Battle For Happiness
Battle for Happiness (Korean: 행복배틀) is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Lee El, Jin Seo-yeon, Cha Ye-ryun, Park Hyo-joo, and Woo Jung-won.
Based on screenwriter Joo Young-ha's own novel of the same title, it deals with a murder case among upper class mothers. It aired on ENA from May 31 to July 20, 2023, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:00 (KST) for 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video in selected regions.
| Battle for Happiness | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 행복배틀 |
| Hanja | 幸福배틀 |
| Literal meaning | Happiness Battle |
| Revised Romanization | Haengbokbaeteul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Haengbokpaet'ŭl |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Happiness Battle by Joo Young-ha |
| Developed by | KT Studio Genie (planning) |
| Written by | Joo Young-ha |
| Directed by | Kim Yoon-cheol |
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| Music by | Lee Kyung-sik |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kim Hyun-jung |
| Producers |
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| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production company | HB Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | ENA |
| Release | May 31 – July 20, 2023 |
Synopsis
The series is about mothers who are engaged in fierce social media competitions to destroy each other's happiness for their own. When one of their group dies mysteriously, a bigger battle thus unfolds as one among them wants to hide the truth, while another wants to reveal it.
Cast
Main
- Lee El as Jang Mi-ho: a rational person who is the assistant manager of a bank's marketing team.
- Jin Seo-yeon as Song Jung-ah: founder and CEO of Inner Spirit, a beauty functional food company.
- Cha Ye-ryun as Kim Na-young: an influencer who grew up in a wealthy family.
- Park Hyo-joo as Oh Yu-jin: a full-time housewife who displays the life of a perfect mother and wife on social media.
- Ha Seon-ho as young Oh Yu-jin
- Woo Jung-won as Hwang Ji-ye: an ordinary working mother.
Supporting
- Lee Kyu-han as Kang Do-joon: Yu-jin's husband who is a dentist.
- Son Woo-hyeon as Lee Jin-seop: assistant manager of the SNS marketing team of a bank's digital division.
- Kim Young-hoon as Lee Tae-ho: Na-young's husband who is a lawyer.
- Lee Je-yeon as Jung Soo-bin: Jung-ah's husband who is the president of Inner Spirit.
- Moon Hee-kyung as Im Kang-suk: Mi-ho's mother.
Extended
- Kim Hee-jae as Jo A-ra: a teaching assistant at Herinity English Kindergarten.
- Cha Hee as Lee So-min: mother of a 7-year-old girl.
- Park Na-eun as Baek Sung-hee
- Seo Byeok-jun as Song Jung-sik: Jung-ah's younger brother.
- Kim Joong-don as Bae Chang-hoon: a detective.
- Kim Ha-eon as Min-seong: Jung-ah and Soo-bin's son.
- Han Seo-hee as A-rin: Na-young and Tae-ho's daughter.
- Noh Ha-yeon as Ji-yul: Yu-jin and Do-joon's daughter.
- Heo Yul as Ha-yul: Yu-jin and Do-joon's daughter.
- Kim Seo-ah as So-won: Ji-ye's daughter.
- Park Jong-moo as Seo Kyung-joon: Mi-ho and Jin-seop's team leader.
- Nam Myeong-ryeol as Yu-jin's father-in-law
- Ryu Seung-moo as Gong Chang-hyun: Jung-ah's henchman.
- Yoo Hyun-jong as Han Joon-kyung: Jung-ah's secretary.
Special appearances
- Um Hyo-sup as Yu-jin's father
- Bae Seul-ki as Im Da-eun
Viewership
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 233 | 305 | 402 | 371 | 377 | 397 | 480 | 445 | 465 | 429 | 589 | 373 | 476 | N/A | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) | |
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| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | May 31, 2023 | 0.701% (30th) | N/A |
| 2 | June 1, 2023 | 0.927% (14th) | 1.104% (7th) |
| 3 | June 7, 2023 | 0.821% (18th) | N/A |
| 4 | June 8, 2023 | 1.171% (6th) | 1.616% (3rd) |
| 5 | June 14, 2023 | 1.356% (7th) | 1.599% (5th) |
| 6 | June 15, 2023 | 2.011% (3rd) | 2.647% (3rd) |
| 7 | June 21, 2023 | 1.701% (5th) | 1.973% (4th) |
| 8 | June 22, 2023 | 1.710% (5th) | 1.850% (4th) |
| 9 | June 28, 2023 | 1.979% (3rd) | 2.333% (3rd) |
| 10 | June 29, 2023 | 2.254% (4th) | 2.734% (3rd) |
| 11 | July 5, 2023 | 1.944% (3rd) | 2.437% (3rd) |
| 12 | July 6, 2023 | 2.284% (3rd) | 2.622% (3rd) |
| 13 | July 12, 2023 | 1.989% (3rd) | 2.218% (3rd) |
| 14 | July 13, 2023 | 2.770% (3rd) | 3.304% (3rd) |
| 15 | July 19, 2023 | 2.064% (3rd) | 2.512% (3rd) |
| 16 | July 20, 2023 | 2.622% (2nd) | 3.342% (2nd) |
| Average | 1.769% | — | |
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Notes
References
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Battle for Happiness at HanCinema
- Battle for Happiness at IMDb
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