Because This Is My First Life
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Synopsis
[edit | edit source]Socially awkward IT employee Nam Se-hee (Lee Min-ki) and broke homeless writer Yoon Ji-ho (Jung So-min) agree to a marriage of convenience by signing a contract of two years, wherein they agree to the terms and conditions of only being landlord and tenant, sharing their home based on common goals and values. Things do not go as planned when the housemates' pact of platonic cohabitation is interfered with by their trauma, social expectations, and familial interventions.[8]
Cast
[edit | edit source]Main
[edit | edit source]- Lee Min-ki as Nam Se-hee, a quirky and apathetic computer designer who has bought an expensive townhouse and rents out his extra room to help with the mortgage. He spends his days at work or home with his cat and has no plans to date or marry. After a series of bad tenants, he rates Ji-ho very highly and, believing she is a male, he offers her the room.
- Jung So-min as Yoon Ji-ho, an assistant screenwriter who moves out of the home she shares with her brother when he marries his pregnant girlfriend. Currently between projects, she rents the room from Se-hee (who Ji-ho thinks is female) because the rent is affordable and no deposit is required. After working hard at her career throughout her twenties, at age 30 she has never dated and has a career crisis that causes her to rethink her goals.
Supporting
[edit | edit source]- Esom as Woo Su-ji, a school friend of Ji-ho who works in a corporate office. Her dream was to be the CEO of her own business but she is trapped in a well-paying position where she must bear with frequent sexual harassment from her male colleagues.
- Park Byung-eun as Ma Sang-goo, Se-hee's friend since college and CEO of the company where Se-hee works.
- Kim Ga-eun as Yang Ho-rang, a school friend of Ji-ho who is a hostess at a restaurant/bar and dreams of becoming a wife and mother.
- Kim Min-seok as Sim Won-seok, Ho-rang's long-time boyfriend who is the CEO of a startup company which is having problems getting an investor.
People around Nam Se-hee
[edit | edit source]- Kim Eung-soo as Nam Hee-bong, Se-hee's father who is a former high school principal.
- Moon Hee-kyung as Jo Myung-ji, Se-hee's mother who is a full-time housewife.
People around Yoon Ji-ho
[edit | edit source]- Kim Byeong-ok as Yoon Jong-soo, Ji-ho's father who is a car center operator.
- Kim Sun-young as Kim Hyun-ja, Ji-ho's mother who is a full-time housewife.
- Noh Jong-hyun as Yoon Ji-suk, Ji-ho's younger brother.
- Jeon Hye-won as Lee Eun-sol, Ji-suk's pregnant wife.
Extended
[edit | edit source]- Kim Min-kyu as Yeon Bok-nam, a colleague of Ji-ho's.
- Lee Chung-ah as Go Jung-min, Se-hee's ex-girlfriend, a successful businesswoman.
- Yoon Bo-mi as Yoon Bo-mi, a data analyst who works with Se-hee.
- Hwang Seok-jeong as Writer Hwang.
Special appearances
[edit | edit source]- Yoon Doo-joon (Episode 1)
- Yoon So-hee (Episode 1)
- Kim Wook as a director
Production
[edit | edit source]The series is directed by Park Joon-hwa, and written by Yoon Nan-joong. The first script reading session of the cast took place on August 25, 2017 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong.[1][9]
Original soundtrack
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Part 1
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Part 8
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Commercial performance
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Peak | Sales | Remarks |
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| Gaon [10] | ||||
| "I Want to Love" (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 2017 | — | Part 3 | |
| "Marriage" (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 51 | — | Part 4 | |
| "Can't Go" (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | 23 |
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Ratings
[edit | edit source]| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | ||
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| Nielsen Korea[13] | TNmS[14] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| 1 | October 9, 2017 | Because This Is My First Time Being Thirty (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
2.023% | 2.491% | 2.3% |
| 2 | October 10, 2017 | Because This Is My First Kiss (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
2.647% | 3.738% | 2.5% |
| 3 | October 16, 2017 | Because This Is My First Proposal (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
2.292% | 2.825% | 3.0% |
| 4 | October 17, 2017 | Because This Is My First Marriage (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.841% | 4.702% | 3.6% |
| 5 | October 23, 2017 | Because This Is My First Promise (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
2.725% | 3.263% | 2.9% |
| 6 | October 24, 2017 | Because This Is "Our" First Time (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.636% | 3.889% | 4.5% |
| 7 | October 30, 2017 | Because This Is My First YOLO (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.266% | 4.179% | 3.2% |
| 8 | October 31, 2017 | Because This Is My First Husband (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.779% | 4.242% | 4.0% |
| 9 | November 6, 2017 | Because This Is the First Time I Belong Somewhere (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.652% | 5.030% | 3.3% |
| 10 | November 7, 2017 | Because This Is My First Time Having In-laws (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
4.197% | 5.177% | 5.0% |
| 11 | November 13, 2017 | Because This Is My First Beach (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.528% | 4.082% | 3.8% |
| 12 | November 14, 2017 | Because This Is My First Desire (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.940% | 4.814% | 5.0% |
| 13 | November 20, 2017 | Because This Is My First Time Visiting Your Room (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.545% | 4.411% | 4.1% |
| 14 | November 21, 2017 | Because This Is My First Confession (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
4.236% | 5.273% | 4.7% |
| 15 | November 27, 2017 | Because This Is My First Intermission (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
3.786% | 4.982% | 4.2% |
| 16 | November 28, 2017 | Because This Is My First Life (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) |
4.931% | 5.862% | 5.0% |
| Average | 3.463% | 4.271% | 3.8% | ||
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards | OST Award | "Can't Go" | Nominated | [15]Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. |
References
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