Portrait of a Family

Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.

Cast

Ryu Seung-ryong

as Hwang Joong-goo

Ha Ji-won

as Nam-mi

Kim Sia

as Hwang Dong-joo

Kim Hae-sook

as Lee Gi-sik

Kim Sun-young

as Hwang Ji-sook

Kim Young-min

as Lee Seong-Myung

Yoo Jae-myung

as Kwak Chang-gi

Park Myung-hoon

as Wang Byeon

Lee Ju-won

as Goo Gwan-woo

Kim Hye-won

as Woo-jae's mother

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