Birthcare Center (Korean: 산후조리원) is a South Korean television series starring Uhm Ji-won, Park Ha-sun, Jang Hye-jin, Yoon Park and Choi Ri.[1][2] The series directed by Park Su-won and written by Kim Ji-Soo revolves around Oh Hyun-jin (Uhm Ji-won), as she gets acquainted to child birth and postpartum care.[3][4] It aired on tvN every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 (KST) from November 2 to November 24, 2020.[5]
| Birthcare Center | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 산후조리원 |
| Hanja | 産後調理院 |
| Literal meaning | Postnatal Care Center |
| Revised Romanization | Sanhujoriwon |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Jinnie Choi for CJ ENM |
| Written by | Kim Ji-soo Choi Yoon-hee Yoon Su-min |
| Directed by | Park Su-won |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Kim Dong-rae |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | November 2 – November 24, 2020 |
As per Nielsen Korea, Birthcare Center ended with the audience rating of an average of 3.690% in national and 4.019% in the metropolitan area. In its last episode it recorded averages of 4.8% in the metropolitan area and 4.2% nationwide with a viewership of 1.1 million, which was its personal best. With an average viewership of 889,000 it maintained the No.1 rank in the same time zone including cable and full-length channels.[6]
Synopsis
editOh Hyun-jin (Uhm Ji-won) has a glittering career in her work life. She is the youngest member on the board of executives at the company she works at and is proficient in everything she does. But when she delivers her first child, she is in for a shock. Giving birth was far more difficult than she had expected, and she quickly discovers that although she is good at all things work-related, she hasn’t got the first clue about how to bring up a baby. After being discharged from hospital, she heads to a postpartum care center – an exclusive establishment where even A-list stars come to get postpartum care. She is dismayed to realize that she is the oldest mother in the center, and embarrassed to notice that everyone else seems to know what they are doing when it comes to looking after babies. Fortunately, the other mothers at the center prove inspirational. Among their number is Cho Eun-jeong (Park Ha-sun ), aka 'the Queen Bee' – a seemingly perfect mother whom everyone wants to befriend in order to learn childcare secrets. And Choi Hye-suk (Jang Hye-jin) is the charismatic center manager, having knowledge about everything related to childcare.
Cast
editCast and characters profile:[7]
Main
edit- Uhm Ji-won as Oh Hyun-jin, the oldest mother and the youngest charismatic executive, who doesn't hold back. However her inexperience in having a baby makes her feel culturally shocked with the world of the mothers, in which no one cares about her job or educational background but her baby. Her inexperience results to her being outcast by the rest of the mothers.
- Park Ha-sun as Cho Eun-jeong, perfect parenting heart and "Love is Mother", a so-called first class mom who breastfeeds twins for 24 months. Everyone is willing to befriend her for her perfect parenting tips. However actually her twins are not as nice as what people see.
- Jang Hye-jin as Choi Hye-suk, president of the mothers and the director of the postpartum care center she is trusted by mothers as guide[8]
- Yoon Park as Kim Do-yoon, Hyun-jin's handsome younger husband, CEO of an up-and-coming app development startup company.[9]
- Choi Ri as Lee Roo-da, Yo-mi's mother who thinks of herself as much as she thinks of her child. She has strong clashes with most of the mothers in the center, especially against Eun-jeong.
Supporting
edit- Choi Soo-min as Ahn Hee-nam, a nurse in a postpartum care center whose voice changes suddenly with Jekyll and Hyde level. She uses her normal lower voice to talk to the mothers, while she uses nasal higher voice as sarcasm to incompetent mothers.
- Kim Min-chul as Min-soo[10]
- Nam Yoon-su as Ha Gyeong-hoon,[11] a handsome packet delivery boy whose presence is waited by the center's mothers and employees except Eun-jeong because he knows the secret about her twins' attitude.
- Lim Hwa-young as Park Yoon-ji[12]
- Bae Woo-hee as Hee-won, junior to Do-yoon[13]
Special appearances
edit- Kang Hong-seok as Grim Reaper, he almost takes Hyun-jin during her difficult delivery (Ep. 1)
- Jung Moon-sung as a resident specializing in obstetrics and gynecology who delivers Hyun-jin's baby (Ep. 1)
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Yang Joon-seok, a father at Serenity Birthcare Center who gives advice to Do-yoon (Ep. 2 & 5)
- Jung Yi-rang as a saleswoman who tries to sell a baby stroller to Do-yoon (Ep. 3)
- Park Si-yeon as Han Hyo-rin, an actress who struggles with her public image after giving birth (Ep. 4)[14]
- So Joo-yeon as Alex Choi, a colleague and rival of Hyun-jin (Ep. 6)[15]
- Kim Jae-hwa as Byun Young-mi, a selective babysitter known as the "Crouching Dragon" (Ep. 6)
- Jung Sang-hoon as a shaman who helps parents choose successful names for their children (Ep. 7)
- Mu Jin-sung as Cha Woo-seok. Lee Roo-da's boyfriend (Yo-mi's father) and Choi Hye-sook's son (Ep. 7).[16]
- Cha Tae-hyun as Cha Tae-hyun, Ahn Hee-nam's son (Ep. 8)
- Jung Hee-tae as Roo-da's father, he abandoned his family when his daughter was young (Ep. 8)
- Yoo Ha-bok as Hyun-jin's boss (Ep. 8)
- Jung Soon-won, a prosecutor in Hyun-jin's imagination (Ep. 8)
- Jung Sung-il as Lee Seon-woo, Cho Eun-jeong's husband a famous golf player
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | South Korea viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "After Childbirth" (Korean: 산후 세계) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 2, 2020 | 0.897[17] |
| 2 | "It's Like Paradise, They Said" (Korean: 조리원은 천국이라더니) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 3, 2020 | 1.056[18] |
| 3 | "Half Person, Half Mom" (Korean: 반인반모(半人半母)) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 9, 2020 | 0.722[19] |
| 4 | "Monster" (Korean: 괴물) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 10, 2020 | 0.766[20] |
| 5 | "The Third Gender" (Korean: 제3의 성) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 16, 2020 | 0.770[21] |
| 6 | "A Good Mother" (Korean: 질풍노모기) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 17, 2020 | 0.953[22] |
| 7 | "Your Name Is" (Korean: 너의 이름은) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 23, 2020 | 0.832[23] |
| 8 | "A Mother's Film Noir" (Korean: 격정 엄마 느와르) | Park Su-won | Kim Ji-soo, Choi Yoon-hee & Yoon Su-min | November 24, 2020 | 1.113[24] |
Production
editThe first script reading took place on May 6, 2020.[25] Lim Hwa-young joined the cast in late May.[26]
The promotional stills and teasers were released on October 15, 2020.
The series is available for streaming with English and Mandarin subtitles on iQIYI in South East Asia and Taiwan.[citation needed]
Original soundtrack
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The tracklist for album is incomplete and singles and album has been coupled; please see Crash Landing on You#Original soundtrack for reference. |
| Birthcare Center | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 2020 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | |
Part 1
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hey MAMA" | Jade,Dennis Chang | Dennis Chang, Moon Jung-wook | SAAY | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Hey MAMA" (Inst.) | Dennis Chang, Moon Jung-wook | 3:04 | ||
| Total length: | 6:08 | ||||
Part 2
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beautiful Destiny" (소향) | Hana | Tom and Jerry, Safira.K | Sohyang | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Beautiful Destiny (Inst.)" | Tom and Jerry, Safira.K | 4:36 | ||
| Total length: | 9:12 | ||||
Part 3
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My time that was stopped again" (제인스) | Jayins | Jayins | Jayins | 3:30 |
| 2. | "My time that was stopped again (Inst.)" | Jayins | 3:30 | ||
| Total length: | 7:00 | ||||
Score
edit| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Postpartum Care Center (Title)" | Choi In-hee, Oh Hye-joo | |
| 2. | "Childbirth Encyclopedia" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 3. | "Enema's humiliation" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 4. | "Painless Heaven" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 5. | "The postpartum world" | Isori | |
| 6. | "Hello! Baby (LULLABY!)" | Choi In-hee, Oh Hye-joo | |
| 7. | "Hellgate" | Hyunjoo Kim | |
| 8. | "Up" | Isori | |
| 9. | "The time of the stormy old mother" | Isori | |
| 10. | "The old mother Jeongki Nam" | Moonjung Kim | |
| 11. | "Full-time mom vs working mom" | Oh Hye-joo | |
| 12. | "Lover" | Hyunjoo Kim | |
| 13. | "Breast milk X file" | Inhee Choi, Soori Lee | |
| 14. | "The Nameless Child" | Choi In-hee, Oh Hye-joo | |
| 15. | "Menbung period" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 16. | "HELL STAGE" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 17. | "Yumorisk" | Oh Hye-joo | |
| 18. | "Lovely Troubly" | Oh Hye-joo | |
| 19. | "Queen of lactation" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 20. | "STRANGE HEAVEN" | Choi In-hee, Lee Sori | |
| 21. | "Lovers at 3 PM" | Choi, Hyunil Seo | |
| 22. | "My name is me!" | Oh Hye-joo |
Viewership
editBirthcare Center : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[31]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 1 | 897 | 1056 | 722 | 766 | 770 | 953 | 832 | 1113 | 889 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[31] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | November 2, 2020 | 4.186% (1st) | 4.040% (1st) |
| 2 | November 3, 2020 | 4.044% (1st) | 4.779% (1st) |
| 3 | November 9, 2020 | 3.031% (1st) | 3.289% (2nd) |
| 4 | November 10, 2020 | 3.343% (1st) | 3.509% (1st) |
| 5 | November 16, 2020 | 3.293% (1st) | 3.391% (2nd) |
| 6 | November 17, 2020 | 3.773% (1st) | 3.978% (1st) |
| 7 | November 23, 2020 | 3.628% (1st) | 4.335% (1st) |
| 8 | November 24, 2020 | 4.223% (1st) | 4.830% (1st) |
| Average | 3.690% | 4.019% | |
Awards and nominations
edit| Awards | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress | Uhm Ji-won | Nominated | [32][33] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Park Ha-sun | Nominated |
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External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- Birthcare Center at Daum (in Korean)
- Birthcare Center at IMDb
- Birthcare Center at HanCinema
- Birthcare Center on iQIYI