2016 South Korean television series
Dear My Friends (Korean: 디어 마이 프렌즈) is a South Korean television series starring Go Hyun-jung, Kim Hye-ja, Na Moon-hee, Go Doo-shim, Park Won-sook, Youn Yuh-jung, Joo Hyun, Kim Young-ok and Shin Goo.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It aired on cable network tvN on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) for 16 episodes from May 13 to July 2, 2016.
Synopsis
The stories between friends in their golden years of their lives. People who say some words like "It is not the end, we're still alive".
Cast
Main
- Go Hyun-jung as Park Wan – age 37, a Japanese translation writer
- Kim Hye-ja as Jo Hee-ja – age 72
- Na Moon-hee as Moon Jeong-ah – age 72, Hee-ja's classmate, Seok-gyun's wife
- Go Doo-shim as Jang Nan-hee – age 63, Park Wan's mother, Hee-ja and Jeong-ah's classmate and successful owner of a jjamppong shop
- Park Won-sook as Lee Young-won – age 63, Nan-hee's classmate, a former actress and advertising model
- Youn Yuh-jung as Oh Choong-nam – age 65, Nan-hee and Young-won's senior
- Joo Hyun as Lee Seong-jae – age 72, a former attorney, Hee-ja and Jeong-ah's school friend
- Kim Young-ok as Oh Ssang-boon – age 86, Nan-hee's mother
- Shin Goo as Kim Seok-gyun – age 75, Jeong-ah's husband
Extended
- Zo In-sung as Seo Yeon-ha – age 32, Park Wan's friend, Slovenia resident
- Lee Kwang-soo as Yoo Min-ho – early age 30, Hee-ja's youngest son
- Nam Neung-mi [ko] as Gi-ja – age 72
- Baek Seung-do [ko] as Yang Joo-young – Choong-nam's parental nephew
- Byeon Woo-seok as Son Jong-sik – Choong-nam's outside nephew
- Yeom Hye-ran as Soon-young – Jeong-ah's first daughter
- Kwon Hyuk as Oh Se-oh – Jeong-ah's first son-in-law
- Kang Eun-jin as Kim Ho-young – Jeong-ah's second daughter
- Han Jeong-hyun as Soo-young – Jeong-ah's third daughter
- Kim Jeong-hwan as Jang In-bong – Ssang-boon's son, Park Wan's uncle
- Cha Jong-ho [ko] as Pal-dal – Nan-hee's jjamppong shop employee
- Jeong Eui-soon as Nan-hee's jjamppong shop employee
- Ji Yi-soo as Sang-sook – Nan-hee's jjamppong shop employee
- Go Bo-gyeol as Ha-neul – Hee-ja's youngest daughter-in-law
- Lee Kwang-soo as Bong-yi – Seok-gyun's elementary school alumni
- Go Jin-myung as security colleague
- Kwak In-joon [ko] as professor Yang
- Kim Tae-hoon as professor Lee
Supporting
- Joo Boo-jin as cathedral congregation member
- Choi Jae-seop as Hee-ja's son
- Jo Seung-yeon as Hee-ja's son
- Park Sung-yeon as Hee-ja's daughter-in-law
- Park Soo-bin as Hee-ja's daughter-in-law
- Kang Moon-kyung
- Yoo Pil-ran
- Kim Pil
- Kim Hak-yim
- Jo Hye-won
- Kim Kyung-ae [ko]
- Kim Byung-choon [ko]
- Kim Hak-sun
- Ok Joo-ri
- Park Gwi-soon [ko] as taxi driver
- Noh Nam-seok
- Kwon Jae-hyun as Soon-cheol
- Lee Jeong-goo as priest
- Baek Eun-kyung
- Goo Bon-young
- Kim Yeon-hee
- Shin Shin-beom as Seok-gyun's younger brother
- Kim Mi-ryang as Seok-gyun's sister-in-law
- Kim Jeong-soo
- Jin Seok-chan
- Woo Sang-wook as young Kim Seok-gyun
- Nam Jeong-hee [ko] as elderly nursing home care helper
- Kwon Hyuk-soo as nursing home care helper
- Kim Ya-ni
Cameo appearances
- Shin Sung-woo as Han Dong-jin – early age 40, a publisher representative, an editor-in-chief
- Sung Dong-il as professor Park
- Jang Hyun-sung as Il-woo – Nan-hee's jjamppong shop regular customer
- Lee Won-jong as Jang Ho-jin – Nan-hee's father
- Song Yong-tae [ko] as Yoo Jeong-cheol – Hee-ja's husband
- Daniel Henney as Mark Smith – Hee-ja's male neighbor, photographer
- Chae Gook-hee [ko] as Seo Yeon-hee – Yeon-ha's older sister, Slovenia resident
- Ha Jae-young [ko] as Dae-cheol – Young-won's ex-husband
- Lee Soon-jae
- Kim Ji-young
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Ratings
Awards and nominations
Remake
A Chinese remake of the same name aired on Hunan TV in 2017.
References
- ^ Hong Se-young (October 22, 2015). 노희경 신작 '디어 마이 프렌즈', 고현정·조인성 등 라인업 확정 [공식입장]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Han Hye-ri (October 22, 2015). "노희경 작가 신작 tvN '디어 마이 프렌즈', 주요 캐스팅 확정…고현정·신성우 출연". TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Yoon Go-eun (October 22, 2015). "고현정·조인성, tvN '디어 마이 프렌즈' 출연". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Kim Ji-won (May 4, 2016). '시니어 어벤저스'가 온다…방영 앞둔 <디어마이프렌즈>. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Jeong Ah-ran (May 6, 2016). "tvN '미리 보기, 디어 마이 프렌즈' 7일 밤 방송". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Kim Joon-seok (May 9, 2016). '디어 마이 프렌즈' 노희경 작가가 밝힌 고현정 캐스팅이 최적인 이유. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ Han In-goo (April 7, 2017). "공유·박보검·남궁민·한석규…백상예술대상 男TV연기상 4파전". Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Kim So-yeon (May 4, 2017). "'Guardian', 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Dear My Friends at HanCinema
- Dear My Friends at IMDb
