# Golden Pouch

Golden Pouch (Korean: 황금주머니; RR: Hwanggeumjumeoni) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Jin Yi-han and Ryu Hyo-young. The series aired daily on MBC from 20:55 to 21:30 (KST).

## Plot

Han Seok-hoon (Kim Ji-han), who was given up for adoption at six, tries to find his birth parents in South Korea. An accident on his wedding day leaves him with amnesia, and he mistakenly believes that the parents of Geum Seol-hwa (Ryu Hyo-young), a young TV producer, are his real parents. He stays with the family while recovering and experiences a feeling of family for the first time.

## Cast
### Main

* Jin Yi-han as Han Seok-hoon
** Choi Seung-hoon as young Han Seok-hoon
* Ryu Hyo-young as Geum Seol-hwa

### Yoon Joon-sang's family

* Lee Seon-ho as Yoon Joon-sang
** Song Joon-hee as young Yoon Joon-sang
* Seo Woo-rim as Eun Kap-ja
* Ji Soo-won as Mo Nan-seol
* Cha Kwang-soo as Yoon Jae-rim
* Na In-woo as Yoon Ji-sang
* Seo Hye-jin as Song Jin-joo

### Geum Seol-hwa's family

* Ahn Nae-sang as Geum Jung-do
* Oh Young-sil as Kim Choo-ja
* Dana as Geum Doo-na
* Baek Seo-yi as Geum Se-na
* – as Hwan Dol-yi

### Bae Min-hee's family

* Yoo Hye-ri as Sa Gwi-jung
* Son Seung-woo as Bae Min-hee
* Lee Yong-joo as Bae Min-kyu

### Others

* Kim Ji-eun as Han Sook-hoon's secretary

## Reception

During the Golden Pouch break, from February 6 to 15 due to MBC's "Special Program: Vetting the Presidential Nominees", Ryu Hyo-young scandal broke out, which lead to viewers demanding Ryu to step down from the series. However, MBC stated that there have been no talks about Ryu stepping down from her role in the series.

## Ratings

* In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | November 14, 2016 | 7.9% (17th) | 8.6% (11th) | 7.2% (NR) | 8.2% (15th) |
| 2 | November 15, 2016 | 7.6% (16th) | 7.3% (18th) | 7.8% (16th) | 8.3% (11th) |
| 3 | November 16, 2016 | 7.9% (15th) | 7.1% (17th) | 7.0% (17th) | 6.7% (20th) |
| 4 | November 17, 2016 | 7.1% (20th) | 6.9% (17th) | 6.1% (NR) | (NR) |
| 5 | November 18, 2016 | 8.1% (16th) | 7.4% (18th) | 6.2% (NR) | (NR) |
| 6 | November 21, 2016 | 7.5% (19th) | 6.7% (19th) | 6.4% (NR) | (NR) |
| 7 | November 22, 2016 | 7.5% (15th) | 6.9% (20th) | 7.8% (15th) | 7.5% (15th) |
| 8 | November 23, 2016 | 8.2% (15th) | 8.0% (15th) | 8.0% (15th) | 7.9% (15th) |
| 9 | November 24, 2016 | 8.5% (15th) | 7.9% (16th) | 6.6% (NR) | 7.0% (20th) |
| 10 | November 25, 2016 | 7.3% (16th) | 6.7% (18th) | 6.6% (18th) | (NR) |
| 11 | November 28, 2016 | 7.6% (19th) | (NR) | 6.8% | 7.2% (18th) |
| 12 | November 29, 2016 | 6.5% (NR) | (NR) | 5.9% (NR) | (NR) |
| 13 | November 30, 2016 | 7.5% (18th) | 6.8% (18th) | 6.7% | 6.7% (18th) |
| 14 | December 1, 2016 | 7.1% (19th) | (NR) | 6.5% (19th) | 6.5% (20th) |
| 15 | December 2, 2016 | 7.2% (17th) | (NR) | 5.5% (NR) | (NR) |
| 16 | December 5, 2016 | 7.5% (16th) | 6.9% (17th) | 7.2% (17th) | 8.1% (14th) |
| 17 | December 6, 2016 | 9.8% (10th) | 9.0% (9th) | 7.5% (16th) | 7.9% (14th) |
| 18 | December 7, 2016 | 9.2% (12th) | 8.5% (11th) | 7.8% (12th) | 8.1% (11th) |
| 19 | December 8, 2016 | 8.3% (NR) | (NR) | 7.4% (16th) | 7.7% (16th) |
| 20 | December 12, 2016 | 8.6% (16th) | 7.7% (14th) | 8.2% (15th) | 8.8% (11th) |
| 21 | December 13, 2016 | 8.7% (13th) | 8.2% (12th) | 8.1% (12th) | 8.4% (11th) |
| 22 | December 14, 2016 | 7.8% (17th) | 7.1% (20th) | 7.0% (18th) | 7.1% (19th) |
| 23 | December 15, 2016 | 7.7% (17th) | 6.6% (19th) | 7.7% (17th) | 7.8% (15th) |
| 24 | December 16, 2016 | 7.7% (17th) | 6.7% (20th) | 6.0% (NR) | (NR) |
| 25 | December 19, 2016 | 6.9% (NR) | (NR) | 7.5% (18th) | 7.9% (16th) |
| 26 | December 20, 2016 | 7.9% (16th) | 7.1% (15th) | 7.9% (11th) | 8.2% (10th) |
| 27 | December 21, 2016 | 8.7% (14th) | 8.3% (15th) | 7.8% (13th) | 7.8% (13th) |
| 28 | December 22, 2016 | 7.7% (16th) | 7.4% (17th) | 7.0% (18th) | 7.0% (17th) |
| 29 | December 23, 2016 | 7.2% (19th) | (NR) | 6.4% (NR) | (NR) |
| 30 | December 26, 2016 | 7.3% (19th) | 6.9% (19th) | 7.9% (15th) | 8.1% (13th) |
| 31 | December 27, 2016 | 8.2% (15th) | 7.2% (16th) | 8.0% (12th) | 8.2% (10th) |
| 32 | December 28, 2016 | 7.8% (15th) | 7.0% (19th) | 7.9% (15th) | 8.0% (16th) |
| 33 | December 29, 2016 | 7.6% (18th) | (NR) | 8.2% (14th) | 8.8% (11th) |
| 34 | December 30, 2016 | 8.1% (18th) | 7.8% (17th) | 6.2% (NR) | (NR) |
| 35 | January 2, 2017 | 7.9% (15th) | 7.6% (16th) | 8.3% (15th) | 8.8% (12th) |
| 36 | January 3, 2017 | 9.2% (13th) | 8.1% (15th) | 8.6% (12th) | 9.2% (7th) |
| 37 | January 4, 2017 | 10.0% (9th) | 9.3% (10th) | 9.4% (10th) | 9.3% (7th) |
| 38 | January 5, 2017 | 9.1% (13th) | 8.1% (14th) | 8.8% (12th) | 9.1% (9th) |
| 39 | January 6, 2017 | 8.1% (16th) | 7.3% (15th) | 7.5% (15th) | 7.7% (14th) |
| 40 | January 9, 2017 | 9.6% (12th) | 9.1% (11th) | 8.4% (13th) | 8.8% (9th) |
| 41 | January 10, 2017 | 9.7% (10th) | 9.0% (10th) | 9.1% (9th) | 9.6% (5th) |
| 42 | January 11, 2017 | 9.5% (12th) | 8.7% (11th) | 8.8% (11th) | 9.1% (6th) |
| 43 | January 12, 2017 | 8.7% (14th) | 8.3% (14th) | 8.4% (11th) | 8.8% (9th) |
| 44 | January 13, 2017 | 8.5% (17th) | 7.7% (17th) | 6.1% (19th) | (NR) |
| 45 | January 16, 2017 | 9.8% (13th) | 9.8% (9th) | 8.1% (14th) | 8.1% (13th) |
| 46 | January 17, 2017 | 10.2% (10th) | 9.3% (9th) | 7.8% (17th) | 8.1% (14th) |
| 47 | January 18, 2017 | 10.1% (9th) | 8.5% (9th) | 7.9% (15th) | 8.3% (12th) |
| 48 | January 19, 2017 | 8.7% (16th) | 7.5% (16th) | 7.8% (16th) | 8.0% (15th) |
| 49 | January 20, 2017 | 8.4% (17th) | 7.4% (19th) | 6.1% (NR) | (NR) |
| 50 | January 23, 2017 | 9.3% (13th) | 8.8% (12th) | 8.3% (17th) | 8.1% (12th) |
| 51 | January 24, 2017 | 9.0% (12th) | 8.5% (13th) | 8.5% (14th) | 8.4% (13th) |
| 52 | January 25, 2017 | 9.2% (12th) | 7.6% (13th) | 8.2% (10th) | 8.1% (10th) |
| 53 | January 31, 2017 | 9.1% (14th) | 9.2% (9th) | 9.0% (13th) | 9.2% (10th) |
| 54 | February 1, 2017 | 8.9% (15th) | 8.1% (17th) | 8.0% (18th) | 7.9% (17th) |
| 55 | February 2, 2017 | 9.3% (15th) | 8.6% (15th) | 8.8% (15th) | 9.1% (12th) |
| 56 | February 3, 2017 | 7.6% (17th) | 6.9% (17th) | 7.6% (16th) | 7.5% (16th) |
| 57 | February 16, 2017 | 5.8% (NR) | (NR) | 6.7% (20th) | (NR) |
| 58 | February 17, 2017 | 7.0% (17th) | 6.4% (19th) | 6.9% (18th) | 6.8% (18th) |
| 59 | February 20, 2017 | 7.4% (17th) | (NR) | 7.3% (NR) | 7.4% (17th) |
| 60 | February 21, 2017 | 7.0% (16th) | 6.2% (18th) | 7.9% (16th) | 8.2% (14th) |
| 61 | February 22, 2017 | 7.4% (18th) | (NR) | 7.8% (16th) | 7.8% (14th) |
| 62 | February 23, 2017 | 7.8% (17th) | (NR) | 7.9% (17th) | 8.4% (13th) |
| 63 | February 24, 2017 | 8.0% (16th) | 6.2% (18th) | 7.5% (17th) | 7.4% (15th) |
| 64 | February 27, 2017 | 7.8% (16th) | 6.5% (19th) | 7.7% (19th) | 7.8% (14th) |
| 65 | February 28, 2017 | 7.7% (17th) | 6.3% (20th) | 8.4% (14th) | 8.9% (11th) |
| 66 | March 1, 2017 | 7.6% (17th) | (NR) | 8.5% (12th) | 9.0% (10th) |
| 67 | March 2, 2017 | 8.2% (18th) | 7.2% (16th) | 8.2% (15th) | 8.6% (12th) |
| 68 | March 3, 2017 | 7.4% (17th) | 6.3% (18th) | 8.0% (17th) | 8.1% (14th) |
| 69 | March 6, 2017 | 8.1% (16th) | 6.5% (18th) | 8.3% (16th) | 8.5% (12th) |
| 70 | March 7, 2017 | 9.5% (10th) | 8.3% (10th) | 7.9% (14th) | 7.4% (12th) |
| 71 | March 8, 2017 | 9.6% (NR) | (NR) | 8.6% (13th) | 8.5% (10th) |
| 72 | March 9, 2017 | 7.7% (15th) | 6.3% (16th) | 8.4% (12th) | 8.6% (11th) |
| 73 | March 13, 2017 | 8.8% (16th) | 7.2% (17th) | 8.3% (14th) | 8.0% (13th) |
| 74 | March 14, 2017 | 8.9% (11th) | 7.2% (11th) | 8.4% (11th) | 8.2% (13th) |
| 75 | March 15, 2017 | 8.5% (12th) | 7.9% (12th) | 8.4% (11th) | 8.6% (10th) |
| 76 | March 16, 2017 | 9.7% (9th) | 8.1% (11th) | 8.2% (12th) | 8.3% (12th) |
| 77 | March 17, 2017 | 9.8% (10th) | 9.1% (11th) | 8.4% (13th) | 8.6% (11th) |
| 78 | March 20, 2017 | 9.6% (11th) | 9.1% (10th) | 8.7% (14th) | 8.8% (11th) |
| 79 | March 21, 2017 | 9.0% (9th) | 8.3% (8th) | 8.7% (8th) | 8.8% (7th) |
| 80 | March 22, 2017 | 9.6% (11th) | 8.8% (11th) | 8.8% (10th) | 8.7% (9th) |
| 81 | March 23, 2017 | 10.5% (7th) | 9.1% (10th) | 8.7% (9th) | 8.5% (8th) |
| 82 | March 24, 2017 | 8.6% (13th) | 7.9% (15th) | 8.2% (12th) | 8.7% (9th) |
| 83 | March 28, 2017 | 10.0% (10th) | 8.3% (13th) | 8.6% (11th) | 8.1% (11th) |
| 84 | March 29, 2017 | 9.0% (14th) | 7.9% (15th) | 8.4% (11th) | 8.1% (12th) |
| 85 | March 30, 2017 | 8.7% (12th) | 7.9% (14th) | 8.1% (12th) | 8.4% (10th) |
| 86 | March 31, 2017 | 9.4% (12th) | 7.9% (14th) | 7.8% (14th) | 8.1% (11th) |
| 87 | April 3, 2017 | 10.7% (10th) | 9.4% (8th) | 9.0% (11th) | 9.5% (10th) |
| 88 | April 4, 2017 | 10.3% (9th) | 8.9% (10th) | 8.7% (11th) | 9.0% (8th) |
| 89 | April 5, 2017 | 9.7% (13th) | 8.9% (13th) | 8.7% (13th) | 8.6% (11th) |
| 90 | April 6, 2017 | 9.0% (13th) | 7.6% (18th) | 8.0% (16th) | 8.1% (13th) |
| 91 | April 7, 2017 | 8.7% (13th) | 7.3% (15th) | 8.0% (10th) | 7.8% (10th) |
| 92 | April 10, 2017 | 9.8% (12th) | 8.6% (11th) | 8.3% (14th) | 8.6% (11th) |
| 93 | April 11, 2017 | 10.1% (11th) | 9.0% (10th) | 8.6% (10th) | 8.5% (9th) |
| 94 | April 12, 2017 | 10.6% (7th) | 8.8% (10th) | 7.9% (13th) | 7.9% (12th) |
| 95 | April 13, 2017 | 9.6% (12th) | 8.3% (16th) | 8.0% (13th) | 7.8% (14th) |
| 96 | April 14, 2017 | 9.1% (11th) | 7.7% (16th) | 7.5% (12th) | 7.7% (13th) |
| 97 | April 17, 2017 | 10.2% (12th) | 9.0% (10th) | 8.4% (15th) | 8.4% (12th) |
| 98 | April 18, 2017 | 11.0% (8th) | 9.3% (9th) | 9.4% (9th) | 9.5% (9th) |
| 99 | April 19, 2017 | 9.2% (13th) | 8.0% (14th) | 7.3% (13th) | 6.6% (15th) |
| 100 | April 20, 2017 | 11.4% (7th) | 10.9% (7th) | 8.9% (11th) | 9.0% (8th) |
| 101 | April 21, 2017 | 10.9% (7th) | 9.5% (7th) | 8.8% (9th) | 8.5% (8th) |
| 102 | April 24, 2017 | 8.7% (16th) | 8.5% (11th) | 7.4% (14th) | 7.5% (16th) |
| 103 | April 25, 2017 | 10.7% (8th) | 10.3% (7th) | 8.7% (10th) | 8.4% (9th) |
| 104 | April 26, 2017 | 10.5% (6th) | 9.5% (6th) | 9.6% (7th) | 9.3% (7th) |
| 105 | April 27, 2017 | 6.1% (NR) | (NR) | 5.3% (NR) | (NR) |
| 106 | May 1, 2017 | 10.9% (9th) | 9.2% (8th) | 8.7% (10th) | 8.6% (8th) |
| 107 | May 4, 2017 | 8.6% (11th) | 8.2% (10th) | 7.4% (10th) | 7.7% (10th) |
| 108 | May 5, 2017 | 9.3% (9th) | 8.5% (11th) | 7.9% (9th) | 8.0% (9th) |
| 109 | May 11, 2017 | 9.7% (11th) | 9.0% (11th) | 8.2% (12th) | 7.9% (13th) |
| 110 | May 12, 2017 | 9.4% (10th) | 7.4% (17th) | 7.5% (16th) | 7.2% (15th) |
| 111 | May 15, 2017 | 9.8% (10th) | 9.6% (10th) | 8.2% (11th) | 8.4% (11th) |
| 112 | May 16, 2017 | 9.9% (9th) | 8.3% (12th) | 8.7% (8th) | 8.3% (10th) |
| 113 | May 17, 2017 | 7.8% (16th) | 6.8% (20th) | 8.1% (12th) | 7.3% (17th) |
| 114 | May 18, 2017 | 9.9% (8th) | 8.4% (11th) | 9.0% (11th) | 8.9% (9th) |
| 115 | May 19, 2017 | 9.9% (10th) | 8.4% (13th) | 7.7% (13th) | 7.0% (14th) |
| 116 | May 22, 2017 | 11.3% (6th) | 10.3% (6th) | 9.5% (8th) | 8.2% (8th) |
| 117 | May 23, 2017 | 10.3% (8th) | 9.1% (10th) | 9.2% (8th) | 9.0% (7th) |
| 118 | May 24, 2017 | 10.7% (7th) | 9.1% (8th) | 9.8% (8th) | 10.0% (7th) |
| 119 | May 25, 2017 | 10.2% (10th) | 8.6% (11th) | 9.1% (9th) | 9.1% (9th) |
| 120 | May 29, 2017 | 9.7% (9th) | 8.2% (11th) | 8.5% (12th) | 8.2% (12th) |
| 121 | May 31, 2017 | 10.1% (9th) | 8.7% (12th) | 8.7% (11th) | 9.0% (11th) |
| 122 | June 1, 2017 | 10.0% (11th) | 9.7% (10th) | 9.4% (10th) | 9.3% (9th) |
| Average | Average | 8.8% | % | 7.9% | % |
* Episode 20 did not air on December 9 due to a special news broadcast.
* Episodes did not air on January 26, 27, and 30 due to various other special programming.
* Episodes did not air on February 6 - February 15, due to coverage of presidential candidates.
* Episode 73 did not air on March 10 due to special news coverage of the impeachment trial of President Park Geun Hye.
* Episode 83 did not air on March 27.
* Episode 105 did not air on April 28 due to a presidential debate.
* Episode 106 did not air on May 2 due to the broadcast of a presidential debate.
* Episode 106 did not air on May 3 due to the broadcast of 'Mystery Rank Show 123'.
* Episode 108 did not air on May 9 due to news coverage of the presidential election.
* Episode 108 did not air on May 10 due to a special news program.
* Episode 120 did not air on May 26 due to the broadcast of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup match between South Korea and England.
* Episode 121 did not air on May 30 due to the broadcast of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Round of 16 match between South Korea and Portugal.