Wonderful Nightmare
Theatrical poster
Directed byKang Hyo-jin
Written byKim Je-yeong
Produced byCha Sang-min
StarringUhm Jung-hwa
Song Seung-heon
CinematographySohn Won-ho
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Distributed byMegabox Plus M
Release date
  • August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13)
Running time
123 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$6.6 million[1]

Wonderful Nightmare (Korean: 미쓰 와이프; RR: Misseu Waipeu; lit. Miss Wife) is a 2015 South Korean romantic comedy film starring Uhm Jung-hwa and Song Seung-heon.[2][3][4][5][6]

The early Korean working title literally translates to Wonderful Nightmare (Korean: 멋진 악몽; RR: Meotjin Akmong), which was retained for the international English title.[7]

Plot

Yeon-woo is a successful lawyer who gets into an automobile accident leading her to fall into a coma. She wakes in heaven to find that her death was a clerical error and it was actually an old woman with the same name who was meant to die.

To hide the mistake, she is asked to live as another woman – a housewife who was also killed by mistake – for just one month. Married to a very ordinary civil servant named Sung-hwan with a difficult teenage daughter and a precocious six-year-old, Yeon-woo finds herself changing in unexpected ways as well as facing challenges she hasn't faced before.

Cast

  • Uhm Jung-hwa as Lee Yeon-woo[8][9][10]
  • Song Seung-heon as Kim Sung-hwan[11]
  • Kim Sang-ho as Chief Lee
  • Ra Mi-ran as Mi-sun
  • Seo Shin-ae as Kim Ha-neul
  • Lee Seung-ho as Kyeong-ho
  • Jung Ji-hoon as Kim Ha-roo
  • Lee Seung-ho as Choi Kyung-hoon
  • Lee Jun-hyeok as Section chief Choi
  • Kim Byung-chul as Jin-man
  • Go Soo-hee as Head of women's society
  • Kim Jae-man as Section chief Park
  • Jo Duk-jae as Doo-man
  • Hwang Geum-byul as Senior Jo
  • Yoon Boo-jin as Hyun-seo's mother
  • Lee Mi-yoon as Sung-soo's mother
  • Park Yoo-mil as Min-ah's mother
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Kyung-rae
  • Lee Woo-joo as Hyun-seo
  • Yoon Joo as Ji-min
  • Seol Ji-yoon as Ji-min's mother
  • Kang Eun-ah as So-ra
  • Bae Min-jung as Woman in formal dress
  • Kim Young-moo as Kyung-hoon's lawyer
  • Lee Jong-goo as Mr. Kim, the guard
  • Heo Jung-eun as Chan-mi
  • Lee Hye-rin as Ji-woo
  • Kwon Soo-jung as young Yeon-woo
  • Ahn So-yeon as student-age Yeon-woo
  • Park Sang-hyuk as Yeon-woo's assistant
  • Baek Chul-min as Park Chan-jin
  • Hwang Suk-ha as Team leader Kim
  • Kim Do-yeon as Resident
  • Yang Do-yeon as Lawyer Park
  • Kim Byung-choon as Principal (cameo)
  • Yeom Dong-heon as Head of the district (cameo)
  • Kim Hye-na as Yeon-woo's mother (cameo)
  • Choi Il-hwa as Chairman Park (cameo)
  • Jung Ji-yoon as Pharmacist (cameo)
  • Jung Yoo-suk as Public prosecutor Choi (cameo)

Adaptations

A Taiwanese film adaptation titled Beautiful Accident was released in 2017, starring Gwei Lun-mei and Chen Kun.

In December 2023, it was announced that a Philippine film adaptation of the same title will be released in 2024, to be starred by Sarah Geronimo and Matteo Guidicelli.[12]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015 52nd Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Uhm Jung-hwa Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System)". KOFIC. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (2015-07-29). "Wonderful Nightmare, a tearjerker comedy". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. ↑ Choi, Hee-suk (2015-07-13). "Song Seung-heon, Uhm Jung-hwa 'want to try each other's lives'". K-pop Herald. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  4. ↑ Ha, Soo-jung (2014-10-15). "Song Seung Heon and Uhm Jung Hwa Cast as Married Couple in Wonderful Nightmare". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  5. ↑ Noh, Jean (2015-03-24). "Korea's M-Line has Wonderful Nightmare". Screen International. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  6. ↑ Kil, Sonia (2015-03-24). "HK FilMart: M-Line Dreams Up Wonderful Nightmare". Variety.
  7. ↑ Kim, June (2014-11-27). "UHM Jeong-hwa and SONG Seung-heon to Play Husband and Wife". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  8. ↑ Won, Ho-jung (2015-08-05). "Herald Interview: Actress Uhm Jeong-hwa eager for more roles, challenges". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  9. ↑ Kim, Hyo-eun (2015-08-09). "A diva takes on the dreaded role of ajumma". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  10. ↑ "Uhm Jung-hwa Escapes from Single Life in New Rom-Com". The Chosun Ilbo. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  11. ↑ Kim, Yeon-ji (2015-07-30). "An actor tries to spread his wings". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  12. ↑ Almo, Nherz (December 24, 2023). "Matteo Guidicelli and Sarah Geronimo to star in a movie in 2024". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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