# Private Lives (TV series)

Private Lives (Korean: 사생활; Hanja: 私生活; RR: Sasaenghwal) is a South Korean television series starring Seohyun, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Hyo-jin, Kim Young-min, and Tae Won-seok. It aired on JTBC from October 7 to November 26, 2020 and is available for streaming worldwide on Netflix.

## Synopsis

The drama revolves around a group of swindlers who stumbles upon secret information that could harm the nation. Using their skills and conning techniques, they go up against a huge conglomerate to reveal a major “private life”.

## Cast
### Main

* Seohyun as Cha Joo-eun
    A 29-year-old veteran swindler who doesn't like a hard and nasty life. She is a woman who manipulates her own private life. Since her school days, she has contributed greatly to her family business as a life-type swindler.
* Go Kyung-pyo as Lee Jung-hwan
    GK Technology Development Team 2's Team Manager. He is a man who threw his private life among crooks to live. He actually runs a detective agency named Spy Detective Agency. Unaware of Joo-eun's private life, Jung-hwan asks her to marry him with a trembling heart, and the marriage of the two goes in a flurry.
* Kim Hyo-jin as Jeong Bok-gi/Sophia Chung
    A former announcer by the name of Jeong Yoon-kyung. She is a woman who uses other people's private lives. When everyone in her country tried to kill her, only Jae-wook reached out a helping hand. She was reborn as a swindler conqueror by holding hand with Jae-wook
* Kim Young-min as Kim Jae-wook/Edward Kim
    A swindler from GK Technology. He is a man who tramples on other people's private lives.

### Supporting
#### People around Cha Joo-eun

* Park Sung-geun as Cha Hyun-tae, Joo-eun's father
* Song Seon-mi as Kim Mi-sook, Joo-eun's mother
* Tae Won-seok as Hanson, Joo-eun's mentor. He was once a boxer and a gangster. He is Mi-sook and Joo-eun's fraud partner.
* Jang Jin-hee as Jang Min-jung, Joo-eun's best friend who she met at Cheongpa Women's Prison. Min-jung used to run an illegal gambling place for women in Hwaryu.
* Yoo Hee-je as Park Tae-joo
* Yoon Sa-bong as Yang In-sook, retired police officer who has a soft spot for Joo-eun
* Kim Seo-won as President Nam

#### People around Lee Jung-hwan

* Kim Min-sang as Kim Sang-man, director of Strategic Planning at GK Technology
* Kim Ba-da as Woo Seok-ho, team leader of GK Electronics Strategic Planning Division 2
* Jang Won-hyuk as Choi Yoon-seok/Choi Min-seok, a genius hacker who works at a local computer repair shop called PC Graveyard
* Song Sang-eun as Go Hye-won, manager of the Spy Detective Agency

#### Police

* Lee Hak-joo as Kim Myung-hyun
* Park Sung-hoon as Jung Dae-sang
* Lee Yun-seol as Kang Soo-jin
* Yoon Jung-hoon as Park Kyung-seop
* Kwak Min-ho as Lee Min-kyu

### Others

* Cha Soo-yeon as Oh Hyun-kyung, a lawyer at O&S Law Office
* Ha Young as Yoo Mi-young
* Min Ji-oh as Yoo Byeong-joon
* Lee Jae-eun as Ottu Restaurant employee
* Kong Yoo-seok as Jeong Bok-gi's chauffeur

### Special appearances

* Han Kyu-won as Chief Park Jin-woo (Ep. 1-2)
* Kim Kang-il as criminal making deal (Ep. 1)
* Yoo Young-bok as Lee Jung-hwan's father (Ep. 2)
* Kim Joo-ah as Lee Jung-hwan's mother (Ep. 2)

## Production

The series marks Go Kyung-pyo's first acting role since his military discharge in January 2020 as well as Kim Hyo-jin's small screen comeback after 8 years.
The first script reading took place in April 2020 at JTBC Building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on September 16, 2020 but it was postponed to October 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 592 | 587 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |