It's Beautiful Now

It's Beautiful Now is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Bae Da-bin, Oh Min-suk, Shin Dong-mi, Seo Bum-june, and Choi Ye-bin. Directed by Kim Seong-geun, the weekend drama depicts the reality of the current generation that are reluctant to get married and have a family. It premiered on KBS2 on April 2, 2022 and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST) till September 18, 2022.

Synopsis
The series depicts the story of Lee family whose head is Lee Kyung-cheol (Park In-hwan), the grandfather. His son Lee Min-ho (Park Sang-won) and his wife Han Kyung-ae (Kim Hye-ok) who have 3 sons. The sons are reluctant to marry, so the elders declare that they would give an apartment to the son who marry within 6 months.

Main

 * Yoon Shi-yoon as Lee Hyun-jae
 * 36 years old, partner lawyer in law firm Haejun Specializing in family (divorce/inheritance) law and criminal law. A lawyer with a high win rate due to his logical eloquence.


 * Bae Da-bin as Hyun Mi-rae
 * 31 years old, eldest daughter, a VIP personal shopper, she asks for an annulment of marriage by saying that she was fraudulently married.


 * Oh Min-suk as Lee Yun-jae
 * 39 years old, a dentist.


 * Shin Dong-mi as Shin Hae-jun
 * 41 years old, CEO of law firm Haejun, divorce attorney. She has a crush on Yun-jae.


 * Seo Bum-june as Lee Soo-jae
 * 27 years old, 7th grade public exam preparation student, the youngest brother with a strong positive narcissism and is doing a part-time job of loading and unloading at a parcel delivery service. He met Na Yu-na at his part time job.


 * Choi Ye-bin as Na Yu-na
 * 25 years old, she is the eldest of two sons and one daughter. She dreams of becoming a pastry chef. She is working hard at a bakery academy and also working part-time as a courier.

Lee family

 * Park In-hwan as Lee Kyeong-cheol
 * Ji Seung-hyun as young Lee Kyeong-cheol
 * 79 years old, head of Igane, Min-ho's father, he worked hard as a fresh produce seller.


 * Park Sang-won as Lee Min-ho
 * 60 years old, Lee Kyeong-cheol's adopted son, Kyung-ae's husband, vice-principal of a middle school, father of 3 sons.


 * Kim Hye-ok as Han Kyung-ae
 * 60 years old, Min-ho's wife, mother of 3 sons.

Lee extended family

 * Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Lee Kyung-soon
 * 76 years old, Lee Kyeong-cheol's younger sister, who immigrated to the Atlanta, United States but went bankrupt and came back to live with her brother.


 * Jung Heung-chae as Choi Man-ri
 * 58 years old, Lee Kyung-soon's son.


 * Kim Ye-ryeong as Yoo Hye-yeong
 * 55 years old, Choi Man-ri's wife.


 * Cha Yeop as Choi Seong-soo
 * 35 years old, law firm manager in Hae-jun's law firm, Lee Hyun-jae's cousin.


 * Hyun Jyu-ni as Lee So-ra
 * 35 years old, wife of Choi Seong-soo, She is a nursing assistant in Lee Yoon-jae's dental clinic. Lee So-ra married at an age of 20, and has three children.


 * Kim Hyo-kyung as Choi Ha-neul
 * 12 years old, the eldest daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra.


 * Im Ye-jin as Choi Ba-da
 * 10 years old, the second daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra.


 * Kim So-min as Choi Hae
 * 8 years old, the youngest son of Seong-soo and So-ra.

Hyun family

 * Ban Hyo-jung as Yoon Jung-ja
 * 80 years old, a successful restaurateur, anything she touched turned into money.


 * Byun Woo-min as Hyun Jin-heon
 * 57 years old, Yoon Jung-ja's son. He owns a Gimbap franchise and is in love with his wife.


 * Park Ji-young as Jin Su-jeong
 * 53 years old, Hyun Jin-heon's wife. She lived a comfortable life and gave birth to a daughter and a son (Hyun Mi-rae and Hyun Jeong-hoo).


 * Kim Kang-min as Hyun Jeong-hoo
 * 27 years old, Hyun Mi-rae's younger brother and Head of Bong Food headquarters. He has crush on Na Yu-na.

Others

 * Hong Yo-seob as Na Seok-man, Yu-na's father
 * Song Ok-sook as Sok Sook-suk, Yu-na's mother
 * Lee Joo-shil as Jung Mi-young
 * 77 years old, Su-jeong's mother.


 * Choi Su-rin as Jin-ju
 * Su-jeong's sister-in-law.


 * Kwak Hee-ju as Na Wan-ju
 * Na Yu-na's younger brother.


 * Ahn Sang-eun as Satbyul
 * Macaron shop owner and Yu-na.

Special appearances

 * Bae Woo-hee as Yeon Na-young
 * Lee Hyun-jin as Park Jun-hyung
 * 32 years old, party to the marriage annulment lawsuit.


 * Kim Sun-woong as Bong Food worker
 * Woo Hyun as Judiciary
 * Kim Ji-min as The plaintiff filed for divorce.
 * Bae Geu-rin as So Young-eun
 * 36 years old, ex-girlfriend of Hyun-jae, after breaking up with Lee Hyun-jae, she married the son of a semi-millionaire and followed each other's rules. 10 years later, the two reunited as lawyers and divorce clients.


 * Yoon Bok-in as VIP client
 * Lee Jung-hyuk as Jaehyun, So Young-eun's ex-husband.
 * Nam Bo-ra as Kim Yu-jin, currently recommended playwrights.

Production
In August, it was reported that Yoon Shi-yoon has been offered role in the series and he was considering it positively. Director Kim Seong-geun directed a KBS weekend drama after the 2006 weekend TV series Thank You, My Life and the 2009 daily drama Jolly Widows. Park In-hwan and Shin Dong-mi are working together after the 2019 TV series Liver or Die. Park In-hwan last appeared in the KBS weekend drama Believe in Love in 2011. Kim Hye-ok is appearing in a KBS weekend drama for the fourth time. Previously, she joined in My Too Perfect Sons (2009), Seoyoung, My Daughter (2012) and My Golden Life (2017) with KBS.

On March 11, photos from script reading site were released revealing the site. Production presentation of the series was given by Oh Min-seok, Shin Dong-mi, Yoon Si-yoon, Bae Da-bin, Seo Bum-june, and Choi Ye-bin on April 1, 2022.

Release and reception
It's Beautiful Now began its first broadcast on KBS2 on April 2, 2022, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 20:00 (KST). As per Nielsen Korea, the 50th episode of the series logged 29.4% nationwide ratings. It also attracted 5.3 million viewers and as of September 18, 2022, it was placed at 12th rank among Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea.