Why Her

* Melodrama
* Hwang In-youp
* Heo Joon-ho
 Distributor | * SBS

***Why Her*** (Korean: 왜 오수재인가; RR: *Wae Osujaeinga*; lit. ***Why Oh Soo-jae?***) is an upcoming 2022 South Korean television series directed by Park Soo-jin. Starring Seo Hyun-jin in titular role of Oh Soo-jae, the series also features Hwang In-youp and Heo Joon-ho in pivotal roles. It is about the coldhearted lawyer Oh Soo-jae and law school student Gong Chan (Hwang In-youp) falling in love. The series is scheduled to premiere on SBS TV in June 2022 and will air every Friday and Saturday, at 22:00 (KST). It will also available for streaming on Viki and ViuTV.

## Synopsis

Oh Soo-jae (Seo Hyun-jin) is a talented lawyer and the youngest partner at TK Law Firm, the best law firm in South Korea. Oh Soo-jae is driven by her desire to win cases and also her self-righteous principles. She has lived her life to achieve success, but she gets involved in an unexpected case and she gets demoted to work as an adjunct professor at a law school. At the law school, Oh Soo-jae meets Gong Chan (Hwang In-youp). He is a student there. Gong Chan has experienced a painful past, but he still has a warm heart. He falls in love with Oh Soo-jae and he would do anything for her. Meanwhile, Choi Tae-kook (Heo Jun-ho) is the chairman of TK Law Firm. He would do anything to satisfy his desires, even if it's illegal or immoral.

## Cast

### Main

* Seo Hyun-jin as Oh Soo-jae
* Hwang In-youp as Gong Chan
	+ Lee Eugene as young Gong Chan

### Supporting

#### TK law firm

* Heo Joon-ho as Choi Tae-kook
* Jeon Jin-ki as Ha Il-goo
* Lee Geung-young as Han Seong-beom
* Lee Joo-woo as Song Mi-rim
* Ji Seung-hyun as Choi Joo-wan
* Park Shin-woo as Han Dong-oh

#### Seojung University Law school faculty and students

* Kim Chang-wan as Baek Jin-gi
* Bae In-hyuk as Choi Yoon-sang
* Ji Joo-yeon as Jeong Hee-yeong
* Lee Jin-hyuk as Nam Chun-poong
* Son Ji-hyun as Na Se-ryun
* Kim Ji-hwi as Park Jo-Gyo
* Kim Jae-hwa as Jo Kang-ja

### Others

* Lee Kyu-sung as So Hyeong-chil
* Bae Hae-sun as Ji Soon-ok
* Cha Chung-hwa as Chae Joon-hee
* Choi Young-jun as Yoon Se-pil
* Kim Joong-don as Do Jin-myung
* Seo Jin-won as Kim Sang-man
* Jo Dal-hwan as Gu Gu-gap

## Production

### Casting

On December 10, 2020 SBS announcing its lineup for dramas, informed that a series titled as *Why Oh Soo-jae*, in which actor Seo Hyun-jin takes on the title role, would be released in 2021. The romance drama set in a law school, is written by Kim Ji-eun and directed by Park Soo-jin. It was confirmed that she will appear in the series as eccentric professor. Hwang In-youp and Heo Joon-ho were also confirmed as part of the main cast in October 2021.

### Filming

Script reading took place on October 19, 2021 while filming began in November of the same year.

On January 24, 2022 a representative from the entertainment industry told that filming for *Why Her,* who started filming last year, stopped filming for two weeks after director Park Soo-jin was diagnosed with COVID-19. Director Park Soo-jin, who had never been vaccinated on the doctor's recommendation, was unable to return to the filming set for health reasons after being diagnosed with COVID-19.  However, co-director PD Kim Ji-yeon and Kang Bo-seung took over the role of PD Park Soo-jin temporarily.

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18. ↑ Shim Eom-kyung (September 14, 2021). "[단독]'신흥 믿보배' 이규성, '왜 오수재인가' 합류…서현진·황인엽·배인혁과 호흡" [[Exclusive] 'New Trusted Bae' Lee Kyu-seong joins 'Why Oh Soo-jae'... Breathing with Seo Hyun-jin, Hwang In-yeop, and Bae In-hyuk]. *SpoTVNews* (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
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28. ↑ Park Jin-young. "서현진X황인엽 '왜 오수재인가', 19일 대본리딩…첫 삽 뜬다" [Seo Hyun-jin X Hwang In-yeop 'Why Oh Soo-jae', reading the script on the 19th... The first shovel floats]. *Joy News 24* (in Korean). Retrieved November 7, 2021.
29. ↑ Moon Ji-yeon (January 24, 2022). "[단독] '왜 오수재인가', 감독 백신 미접종→코로나19 확진..연출 추가 투입" [[Exclusive] 'Why Oh Soo-jae', supervisory vaccine not inoculated → Corona 19 confirmed... Additional production input] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Naver.
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## External links

* Official website (in Korean)
* *Why Oh Soo-jae?* at Daum (in Korean)
* *Why Her* at HanCinema