Private Lives (TV series)

Private Lives 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”.

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.

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.