Production begins on Korean adaptation of Hideo Okuda's novel 'Naomi to Kanako'

Netflix's Korean adaptation of the Japanese novelist Hideo Okuda's Naomi to Kanako has begun production.

Under the working title As You Stood By the series stars Jeon So-nee, Lee You-mi, Jang Seung-Jo and Lee Mu-Saeng.

The story follows the unexpected events that arise when two women decide the only way to escape their living hell is by killing someone.

Soulmate star Jeon So-nee plays the troubled young woman Eun-su, a VIP department store employee who is still haunted by her childhood trauma. Squid Game's Lee You-mi plays Hui-su, a once-aspiring children’s book writer who has suffered a painful past similar to that of her friend, Eun-su. Along with Eun-su, Hui-su decides to kill her husband, who makes her life unbearable.

The Good Detective's Jang Seung-Jo plays Hui-su’s menacing husband Jin-pyo.

Revenant and VIP director Lee Jeong-Lim helms the series written by Kim Hyo-Jeong, and produced by Studio S, Ghost Studio, and Mizi Film.

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