by Lily Alice, March 6, 2023
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A script reading session was held for the upcoming K-drama Family

Family tells the story of a married couple Kwon Do Hoon and Kang Yoo Ra. Kwon Do Hoon is an undercover agent working for NIS (National Intelligence Service) equipped with precise and advanced marksmanship. The fact about his secret job is kept confidential from his wife. Yoo Ra believes her husband is an ordinary office worker at a trading company. Dreaming of having a perfect family, Yoo Ra married Do Hoon and leads a humble life as a housewife. But she hides a secret that only she knows. The drama casts Jang Hyuk - famous for playing the leads in Tell Me What You Saw and Voice - as Kwon Do Hoon and Sell Your Haunted House actress Jang Na Ra as Kang Yoo Ra.  

Other cast members include Chae Jung An (famous for playing Hong Da Ham in Suits), Kim Nam Hee (famed for his supporting roles in Search: WWWThe Law Cafeand Reborn Rich), Lee Soon Jae (last seen in Again My Life and Behind Every Star), and Kim Kang Min (who debuted through Hot Stove League and held roles in numerous popular K-dramas like Hospital PlaylistTale of the Nine-TailedHospital Playlist Season 2School 2021, and The Golden Spoon), among others.  

Family is directed by Jang Jung Do, who has been the executive producer of Our BluesLink: Eat, Love, KillAlchemy of Souls, and Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow; and the director of K-dramas Mothers and Dear My Room

Family is a 12-episode tvN drama premiering on April 17. It will take over the time slot of Our Blooming Youth. More news is yet to come about the drama's broadcast on OTT platforms. 

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