# Revolutionary Sisters

Revolutionary Sisters (Korean: 오케이 광자매) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Yoon Joo-Sang, Hong Eun-Hee, Jeon Hye-bin, Kim Kyung-nam, Go Won-hee, and Lee Bo-hee. Directed by Lee Jin-seo, the weekend drama revolves around Lee sisters, who are suspected of murder of their mother during the divorce proceedings of their parents. It premiered on KBS2 on March 13, 2021, and aired every Saturday and Sunday from 19:55 (KST) till September 18.
The series ended on September 18 after 50 episodes. The 49th episode of the series aired on September 12, 2021, logged a national average viewership of 32.6% with 5.8 million viewers watching the episode, it placed the series at 7th rank among 'Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea'.

## Synopsis

The series opens with the murder of a mother that is committed during the parent's divorce proceedings and all members of the Lee family and the extended family are suspected of murder. This series further tells the suspenseful but humorous story of the aftermath of the murder.
Lee Cheol-soo (Yoon Joo-sang) has three daughters, Lee Gwang-nam, Lee Gwang-sik and Lee Gwang-tae. He is a stickler for rules and principles. The daughters resent him. Lee Gwang-nam, the eldest, is proud, selfish and the apple of her mother's eyes. Her mother has suffered due to her father, so she dislikes him. Lee Gwang-sik, the second daughter is a public officer. She is smart, principled and considerate to others. Lee Gwang-tae, the youngest daughter, is good at martial arts and works part-time. She does not consider marriage an option.
Meanwhile, since Han Ye-seul was 12, he had dreamt of becoming a trot singer.After dropping out of high school, he came to Seoul to pursue his dream. He is hard-working, kind and righteous.

## Cast
### Main

* Yoon Joo-sang as Lee Cheol-soo
    65 years old, father of three daughters, Bong-ja's brother-in-law, Taeng-ja's brother-in-law, works to open the toilet sewage system
* Hong Eun-hee as Lee Gwang-nam
    43 years old, first daughter, egoistic, vain and conceited, Lee Cheol-soo's first daughter, Gwang-sik and Gwang-tae's eldest sister
* Jeon Hye-bin as Lee Gwang-sik
    34 years old, second daughter, smart and just, wise and considerate and an intelligent government employee
* Go Won-hee as Lee Gwang-tae
    29 years old, youngest sister to Gwang-nam and Gwang-sik, 11th-degree black belts, cheerful and cool, a trend taker
* Kim Kyung-nam as Han Ye-seul
    32 years old, a guitarist and an aspiring trot singer, Lee Gwang-sik's lover, a man with good morals and values, humorous, emotional and decent character
* Choi Dae-chul as Bae Byeon-ho
    45 years old, Lee Gwang-nam's husband, a successful lawyer
* Lee Bo-hee as Oh Bong-ja
    57 years old, aunt of three sisters, Cheol-soo's sister in law, Taeng-ja's older sister, owner of a one-room building
* Lee Byung-joon as Han Dol-se
    72 years old, Han Ye-seul's father, junior from Lee park-soo's hometown

### Supporting

* Kim Hye-sun as Oh Taeng-ja
    55 years old, aunt of three sisters, Cheol-soo's sister-in-law, Bong-ja's sister
* Hong Je-yi as Oh Ttoo-gi,
    7 years old, Taeng-ja's daughter
* Ha Jae-sook as Shin Maria
    46 years old, owner of Bae Byeon-ho's regular restaurant
* Seol Jung-hwan as Heo Gi-jin
    29 years old, Heo Poong-jin's brother
* Joo Suk-tae as Heo Poong-jin
    38 years old, he has affection for his younger brother, Gi-jin, more than his parents
* Lee Sang-sook as deputy's mother, 65 years old
* Ho-seok as Yang Dae-chang, Han Ye-seul's friend and manager.
* Son Woo-hyeon as Na Pyeon-seung
    29 years old, Gwang-sik's current husband, an elementary school classmate with Gwang-tae.
* Go Geon-han as Byun Sa-chae, 29 years old, Ki-jin's best friend
* Han Ji-wan as Min Deul-re
* Kim Na-yoon as Pyeon-seung's mother
* Song Young-jae as Pyeon-seung's father
* Seo Yoon-ah as Na Pyeon-seung's older sister
* Chun Yi-seul as Lee Tae-ri
* Park Sun-woo as Teacher Tak
* Ji Sung-won as Sang Gan-nam's wife
* Lee Ji-wan as Song Ah-reum
* Shin Cheol-jin as Grandfather
* Kim Ga-ran as Gwang-sik's colleague
* Park In-hwan
* Kim Jung-heon as Jin Jeong-han a guest at Lee Gwang-sik's restaurant
* Seo Do-jin as Hwang Chun-gil

### Special appearance

* Baek Seung-hee as Bae Seul-cheo, wife of Han Ye-seul's older brother, Bae-seul
* Sam Hammington as himself
* William Hammington
* Bentley Hammington
* Kim Yi-seo as Togi's kindergarten teacher

## Production
### Casting

With this series, Yoon Joo-sang is celebrating his 50th year of debut.

### Filming

Stills from filming of Go Won-hee as the youngest sister were released in February 2021. On March 6, 2021, the production crew releasing pictures of cast from filming location commented, "In fact, the actors of the 'Revolutionary Sisters' are always caring for and caring for each other, making their filming more enjoyable and joyful than ever before." On April 13 filming was temporarily stopped due to self-quarantine of a cast member who came into close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case. The subsequent airing of two episodes on April 17 and 18 were also postponed for April 24 and 25. The filming of the series ended in late August 2021.

## Viewership
### Audience response

As per Nielsen Korea, the 49th episode aired on September 12, 2021, logged a national average viewership of 32.6% with 5.8 million viewers watching the episode, thereby breaking its own highest ratings. It also takes the series at 7th place among 'Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea'.
| Episodes | Episodes | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Episodes | Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Ep.1-10 | 4.001 | 4.357 | 4.204 | 4.726 | 4.629 | 4.687 | 4.235 | 4.542 | 4.259 | 4.591 |
| | Ep.11-20 | 4.107 | 4.497 | 4.456 | 4.633 | 4.410 | 5.210 | 5.036 | 5.487 | 4.754 | 5.134 |
| | Ep.21-30 | 4.770 | 5.232 | 4.376 | 5.127 | 4.854 | 5.304 | 4.697 | 5.275 | 4.932 | 5.617 |
| | Ep.31-40 | 4.777 | 5.363 | 4.435 | 4.719 | 4.664 | 5.354 | 3.552 | 4.213 | 5.333 | 4.666 |
| | Ep.41-50 | 5.359 | 5.156 | 5.530 | 4.907 | 5.569 | 5.001 | 5.432 | 5.127 | 5.823 | 5.105 |
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea | TNmS |
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | 1 | March 13, 2021 | 20.3% (3rd) | 19.8% (4th) | 17.7% (4th) |
| 1 | 2 | March 13, 2021 | 23.5% (2nd) | 22.0% (2nd) | 20.6% (2nd) |
| 2 | 1 | March 14, 2021 | 23.4% (2nd) | 22.8% (2nd) | 21.9% (2nd) |
| 2 | 2 | March 14, 2021 | 26.0% (1st) | 25.1% (1st) | 23.7% (1st) |
| 3 | 1 | March 20, 2021 | 21.1% (3rd) | 20.3% (4th) | 18.9% (3rd) |
| 3 | 2 | March 20, 2021 | 25.0% (2nd) | 23.7% (2nd) | 22.0% (2nd) |
| 4 | 1 | March 21, 2021 | 24.4% (2nd) | 22.4% (2nd) | 21.5% (2nd) |
| 4 | 2 | March 21, 2021 | 27.2% (1st) | 25.5% (1st) | 23.8% (1st) |
| 5 | 1 | March 27, 2021 | 22.2% (4th) | 20.6% (4th) | 19.0% (4th) |
| 5 | 2 | March 27, 2021 | 26.7% (2nd) | 25.4% (2nd) | 22.0% (2nd) |
| 6 | 1 | March 28, 2021 | 24.5% (2nd) | 23.2% (2nd) | 21.2% (2nd) |
| 6 | 2 | March 28, 2021 | 26.9% (1st) | 25.7% (1st) | 23.4% (1st) |
| 7 | 1 | April 3, 2021 | 21.6% (2nd) | 20.1% (2nd) | — |
| 7 | 2 | April 3, 2021 | 25.1% (1st) | 23.6% (1st) | — |
| 8 | 1 | April 4, 2021 | 25.4% (2nd) | 23.6% (2nd) | 22.4% (2nd) |
| 8 | 2 | April 4, 2021 | 26.8% (1st) | 24.7% (1st) | 24.7% (1st) |
| 9 | 1 | April 10, 2021 | 20.0% (2nd) | 18.1% (2nd) | 18.4% (2nd) |
| 9 | 2 | April 10, 2021 | 25.2% (1st) | 23.2% (1st) | 22.4% (1st) |
| 10 | 1 | April 11, 2021 | 23.6% (2nd) | 21.1% (2nd) | 22.1% (2nd) |
| 10 | 2 | April 11, 2021 | 26.3% (1st) | 24.0% (1st) | 24.7% (1st) |
| 11 | 1 | April 24, 2021 | 21.2% (2nd) | 19.3% (2nd) | 19.2% (2nd) |
| 11 | 2 | April 24, 2021 | 25.4% (1st) | 23.4% (1st) | 22.6% (1st) |
| 12 | 1 | April 25, 2021 | 24.2% (2nd) | 22.6% (2nd) | 21.4% (2nd) |
| 12 | 2 | April 25, 2021 | 27.7% (1st) | 26.1% (1st) | 24.9% (1st) |
| 13 | 1 | May 1, 2021 | 22.8% (2nd) | 21.5% (2nd) | 19.3% (2nd) |
| 13 | 2 | May 1, 2021 | 26.7% (1st) | 24.9% (1st) | 23.0% (1st) |
| 14 | 1 | May 2, 2021 | 24.7% (2nd) | 24.0% (2nd) | 22.2% (2nd) |
| 14 | 2 | May 2, 2021 | 28.1% (1st) | 27.4% (1st) | 24.7% (1st) |
| 15 | 1 | May 8, 2021 | 20.2% (2nd) | 19.4% (2nd) | 18.1% (2nd) |
| 15 | 2 | May 8, 2021 | 25.9% (1st) | 24.5% (1st) | 22.7% (1st) |
| 16 | 1 | May 9, 2021 | 26.2% (2nd) | 24.4% (2nd) | 22.0% (2nd) |
| 16 | 2 | May 9, 2021 | 30.2% (1st) | 28.3% (1st) | 25.7% (1st) |
| 17 | 1 | May 15, 2021 | 24.6% (2nd) | 22.9% (2nd) | — |
| 17 | 2 | May 15, 2021 | 29.1% (1st) | 27.6% (1st) | — |
| 18 | 1 | May 16, 2021 | 28.9% (2nd) | 27.3% (2nd) | 25.1% (2nd) |
| 18 | 2 | May 16, 2021 | 31.8% (1st) | 30.7% (1st) | 27.4% (1st) |
| 19 | 1 | May 22, 2021 | 23.2% (2nd) | 22.2% (2nd) | 20.3% (2nd) |
| 19 | 2 | May 22, 2021 | 27.7% (1st) | 26.4% (1st) | 25.1% (1st) |
| 20 | 1 | May 23, 2021 | 27.6% (2nd) | 25.9% (2nd) | 25.0% (2nd) |
| 20 | 2 | May 23, 2021 | 30.9% (1st) | 29.1% (1st) | 28.6% (1st) |
| 21 | 1 | May 29, 2021 | 25.0% (2nd) | 24.5% (2nd) | 20.8% (2nd) |
| 21 | 2 | May 29, 2021 | 28.8% (1st) | 28.0% (1st) | 25.1% (1st) |
| 22 | 1 | May 30, 2021 | 27.5% (2nd) | 26.4% (2nd) | 24.5% (2nd) |
| 22 | 2 | May 30, 2021 | 30.5% (1st) | 29.0% (1st) | 28.4% (1st) |
| 23 | 1 | June 5, 2021 | 21.5% (2nd) | 20.5% (2nd) | — |
| 23 | 2 | June 5, 2021 | 26.7% (1st) | 25.7% (1st) | — |
| 24 | 1 | June 6, 2021 | 26.5% (2nd) | 24.7% (2nd) | 22.1% (1st) |
| 24 | 2 | June 6, 2021 | 30.4% (1st) | 28.7% (1st) | 26.6% (1st) |
| 25 | 1 | June 12, 2021 | 23.2% (2nd) | 21.3% (2nd) | 19.3% (2nd) |
| 25 | 2 | June 12, 2021 | 28.9% (1st) | 26.6% (1st) | 25.2% (1st) |
| 26 | 1 | June 13, 2021 | 28.4% (2nd) | 27.1% (2nd) | 24.9% (2nd) |
| 26 | 2 | June 13, 2021 | 31.5% (1st) | 30.3% (1st) | 28.1% (1st) |
| 27 | 1 | June 19, 2021 | 23.4% (2nd) | 21.9% (2nd) | — |
| 27 | 2 | June 19, 2021 | 28.6% (1st) | 26.8% (1st) | — |
| 28 | 1 | June 20, 2021 | 29.0% (2nd) | 27.6% (2nd) | 22.7% (2nd) |
| 28 | 2 | June 20, 2021 | 31.5% (1st) | 29.3% (1st) | 25.5% (1st) |
| 29 | 1 | June 26, 2021 | 24.2% (2nd) | 22.7% (2nd) | — |
| 29 | 2 | June 26, 2021 | 29.5% (1st) | 27.6% (1st) | — |
| 30 | 1 | June 27, 2021 | 29.6% (2nd) | 28.3% (2nd) | 24.5% (2nd) |
| 30 | 2 | June 27, 2021 | 32.5% (1st) | 30.7% (1st) | 27.2% (1st) |
| 31 | 31 | July 3, 2021 | 27.9% (1st) | 26.9% (1st) | — |
| 32 | 32 | July 4, 2021 | 31.9% (1st) | 31.6% (1st) | 27.0% (1st) |
| 33 | 33 | July 10, 2021 | 27.0% (1st) | 25.9% (1st) | — |
| 34 | 34 | July 11, 2021 | 30.3% (1st) | 29.1% (1st) | 26.7% (1st) |
| 35 | 35 | July 17, 2021 | 27.5% (1st) | 26.0% (1st) | — |
| 36 | 36 | July 18, 2021 | 30.1% (1st) | 28.6% (1st) | 26.9% (1st) |
| 37 | 37 | July 25, 2021 | 20.0% (1st) | 19.4% (1st) | 14.7% (1st) |
| 38 | 38 | August 7, 2021 | 24.3% (1st) | 23.7% (1st) | 19.6% (1st) |
| 39 | 39 | August 8, 2021 | 30.4% (1st) | 29.6% (1st) | 24.3% (1st) |
| 40 | 40 | August 14, 2021 | 28.2% (1st) | 27.2% (1st) | 23.6% (1st) |
| 41 | 41 | August 15, 2021 | 30.1% (1st) | 28.4% (1st) | 26.6% (1st) |
| 42 | 42 | August 21, 2021 | 29.8% (1st) | 28.8% (1st) | 26.0% (1st) |
| 43 | 43 | August 22, 2021 | 31.0% (1st) | 29.9% (1st) | 26.5% (1st) |
| 44 | 44 | August 28, 2021 | 28.9% (1st) | 28.1% (1st) | 23.6% (1st) |
| 45 | 45 | August 29, 2021 | 32.5% (1st) | 31.6% (1st) | 27.6% (1st) |
| 46 | 46 | September 4, 2021 | 28.6% (1st) | 27.2% (1st) | 25.2% (1st) |
| 47 | 47 | September 5, 2021 | 31.4% (1st) | 29.8% (1st) | 27.0% (1st) |
| 48 | 48 | September 11, 2021 | 29.1% (1st) | 27.4% (1st) | 24.5% (1st) |
| 49 | 49 | September 12, 2021 | 32.6% (1st) | 31.1% (1st) | 28.2% (1st) |
| 50 | 50 | September 18, 2021 | 28.9% (1st) | 27.9% (1st) | 24.9% (1st) |
| Average | Average | Average | 26.88% | 25.46% | — |
| Special episode | Part 1 | April 17, 2021 | 14.2% (2nd) | 13.0% (2nd) | 13.0% (2nd) |
| Special episode | Part 2 | April 17, 2021 | 13.1% (3rd) | 12.4% (3rd) | 11.3% (4th) |
| Special episode 2 | Part 1 | April 18, 2021 | 11.5% (4th) | 10.1% (6th) | 11.1% (4th) |
| Special episode 2 | Part 2 | April 18, 2021 | 10.9% (6th) | 9.7% (7th) | 10.9% (5th) |
| In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. ||||||

## Home media

The series was made available for streaming globally on Netflix from August 19, 2022.

## Awards and nominations

| Date | Award Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 21 October 2021 | 16th Seoul International Drama Awards | Excellent Korean Drama OST | Young Tak for "Okay" (오케이) | Won |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Yoon Joo-sang | Won |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Kim Kyung-nam | Nominated |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Hong Eun-hee | Won |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Jeon Hye-bin | Nominated |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Choi Dae-chul | Won |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Yoon Joo-sang | Nominated |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Hong Eun-hee | Nominated |
| December 31, 2021 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actress | Hong Je-yi | Nominated |
| September 29, 2022 | APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Kim Kyung-nam | Nominated |