The Second Husband

The Second Husband is a South Korean television series starring Cha Seo-won, Uhm Hyun-kyung, Han Ki-woong and Oh Seung-ah. The series, directed by Kim Chil-bong and written by Seo Hyeon-joo for Pan Entertainment, is a passionate romance drama in which a woman who has lost her family unfairly ventures out for revenge amid mixed fate and love.

The daily drama premiered on MBC on August 9, 2021, and aired every weekday at 19:10 (KST) till April 5, 2022. In view of the popularity of the series, it was extended for another 30 episodes from its original 120 episodes making a total of 150 episodes.

Synopsis
Second Husband is a passionate romance story. It revolves around Bong Seon-hwa (Uhm Hyun-kyung) and her family surrounding a confectionery company. She underwent an unfortunate childhood, but due to her strong and positive personality, she rises up. Growing up in the same neighborhood she had a long relationship with Moon Sang-hyeok (Han Ki-woong). But, when she unjustly loses her family due to a tragedy born out of an unstoppable desire, she pledges revenge in the mixed fate and love. Bong Seon-Hwa transforms into 'Sharon' in order to restore what was hers.

Main

 * Cha Seo-won as Yoon Jae-min
 * The only son of Yoon Dae-gook and Joo Hae-ran (Dae-gook is the chairman of a confectionery company). He has an MBA from the United States, but wanted to become a singer, and quarreled with his parents over his career choices. It was revealed he was actually Bae Seo-hyun, the youngest son of Seon-hwa’s adoptive mother Bok Bok-soon, who was kidnapped at birth and eventually ended up unknowningly adopted by Hae-ran.


 * Uhm Hyun-kyung as Bong Seon-hwa
 * Lee Hyo-bi as young Bong Seon-hwa
 * A diligent and positive girl, but due to forcing circumstances, pledges revenge. She has a child after a long relationship with Moon Sang-hyeok, but loses the child due to his betrayal and she wrongfully spent four years in jail for murder.


 * Oh Seung-ah as Yoon Jae-kyeong
 * Jae-min's half sister, the illegitimate child of the chairman of a confectionery company. She's someone who does not hesitate to do anything to fulfill her ambitions. She is the main antagonist who killed Seon-hwa’s grandmother and others, and will murder anyone who stands in her way. She was in the end, sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment for the murders and other crimes she committed.


 * Han Ki-woong as Moon Sang-hyeok,
 * Seon-hwa's ex-lover, a heartless man who abandons his lover and child for power and money. He later gotten his comeuppance by spending seven years in prison.

Daeguk Group

 * Jung Sung-mo as Yoon Dae-gook, the chairman of confectionery company. He murdered his best friend in order to pursue Joo Hae Ran, and masks his evil doings from everyone around him. He thinks bloodline is very important and favors Jae-Min over Jae-Gyeong. He fails to acknowledge Yoon Jae-Gyung until she becomes pregnant with his grandson. He even tried to harm Seon-Hwa several times. His crimes were exposed in the end and he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
 * Ji Soo-won as Joo Hae-ran
 * Jae-min's mother, Yoon Dae-gook's wife, the chairman of the Ace Welfare Foundation. Despite being quiet and classy always, she is vengeful and clever. She uses Dae-gook to gain power to get revenge at him as she blames him for her daughter’s disappearance. It was revealed later that she was Seon-hwa’s real mother and felt guilty for abusing and abandoning her real daughter. Eventually, she and Seon-hwa acknowledge each other and their relationship began to improve.


 * Kang Yoon as Kim Soo-cheol
 * The secretary of Chairman Yoon of the confectionery company, who was brought in by Joo Hae-Ran at a young age. He secretly loves Jae-Gyeong and is loyal to her, and helped her commit several crimes. He eventually realised her true nature and thus confessed to the crime Seon-Hwa was accused of, and even exposed Jae-kyung. Soo-chul was in the end, sentenced to five years’ jail.

Hanok Bakery

 * Lee Ho-sung as Bae Dal-bong
 * Bok-Soon's father-in-law and Bae Seo-joon's grandfather. He has considerable wealth, but has frugal ways.


 * Kim Hee-jung as Bok Bok-soon
 * Bae Dal-bong's daughter-in-law. Bae Seo-joon's mother. She lost her daughter Seo-jeong and treats Bong Seon-hwa as a daughter She was revealed to have a youngest son named Seo-hyun, who was kidnapped at birth and remained missing till this day.


 * Shin Woo-gyeom as Bae Seo-joon
 * Bok-soon's son, Bae Dal-bong's grandchild

Sang-hyeok's family

 * Choi Ji-yeon as Yang Mal-ja, Moon Sang-hyeok and Moon Sang-mi's mother. She is shameless and greedy, and thinks very highly of her son.
 * Chun Yi-seul as Moon Sang-mi, an aspiring model, Moon Sang-hyeok's sister, she has crush on Bae Seo-joon

Bong Seon-hwa's family

 * Sung Byung-sook as Han Gop-boon, Seon-hwa's grandmother, who was murdered in the middle of the series by Jae-kyung

Others

 * Kim Sung-hee as Park Haeng-sil
 * Yoon Jae-kyeong's mother, a former room salon madam. She is greedy and evil like her daughter. However, it was revealed that she kept the secret from Dae Guk that Jae-kyeong is not his biological daughter and that she forged the DNA results to deceive him.


 * Lee Kan-hee as Ok Kyeong-i
 * Mal Ja's friend


 * Son Kwang-eop as Kang In-ho, an entrepreneur
 * Kim Jung-hwa as Choi Eun-gyeol, who was ordered by Yoon Jae-Kyung to pretend to be Bong Bit-na, Joo Hae-ran's biological daughter.

Special appearance

 * Tony Ahn as a producer
 * Im Chan-mi

Production
Initially, Seo Eun-woo was cast in the role of Yoon Jae-kyeong, but due to the production schedule, she dropped out, and Oh Seung-ah took over.

This daily drama marks Uhm Hyun-kyung's reappearance in an MBC production three years after the Saturday revenge drama Hide and Seek in 2018. Uhm Hyun-kyung and Cha Seo-won are also reuniting after playing the second leads in TVN's 2019 miniseries Miss Lee. Oh Seung-ah and Kim Hee-jung are reunited after MBC's 2018 daily drama Secrets and Lies.

On December 7, 2021, one of the drama's staff tested positive for the COVID-19. On December 8, 2021, it was revealed that the main leads and the director are negative.

On January 6, 2022, it was reported that the series is confirmed to air for extended time than its initial planned 120 episodes.

The filming of the series was completed on March 17, 2022.