Becoming Witch

Becoming Witch
Promotional poster
Hangul	마녀는 살아있
Literal meaning	The Witch Is Alive
Revised Romanization	Manyeoneun Saraitda
Genre	Black comedy Mystery[1]
Developed by	TV Chosun (planning) by Jeong Hwi-seok [2][3]
Written by	Park Pa-ran[3]
Directed by	Kim Yun-cheol[3]
Starring	Lee Yu-ri Lee Min-young Yoon So-yi
Music by	Lee Kyung-shik
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Jeong Hyeong-seo (TV Chosun)[3]
Producers	Kim Seong-min[3] Lee Chang-ho[3] Park Hyo-chang[3]
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Hi Ground[1] JS Pictures[1] Great Story[1]
Original release
Network	TV Chosun
Release	June 25 (2022-06-25) – September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10)

Becoming Witch (

• Lee Yu-ri as Gong Ma-ri^[7]

She is a housewife and she has a satisfying life with her husband and daughter. She learns that her husband is having an affair. Gong Ma-ri seeks an alternative method to end her marriage.

• Lee Min-young as Chae Hee-soo^[8]

She is a daughter-in-law of a chaebol family. Her marriage life is not going very well. She takes care of her mother-in-law, who is physically unwell and suffers from Alzheimer's. Chae Hee-soo endures her husband's indifference to her and she also experiences difficulties in becoming pregnant. One day, her mother-in-law gives her a terrifying, but tempting offer.

• Yoon So-yi as Yang Jin-a^[9]

Her husband is not a good person. Her husband's death leads her to collect large amount of money from his life insurance policy. With that money, Yang Jin-a is able to live a different life than what she was previously accustomed to. But, she tries to protect her money and suffers from anxiety that her money will be taken away by someone.

• Jung Sang-hoon as Lee Nak-goo^[10]

The self-proclaimed celebrity broadcaster is suffering from a fever due to the love unexpectedly acquired during their marriage. He wanted a divorce because he wanted to live with love like fate. But he failed every time and took the last resort to end his marriage.

Supporting

People around Gong Ma-ri

• Lee Young-ran as Jo Mal-ryun^[11]

Gong Ma-ri's mother.

• Kim Ye-gyeom as Lee Suzy

daughter of Gong Ma-ri and Lee Nak-goo.

• Ye Soo-jung as Oh lak-eul^[12]

Is the president and advisor of a member botanical coffee shop. and form a strange bond with three women who become witches.

• Park Yoon-hee as Kim Ji-il^[13]

Gong Ma-ri's lawyer.

• Kim Hye-hwa as Heo Sook-hee^[14]

Oracle Cafe VVIP Membership.

People around Chae Soo-hee

• Kim Young-jae as Nam Moo-young^[10]

An insurance company manager and indifferent husband's pronoun Chae Hee-soo, who suffers a lone illness from her father's deceased mother, is grateful.

• Sung Byun-sook as Park Soon-nyeo^[15]

Chae Hee-soo'mother-in-law.

• Kim Hyun-jun as Lee Nam-gyu^[16]

A doctor at a fertility clinic and a single father raising a daughter alone.

People around Yang Jin-ah

• Ryu Yeon-seok as Kim Woo-bin^[10]

Used to be a girl's first love. In the neighborhood and ex-husband of Yang Jin-a, he enters the multi-level arena with ambitions following his friend. But in a bad situation of debt So he decided to leave for his wife.

• Kim Sa-kwon as Jang Sang-pil^[17]

Co-pilot of a civil aviation aircraft from the Air Force Academy.

People around Lee Nak-goo

• Han So-eun as Lim Go-eun^[18]

Vlogger Has a bright and endless personality. But she became unmarried early on. Because every man she meets is bad.

• Jung A-mi as Kwak Hye-kyung^[19]

Lee Nak-goo's mother and Gong Ma-ri'smother-in-law she is a retired director of education, And she had a problem with an underage son who allowed her to marry Marie. but has an affair and wants a divorce.

Extended

• Kom Do-gun as Yang Jin-ah's neighbour, a keymaker.^[20]
• Lee Won-jong as Natural Person on TV^[21]

Special appearance

• Lee Kyu-han as Jo Doo-chang, Old friend of Yang Jin-ah.^[22][23]

Viewership

Becoming Witch : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Nielsen Korea.[24] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Part Original broadcast date Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[24][25] Nationwide Seoul 1 1 June 25, 2022 3.417% (1st)[26] 3.500% (1st) 2 3.282% (4th)[26] 3.312% (2nd) 2 1 July 2, 2022 1.872% (8th) 2.523% (5th) 2 2.682% (3rd) — 3 1 July 9, 2022 1.516% (NR)[27] 2 2.480% (8th) 2.277% (8th) 4 1 July 16, 2022 2.003% (11th) 1.849% (10th) 2 1.894% (NR)[28] — 5 1 July 23, 2022 1.627% (NR)[29] 2 1.658% (17th) 6 1 July 30, 2022 1.611% (15th) 2 1.593% (NR)[30] 7 1 August 6, 2022 1.916% (12th) 2.030% (7th) 2 1.557% (NR)[31] — 8 1 August 13, 2022 1.647% (18th) 2 1.471% (NR)[32] 9 1 August 20, 2022 1.305% (20th) 2 1.199% (NR)[33] 10 1 August 27, 2022 1.066% (21st) 2 0.789% (NR)[34] 11 1 September 3, 2022 1.302% (20th) 2 1.291% (NR)[35] 12 1 September 10, 2022 1.0 (NR)[36] 2 1.071% (29th) Average In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. 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Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022. External links Official website (in Korean) Becoming Witch at HanCinema Becoming Witch on Netflix Becoming Witch at IMDb Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Becoming_Witch&oldid=1211763870"