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| Directed by | Kang Hyo-jin |
| Written by | Kim Je-yeong |
| Produced by | Cha Sang-min |
| Starring | Uhm Jung-hwa Song Seung-heon |
| Cinematography | Sohn Won-ho |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Distributed by | Megabox Plus M |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$6.6 million[1] |
Wonderful Nightmare (Korean: 미쓰 와이프; RR: Misseu Waipeu; lit. Miss Wife) is a 2015 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy film starring Uhm Jung-hwa and Song Seung-heon.[2][3][4][5][6]
The early Korean working title literally translates to Wonderful Nightmare (Korean: 멋진 악몽; RR: Meotjin Akmong), which was retained for the international English title.[7]
Yeon-woo is a successful lawyer who gets into an automobile accident leading her to fall into a coma. She wakes in heaven to find that her death was a clerical error and it was actually an old woman with the same name who was meant to die.
To hide the mistake, she is asked to live as another woman – a housewife who was also killed by mistake – for just one month. Married to a very ordinary civil servant named Sung-hwan with a difficult teenage daughter and a precocious six-year-old, Yeon-woo finds herself changing in unexpected ways as well as facing challenges she hasn't faced before.
A Taiwanese film adaptation titled Beautiful Accident was released in 2017, starring Gwei Lun-mei and Chen Kun.
In December 2023, it was announced that a Philippine film adaptation of the same title will be released in 2024, to be starred by Sarah Geronimo and Matteo Guidicelli.[12]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 2015 | 52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Uhm Jung-hwa | Nominated |
