UEE stands her ground in Hyo-shim's Independent Life

15 August 16, 2023September 10, 2023

UEE stands her ground in Hyo-shim’s Independent Life

by lovepark

With the current weekender The Real Has Come ending in less than a month, KBS is getting ready to pass the baton to its next big family drama Hyo-shim’s Independent Life. Starring UEE (The Reason for Our Break Up) as the titular character Lee Hyo-shim, the drama will center around a filial daughter who devoted her life to supporting her family, but now, she tries to find independence for herself.

Nicknamed “Sim Cheong” (a.k.a., the epitome of filial piety in Korean folklore), Hyo-shim is the third child out of four and only daughter in her family. After her father abandons them, she takes up the role of breadwinner and works as a health trainer. In the poster, though, Hyo-shim carries a flag with the word “independence” on it, signaling a shift in our heroine’s priorities.

Playing opposite UEE is Ha Joon (Missing: The Other Side 2) as Kang Tae-ho. He has the trappings of a typical weekender lead — rich and handsome with a chip on his shoulder — and after studying abroad for twenty years, he returns to Korea hoping to uncover a secret. He gets entangled with Hyo-shim while visiting the health club where she works, and despite his initial rudeness, her firm professionalism breaks down his barriers and opens his heart.

Making his return to the small screen after four years is Go Joo-won (Haechi) as Tae-ho’s cousin Kang Tae-min. He holds an inferiority complex towards Tae-ho, so when his cousin returns and threatens to take over his position in the company as well as his love interest, Tae-min decides to face him head-on.

Rounding out the cast is Nam Bora (Today’s Webtoon) who will be playing ex-attorney and aspiring actor Jung Mi-rim. Though she achieved success in her old profession, Mi-rim grew disillusioned with the justice system, and thus, she starts anew in the entertainment business.

Directed by PD Kim Hyeong-il (The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won) and written by Jo Jeong-seon (Mother of Mine), KBS weekender Hyo-shim’s Independent Life will premiere on September 16.

Clockwise: UEE, Ha Joon, Nam Bora, Go Joo-won

Via Newsen, 10 Asia, JTBC, KBS

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1 OldLawyer

August 16, 2023 at 2:48 PM

This looks very, very promising. I was delighted to see that the PD for KING OF TEARS will be directing this: That show was exceptionally well directed. The cast is OK, and the premise of the story is good.

And I can see absolutely no reason why this story would need a one-year time skip, but then there was really no need for it in its immediate predecessor either (I'm not bitter, not really.......), so this show should be able to proceed with a more normal narrative progression.

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Ally

August 16, 2023 at 7:43 PM

That’s time skip in TRHC was strange.

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OldLawyer

August 16, 2023 at 10:21 PM

The more that I think about it the more bizarre and out of place it becomes.

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JillofAllTrades

August 18, 2023 at 4:13 PM

I feel they had no clue how to show her believably pregnant. And those this route.

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JillofAllTrades

August 18, 2023 at 4:13 PM

those = chose

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Ally

August 18, 2023 at 4:54 PM

True, she’s sooooo tiny.

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2 Kurama

August 17, 2023 at 12:21 AM

Oh, I really liked Go Joo-won in Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors. I didon't know if he had another first role after.

The number of rich guys studying abroad to come back because of a mystery is high in Kdrama world.

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JillofAllTrades

August 18, 2023 at 4:14 PM

None of them speak English (Because in K-drama abroad is always USA) convincingly to make you believe that stint abroad.

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3 welh

August 17, 2023 at 6:29 AM

I root for UEE because for more than a decade there has been a large Korean anti-fan base bullying and harassment of her. She is tall and thin but has been constantly fat shamed by netizens. It caused her to starve herself with one meal a day for eight years.

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OldLawyer

August 17, 2023 at 11:08 PM

"Fan" is short for Fanatic- and people who take things as far as you describe need to rein it in- or acknowledge their mental illness and get treated. The is no excuse for things like that.