
30 February 14, 2019 17.5% 13.8% (4th) 11.9% (7th)
31 February 15, 2019 17.4% 11.6% (5th) 13.5% (7th)
32 February 18, 2019 18.8% 14.0% (2nd) 12.4% (2nd)
33 February 19, 2019 19.4% 14.8% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
34 February 20, 2019 20.4% 13.9% (2nd) 11.7% (4th)
35 February 21, 2019 18.0% 14.2% (4th) 12.3% (6th)
36 February 22, 2019 19.6% 14.9% (3rd) 13.1% (4th)
37 February 25, 2019 19.8% 14.8% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
38 February 26, 2019 18.2% 14.9% (2nd) 12.9% (3rd)
39 February 27, 2019 18.3% 14.3% (2nd) 12.4% (3rd)
40 March 1, 2019 [c] 18.6% 14.1% (3rd) 12.6% (4th)
41 March 4, 2019 20.4% 15.9% (2nd) 14.0% (2nd)
42 March 5, 2019 21.0% 15.9% (2nd) 13.0% (2nd)
43 March 6, 2019 21.1% 15.6% (3rd) 14.0% (4th)
44 March 7, 2019 21.5% 15.9% (4th) 13.5% (4th)
45 March 8, 2019 21.2% 15.6% (3rd) 13.9% (5th)
46 March 11, 2019 20.8% 15.8% (2nd) 13.3% (3rd)
47 March 12, 2019 21.5% 16.3% (2nd) 13.6% (2nd)
48 March 13, 2019 21.6% 15.9% (4th) 13.5% (4th)
49 March 14, 2019 20.6% 15.7% (4th) 13.5% (4th)
50 March 15, 2019 21.1% 15.9% (3rd) 13.6% (4th)
51 March 18, 2019 20.6% 15.1% (2nd) 13.0% (2nd)
52 March 19, 2019 20.8% 15.9% (2nd) 14.0% (2nd)
53 March 20, 2019 20.2% 15.7% (2nd) 13.3% (2nd)
54 March 21, 2019 19.6% 15.5% (2nd) 13.3% (3rd)
55 March 25, 2019 [d] 20.7% 15.7% (2nd) 14.1% (2nd)
56 March 26, 2019 19.4% 14.3% (2nd) 11.9% (3rd)
57 March 27, 2019 19.7% 15.3% (2nd) 13.9% (3rd)
58 March 28, 2019 19.1% 15.6% (2nd) 14.3% (3rd)
59 March 29, 2019 18.8% 14.7% (4th) 12.6% (5th)
60 April 1, 2019 19.2% 15.9% (2nd) 13.6% (2nd)
61 April 2, 2019 19.6% 15.5% (2nd) 13.4% (2nd)
62 April 3, 2019 19.7% 15.4% (2nd) 13.6% (3rd)
63 April 4, 2019 19.2% 16.0% (2nd) 14.2% (4th)
64 April 5, 2019 18.8% 14.4% (4th) 12.5% (5th)
65 April 8, 2019 19.3% 15.2% (3rd) 13.1% (3rd)
66 April 9, 2019 20.1% 17.1% (2nd) 15.7% (2nd)
67 April 10, 2019 19.8% 15.5% (2nd) 13.3% (3rd)
68 April 11, 2019 16.7% 13.9% (3rd) 12.4% (4th)
69 April 12, 2019 18.7% 14.2% (4th) 12.8% (5th)
70 April 15, 2019 18.4% 14.5% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
71 April 16, 2019 19.8% 15.2% (2nd) 13.6% (2nd)
72 April 17, 2019 18.5% 15.0% (2nd) 12.8% (4th)
73 April 18, 2019 18.7% 14.1% (3rd) 12.0% (4th)
74 April 19, 2019 17.5% 13.0% (4th) 10.5% (7th)
75 April 22, 2019 18.9% 14.2% (2nd) 12.5% (2nd)
76 April 23, 2019 20.7% 16.7% (2nd) 14.6% (2nd)
77 April 24, 2019 19.9% 15.0% (2nd) 13.0% (4th)
78 April 25, 2019 22.5% 16.6% (2nd) 15.2% (2nd)
79 April 26, 2019 20.7% 15.8% (2nd) 13.9% (2nd)
80 April 29, 2019 21.1% 16.4% (2nd) 14.5% (2nd)
81 April 30, 2019 20.9% 15.5% (1st) 13.3% (2nd)
82 May 1, 2019 20.3% 14.8% (2nd) 12.6% (4th)
83 May 2, 2019 21.1% 15.3% (2nd) 13.9% (2nd)
84 May 3, 2019 18.5% 14.7% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
85 May 7, 2019[e] 18.8% 14.9% (2nd) 13.1% (2nd)
86 May 8, 2019 17.0% 13.4% (3rd) 11.8% (3rd)
87 May 9, 2019 17.5% 13.0% (2nd) 11.2% (3rd)
88 May 10, 2019 18.8% 14.3% (2nd) 12.4% (2nd)
89 May 13, 2019 18.0% 15.6% (2nd) 14.3% (2nd)
90 May 14, 2019 20.1% 14.3% (2nd) 13.0% (2nd)
91 May 15, 2019 18.6% 14.0% (3rd) 11.7% (4th)
92 May 16, 2019 18.2% 14.7% (2nd) 13.2% (1st)
93 May 17, 2019 19.4% 15.3% (1st) 13.9% (1st)
94 May 20, 2019 20.1% 15.6% (1st) 13.8% (1st)
95 May 21, 2019 21.1% 13.9% (2nd) 12.5% (2nd)
96 May 22, 2019 18.6% 14.5% (2nd) 13.4% (1st)
97 May 23, 2019 18.9% 14.1% (2nd) 12.5% (2nd)
98 May 24, 2019 18.1% 14.0% (1st) 12.6% (1st)
99 May 27, 2019 20.9% 16.1% (2nd) 14.2% (2nd)
100 May 28, 2019 19.0% 15.2% (1st) 13.7% (1st)
101 May 29, 2019 19.5% 14.4% (2nd) 12.5% (2nd)
102 May 30, 2019 18.6% 15.1% (1st) 14.1% (1st)
103 May 31, 2019 19.4% 15.8% (1st) 13.5% (2nd)
Average 18.9% 14.6% 12.7%

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by three episodes, as the series premiered on a Wednesday.
  2. ^ No episodes were aired on February 4 due to the broadcast of the movie Captain America: Civil War, and on February 5 due to the broadcast of the movie Zootopia.
  3. ^ No episode was aired on February 28 due to the broadcast of a special 100 Years of Spring.
  4. ^ No episode was aired on March 22 due to a football match between Bolivia and South Korea.
  5. ^ No episode was aired on May 6 due to the broadcast of Mr. House Husband.

References

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  1. ^ '왼손잡이 아내' 김진우-하연주, 교통사고 당한다 '충격 예고'. Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ 구은모. "팬엔터테인먼트, KBS와 40억 규모 제작 공급 계약". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. ^ "Lee Soo Kyung to star in 'Left-Handed Wife'". KBS World. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  4. ^ "Cast Of "Left-Handed Wife" Holds Its First Script Reading Session". December 13, 2018. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
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