Dear My Friends
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Details
- Title: 디어 마이 프렌즈 / Dieo Mai Peurenjeu
- Tagline: It's not over. We're still alive
- Genre: Melodrama, family, friendship, comedy, romance
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: tvN
- Broadcast period: 2016-May-13 to 2016-Jul-02
- Air time: Friday & Saturday 20:30
- Original Soundtrack: Dear My Friends OST
Synopsis
Depict the life story of the ones in their twilight years, who raise their voices as "It's not over. We're still alive".
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Main Cast
- Ko Hyun Jung as Park Wan (37)
- Kim Hye Ja as Jo Hee Ja (72)
- Go Doo Shim as Jang Nan Hee (63) (Wan's mother)
- Kim Young Ok as Oh Ssang Boon (86) (Nan Hee's mother, Wan's grandmother)
- Na Moon Hee as Moon Jung Ah (72) (Suk Kyoon's wife)
- Park Won Sook as Lee Young Won (63) (Nan Hee's school friend)
- Yoon Yeo Jung as Oh Choong Nam (65) (Nan Hee & Young Won's senior)
- Shin Goo as Kim Suk Kyoon (75) (Jung Ah's husband)
- Woo Sang Wook as young Kim Suk Kyoon
- Joo Hyun as Lee Sung Jae (72) (Hee Ja's former classmate)
- Supporting Cast
- Go Bo Kyul as Ha Neul (Min Ho's wife)
- Nam Neung Mi as Ki Ja
- Kim Jung Hwan (김정환) as Jang Il Bong (Ssang Boon's son, Wan's uncle)
- Cha Jong Ho (차종호) as Nan Hee's restaurant employee
- Jung Ui Soon (정의순) as Nan Hee's restaurant employee
- Ji Yi Soo as Sang Suk
- Yum Hye Ran as Soon Young (Jung Ah's eldest daughter)
- Kwon Hyuk as Oh Seo Oh (Jung Ah's eldest daughter's husband)
- Kang Eun Jin (강은진) as Soo Young (Jung Ah's second daughter)
- Han Jung Hyun (한정현) as Kim Soo Young (Jung Ah's third daughter)
- Seo Ga Eun as young Kim Soo Young
- Baek Seung Do as Yang Joo Young (Choong Nam's nephew)
- Byun Woo Suk as Son Jong Shik (Choong Nam's cousin's son)
- Lee Kwang Se (이광세) as Bong Yi
- Extended Cast
- Kwak In Joon as Prof. Yang
- Kim Tae Hoon as Prof. Lee
- Joo Boo Jin
- Choi Jae Sup as Hee Ja's son
- Jo Seung Yun as Hee Ja's son
- Park Sung Yun as Hee Ja's daughter-in-law
- Park Soo Min (박수민)
- Kang Moon Kyung
- Yoo Pil Ran (유필란)
- Kim Hak Im (김학임)
- Jo Hye Won
- Kim Kyung Ae (김경애)
- Go Jin Myung
- Kim Byung Choon
- Kim Hak Sun
- Ok Joo Ri (옥주리)
- Park Kwi Soon as taxi driver
- Noh Nam Suk (노남석)
- Kwon Jae Hyun (권재현) as Soon Chul
- Lee Jung Goo (이정구) as priest
- Baek Eun Kyung as Hye Mi
- Shin Shin Bum (신신범) as Suk Kyoon's younger brother
- Kim Mi Ryang (김미량) as Suk Kyoon's sister-in-law
- Kim Jung Soo (김정수)
- Jin Suk Chan (진석찬)
- Guests
- Jo In Sung as Seo Yun Ha (32) (Won's boyfriend in Slovenia)
- Shin Sung Woo as Han Dong Jin (40) (publishing editor)
- Sung Dong Il as Park Gyo Soo (artist)
- Jang Hyun Sung as Lee Il Woo (regular customer at Nan Hee's restaurant)
- Lee Kwang Soo as Yoo Min Ho (30) (Hee Ja's youngest son)
- Lee Won Jong as young Nan Hee's father
- Song Yong Tae as Hee Ja's husband
- Chae Gook Hee as Yun Ha's sister (in Slovenia)
- Ha Jae Young as Dae Cheol (Young Won's ex-husband)
- Nam Jung Hee as Alzheimer's patient
- Yannie Kim as Jacqueline
- Daniel Henney as Mark Smith (Hee Ja's neighbor, photographer) (ep 1-4, 11)
- Kwon Hyuk Soo
- Lee Soon Jae
Production Credits
- Production Companies: Studio Dragon, GT Entertainment (GT 엔터테인먼트)
- Director: Hong Jong Chan
- Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung
Recognitions
- 2017 53nd Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Drama
- 2016 tvN10 Awards: Content Main Prize
- 2016 Korea Drama Awards: Best Screenplay (Noh Hee Kyung)
Episode Ratings
See Dear My Friends/Episode Ratings
Notes
- This drama was specially aired on tvN for the broadcast channel's 10th anniversary year.
- First script reading took place February 2, 2016 at CJ E&M Center in Sangamdong, Seoul, South Korea.
- Filming for drama series began February 24, 2016.
- Filming in Slovenia and Croatia for one week beginning March 3, 2016.
- According to Online research Data Spring Korea Panel Now conducted a survey on the most anticipated dramas from April 26th to the 30th, Dear My Friends is the most anticipated dramas, beats Lucky Romance and Uncontrollably Fond. Hancinema
- Ko Hyun Jung received 60 million won (approximately $49,000) per episode (the highest pay for a cable drama), break the record of Kim Hye Soo in Signal.
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