Unkind Ladies

Unkind Ladies is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-ja, Chae Shi-ra, Do Ji-won and Lee Ha-na. It aired on KBS2 from February 25 to May 14, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.

Plot
Three generations of a family of women are led by matriarch Kang Soon-ok, a famous cooking instructor to the rich and famous. Her older daughter Kim Hyun-jung is a rising network anchor at a television station, while younger daughter Kim Hyun-sook is the black sheep of the family. Jung Ma-ri is Hyun-sook's daughter but takes after her aunt by being accomplished, and is on track to become the youngest professor at the university where she works. Ma-ri gets caught up in a love triangle between a pair of half-brothers, reporter Lee Doo-jin and kendo instructor Lee Roo-oh.

Main characters

 * Kim Hye-ja as Kang Soon-ok
 * Lee Hang-na as 37-year-old Soon-ok
 * Chae Shi-ra as Kim Hyun-sook
 * Ha Seung-ri as young Hyun-sook
 * Do Ji-won as Kim Hyun-jung
 * Im Ju-yeon as young Hyun-jung
 * Lee Ha-na as Jung Ma-ri

Supporting characters

 * Jang Mi-hee as Jang Mo-ran
 * Ha Ji-eun as young Mo-ran
 * Lee Soon-jae as Kim Chul-hee/Yang Mi-nam
 * Kim Hyun-goon as young Chul-hee
 * Lee Mi-do as Park Eun-shil
 * Park Hyuk-kwon as Jung Goo-min
 * Yoon Jong-hoon as young Goo-min
 * Seo Yi-sook as Na Hyun-ae/Na Mal-nyeon
 * Kim Hye-eun as Ahn Jong-mi
 * Kim Min-young as young Jong-mi
 * Son Chang-min as Lee Moon-hak
 * Yoo Se-hyung as Yoo Se-hyeong
 * Song Jae-rim as Lee Roo-oh
 * Kim Ji-seok as Lee Doo-jin
 * Choi Jung-woo as Han Choong-gil
 * Jung Ji-soon as Sun Dong-tae
 * Song Young-gyu as Lee Moon-soo (flashback)
 * Park Ji-a as Vocalist
 * Chae Sang-woo as Gook Young-soo
 * Kim Min-young as Ahn Jong-mi
 * Ji Yi-soo as Jae-kyung
 * Ham Sung-min as Student
 * Oh Hee-joon as Instructor Kim
 * Jang Kyung-ae as Mari's friend
 * Lee Seung-hyun as Na Boo-gil
 * Kwon Il-soo as martial artist extra

Cameos

 * Jang Gwang as traditional fortune-teller (episode 1)
 * Joo Jong-hyuk as Ma-ri's student (episode 1)
 * Julian Quintart as Leif Garrett (flashbacks)
 * Lee Sang-yoon as top star (episode 3)
 * Boyfriend as popular idol group (episode 5)
 * Park Chil-yong as jewelry appraiser (Ahn Jong-mi's uncle; episode 6)
 * Choi Jong-hoon & Choi Ha-na as adulterous couple (episode 8)
 * Lee Seung-yeon as junior anchorwoman (episode 8)
 * An Si-wu as presentator on the train (episode 15)
 * Lee Su-han as helper of presentator on the train (episode 15)
 * Lee Yong-seong as helper of presentator on the train (episode 15)
 * Lee Sang-joon as pianist (episode 19)
 * Lee Deok-hwa as Han Ki-young, Mo-ran's ex-fiancé (episodes 21-22)