Title: 사생활 | Sasaenghwal | Private Life | Privacy | Private Lives
Genre: Romance | Drama
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: JTBC
Broadcast Period: October 7, 2020 to November 26,2020

Synopsis:

Cha Joo-Eun grew up with parents who are con artists. Her father ended up going to prison as he was conned himself and she tried to get revenge on his behalf forsaking her future to live a normal and decent life. On one of her cons, she met Lee Jong-Hwan, a handsome professional man who have a lot of promise that can turn her life around yet it seems he has a lot of secrets too. Together they got enmesh in a much more serious and dangerous world of cons that can manipulate politics and power who ever holds information of the private lives of people that can benefit a few who holds these secrets.

Characters:

• Seo Hyun as Cha Joo Eun
• Go Kyung Pyo as Lee Jung Hwan
• Kim Hyo Jin as Jung Bok Ki | Jung Yoon Kyung
• Kim Young Min as Kim Jae Wook
• Park Sung Geun as Cha Hyun Tae
• Song Sun Mi as Kim Mi Sook
• Tae Won Suk as Han Son
• Yoo Hee Je as Park Tae Joo
• Jang Jin Hee as Jang Min Jung
• Yoon Sa Bong as Yang In Sook
• Kim Seo Won as Mr. Nam
• Kim Min Sang as Chief Kim
• Kim Ba Da as Woo Suk Ho
• Jang Won Hyuk as Choi Yoon Suk
• Song Sang Eun as Ko Hye Won
• Cha Soo Yun as Oh Hyun Kyung
• Min Ji Oh as Yoo Byung Joon
• Lee Hak Joo as Myung Hyun
• Park Sung Hoon as Jung Dae Sang
• Lee Joo Yun as Kang Soo Jin
• Kwak Min Ho as Lee Min Kyu
• Yoon Jung Hoon as Park Kyung Sup
• Han Kyu Won as Manager Park

My Review:

I always find Ko Gyung-Pyo charming with a lot of promise to become big of a star if he gets the opportunity to highlight his talent as an actor. Private Lives isn’t what I expected when I started to watch it and I must say, this K-Drama was great surprise to watch.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) As mentioned Ko Gyung-Pyo chose the right K-Drama to showcase his acting chops and be able to take more roles as the lead character. He has successfully showed a man who became who he is because he thought his mentor and the organization he belongs is the family he never had. But, his character’s moral compass and individuality was able to save him from himself.

(2) Seohyun as Cha Joo-Eun fits her character to a “T”. She also has good chemistry with Ko Gyung-Po and their intimate scenes were just at the right tone for a mature type of K-Drama.

(3) Although the entire casts were all great, but, it is Tae Won-Seock as Han Son shined the most. I love his character especially on how he unselfishly love Cha Too-Eun

(4) There are so many twists and turns on this K-Drama that one has no time to get bored watching it.

(5) I love the pacing and movement of the story. It doesn’t waste too much time in non-sensical things and was able to still surprise me on certain occasions.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

(1) As the names of the characters in Korean, when they flashbacks to explain what’s happening on every events regarding the cons or what actually happened, it’s initially difficult to follow.

(2) Although, it ended in trying to wrap things up in a big red bow, there’s something lacking on how it ended the case that became the main plot of the story like what happened to lawyer, Oh Hyun-Kyung or what is really the role of GK and this UI? Maybe something got lost in translation.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5

OST:

01. Things to Love – 6band
02. The Most Ordinary Day – Yangpa
03. Private Lives – Min Joo
04. Beautiful Dream – Mew
05. Things To Love – Kim Jae Joong