Asian Drama

This drama is based on webcomic “부암동 복수자 소셜클럽/Buam-dong Revenge Social Club” by “사자토끼 / Sajatokki” which was published from 2014-Sep-2 to 2016-Dec-27 via “comic.daum.com/webtoon“.

It’s tells the story of three women from different walks of life – the daughter of a chaebol, an ahjumma in a fish market, and a housewife – come together to enact revenge.

Kim Jung Hye (Lee Yo Won) is the daughter of a family who runs a big company. She appears straightforward and arrogant, but she is actually naive and cute. Her marriage was made to benefit both families. She tries her best as a wife, but she learns that her husband has betrayed her. To get revenge, she leads the “Bok Ja Club”. Meanwhile, Hong Do Hee (Ra Mi Ran) sells fish at a traditional market and raises her two kids alone. Her husband passed away. She is bright and good nature. Her son gets involved in a violent incident at school. She then joins the “BokJa Club”. The third one is Lee Mi Sook (Myung Se Bin) who was an orphan and married. She has tried hard to have a happy family with her university professor husband, but he is violent towards her. She begins to think about her life after she meets Kim Jung Hye and and Hong Do Hee. The last one is Lee Soo Kyum (Jun) who joins the “Bok Ja Club” to take revenge on his biological parents. His father is Kim Jung Hye’s husband. Before his father married Kim Jung Hye, he had a fling with a woman who gave birth to Lee Soo Kyum. His biological parents have neglected him since.

Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong, detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the same vein as "Jeong Do Jeon" (who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operations during the Imjin War, and greatly influenced Admiral Lee Soon Shin.

Jang Sae Byuk is a a girl who tries to find a new meaning in life after she receives an eye cornea transplant from the doctor that took care of her after her accident. That doctor, Kim Na Young, died in a car accident on her way back from Africa. Sae Byuk becomes close with the Na Young's family after finding them. The family slowly accepts her as part of the family. Kang Ho Se and Kim Tae Poong, Na Young's twin brother, have disliked each other since they were young kids. This is mostly Tae Poong hates Ho Se because Ho Se's family was rich and because Tae Poong's father was Ho Se's father's driver and his mother was the maid.

Three young men face the university entrance exams upon which their economic and social fates depend. Kim Tae Moo is a comic book artist whose art is plagiarized even as he's humiliated at school, at work, and then in the army. Cho Se In, plagued by a drunken father, wants to be a hairdresser and is the victim of gay bashing and chicken hawks. The overweight, phlegmatic, and cowardly Kong Seung Ho lives to eat and watch videos. The film dramatizes their friendship, their family lives, and the crushing reality of the limited opportunities Korean society offers them.

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Episodes: 58

Duration: 53 min.

Aired On: Monday

Ratings: 7.7