Little Women TV Series Details:
| Hangul | 작은 아씨들 |
| Revised Romanization | Jag-eun Assideul |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Season | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Original release | August 27, 2022 |
| Directed by | Kim Hee-won |
| Written by | Chung Seo-kyung |
| Based on | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
| Developed by | Studio Dragon |
| Starring | Kim Go-eun Nam Ji-hyun Park Ji-hu Wi Ha-joon |
| Production company | Studio Dragon |
| Distributor | Netflix tvN |
| Original network | tvN |
Little Women TV Series Cast & Character:
- Kim Go-eun as Oh In-joo
- Park So-yi as young Oh In-joo
- Nam Ji-hyun as Oh In-kyung
- Park Ji-hu as Oh In-hye
- Kang Hoon as Ha Jong-ho
- Cho Seung-yeon as Jo Wan-gyu
- Gong Min-jeung as Jang Ma-ri
- Kim Mi-sook as Oh Hye-seok
- Park Ji-young as Ahn Hee-yeon
- Um Ki-joon as Park Jae-sang
- Uhm Ji-won as Won Sang-ah
- Jeon Chae-eun as Park Hyo-rin
- Lee Do-yeop as Won Ki-seon
- Lee Min-woo as Won Sang-woo
- Wi Ha-joon as Choi Do-il
- Park Bo-kyung as Go Soo-im
- Jang Gwang as Jang Sa-pyoung
- Choo Ja-hyun as Jin Hwa-young (Ep. 1–6, 8, 11, 12)
- Oh Jung-se as Director Shin / Shin Hyun-min (Ep. 1–3, 6)[24]
- Hong Seo-hee as expensive shoes woman (Ep. 1)
- Song Joong-ki as shoe salesman (Ep. 2)
Storyline:
The series depicts the zeal of three poor sisters; In-joo, In-hye, and In-kyung for money, independence, and love. One of the sister’s supposedly dead friend left her 70 billion won but the people behind it, Korea’s richest family, will do anything to stop them.
About Little Women TV Series:
Little Women (Korean: 작은 아씨들; RR: Jag-eun Assideul) is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Hee-won, and starring Kim Go-eun, Nam Ji-hyun, and Park Ji-hu.
In an interview with Tatler Asia on November 25, 2021, screenwriter Jeong Seo-kyung disclosed her involvement, “I’m working with the director of Vincenzo for a Korean adaptation of Little Women. The leading actresses are Kim Go-eun and Nam Ji-hyun while the male lead is Wi Ha-joon from Squid Game. I actually read the book, Little Women, when I was young and I really loved it.”
On December 23, 2021, it was confirmed that tvN’s series titled as Little Women directed by Kim Hee-won, written by Jeong Seo-kyung and produced by Studio Dragon, with Kim Go-eun, Nam Ji-hyun and Park Ji-hu as main leads. On October 19, 2021, MS Team Entertainment revealed that Wi Ha-joon was offered a role in the series. On the same day, it was reported that casting for the series was complete.
On March 3, 2022, it was confirmed that actor Wi Ha-joon had tested positive for COVID-19. He was expected to be released from quarantine on the 8th, and the diagnosis was confirmed when he was released.
Filming took place from June to July 2022; filming locations include various locations around Singapore.
It aired from September 3 to October 9, 2022, on tvN’s Saturdays and Sundays at 21:10 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
On September 8, 2022, the drama’s poster maker Propaganda issued an official apology for the plagiarism of the poster similar to the exhibition poster of a Japanese cosmetics brand from 2016
On October 3, 2022, Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information requested that Little Women be removed from the Vietnamese version of Netflix due to historical falsification of the Vietnam War. According to the Director of Authority, Lê Quang Tự Do, the series breached the Vietnamese media and cinema laws due to the actors’ inaccurate statements about the Vietnam War in episodes 3 and 8, which distorted Vietnamese history by glorifying South Korea’s involvement in the Vietnam War, including war crimes committed by South Korean soldiers.
On October 7, 2022, the drama staff apologized and promised to be more careful with both the social sensitivity and the production process in the future.
