Jane the Virgin Korean remake Woori The Virgin: First look featuring Im Soo-hyang out

Im Soo-hyang’s first look from her upcoming K-drama Woori The Virgin was released by the broadcast network SBS. The show is an official remake of Jane the Virgin, which itself was an adaptation of a Venezuelan telenovela. In the Korean show, Im Soo-hyang plays the role of Oh Woo-ri, a young woman who chooses to remain abstinent before marriage.

Unfortunately, Woori becomes pregnant after a mistake occurs during a medical examination. The show revolves around her journey.

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Release date and plot details of Woori The Virgin

Woori The Virgin is slated to be released on May 2, and will occupy the slot earlier occupied by Ahn Hyo-seop and Kim Se-jeong’s A Business Proposal.

The official plotline of the show is:

“Oh Woo-ri (Lim Soo-Hyang) works as an assistant writer on a popular drama series. Even though she is dating Detective Lee Gang-jae (Shin Dong-wook), she wants to keep her virginity until she marries. Her boyfriend accepts her wish. One day, Oh Woo-ri goes to an OB-GYN for a regular checkup. Due to her doctor's mistake, Oh Woo-ri gets pregnant through artificial insemination.”

The official logline of the plot continues,

“The biological father of Oh Woo-ri’s baby is Raphael (Sung Hoon). He is the CEO of a cosmetics company. He gives off the impression that he is cold, but, in his mind, he is a romanticist and wants to meet a person he loves. His reality is different. He is married to Lee Ma-ri (Hong Ji-Yoon). She intentionally approached him and married him. Love is nothing in her life.”

The original show — Jane the Virgin — was broadcast on The CW and aired between 2014 and 2019. The show consists of 5 seasons in total, and stars Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni and Brett Dier. In the show, Jane, played by Gina, is in a long-term relationship, to be engaged; and the father of the baby, a hotel owner, is a playboy hotel owner, who is married to a scheming wife. This hotel also happens to be the one that Jane works at, and the hotel owner- the baby's father- is the one Jane had a crush on in high school!

Of course, it is unclear if the Korean version — Woori the Virgin — of the show will follow the original very closely, but it will definitely be interesting to see how things pan out.