
Family by Choice(2024)
A youth romance about two men and woman who aren't blood related but treated each other as family during their teens and how they meet again after 10 years.


Han Seung-hee is a successful painter and a happy single mother to her son, Geu-roo. But when she gets diagnosed with a terminal illness, Seung-hee becomes determined that Geu-roo will be adopted by a nice family after she's gone. So she seeks out her ex-boyfriend Moon Tae-joo, and ends up befriending Tae-joo's wife, Seo Ji-eun. Meanwhile, a much younger photographer Gu Ji-sub falls for Seung-hee.

Hong Jong-hyun
Gu Ji-sub

Jung Jun-ho
Moon Tae-joo

Choi Song-hyun
Na Se-na

Song Yun-ah
Han Seung-hee

Park Seo-jun
older Geu-roo

Yoon Chan-young
Han Geu-roo

Moon Jeong-hee
Seo Ji-eun

Hyun Jyu-ni
Rachel
Mama is a drama, family, romance series that first aired in 2014. Created by Yoo Yoon-kyung, it stars Hong Jong-hyun, Jung Jun-ho, Choi Song-hyun. Han Seung-hee is a successful painter and a happy single mother to her son, Geu-roo. But when she gets diagnosed with a terminal illness, Seung-hee becomes determined that Geu-roo will be adopted by a nice family after she's gone. So she seeks out her ex-boyfriend Moon Tae-joo, and ends up befriending Tae-joo's wife, Seo Ji-eun. Meanwhile, a much younger photographer Gu Ji-sub falls for Seung-hee.
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