Actress UEE returns to the KBS weekend TV screen after 4 years. Uee, who recorded the highest viewership rating of 49.6% with 'My One and Only Side' in 2019, has confirmed her appearance in the new weekend drama 'Hyoshim's Own Life'.
'Hyoshim's Life, Each Life' is about the daughter 'Hyoshim', who devoted her whole life to her family with her innate good nature and warm empathy, breaking away from the family that gave her a hard time and living an independent life, and the family members who were parasites on 'Hyoshim's' dedication and sacrifice. It is a family liberation drama depicting the process of finding an independent life. Writer Jo Jung-sun, hit maker of KBS weekend dramas such as 'Sons of Sol Pharmacy' and 'My Most Beautiful Daughter in the World', and producer Kim Hyeong-il of 'Taejong Lee Bang-won' are teaming up.
Uee was cast in the title role of ‘Lee Hyo-shim’. Hyosim is the third daughter who took the place of her father, who disappeared one day, leaving behind both his wife and children, and was responsible for the livelihood of her mother, two older brothers, and her younger brother as the head of the family. After her husband leaves, after seeing her mother's tears and wounds as she secretly sobs all night long, Hyosim, who is good-natured and the only one in the family who understands that pain, devotes herself to her family like 'filial daughter Simcheong'. I was exceptionally good at physical work from a young age, and there was no exercise I couldn't do, so I got a job as a health trainer right after graduating from high school. Currently, I work at a fitness center in the middle of Gangnam and support my family.
In 'My One and Only Side', Yui portrays the role of standing up strong no matter what hardships come her way with the acting skills she has accumulated step by step. In particular, she earned the title 'Queen of Tears' for her earnest tearful acting. As a result, it led to the heyday of KBS weekend dramas with a viewership rating approaching 50%. In addition, her filmography includes many works that recorded double-digit viewership ratings. In particular, Uee, who is famous as a healthy exercise evangelist, plays the perfect character in this work, a health trainer with a kind, warm, and healthy spirit. This is why the comeback of the weekend ratings queen is even more anticipated.
The production team said, “Uee is returning to KBS weekend TV after a long time. I think he is the best actor for the title role ‘Hyoshim’, to the extent that I can’t think of any other actor. “I expect that he will show his best acting.”
He continued, “‘Hyoshim’s Life, Each Life’ depicts the story of Hyosim, who has sacrificed her life for her family, and begins to value herself and tries to lead an independent life. Through this, what is today's 'filial piety' and the relationship between parents and children? Is Simcheong's 'filial piety', which threw herself into Indangsu for the sake of Simbongsa, still valid? And how can we make the only family in the world wiser and wiser? “I want to consider whether I can love,” he explained. “In the end, it is filial piety that realizes that valuing oneself is the way to truly protect one’s family. The process of each person’s survival is something that resonates with viewers living in this era.” “We will be able to form it,” he added.
‘Hyosim, Each Life’ will be broadcast in the second half of 2023 as a follow-up to ‘The Real Man Has Appeared’.
Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr