The ladies of Legendary Witch get incarcerated

28 October 22, 2014October 22, 2014

by girlfriday

MBC’s newest weekend drama Legendary Witch premieres this weekend, and the premise is actually really intriguing, and not your standard weekend family fare. Han Ji-hye (Full Sun) stars as the heroine who gets wrongly imprisoned and bonds with a group of women while in jail. They get out and band together to start a bakery together, and the drama tells the story of their rehabilitation and revenge against those who wronged them. It actually sounds really uplifting and sweet, though I’m sure it’ll have its share of intense drama once they get their chance for revenge.

The 36-episode series comes from the PD-writer team behind Hundred Year Inheritance, and Han Ji-hye stars as the former daughter-in-law of a chaebol family. She’s an orphan who married Shinhwa Group’s eldest son, but when he dies, the family bakery corporation makes her take the fall for their illegal business practices.

She ends up in jail for crimes she didn’t commit, which is where she meets the other women in our core cast: Go Doo-shim (You’re the Best, Lee Soon-shin) plays a kind-hearted woman who was falsely accused of killing her husband and son. Oh Hyun-kyung (King’s Family) is a tough-as-nails woman with a foul mouth who was convicted of fraud. And the group’s maknae is Ha Yeon-soo (Potato Star 2013QR3), a model who was imprisoned for the attempted murder of her boyfriend, Shinhwa Group’s youngest son.

Ha Suk-jin (Thrice Married Woman) plays Han Ji-hye’s love interest, and thankfully in this drama he’s back to playing nice guys. He’s a widower who raises his daughter on his own after the death of his wife, and works as a chef in a hotel. He begins to teach baking classes at the local prison, which is where he meets the ladies and falls for Han Ji-hye.

The “cheery, heartwarming” drama will depict the four leading ladies’ lives in and out of prison, as they eventually set up a bakery together to go up against the big bad chaebol baking giant. Let’s just hope there’s a whole lot of adorable female bonding in this makeshift family of bread-making ex-cons to make the revenge part worth the tears.

Legendary Witch premieres this Saturday, October 25.

Via TV Report, DongA

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1 Alluna

October 22, 2014 at 10:16 AM

OMG Can't wait!!!!

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2 4D

October 22, 2014 at 10:17 AM

Oh wow, I don't know where my head was but I totally missed that it was 36 episodes. With so many new dramas (and I seem to be trying to watch the all), I'm not sure taking this on would be a good idea. I feel like it could be really enjoyable though. I look forward to seeing other people's thoughts.

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museofmanymasks

October 22, 2014 at 11:17 AM

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3 kimchikay

October 22, 2014 at 11:01 AM

Wow Ha Yeon Soo is gorgeous!!!

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4 coloures

October 22, 2014 at 11:03 AM

and here i was hoping it'd be a Korean "Double Jeopardy". the premise is still interesting though so i might check it out.

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5 fab

October 22, 2014 at 11:38 AM

This could be good. Though it won't be the first time those premises and cast tricked me into wasting precious hours of my life. The team behind Hundred Year Inheritance better make it up to me real good.

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risa

October 22, 2014 at 11:50 AM

My bubble was burst when I read that the writer wrote A Hundred Year Inheritance. Cast and premise are good and I'll check it out, but I'm not getting my hopes up 'cause I was burned by AHY.

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6 barry

October 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM

will this be on viki or dramafever? neither site mentions this show

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Emma

October 26, 2014 at 7:13 AM

I found it on SoompiTV, which used to be Kdrama.com. I didn't see it on the other sites.

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7 paroles

October 22, 2014 at 12:28 PM

I was just thinking when I look at the photos that... why are they using ropes? I mean, I thought they would've gotten handcuffs or something.

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fab

October 22, 2014 at 12:42 PM

LOL very old fashion indeed.

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pastmidnite

October 22, 2014 at 11:19 PM

I was wondering the same thing LOL

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8 james94131

October 22, 2014 at 12:37 PM

Seems similar to last year's Japanese drama Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de starring Aya Ueto, but with the mandatory Korean drama makjang.

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9 Chandler

October 22, 2014 at 1:05 PM

Honestly, I remember there being some questionable names attached to this project...but I really don't care because the premise sounds like it has so much potential and I like the cast a lot. I'll definitely be checking this out!

Go Doo-shim's story already breaks my heart!

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10 red

October 22, 2014 at 3:59 PM

I love this premise! But the writer-of HYH is not the best credential, hopefully the story stays grounded in the relationship btw the ladies.

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11 JT

October 22, 2014 at 4:05 PM

Sounds promising! I am glad because apart from Cantabile, nothing else has me hooked these days. I really liked Go Doo Shim in YTB Lee Soon Shin.

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12 Aigoooo

October 22, 2014 at 4:14 PM

This drama is giving me SECRET de ja vu with the whole woman in prison thing and the bakery.

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13 exile18

October 22, 2014 at 6:34 PM

even though it is a hefty 36 episodes, but if it intrigues me I will watch this! so far, it sounds good and promising :)

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14 Norimix

October 22, 2014 at 10:57 PM

Am I the only one who thought of the Lee Young-Ae movie "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" when they read the synopsis?

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15 stephii

October 23, 2014 at 3:01 AM

yeah.. HJH is back for weekend drama! seems like interesting plot. Fighting!!

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16 Kristy

October 23, 2014 at 4:35 AM

Does anybodyelse smell Secret's substory???
The women from the jail and the bakery buisness ???or is it just me????
But does look good...

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17 tururu

October 23, 2014 at 9:54 AM

woah. sounds like the movie sympathy for lady vengeance of Lee Young Ae, falsely accused, working in a bakery, and of course the revenge..

looking forward!

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18 Alan

October 23, 2014 at 11:23 AM

Does anyone know the backstory on the Title of the Drama?

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19 angel

October 23, 2014 at 11:49 AM

i think this will replace my favorite curr drama My Spring Days, this one may be on my list i like Han v much

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20 bebeswtz

October 23, 2014 at 9:43 PM

This is like a mish-mash of "Full Sun" (the going to jail via false accusations + going all 'revenge-y part), "Innocent Man" and/or KBS' 2013 magahit drama "Secret " (going to jail in place of someone), and finally, "Baker King, Kim Tak Goo" (bread making).... Whew!! That's... a lot of mish-mashing haha XD

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bebeswtz

October 23, 2014 at 9:45 PM

Oh right, almost forgot... it's similar to "Secret", not only about the going-to-jail-in-place-of-someone part, but also the part about women forming everlasting bonds during their time in jail and being able to continue that bond outside of jail XD

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21 Bex

October 24, 2014 at 9:07 AM

I'm hugely excited for this! I really hope it's good and has a nice balance of all it's elements.

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22 angel

October 28, 2014 at 6:48 AM

i'm gonna check this out i think this comes after one of my fave kdramas My spring days.
i think i've seen one similar to this where Lee yoo ri was incarcerated wrongly in Yellow Boots?

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