Bitter Sweet Life[1] (Korean: 달콤한 인생; RR: Dalkomhan Insaeng; lit.

The Sweet Life) is a 2008 South Korean television series that aired on MBC.

[2] A dark melodrama with a fragmented narrative and voice-overs highlighting the characters' state of mind, it was hailed as a daring portrayal of middle-aged romance and adultery with elements of mystery and noir.

When a man plunges to his death from a high-rise luxury apartment complex, retired detective Park Byung-shik is called in to investigate.

As he begins to investigate what led up to this night, we flashback six months to where it all began... Yoon Hye-jin and Ha Dong-won are unhappily married.

When Hye-jin discovers that her husband is having an affair, she flees to Japan, planning to kill herself in Otaru, Hokkaido.

Forgoing a career as an interpreter, she chose to become a full-time homemaker when she married Dong-won.

Although she gave up her career dreams, she made the decision based on what she thought was best for her children and husband.

When she met Joon-soo, Da-ae found the man that made her realize that she could no longer continue her relationship with Dong-woon.