{{short description|2014 South Korean TV drama}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox television | image = Legendarywitchesposter.png | caption = Promotional poster | alt_name = {{ubl|''Legendary Witches''|''The Legendary Witches''|''The Legendary Witch''|''Witches of Legend''|''Legend of the Witch''|''The Witches Coven''|''Legendary Women''}} | native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name|hangul=^전설의 마녀|hanja=傳說의 魔女}} | genre = {{ubl|Romance|Revenge|Family}} | writer = Gu Hyun-sook | director = Joo Sung-woo | starring = {{ubl|Han Ji-hye|Ha Seok-jin|Go Doo-shim|Oh Hyun-kyung|Ha Yeon-soo}} | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 40 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Kim Kyung-hee | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = Pan Entertainment | channel = MBC TV | first_aired = {{start date|2014|10|25}} | last_aired = {{end date|2015|3|8}} | related = }}
'''''4 Legendary Witches'''''<ref>{{cite web|title=4 Legendary Witches|url=https://content.mbc.co.kr/program/drama/2591258_64285.html|website=MBC Global Media|publisher=MBC&iMBC|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421182902/http://content.mbc.co.kr/program/drama/2591258_64285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ({{Korean|hangul=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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Typecasting Proves a Boon to Han Ji-hye's Career|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/01/31/2015013100552.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=February 2, 2015|date=January 31, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426020728/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/01/31/2015013100552.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Han Ji-hye poses at a press junket for her new TV series|url=http://english.chosun.com/svc/view.html?contid=2014102300644&catid=C|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=November 4, 2014|date=October 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225015136/http://english.chosun.com/svc/view.html?contid=2014102300644&catid=C|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It aired on MBC from October 25, 2014, to March 8, 2015, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 (KST) for 40 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Soo-jung|script-title=ko:'전설의마녀', 연일 자체최고시청률 경신..MBC 주말극 또 통하나?|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/358680|website=TenAsia|language=ko|access-date=November 4, 2014|date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906155010/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/358680|url-status=dead}}</ref> It reached a peak viewership rating of 31.4% on its 29th episode.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Legendary Witch'' Goes Out with a Bang, Dominating Ratings as Usual|url=http://www.soompi.com/2015/03/08/the-legendary-witch-goes-out-with-a-bang-dominating-ratings-as-usual/|website=Soompi|access-date=March 9, 2015|date=March 8, 2015|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731085951/https://www.soompi.com/2015/03/08/the-legendary-witch-goes-out-with-a-bang-dominating-ratings-as-usual/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See unreliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=November 2024}}
==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== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="3" | {{abbr|Ep.|Episode}} ! rowspan="3" | Original broadcast date ! colspan="4" | Average audience share |- ! colspan="2" | TNmS ! colspan="2" | AGB Nielsen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00&begin_date=20141025|title=Nielsen Korea|website=AGB Nielsen Media Research|language=ko|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> |- ! width="90" | Nationwide ! width="90" | Seoul ! width="90" | Nationwide ! width="90" | Seoul |- ! 1 | October 25, 2014 | 13.4% | {{color|blue|'''16.0%'''}} | 14.5% {{small|(2nd)}} | 16.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 2 | October 26, 2014 | {{color|blue|'''12.6%'''}} | 16.1% | {{color|blue|'''13.8%'''}} {{small|(4th)}} | 16.2% {{small|(4th)}} |- ! 3 | November 1, 2014 | 13.6% | 16.2% | 14.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | {{color|blue|'''15.2%'''}} {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 4 | November 2, 2014 | 13.5% | 17.5% | 15.7% {{small|(3rd)}} | 16.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 5 | November 8, 2014 | 14.6% | 17.4% | 16.5% {{small|(2nd)}} | 17.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 6 | November 9, 2014 | 15.8% | 20.3% | 17.5% {{small|(2nd)}} | 18.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 7 | November 15, 2014 | 16.4% | 19.6% | 19.1% {{small|(2nd)}} | 19.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 8 | November 16, 2014 | 16.9% | 21.2% | 20.8% {{small|(2nd)}} | 22.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 9 | November 22, 2014 | 17.7% | 21.5% | 21.3% {{small|(2nd)}} | 23.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 10 | November 23, 2014 | 18.2% | 22.8% | 22.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | 24.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 11 | November 29, 2014 | 19.3% | 23.2% | 20.8% {{small|(2nd)}} | 21.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 12 | November 30, 2014 | 19.9% | 23.5% | 23.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | 24.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 13 | December 6, 2014 | 19.4% | 23.4% | 21.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | 22.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 14 | December 7, 2014 | 19.6% | 24.2% | 23.3% {{small|(2nd)}} | 25.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 15 | December 13, 2014 | 19.3% | 23.9% | 22.4% {{small|(2nd)}} | 23.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 16 | December 14, 2014 | 21.7% | 26.1% | 24.1% {{small|(2nd)}} | 25.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 17 | December 20, 2014 | 24.2% | 28.2% | 25.1% {{small|(2nd)}} | 26.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 18 | December 21, 2014 | 23.3% | 28.3% | 25.6% {{small|(2nd)}} | 28.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 19 | December 27, 2014 | 20.9% | 24.6% | 25.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | 27.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 20 | December 28, 2014 | 22.4% | 26.8% | 26.1% {{small|(2nd)}} | 28.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 21 | January 3, 2015 | 24.6% | 29.7% | 27.2% {{small|(2nd)}} | 30.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 22 | January 4, 2015 | 24.2% | 29.9% | 26.6% {{small|(2nd)}} | 28.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 23 | January 10, 2015 | 25.2% | 30.2% | 25.9% {{small|(2nd)}} | 27.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 24 | January 11, 2015 | 24.6% | 30.7% | 27.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | 29.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 25 | January 17, 2015 | 26.1% | 30.8% | 28.0% {{small|(2nd)}} | 30.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 26 | January 18, 2015 | 25.8% | 32.2% | 27.8% {{small|(2nd)}} | 31.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 27 | January 24, 2015 | 28.0% | {{color|red|'''35.6%'''}} | 30.3% {{small|(2nd)}} | 32.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 28 | January 25, 2015 | 28.0% | 34.1% | 30.9% {{small|(2nd)}} | 34.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 29 | January 31, 2015 | 27.5% | 32.2% | {{color|red|'''31.4%'''}} {{small|(1st)}} | {{color|red|'''34.2%'''}} {{small|(1st)}} |- ! 30 | February 1, 2015 | 28.0% | 34.4% | {{color|red|'''31.4%'''}} {{small|(2nd)}} | 33.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 31 | February 7, 2015 | 28.0% | 33.6% | 28.2% {{small|(2nd)}} | 30.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 32 | February 8, 2015 | 27.4% | 32.6% | 30.2% {{small|(2nd)}} | 32.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 33 | February 14, 2015 | 26.7% | 31.3% | 27.9% {{small|(2nd)}} | 29.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 34 | February 15, 2015 | 26.2% | 32.6% | 28.5% {{small|(2nd)}} | 30.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! 35 | February 21, 2015 | 25.9% | 29.6% | 28.3% {{small|(1st)}} | 29.9% {{small|(1st)}} |- ! 36 | February 22, 2015 | 27.5% | 32.4% | 29.5% {{small|(1st)}} | 31.5% {{small|(1st)}} |- ! 37 | February 28, 2015 | 26.3% | 30.9% | 28.7% {{small|(1st)}} | 31.2% {{small|(1st)}} |- ! 38 | March 1, 2015 | 26.6% | 31.0% | 28.2% {{small|(1st)}} | 30.5% {{small|(1st)}} |- ! 39 | March 7, 2015 | 26.8% | 32.3% | 28.8% {{small|(1st)}} | 31.1% {{small|(1st)}} |- ! 40 | March 8, 2015 | {{color|red|'''29.0%'''}} | 34.4% | 30.1% {{small|(1st)}} | 31.8% {{small|(1st)}} |- ! colspan="2" |Average ! {{color|green|'''22.4%'''}} ! {{color|green|'''27.0%'''}} ! {{color|green|'''24.7%'''}} ! {{color|green|'''26.6%'''}} |- | colspan="6" | * {{small|In this table, {{color|blue|'''the blue numbers'''}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|'''the red numbers'''}} represent the highest ratings.}} |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result |- | rowspan="5"| 2014 | rowspan="5"| 33rd MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Han Ji-hye}} | {{nom}} |- | Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Ha Seok-jin}} | {{nom}} |- | Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Oh Hyun-kyung}} | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| Golden Acting Award, Actress | {{center|Go Doo-shim}} | {{nom}} |- | {{center|Jung Hye-sun}} | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="8"| 2015 | rowspan="2"| 4th APAN Star Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | {{center|Han Ji-hye}} | {{nom}} |- | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | {{center|Ha Seok-jin}} | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="6"| 34th MBC Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | {{center|Jeon In-hwa}} | {{nom}} |- | Drama of the Year | {{center|''4 Legendary Witches''}} | {{nom}} |- | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Jeon In-hwa}} | {{won}} |- | Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Oh Hyun-kyung}} | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actress in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Kim Soo-mi}} | {{won}} |- | Best New Actress in a Special Project Drama | {{center|Ha Yeon-soo}} | {{nom}} |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==International broadcast== * It aired in Vietnam on HTV2 beginning September 22, 2015, under the title ''Người vợ dũng cảm''.
==External links== * {{Official website|https://program.imbc.com/manyo}} {{in lang|ko}} * {{hancinema drama|The_Legendary_Witch}} * [http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/14/2490331_57403.html ''4 Legendary Witches''] at MBC Global Media {{Works by Pan Entertainment}}
Category:2014 South Korean television series debuts Category:2015 South Korean television series endings Category:2010s South Korean television series Category:MBC TV television dramas Category:South Korean romance television series Category:Television series by Pan Entertainment Category:Television shows set in North Chungcheong Province