Actor Jo Hyun-Jae is returning to acting. He is cast in the new drama “Detective Housewife” which is now in pre-production stage. Jo will play alongside Hong Soo-Ah.
His return to acting after one year break was announced by the production company Enstar Media, that produced the drama as reported by Seoul Daily News. Jo will play the main character, Cha Jae-Hoon, a highly respected detective and prosecutor who work at the general attorney’s office. His main job is to investigate crime cases.
Jae-Hoon is a top graduates in his class and a martial arts experts. He is relentless in investigating cases and chasing the criminals. While Hong is to play Park Min-Joo, an assistant investigator who work for Jae-Hoon. She is a housewife that works part-time in the attorney general office.
This will be the comeback for two actors. Especially for Hong who has been successful to play in many Chinese drama according to KBS News.
Hong is the winner of Hallyu Star Award in 2015 APAN Star Awards. That year, she starred in the movie “The Malice” and Chinese TV drama “Billion Dollar Heir” which gave her a big recognition outside Korea. Now she returns to Korea to star in the “Detective Housewife.”
Her partner in the drama Jo started his career as a singer in a K-Pop boy band Guardian. After releasing their first album, Guardian was disbanded in 1998. He began his acting career two years later after becoming model in many commercials.
Jo’s first acting role was in the SBS drama “KAIST” followed by “Golden Pond” in the same year. In 2003, he played the supporting role in the Korean adaptation of a French novel “Dangerous Liaisons” in a romantic drama movie “Untold Scandal.”
He received big success in 2013 after playing the supporting character in the KBS drama “Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek.” The drama was loosely based on the book “Ad Genius Lee Je-seok” written by advertising designer and social activist Yi Jeseok.
Watch the KBS World “Star Date” with the “Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek” including Jo below:
