Synopsis
The story of an elegant Cheongdam-dong woman named Woo Ah-jin, who relished a life of luxury by marrying a quasi-chaebol son, until Park Bok-ja walks into her life.
Cast
Main
- A cheerful, elegant and charismatic woman who married into a rich family, but hit rock bottom after her husband's betrayal.
- A cool and unfazeable woman who climbs her way up the social totem pole despite coming from a small village.
- Ah-jin's cheating husband.
- Ji-hoo's sexy art teacher who is overwhelmed with greed for fame and honor. She betrays Ah-jin who helped her into the art world and cheats with her husband Jae-suk.
- A coma patient turned lawyer.
Extended
- Song Young-gyu as Jang Sung-soo
- Kim Bub-rae as Seo Moon-tak
- Chae Dong-hyun as Kim Bong-shik
- Hwang Hyo-eun as Chun Bang-soon
- Jo Sung-yoon as Goo Bong-chul
- Lee Jung-eun as Gook Sun-young
- Song Tae-yoon as Choi Ki-suk
- Seo Kyung-hwa as Mrs. Jo
- Lee Geon-woo as Ahn Woon-kyu
- Yoon Ye-in as Kyung San-daek
- So Hee-jung as Oh Poong-sook
- Park Jin-woo as Head of Department Park
- Lee Young-hoon as Mr. Kim
- Lee Kan-hee as Madam Kwak
- Kim Sun-bin as Han Min-ki
- Baek Seung-hoon as Bodyguard
- Baek Bo-ram as Se-hee
- Jeon Soo-kyung as Director Seo
- Jun Hun-tae as Detective Lee
Original soundtrack
Part 1
|
1. | "When the Cold Wind Blows" (찬바람이 불면) | E-QLO | | Ivy | 04:57 |
2. | "When the Cold Wind Blows" (Inst.) | | | | 04:57 |
Total length: | 09:54 |
Part 2
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1. | "Fly with the Wind" (돌려놔) | Kun-yo | - Kun-yo
- Yudam
- Lee Won-suk
- Lee Seong-hyun
| Navi, Lina | 03:37 |
2. | "Fly with the Wind" (Inst.) | | - Kun-yo
- Yudam
- Lee Won-suk
- Lee Seong-hyun
| | 03:37 |
Total length: | 07:14 |
Part 3
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1. | "Only Love You" (너만 사랑하다가) | | Han Sang-won | The Brothers | 03:36 |
2. | "Only Love You" (Inst.) | | Han Sang-won | | 03:36 |
Total length: | 07:12 |
Part 4
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1. | "Don't Want To Believe" (믿고 싶지 않아) | Blueblack | Jion | Lee Si-eun | 03:58 |
2. | "Don't Want To Believe" (Inst.) | | Jion | | 03:58 |
Total length: | 07:56 |
Part 5
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1. | "I Miss You" (보고싶어) | | | Kim Seong-ri | 03:46 |
2. | "I Miss You" (Inst.) | | | | 03:46 |
Total length: | 07:32 |
Part 6
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1. | "Drunken Night (Drama Ver.)" (보고싶어) | | - Norwegian Wood
- Kang Seung-hyun
- Blue Mangtto
- Rubatov
| Norwegian Wood | 03:38 |
Total length: | 03:38 |
Part 7
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1. | "Anything" | B.Heart | 03:15 |
2. | "Anything" (Inst.) | | 03:15 |
Total length: | 06:30 |
Part 8
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1. | "Why" (왜) | | | The NuTs | 04:04 |
2. | "Why" (Inst.) | | | | 04:04 |
Total length: | 08:08 |
Part 9
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1. | "Anding" | | | Stephanie | 03:49 |
2. | "Anding" (Inst.) | | | | 03:49 |
Total length: | 07:38 |
Reception
The Lady in Dignity is JTBC's highest rated drama with a single episode rating of 12.065%.[5]
Culture critic Jung Duk-hyun says that the drama is not just a soap opera about couples' affairs, but a "social drama" where the two women's confrontation symbolizes the power and class structures of the society.[6]
Due to its popularity, JTBC did a rerun of the series from October 2–6, 2017 with four-episode marathon per day starting from 7:00 (KST).[7]
Ratings
In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Note: This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).
International broadcast
- In Singapore, the series was broadcast on weekdays from 9pm to 10pm on Mediacorp Channel 8 from 2 October 2017 with the title Lady In Class (有品味的她). The show was dubbed into Mandarin, with Korean as the 2nd audio track. It repeated its run from Monday to Friday from 8am to 9 am. It is preceded by My Teacher Is A Thug (爱。不迟疑) and was succeeded by While We Are Young (Z世代)[13]
References
- ↑ "The Lady in Dignity". JTBC Worldwide. JTBC Content Hub. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ↑ "'품위있는그녀' 대본리딩 포착, 김희선-김선아 첫만남 어땠나". Newsen (in Korean). October 5, 2016.
- ↑ "김희선X김선아 '품위녀', JTBC 편성 확정 [공식]". TV Report (in Korean). March 22, 2017.
- ↑ "August 19, 2017 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea.
1st (JTBC) 금토드라마(품위있는그녀) 12.065%
- ↑ "August 19, 2017 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea.
1st (JTBC) 금토드라마(품위있는그녀) 12.065%
- ↑ "Actress plays double-face in 'Woman of Dignity'". The Korea Times.
- ↑ "Instagram post by <더 패키지> 매주 금•토 밤 11시! • Oct 1, 2017 at 12:51am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ ": TNMS 홈페이지에 오신 것을 환영합니다. :". www.tnms.tv. Archived from the original on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
- ↑ "'서울어워즈' 송강호·나문희·지성·박보영 주연상…·'박열'·'비숲' 대상[종합]". TV Report (in Korean). October 27, 2017.
- ↑ "[2018 백상예술대상 종합] tvN '비밀의 숲'·영화 '1987' 대상 영예+3·4관왕". Osen (in Korean). May 4, 2018.
- ↑ "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/marriage-and-murder-gangnam-style