Title: 전설의 마녀 / The Legendary Witch
Chinese Title: 湔雪的魔女
Genre: Family, Romance
Episodes: 40
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2014-Oct-25 to 2015-March-08
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:55
Synopsis
This drama is about four female inmates in Room 10 of the Chungjoo Women’s Prison who are charged with murder, fraud, stock manipulation, and attempted murder. These Four women are Moon Soo In (Han Ji Hye), Shim Bok Nyuh (Go Doo Shim), Son Poong Geum (Oh Hyun Kyung) and Seo Mi Oh (Ha Yeon Soo).
After being released, with the baking knowledge learned from the prison, they join to open a bakery shop which eventually compete against a large bakery company run by a conglomerate.
Cast
Main Cast
Han Ji Hye as Moon Soo In
Go Doo Shim as Shim Bok Nyuh
Oh Hyun Kyung as Son Poong Geum
Ha Yeon Soo as Seo Mi Oh
Ha Suk Jin as Nam Woo Suk
Ma Family
Park Geun Hyung as CEO Ma Tae San (Do Jin’s father)
– Shim Hyung Tak as Ma Tae San (young)
Jung Hye Sun as Bok Dan Shim (Tae San’s wife)
Jun In Hwa as Cha Aeng Ran (Do Jin’s mother)
– Ha Eun Jin as Cha Aeng Ran (young)
Kim Yoon Seo as Ma Joo Hee (Tae San’s second daughter)
Do Sang Woo as Ma Do Jin
Byun Jung Soo as Ma Joo Ran (Tae San’s first daughter)
Lee Seung Joon as Park Won Jae (Joo Ran’s husband)
People of Seochon
Park In Hwan as Park Yi Moon (Woo Suk’s father in law)
Lee Jong Won as Tak Wol Han
Lee Sook as Bae Chung Ja
Lee Han Seo as Nam Byul
Others
Kim Soo Mi as Kim Young Wok
Hong Ah Reum as Eun Bo Gyeong (Do Jin’s fiance)
Lee Seung Hyung as Director Wang
Kwon Sung Duk as Kim Deok Goo
Kim Jung Kyoon as Lee Gang Choon
Kim Dong Hee as accommodation manager
Won Jong Rye as Bo Gyeong’s mother
Kwak Min Suk as employee of public prosecutor’s office
Tae Hang Ho as Company President Kim
Goo Hye Ryung as accommodation owner
Yum Dong Hun as Oh Man Bok
Hwang Suk Jung as Oh Man Bok’s wife
Kim Ik Tae as sweet factory manager
Go Joo Won as Ma Do Hyun
– Park Solomon as Ma Do Hyun (young)
Go Woo Rim as Young Jin Woo
Park Ah Sung as Kim Kun
Kim Tae Yoon
Cameo
Jung Dong Kyu as foreman of parole jury
Jo Kyoung Hoon (조경훈) as neighborhood bully
Yoon Yong Hyun as neighborhood bully
Lee Yong Nyeo as prisoner
Maeng Bong Hak (맹봉학) as customer
Ahn Sang Tae as person preparing test
Bien Jeong Min (변정민) woman at blind date
Kim Hee Jung as Ahn Joo In
Jung Ji Soon as Tak Dae Han
Joo Ho as Tak Gwi Han
Son Hwa Ryeong as Tak Wol Sook
Lee Dae Ro as Attorney Kang Cheol Ho
Kim Jung Hak as employee of public prosecutor’s office
Kwak In Joon as employee of public prosecutor’s office
Lee Kyung Young as Finance Director Park
Jo Sung Hee
Park Gun Rak
Jo Ha Suk
Oh Soon Tae
Yoon Ji Wook
Kim Gwang In (김광인)
Min Joon Hyun
Production Credits
Production Company: Pan Entertainment
Chief Producer: Kim Kyung Hee
Director: Joo Sung Woo
Screenwriter: Goo Hyun Sook
Note
Due to the high ratings, this drama has been extended 4 episodes to total of 40 episodes.
Awards
2015 MBC Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Special Production): Kim Soo Mi (The Legendary Witch)
2015 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Actress (Special Production): Oh Hyun Kyung (The Legendary Witch)
2015 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress (Special Production): Jun In Hwa (My Daughter Geum Sa Wol & The Legendary Witches)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2014-10-25 | 1 | 13.4 (2nd) | 16.0 (2nd) | 14.5 (2nd) | 16.6 (2nd) |
| 2014-10-26 | 2 | 12.6 (4th) | 16.1 (3rd) | 13.8 (4th) | 16.2 (4th) |
| 2014-11-01 | 3 | 13.6 (3rd) | 16.2 (2nd) | 14.0 (2nd) | 15.2 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-02 | 4 | 13.5 (6th) | 17.5 (2nd) | 15.7 (3rd) | 16.7 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-08 | 5 | 14.6 (3rd) | 17.4 (3rd) | 16.5 (2nd) | 17.7 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-09 | 6 | 15.8 (2nd) | 20.3 (2nd) | 17.5 (2nd) | 18.3 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-15 | 7 | 16.4 (2nd) | 19.6 (2nd) | 19.1 (2nd) | 19.8 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-16 | 8 | 16.9 (2nd) | 21.2 (2nd) | 20.8 (2nd) | 22.5 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-22 | 9 | 17.7 (2nd) | 21.5 (2nd) | 21.3 (2nd) | 23.2 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-23 | 10 | 18.2 (2nd) | 22.8 (2nd) | 22.0 (2nd) | 24.6 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-29 | 11 | 19.3 (2nd) | 23.2 (2nd) | 20.8 (2nd) | 21.8 (2nd) |
| 2014-11-30 | 12 | 19.9 (2nd) | 23.5 (2nd) | 23.0 (2nd) | 24.7 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-06 | 13 | 19.4 (2nd) | 23.4 (2nd) | 21.0 (2nd) | 22.8 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-07 | 14 | 19.6 (2nd) | 24.2 (2nd) | 23.3 (2nd) | 25.2 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-13 | 15 | 19.3 (2nd) | 23.9 (2nd) | 22.4 (2nd) | 23.8 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-14 | 16 | 21.7 (2nd) | 26.1 (2nd) | 24.1 (2nd) | 25.9 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-20 | 17 | 24.2 (2nd) | 28.2 (2nd) | 25.1 (2nd) | 26.6 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-21 | 18 | 23.3 (2nd) | 28.3 (2nd) | 25.6 (2nd) | 28.0 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-27 | 19 | 20.9 (2nd) | 24.6 (3rd) | 25.0 (2nd) | 27.2 (2nd) |
| 2014-12-28 | 20 | 22.4 (2nd) | 26.8 (2nd) | 26.1 (2nd) | 28.1 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-03 | 21 | 24.6 (2nd) | 29.7 (2nd) | 27.2 (2nd) | 30.0 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-04 | 22 | 24.2 (2nd) | 29.9 (2nd) | 26.6 (2nd) | 28.8 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-10 | 23 | 25.2 (2nd) | 30.2 (2nd) | 25.9 (2nd) | 27.0 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-11 | 24 | 24.6 (2nd) | 30.7 (2nd) | 27.0 (2nd) | 29.5 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-17 | 25 | 26.1 (2nd) | 30.8 (2nd) | 28.0 (2nd) | 30.9 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-18 | 26 | 25.8 (2nd) | 32.2 (2nd) | 27.8 (2nd) | 31.2 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-24 | 27 | 28.0 (2nd) | 35.6 (2nd) | 30.3 (2nd) | 32.2 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-25 | 28 | 28.0 (2nd) | 34.1 (2nd) | 30.9 (2nd) | 34.0 (2nd) |
| 2015-01-31 | 29 | 27.5 (2nd) | 32.2 (1st) | 31.4 (1st) | 34.2 (1st) |
| 2015-02-01 | 30 | 28.0 (2nd) | 34.4 (2nd) | 31.4 (2nd) | 33.8 (2nd) |
| 2015-02-07 | 31 | 28.0 (2nd) | 33.6 (2nd) | 28.2 (2nd) | 30.3 (2nd) |
| 2015-02-08 | 32 | 27.4 (2nd) | 32.6 (2nd) | 30.2 (2nd) | 32.5 (2nd) |
| 2015-02-14 | 33 | 26.7 (2nd) | 31.3 (2nd) | 27.9 (2nd) | 29.6 (2nd) |
| 2015-02-15 | 34 | 26.2 (2nd) | 32.6 (2nd) | 28.5 (2nd) | 30.4 (2nd) |
| 2015-02-21 | 35 | 25.9 (1st) | 29.6 (1st) | 28.3 (1st) | 29.9 (1st) |
| 2015-02-22 | 36 | 27.5 (1st) | 32.4 (1st) | 29.5 (1st) | 31.5 (1st) |
| 2015-02-28 | 37 | 26.3 (1st) | 30.9 (1st) | 28.7 (1st) | 31.2 (1st) |
| 2015-03-01 | 38 | 26.6 (1st) | 31.0 (1st) | 28.2 (1st) | 30.5 (1st) |
| 2015-03-07 | 39 | 26.8 (1st) | 32.3 (1st) | 28.8 (1st) | 31.1 (1st) |
| 2015-03-08 | 40 | 29.0 (1st) | 34.4 (1st) | 30.1 (1st) | 31.8 (1st) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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March 2nd, 2015 at 1:28 pm
with all the comments(saying not a good things on latest episodes) i am wondering what ending you guys wanted. this drama really made a good twist (that makes us still on post)and giving soo in a choice which between the past and the future she could hand over the rest of her life to. for me, soo in has to choose woo seok, she needs a new start and buried the past-forget everything of the past since it did not gave her any good to begin with, including not to mind her ex husband’s existence.
March 6th, 2015 at 10:45 am
@151 milky tea…….
100% agree with you…. this drama is good…. also soon in must choose woo seok. as hers past its un happy with in law family
March 7th, 2015 at 9:38 am
Me too…..totally agreed with the comment by 151 milky tea.
Soo should go forward to a man can give her happiest. Although her x-husband loved her so much but his evil family is giving her a night mare.
March 7th, 2015 at 5:35 pm
I personally love this Drama its one of my favorites of the year. im excited to see how they will wrap it up! I want to see the Ma family pay for their wretchedness and miss deeds especially the chairman and those sisters i hope she choose the other guy too no need to go backwards yeah its sad and its not his fault but i get the feeling hes gonna relapse or something.
And the bakery business im excited to see what happens with that painted sap bread . I don’t know why in Korean dramas the girl who wants the guy but cant get thinks that if a chic is in the way gets out oft the picture he will choose her automatically ! And why don’t they know that if you have to go through so much trouble and evil to get him it probably will end up being a hell of your own making. His body is ther but his soul is gone i Always find that detestable in dramas but i keep watching lol!
March 9th, 2015 at 5:26 am
I loved and flowwed this Drama since it fiest came out on Youtube…I even kept checking on hear the date when the next episode will come out, But what hell with the ending??…This drama would have been more exiceting if they showed the court hearings for MR Ma and show the babys for the older sister… And it should end with the wedding of Soo In and Woo Seok… It would have been good to end it with 2 pr 5 more episode…sux
March 9th, 2015 at 10:17 am
Have not seen the final episode yet. Leave it to Koreans to go this far and screw it up at the end. Is it because by then the writer is so tired that she( mostly women writers over 40) ran out of ideas? Why not have a pretty ending. After we suffer thru all these episodes, even the repetitious ones, we should have a reward at the end, shouldn’t we??geeez!
March 9th, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Ohhh My…Soo in choose her X-husband??
March 9th, 2015 at 1:18 pm
Loved the final two episodes, actually one of my best family and romantic drama. The drama was not unpredictable at all. That’s why I reallllllly going to miss it </3 . Thanks to MBC for this TV drama. However, I'm waiting for angry woman because Kim Hee Sun going to be in it <3 . I love MBC forever lol
March 9th, 2015 at 5:28 pm
When I watched prev of ep 31 MDY was going to wake up I stopped to watch this show. Coz I was afraid to watched MSI ill feel to whom she should choosed. But After the final ep released I watched again the whole ep ’till the end and my comment is very wonderful drama ! There’s a lot lesson to learnt from this drama. I’m going to miss the cute Ha Suk Jin ! hiks….. Btw I more like Go Joo Woon while acted on ur the best Lee soon shin, He looked so cool in there !
March 9th, 2015 at 9:18 pm
the ending is so good n enjoyable thx to the sscrenwriter… good job…..:)
March 10th, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Whom did Soo In ended up to? I stopped watching at Ep 30.. Please let me know guys… Thanks
March 15th, 2015 at 12:49 am
despite the twisted plot towards the end of the drama i continued watching and glad it came out happy ending. great casts and good storyline. highly recommended! my fav character in this drama is young wook. she is so hillarious and never failed to make me laugh!
March 15th, 2015 at 7:28 pm
After i think several times.. If i were Soo In, i definitely choose my husband… Bcoz its only 2years
I think its something natural.. No matter how i love my new boyfriend so much (Woo Seok)
So i think its weird if Soo In still choose Woo Seok
March 17th, 2015 at 8:03 pm
Disappointed at the twist after hubby appeared.
It’s ridiculous for a wife who used to be so in love with her husband to continue baking when he unbelieveably came back alive; considering their sweet relationship before he died!
How can she continue baking and at least take care of her kind, loyal hubby whilst he was still ill. Instead, she continued to go spend time in the shop baking and then say and do things that tortured him to death. I find it unacceptable tho I liked her new love.
After her hubby died, I quit watching. Disgusted with the unrealistic and kind-foolish-unrealistic Soo In.
March 24th, 2015 at 1:34 am
I HOPE THAT THE FIVE LADIES AND THE THREE GENTLEMEN TEAM UP AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FUNNY AND INTERESTING DRAMA. I WAS SORRY TO SEE IT FINALLY END LAST NIGHT 3/22/15.
March 30th, 2015 at 5:16 pm
I see this same thing happen in other dramas — when Woo Suk walked into the café to meet the son whose father had a rice store next to Turtle Bakery and he does not even see Won Jae sitting at the bar about 10 feet away. Like how could he have missed him when he walked in???
And the same theme with the girls getting rejected over and over and over by the guy they are in love with, and they continue and continue and continue to insist the guy will fall in love with them if given time, and then blame the other girl that it is their fault. How many times do you want to be insulted when the guy is telling you to move on.
And the same with the grandparents/parents insisting on who their children should marry not who the children fall in love with. Same theme in so many of these dramas.
On the whole I really enjoyed this drama. I liked Poong-Geun. She was really good with her funny retorts. She and Wol-Han were good together. I thought Do Jin did well. He is a very clean cut looking young man. Park Keun-Hyeog is just a good actor in all his dramas. Well done show.
April 7th, 2015 at 11:08 am
I love this drama. I love all characters in this drama. About the twisting plot with Do Hyun return to life, I think it’s so interesting. I hate to see the pain of Wo Seok but this event also show how human Soo In was. She could not return to her old state with her torturing in-laws and that she love Wo Seok but did not want to hurt her husband, who was her first priority in her life once. The writer also was good to have Soo In and Wo Seok being separated for a year because it would be weird if Soo In and Wo Seok were united directly after Do Hyun died. I pity Do Hyun character. He was an honest and upright man despite most of his family member were bad. I will miss this show. It’s truly a heart-warming drama. I’m glad I give it a try even though I was hesitated at the beginning.
April 11th, 2015 at 1:18 am
No wonder why the rating is high..the drama was so good and always laugh whenever kim soo mi’s scene..gen gen gen im a gentleman! The villains deserved their punishments..
April 23rd, 2015 at 5:20 pm
ha suk jin ,… saranghaeyooooooooo
April 27th, 2015 at 3:14 pm
I liked Go Jo Won (Do Hyun). I liked the way he handled himself and spoke quietly. I felt sorry for him as when he woke up the first person he asked for was his wife. They had such a great relationship when they were married, it would be natural for him to ask for her before anyone else.
Also even though the family was so crooked, lying, scheming, etc. he was the only one who was an honest decent person.
He had a lot of stress on him from the time he woke up until he passed away. His sister’s fighting in front of him because he wanted his wife with him at the hospital, his wife not wanting to be with him, which I could understand as she fell in love with someone else, and then he finds out what his dad did, not only to his wife, but with the company.
I liked this show – thought the cast was good.
May 18th, 2015 at 12:44 am
I just finish watched this drama! This drama is one of the best drama!! I watch this drama right after i finished JANG BORI!! I RECOMMENDED you all to watch this awesome drama! The plot is written so well. I cannot stop watching next episode because this drama was very interesting!! Besides there is some humour in this drama.. lots of lesson that we can learnt while watching this drama & the relationship between family members!! ~! LOVE THIS FAMILY DRAMA so much!!!! ~~~ i love byun jung soo so much!! been watching her in RUBY RING as RUBY & RUNA’s aunt 🙂
August 25th, 2015 at 3:16 am
VOTE THIS DRAMA THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!
January 2nd, 2016 at 6:38 pm
i can’t believe this drama was soo good…maybe i’m late.but it’s ok. i really enjoy it. i’m still in episode 31…i can’t believe soo in husband is alive.what a twist!!! i love soo in and the instructor..OMG..
January 4th, 2016 at 9:09 am
one of the best family drama i’ve watched…it’s worthed!!!
February 26th, 2016 at 2:08 pm
I finished watching the 40 episodes in just a week. the story is so interesting i’m practically glued on TV. the last 2 epusodes are so touching and emotional and The two men in Soo In’s life are both amazing in their own ways to fight for their love. Her hardships earlier we’re all paid off. Congratulations for a job well done writers, producers and actors.