Marriage Contract () is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Lee Seo-jin and Uee. It aired on MBC from March 5 to April 24, 2016 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 for 16 episodes.
Plot Kang Hye-soo (Uee) is a single mother who struggles to raise her daughter while paying off her late husband's debts. Han Ji-hoon (Lee Seo-jin) is the son of a chaebol who seeks a contract marriage in order to save his mother, who needs a liver transplant. When Hye-soo is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, she agrees to marry Ji-hoon and donate part of her liver to his mother, in exchange for enough money to provide for her daughter until she reaches adulthood.
Cast Lee Seo-jin as Han Ji-hoon Uee as Kang Hye-soo Kim Yong-gun as Han Seong-gook Park Jung-soo as Yoon Seon-yeong Lee Hwi-hyang as Oh Mi-ran Kim Young-pil as Han Jeong-hoon Shin Rin-ah as Cha Eun-seong Kim Kwang-kyu as Park Ho-joon Kim Yoo-ri as Seo Na-yoon Jung Kyung-soon as Shim Yeong-hee Lee Hyun-geol as Kong Soo-chang Pyo Ye-jin as Hyun A-ra Ahn Ji-hoon as Jo Seung-joo Kim So-jin as Hwang Joo-yeon Jin Seon-kyu as Oh Mi-ran's doctor
Ratings
Episode #Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area1March 5, 201617.3%18.4%17.2%18.2%2March 6, 201617.1%18.5%18.0%19.3%3March 12, 201616.6%17.0%17.3%19.6%4March 13, 201617.4%17.9%17.8%19.6%5March 19, 201617.0%18.2%18.0%19.7%6March 20, 201617.9%18.4%19.3%20.6%7March 26, 201616.1%17.3%18.4%20.3%8March 27, 201618.5%19.8%20.4%22.4%9April 2, 201618.0%19.6%18.9%20.7%10April 3, 201618.4%20.6%22.0%24.6%11April 9, 201617.0%19.0%20.6%22.4%12April 10, 201618.1%18.7%22.9%25.4%13April 16, 201617.1%18.4%19.6%21.5%14April 17, 201619.0%20.1%21.3%23.4%15April 23, 201618.0%18.7%19.3%21.5%16April 24, 201620.3%22.8%22.4%23.6% Average 17.7% 19.0% 19.6% 21.4%
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result2016 5th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Uee 9th Korea Drama Awards Best Production Director Kim Jin-min Excellence Award, Actor Lee Seo-jin 21st Asian Television Award Best Drama Series Marriage Contract 23rd Grimae Awards Best Actress Uee 36th MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Lee Seo-jin Uee Drama of the Year Marriage Contract Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Lee Seo-jin Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Uee Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Yoo-ri Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Lee Hwi-hyang Best Young Actress Shin Rin-ah Best Couple Award Lee Seo-jin and Uee
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