4 Legendary Witches

4 Legendary Witches^[1] (Korean: 전설의 마녀) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Han Ji-hye, Ha Seok-jin, Go Doo-shim, Oh Hyun-kyung and Ha Yeon-soo.^[2][3] It aired on MBC from October 25, 2014, to March 8, 2015, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 (KST) for 40 episodes.^[4] It reached a peak viewership rating of 31.4% on its 29th episode.^{[5][unreliable source?]}

4 Legendary Witches
Promotional poster
Also known as	Legendary Witches The Legendary Witches The Legendary Witch Witches of Legend Legend of the Witch The Witches Coven Legendary Women
Hangul	전설의 마녀
Hanja	傳說의 魔女
RR	Jeonseorui manyeo
MR	Chŏnsŏrŭi manyŏ
Genre	Romance Revenge Family
Written by	Gu Hyun-sook
Directed by	Joo Sung-woo
Starring	Han Ji-hye Ha Seok-jin Go Doo-shim Oh Hyun-kyung Ha Yeon-soo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producer	Kim Kyung-hee
Production company	Pan Entertainment
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	October 25, 2014 (2014-10-25) – March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)

Synopsis

Orphan Moon Soo-in marries Ma Do-hyun, the eldest son of the chaebol family who owns bakery corporation Shinhwa Group. But when Do-hyun dies unexpectedly, the Ma family makes Soo-in take the fall for their illegal business practices and she ends up in jail for stock manipulation that she did not commit. At Cheongju's Penitentiary for Women, her cellmates are kind-hearted and consists of Shim Bok-nyeo who was falsely accused of killing her husband and son; tough-as-nails, foul-mouthed Son Poong-geum who was convicted of fraud, and former model Seo Mi-oh who's been charged with the attempted murder of her boyfriend, Shinhwa Group's youngest son.

The four women bond and become friends, particularly when they join the baking classes being taught by Nam Woo-suk, a hotel chef. Woo-suk is a widower who is raising his daughter alone after the death of his wife six years ago. At his father-in-law's suggestion, he became a volunteer at the local prison's vocational training center, where he meets Soo-in and begins to fall for her.

Upon their discharge, the four women put the baking skills they learned in prison to use, opening up a bakery together. But they face stiff competition from the Shinhwa Group.

Cast

Main

• Han Ji-hye as Moon Soo-in
• Ha Seok-jin as Nam Woo-seok
• Go Doo-shim as Shim Bok-nyeo
• Oh Hyun-kyung as Son Poong-geum
• Ha Yeon-soo as Seo Mi-oh

Supporting

The Ma Family

• Park Geun-hyung as Ma Tae-san
  • Shim Hyung-tak as young Tae-san
• Jung Hye-sun as Bok Dan-shim
• Jeon In-hwa as Cha Aeng-ran
  • Ha Eun-jin as young Aeng-Ran
• Byun Jung-soo as Ma Joo-ran
• Lee Seung-joon as Park Won-jae
• Kim Yoon-seo as Ma Joo-hee
• Do Sang-woo as Ma Do-jin
• Go Joo-won as Ma Do-hyun (cameo)

Seochon Residence Family

• Park In-hwan as Park Yi-moon
• Lee Jong-won as Tak Wol-han
• Lee Sook as Bae Chung-ja
• Lee Han-seo as Nam Byeol
• Kim Soo-mi as Kim Young-wok

Extended

• Hong Ah-reum as Eun Bo-kyung
• Lee Seung-hyeong as Director Wang
• Kwon Seong-deok as Kim Deok-Gu
• Kim Jung-dyoon as Lee Gang-Choon
• Yum Dong-hun as Oh Man-Bok
• Park Ah-sung as Mr. Kim
• Kim Hee-jung as Top Safety CEO

Ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS		AGB Nielsen[6]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	October 25, 2014	13.4%	16.0%	14.5% (2nd)	16.6% (2nd)
2	October 26, 2014	12.6%	16.1%	13.8% (4th)	16.2% (4th)
3	November 1, 2014	13.6%	16.2%	14.0% (2nd)	15.2% (2nd)
4	November 2, 2014	13.5%	17.5%	15.7% (3rd)	16.7% (2nd)
5	November 8, 2014	14.6%	17.4%	16.5% (2nd)	17.7% (2nd)
6	November 9, 2014	15.8%	20.3%	17.5% (2nd)	18.3% (2nd)
7	November 15, 2014	16.4%	19.6%	19.1% (2nd)	19.8% (2nd)
8	November 16, 2014	16.9%	21.2%	20.8% (2nd)	22.5% (2nd)
9	November 22, 2014	17.7%	21.5%	21.3% (2nd)	23.2% (2nd)
10	November 23, 2014	18.2%	22.8%	22.0% (2nd)	24.6% (2nd)
11	November 29, 2014	19.3%	23.2%	20.8% (2nd)	21.8% (2nd)
12	November 30, 2014	19.9%	23.5%	23.0% (2nd)	24.7% (2nd)
13	December 6, 2014	19.4%	23.4%	21.0% (2nd)	22.8% (2nd)
14	December 7, 2014	19.6%	24.2%	23.3% (2nd)	25.2% (2nd)
15	December 13, 2014	19.3%	23.9%	22.4% (2nd)	23.8% (2nd)
16	December 14, 2014	21.7%	26.1%	24.1% (2nd)	25.9% (2nd)
17	December 20, 2014	24.2%	28.2%	25.1% (2nd)	26.6% (2nd)
18	December 21, 2014	23.3%	28.3%	25.6% (2nd)	28.0% (2nd)
19	December 27, 2014	20.9%	24.6%	25.0% (2nd)	27.2% (2nd)
20	December 28, 2014	22.4%	26.8%	26.1% (2nd)	28.1% (2nd)
21	January 3, 2015	24.6%	29.7%	27.2% (2nd)	30.0% (2nd)
22	January 4, 2015	24.2%	29.9%	26.6% (2nd)	28.8% (2nd)
23	January 10, 2015	25.2%	30.2%	25.9% (2nd)	27.0% (2nd)
24	January 11, 2015	24.6%	30.7%	27.0% (2nd)	29.5% (2nd)
25	January 17, 2015	26.1%	30.8%	28.0% (2nd)	30.9% (2nd)
26	January 18, 2015	25.8%	32.2%	27.8% (2nd)	31.2% (2nd)
27	January 24, 2015	28.0%	35.6%	30.3% (2nd)	32.2% (2nd)
28	January 25, 2015	28.0%	34.1%	30.9% (2nd)	34.0% (2nd)
29	January 31, 2015	27.5%	32.2%	31.4% (1st)	34.2% (1st)
30	February 1, 2015	28.0%	34.4%	31.4% (2nd)	33.8% (2nd)
31	February 7, 2015	28.0%	33.6%	28.2% (2nd)	30.3% (2nd)
32	February 8, 2015	27.4%	32.6%	30.2% (2nd)	32.5% (2nd)
33	February 14, 2015	26.7%	31.3%	27.9% (2nd)	29.6% (2nd)
34	February 15, 2015	26.2%	32.6%	28.5% (2nd)	30.4% (2nd)
35	February 21, 2015	25.9%	29.6%	28.3% (1st)	29.9% (1st)
36	February 22, 2015	27.5%	32.4%	29.5% (1st)	31.5% (1st)
37	February 28, 2015	26.3%	30.9%	28.7% (1st)	31.2% (1st)
38	March 1, 2015	26.6%	31.0%	28.2% (1st)	30.5% (1st)
39	March 7, 2015	26.8%	32.3%	28.8% (1st)	31.1% (1st)
40	March 8, 2015	29.0%	34.4%	30.1% (1st)	31.8% (1st)
Average		22.4%	27.0%	24.7%	26.6%
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	33rd MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Han Ji-hye	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama	Ha Seok-jin	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Oh Hyun-kyung	Nominated
		Golden Acting Award, Actress	Go Doo-shim	Nominated
			Jung Hye-sun	Nominated
2015	4th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Han Ji-hye	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Ha Seok-jin	Nominated
	34th MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Jeon In-hwa	Nominated
		Drama of the Year	4 Legendary Witches	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Jeon In-hwa	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	Oh Hyun-kyung	Won
		Best Supporting Actress in a Special Project Drama	Kim Soo-mi	Won
		Best New Actress in a Special Project Drama	Ha Yeon-soo	Nominated