


The story was also adapted into a film of the same title in 2019 that sold over 3.67 million tickets.Īdapted by Kim Ga-ram, who previously wrote the musical, "Aranga," "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982," tells the story of an ordinary woman in her mid-30s who is on a career break and slowly loses her identity through being someone's wife, a daughter-in-law and a mother. The publishing rights have been sold to 30 countries, including the U.S., Japan, France and Spain. Upon its publication in 2016, the book sold more than a million copies in Korea. Courtesy of SpotlightĬho Nam-ju's bestselling novel, "Kim Ji-young: Born 1982," will get its first stage adaptation in September. The stage adaptation of the bestselling novel, "Kim Ji-young: Born 1982," has announced its casting lineup.
