{{Short description|2019 South Korean television series}} {{Infobox television | image = Left-handed Wife.png | caption = Promotional poster | alt_name = ''Lefty Wife'' | native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name/auto|hangul=^왼손잡이 아내}} | genre = Melodrama<ref>{{cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003155201|script-title=ko:'왼손잡이 아내' 김진우-하연주, 교통사고 당한다 '충격 예고'|website=Naver|publisher=MyDaily|language=ko|access-date=December 30, 2018|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181306/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003155201|url-status=live}}</ref> | creator = | writer = Moon Eun-ah | director = Kim Myeong-wook | creative_director = | starring = {{ubl|Lee Soo-kyung|Kim Jin-woo}} | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_seasons = <!-- Increment when new seasons/series begin. See template documentation for more info. --> | num_episodes = 103{{efn|Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by three episodes, as the series premiered on a Wednesday.}} | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Kim Hee-yeol | producer = | location = | cinematography = | editor = | camera = Single camera | runtime = 35 minutes | company = Pan Entertainment | budget = {{KRW|4 billion}}<ref>{{Cite web |author=구은모 |script-title=ko:팬엔터테인먼트, KBS와 40억 규모 제작 공급 계약 |url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/277/0004424977 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Naver News |language=ko |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113205352/https://n.news.naver.com/article/277/0004424977 |url-status=live }}</ref> | network = KBS2 | first_aired = {{start date|2019|1|2}} | last_aired = {{end date|2019|5|31}} }}
'''''Left-Handed Wife''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^왼손잡이 아내|rr=yes}}) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Soo-kyung and Kim Jin-woo. It aired from January 2 to May 31, 2019 on KBS2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/news/news_view.php?no=18710&sec=behind&lang=eng|title=Lee Soo Kyung to star in 'Left-Handed Wife'|website=KBS World|access-date=2018-12-28|archive-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410214538/http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/news/news_view.php?no=18710&sec=behind&lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellokpop.com/news/cast-of-left-handed-wife-holds-its-first-script-reading-session/|title=Cast Of "Left-Handed Wife" Holds Its First Script Reading Session|date=December 13, 2018|access-date=December 28, 2018|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511215534/https://www.hellokpop.com/news/cast-of-left-handed-wife-holds-its-first-script-reading-session/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=July 2025}} It is also the first KBS daily drama not to premiere on a Monday.
==Cast== ===Main=== * Lee Soo-kyung as Oh San-ha :An employee at the product development division of a cosmetics company. * Kim Jin-woo as Park Do-kyung: Heir apparent of the Aura Group. Esther Jang's boyfriend. * Song Won-seok as Lee Soo-ho: A doctor working as a resident in a hospital's emergency department. San-ha's husband. * Jin Tae-hyun as Kim Nam-joon :An associate to Aura Group's chairman. * Ha Yeon-joo as Esther Jang :A curator at the Aura Museum (a subsidiary of Aura Group).
===Supporting=== ====People around San-ha==== * Kang Nam-gil as Oh Chang-soo, San-ha and Seul-ha's dad who went blind in the beginning of the series. * Kim Seo-ra as Baek Geum-hee, San-ha and Seul-ha's mom. * Park Yoo-na as Oh Seul-ha, Oh San-ha's younger sister. * Lee Si-hoo as Bong Sun-dal
===People around Do-kyung=== * Kim Byung-ki as Park Sun-tae :Aura Group's chairman and Do-kyung's grandfather. * Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Cheon Sun-im :Do-kyung & Soo-ho's grandmother * Jung Chan as Park Kang-chul :Aura's vice chairman and Do-kyung's father & Soo-ho's paternal uncle * Lee Seung-yeon as Cho Ae-ra : Director of Aura Museum, Do-kyung and Nam-joon's mom, Kang-chul's wife whom he later divorced. * Kim Joon-eui as Park Noah : Do-kyung and Esther's son out of wedlock.
== International broadcast == In Vietnam, the series was broadcast on VTV3 from January 7, 2020 under the title ''Hoán đổi số phận''.
== Ratings == In this table, {{color|blue|'''the blue numbers'''}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|'''the red numbers'''}} represent the highest ratings.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="3" | {{abbr|Ep.|Episode}} ! rowspan="3" | Original broadcast date ! colspan="3" | Average audience share |- ! TNmS ! colspan="2" | AGB Nielsen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|title=Nielsen Korea|language=ko|work=AGB Nielsen Media Research|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|archive-date=March 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! width=100 | Nationwide ! width=100 | Nationwide ! width=100 | Seoul |- !1 |January 2, 2019 |15.7% |12.5% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.5% {{small|(5th)}} |- !2 |January 3, 2019 |16.9% |13.1% {{small|(4th)}} |11.4% {{small|(6th)}} |- !3 |January 4, 2019 |16.2% |13.0% {{small|(4th)}} |11.0% {{small|(9th)}} |- !4 |January 7, 2019 |rowspan=2|16.8% |13.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |11.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !5 |January 8, 2019 |13.5% {{small|(3rd)}} |12.0% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !6 |January 9, 2019 |16.7% |12.8% {{small|(5th)}} |11.0% {{small|(6th)}} |- !7 |January 10, 2019 |16.8% |13.7% {{small|(3rd)}} |12.4% {{small|(5th)}} |- !8 |January 11, 2019 |16.9% |13.1% {{small|(4th)}} |10.9% {{small|(6th)}} |- !9 |January 14, 2019 |16.3% |13.0% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.3% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !10 |January 15, 2019 |17.2% |13.7% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.5% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !11 |January 16, 2019 |16.1% |13.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |11.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !12 |January 17, 2019 |17.2% |13.4% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.6% {{small|(4th)}} |- !13 |January 18, 2019 |17.3% |12.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.2% {{small|(5th)}} |- !14 |January 21, 2019 |18.9% |13.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !15 |January 22, 2019 |18.1% |14.0% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !16 |January 23, 2019 |17.1% |13.2% {{small|(4th)}} |11.0% {{small|(5th)}} |- !17 |January 24, 2019 |16.6% |13.7% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.9% {{small|(4th)}} |- !18 |January 25, 2019 |16.8% |13.5% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.6% {{small|(4th)}} |- !19 |January 28, 2019 |18.5% |13.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.7% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !20 |January 29, 2019 |18.6% |14.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !21 |January 30, 2019 |17.6% |13.1% {{small|(4th)}} |11.2% {{small|(4th)}} |- !22 |January 31, 2019 |18.3% |13.3% {{small|(4th)}} |10.9% {{small|(5th)}} |- !23 |February 1, 2019 |16.7% |13.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.7% {{small|(4th)}} |- !24 |February 6, 2019{{efn|No episodes were aired on February 4 due to the broadcast of the movie ''Captain America: Civil War'', and on February 5 due to the broadcast of the movie ''Zootopia''.}} |{{color|blue|'''14.0%'''}} |{{color|blue|'''11.1%'''}} {{small|(5th)}} |{{color|blue|'''9.9%'''}} {{small|(4th)}} |- !25 |February 7, 2019 |17.5% |14.3% {{small|(3rd)}} |12.6% {{small|(5th)}} |- !26 |February 8, 2019 |17.4% |13.3% {{small|(5th)}} |10.7% {{small|(8th)}} |- !27 |February 11, 2019 |16.9% |14.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !28 |February 12, 2019 |17.7% |14.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !29 |February 13, 2019 |18.6% |13.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |11.2% {{small|(4th)}} |- !30 |February 14, 2019 |17.5% |13.8% {{small|(4th)}} |11.9% {{small|(7th)}} |- !31 |February 15, 2019 |17.4% |11.6% {{small|(5th)}} |13.5% {{small|(7th)}} |- !32 |February 18, 2019 |18.8% |14.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !33 |February 19, 2019 |19.4% |14.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !34 |February 20, 2019 |20.4% |13.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |11.7% {{small|(4th)}} |- !35 |February 21, 2019 |18.0% |14.2% {{small|(4th)}} |12.3% {{small|(6th)}} |- !36 |February 22, 2019 |19.6% |14.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |13.1% {{small|(4th)}} |- !37 |February 25, 2019 |19.8% |14.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !38 |February 26, 2019 |18.2% |14.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !39 |February 27, 2019 |18.3% |14.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.4% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !40 |March 1, 2019 {{efn|No episode was aired on February 28 due to the broadcast of a special ''100 Years of Spring''.}} |18.6% |14.1% {{small|(3rd)}} |12.6% {{small|(4th)}} |- !41 |March 4, 2019 |20.4% |15.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !42 |March 5, 2019 |21.0% |15.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !43 |March 6, 2019 |21.1% |15.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |14.0% {{small|(4th)}} |- !44 |March 7, 2019 |21.5% |15.9% {{small|(4th)}} |13.5% {{small|(4th)}} |- !45 |March 8, 2019 |21.2% |15.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |13.9% {{small|(5th)}} |- !46 |March 11, 2019 |20.8% |15.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.3% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !47 |March 12, 2019 |21.5% |16.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !48 |March 13, 2019 |21.6% |15.9% {{small|(4th)}} |13.5% {{small|(4th)}} |- !49 |March 14, 2019 |20.6% |15.7% {{small|(4th)}} |13.5% {{small|(4th)}} |- !50 |March 15, 2019 |21.1% |15.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |13.6% {{small|(4th)}} |- !51 |March 18, 2019 |20.6% |15.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !52 |March 19, 2019 |20.8% |15.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !53 |March 20, 2019 |20.2% |15.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !54 |March 21, 2019 |19.6% |15.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.3% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !55 |March 25, 2019 {{efn|No episode was aired on March 22 due to a football match between Bolivia and South Korea.}} |20.7% |15.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !56 |March 26, 2019 |19.4% |14.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |11.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !57 |March 27, 2019 |19.7% |15.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !58 |March 28, 2019 |19.1% |15.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.3% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !59 |March 29, 2019 |18.8% |14.7% {{small|(4th)}} |12.6% {{small|(5th)}} |- !60 |April 1, 2019 |19.2% |15.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !61 |April 2, 2019 |19.6% |15.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !62 |April 3, 2019 |19.7% |15.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.6% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !63 |April 4, 2019 |19.2% |16.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.2% {{small|(4th)}} |- !64 |April 5, 2019 |18.8% |14.4% {{small|(4th)}} |12.5% {{small|(5th)}} |- !65 |April 8, 2019 |19.3% |15.2% {{small|(3rd)}} |13.1% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !66 |April 9, 2019 |20.1% |{{color|red|'''17.1%'''}} {{small|(2nd)}} |{{color|red|'''15.7%'''}} {{small|(2nd)}} |- !67 |April 10, 2019 |19.8% |15.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.3% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !68 |April 11, 2019 |16.7% |13.9% {{small|(3rd)}} |12.4% {{small|(4th)}} |- !69 |April 12, 2019 |18.7% |14.2% {{small|(4th)}} |12.8% {{small|(5th)}} |- !70 |April 15, 2019 |18.4% |14.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !71 |April 16, 2019 |19.8% |15.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !72 |April 17, 2019 |18.5% |15.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.8% {{small|(4th)}} |- !73 |April 18, 2019 |18.7% |14.1% {{small|(3rd)}} |12.0% {{small|(4th)}} |- !74 |April 19, 2019 |17.5% |13.0% {{small|(4th)}} |10.5% {{small|(7th)}} |- !75 |April 22, 2019 |18.9% |14.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !76 |April 23, 2019 |20.7% |16.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !77 |April 24, 2019 |19.9% |15.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.0% {{small|(4th)}} |- !78 |April 25, 2019 |{{color|red|'''22.5%'''}} |16.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |15.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !79 |April 26, 2019 |20.7% |15.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !80 |April 29, 2019 |21.1% |16.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !81 |April 30, 2019 |20.9% |15.5% {{small|(1st)}} |13.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !82 |May 1, 2019 |20.3% |14.8% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.6% {{small|(4th)}} |- !83 |May 2, 2019 |21.1% |15.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !84 |May 3, 2019 |18.5% |14.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !85 |May 7, 2019{{efn|No episode was aired on May 6 due to the broadcast of ''Mr. House Husband''.}} |18.8% |14.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !86 |May 8, 2019 |17.0% |13.4% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.8% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !87 |May 9, 2019 |17.5% |13.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |11.2% {{small|(3rd)}} |- !88 |May 10, 2019 |18.8% |14.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !89 |May 13, 2019 |18.0% |15.6% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !90 |May 14, 2019 |20.1% |14.3% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.0% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !91 |May 15, 2019 |18.6% |14.0% {{small|(3rd)}} |11.7% {{small|(4th)}} |- !92 |May 16, 2019 |18.2% |14.7% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.2% {{small|(1st)}} |- !93 |May 17, 2019 |19.4% |15.3% {{small|(1st)}} |13.9% {{small|(1st)}} |- !94 |May 20, 2019 |20.1% |15.6% {{small|(1st)}} |13.8% {{small|(1st)}} |- !95 |May 21, 2019 |21.1% |13.9% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !96 |May 22, 2019 |18.6% |14.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |13.4% {{small|(1st)}} |- !97 |May 23, 2019 |18.9% |14.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !98 |May 24, 2019 |18.1% |14.0% {{small|(1st)}} |12.6% {{small|(1st)}} |- !99 |May 27, 2019 |20.9% |16.1% {{small|(2nd)}} |14.2% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !100 |May 28, 2019 |19.0% |15.2% {{small|(1st)}} |13.7% {{small|(1st)}} |- !101 |May 29, 2019 |19.5% |14.4% {{small|(2nd)}} |12.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- !102 |May 30, 2019 |18.6% |15.1% {{small|(1st)}} |14.1% {{small|(1st)}} |- !103 |May 31, 2019 |19.4% |15.8% {{small|(1st)}} |13.5% {{small|(2nd)}} |- ! colspan="2" |Average ! {{color|green|'''18.9%'''}} ! {{color|green|'''14.6%'''}} ! {{color|green|'''12.7%'''}} |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://program.kbs.co.kr/2tv/drama/leftywife/pc/index.html}} {{in lang|ko}} * {{KBS World TV program|1275}} * {{Hancinema drama|Left-handed_Wife}} {{Works by Pan Entertainment}}
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