Miniseries · tvN
Because This Is My First Life
Realistic issues of six friends living their first lives.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Min-ki
Nam Se-hee
16 eps
Jung So-min
Yoon Ji-ho
16 eps
Park Byung-eun
Ma Sang-goo
16 eps
Esom
Woo Soo-ji
16 eps
Kim Min-seok
Sim Won-seok
16 eps
Kim Ga-eun
Yang Ho-rang
16 eps
Jeon Hye-won
Lee Eun-sol
16 eps
Kim Eung-soo
Nam Hee-bong
16 eps
Moon Hee-kyung
Jo Myung-ja
16 eps
Kim Byeong-ok
Yoon Jong-soo
16 eps
Kim Sun-young
Kim Hyun-ja
16 eps
Ro Jong-hyun
Yoon Ji-seok
16 eps
Yoon Bo-mi
Yoon Bo-mi
16 eps
Hwang Seok-jeong
Writer Hwang
16 eps
Kim Min-gue
Yeon Bok-nam
16 eps
Lee Chung-ah
Go Jung-min
16 eps
Kim Wook
Gye Yong-seok
16 eps
Jang Won-young
Director Park
16 eps
Yoon So-hee
Actor
1 eps
Yoon Doo-joon
Actor
1 eps
Kang Moon-kyung
Actor
1 eps
Choi Dae-sung
Cafe owner
3 eps
Choi Kyo-sik
Taxi driver
2 eps
Son Sung-yoon
Tailor
1 eps
Sung Min-jun
Kindergartener
1 eps
Go Do-yeon
Se-hee's niece
1 eps
Kim Ye-ryeong
Se-hee's aunt
1 eps
Yum Jung-goo
Se-hee's uncle
1 eps
Na Soo-yoon
Employee
1 eps
Joo Yeon-a
Employee
1 eps
Han Sa-myeong
Employee
1 eps
Lee Jeong-hoo
Employee
1 eps
Yeo Woon-bok
Director
1 eps
Kim Jung-young
Ho-rang's mother
1 eps
Kang Woo-je
Manager
1 eps
Kim Seo-jung
Upset diner
1 eps
Seo Dong-gab
Teacher
1 eps
Lee Dong-geun
Teacher
1 eps
Cha Mi-kyung
Neighbourhood woman
1 eps
Hong Boo-hyang
Neighbourhood woman
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Because This Is My First Life actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Because This Is My First Life reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Two housemates get married for financial convenience, but discover nothing is simple when it comes to demanding in-laws — or facing their growing bond.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Episode 1
S01E16
Because This is My First Life
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Yoon Nan-joong
S01E15
Because This is My First Intermission
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Yoon Nan-joong
S01E14
Because This Is My First Confession
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Yoon Nan-joong
S01E13
Because This Is My First Time Visiting Your Room
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Yoon Nan-joong
S01E12
Because This is My First Desire
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Yoon Nan-joong
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Yoon Nan-joongWriter
Direction
- Park Joon-hwaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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