The K-drama “Quiet Sales” focuses on the story of 4 women who sell adult toys door-to-door, in a rural village in Jeolla Province in the 1990s, when sex was still too taboo. They call themselves the “Bangpan Sisters”. They have various motivations for joining the business venture, but through their work, they achieve financial independence and develop friendships.
Everyone has desires, but sometimes these desires are hidden and not expressed honestly.
For example, information about sexual life, such as “How to have a hot night with your husband?”, has to be secretly sought out by pretending to read recipes from women’s magazines.
Four members of “Bangpan Sisters” broaden their horizons to a fantastic world by selling adult products, with the motto “We women also care about a passionate sex life and have the right to enjoy it”. Kim So-yeon, Kim Sun-young, Kim Sung-ryung, Lee Se-hee, and Yeon Woo-jin play the five lead roles.
Kim So-yeon plays Han Jeong-suk. Han Jeon-suk is a housewife who once was the 1st runner-up in a local beauty contest and married her first love. Her life is modest and ordinary, marred by financial struggles. She jumps into door-to-door sales of imported adult products and soon discovers a talent for marketing and sales.
Kim Sun-young plays Seo Young-bok. Seo Yeong-bok has a great relationship with her husband and a fulfilling family life, but she faces personal challenges due to the cramped living conditions where her six-member family shares a small room. Driven by her desire to provide separate rooms for her children, Seo Yeong Buk takes up selling adult products.
Kim Sung-ryung plays Oh Geum-hee. This character graduated from university, and married to Choi Won-bong (Kim Won-hae) through a family arrangement. She is living a very monotonous life due to her husband, who insists she stay at home all day and arrange flowers. To help Han Jeong-suk, she starts working in door-to-door sales of imported adult products. This experience prompts an unexpected self-reflection.
Lee Se-hee plays Lee Ju Ri. She is the town’s “it girl” and a single mother running a hair salon. Despite the leering gazes she receives for her revealing outfits that she enjoys wearing, she remains unfazed with a smiling face and sweet manner of speech. She becomes an adult product seller just for fun, but through this experience, she undergoes significant personal growth.
The production team of “Quiet Sales” said, “I’m not sure if they are ahead of their time, but the four members of “Bangpan Sisters” have challenged taboos and their own forbidden desires door-to-door. Selling and crafting an inspiring story about dreams they didn’t know they had. I hope that Kim So-yeon, Kim Seong-ryeong, Kim Sun-young, and Lee Se-hee will deliver an exceptional viewing experience with their best performances.”
Meanwhile, actress Kim Sung-ryung commented on the trailer where her body was blurred out
On Oct 14th, a video featuring Kim So-yeon, Kim Sung-ryung and Yeon Woo-jin was uploaded on the YouTube channel “Zzanbro Shin Dong-yup”.
In the video, Kim So-yeon talked about a scene from JTBC’s drama “A Virtuous Business”, “There’s a scene where (Kim) Sung-ryung appears wearing a slip, and after filming it, people were in an uproar. She looked so beautiful and sexy.”
Kim Sung-ryung responded to the mention “It was in the trailer. But they blurred it out. Why? What’s wrong with my body?“, expressing her frustration humorously.
Shin Dong-yup then joked “Maybe it’s for the sense of mystery“, while Kim So-yeon comforted her, “It’s because you were just too sexy.”