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Dear My Friends
Dear My Friends (Korean: 디어 마이 프렌즈; RR: Dieo Mai Peurenjeu) 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.
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Noh Hee-kyung |
| Directed by | Hong Jong-chan |
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| Narrated by | Go Hyun-jung |
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| Opening theme | "Go Go! Picnic" by Martin Smith |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Original network | tvN |
| Picture format | 1080i |
| Original release | May 13 – 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 cast
- 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 cast
- Jo 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 as Gi-ja – age 72
- Baek Seung-do 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 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 as professor Yang
- Kim Tae-hoon as professor Lee
Supporting cast
- 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
- Kim Byung-choon
- Kim Hak-sun
- Ok Joo-ri
- Park Gwi-soon 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 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 as Yoo Jeong-cheol – Hee-ja's husband
- Daniel Henney as Mark Smith – Hee-ja's male neighbor, photographer
- Chae Gook-hee as Seo Yeon-hee – Yeon-ha's older sister, Slovenia resident
- Ha Jae-young as Dae-cheol – Young-won's ex-husband
- Lee Soon-jae
- Kim Ji-young
Original soundtrack
Part 1
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby Blue" | Kevin Oh | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Baby Blue" (Inst.) | 3:15 | |
| Total length: | 6:30 | ||
Part 2
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Wonderful (얼마나 좋아)" | Jannabi (잔나비) | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Beautiful" | Jannabi (잔나비) | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Beautiful" (Eng Ver.) | Jannabi (잔나비) | 3:01 |
| Total length: | 9:03 | ||
Part 3
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Want to Be Free (바람에 머문다)" | Lyn | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Want to Be Free (바람에 머문다)" (Inst.) | 3:27 | |
| Total length: | 6:54 | ||
Part 4
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Go (떠나가지마)" | Park Ji-min | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Don't Go (떠나가지마)" (Inst.) | 3:16 | |
| Total length: | 6:32 | ||
Part 5
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Go Go! Picnic" | Martin Smith | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Be My Side" | Da-eun | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Paso a Paso" | Edan | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 10:23 | ||
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[7] | TNmS | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| 1 | May 13, 2016 | Sorry, I'm Not Curious About You Guys. (미안하지만, 난 당신들이 궁금하지 않아요) | 4.895% | 4.386% | 4.0% |
| 2 | May 14, 2016 | I Can Do It Alone. I Can Live Alone. (혼자 할 수 있어요. 혼자 살 수 있어요.) | 4.000% | 3.729% | 4.1% |
| 3 | May 20, 2016 | Down to the Braless Street with a Torn Jeans (노브라에 찢어진 청바지를 입고 길 위에서) | 4.676% | 4.875% | 4.1% |
| 4 | May 21, 2016 | Please, I Beg Everyone, Don't Say You Know Everything About Us. (부디, 부탁하건대 당신들, 우릴 다 안다 하지 마세요.) | 3.420% | 3.124% | 3.0% |
| 5 | May 27, 2016 | Don't Be Lonely. I'm Beside You. (외로워 마세요. 그대 곁에 내가 있어요.) | 4.489% | 4.648% | 4.5% |
| 6 | May 28, 2016 | The Way You Can Return, The Way You Can't Return (되돌아 갈 수 있는 길 되돌아 갈 수 없는 길) | 3.874% | 4.119% | 3.5% |
| 7 | June 3, 2016 | The Wind Blows. The Waves Are Hitting. (바람이 분다. 파도가 친다) | 4.989% | 5.888% | 3.9% |
| 8 | June 4, 2016 | As If Nothing Had Happened (마치 아무 일도 없었던 것처럼) | 3.970% | 4.053% | 3.2% |
| 9 | June 10, 2016 | Life Is Really Very Beautiful, Isn't It? (인생 정말 아름답지 아니한가) | 5.211% | 5.328% | 4.5% |
| 10 | June 11, 2016 | Honing the Sword of Revenge 1 (복수의 칼날을 갈며 1) | 4.486% | 4.550% | 3.8% |
| 11 | June 17, 2016 | Honing the Sword of Revenge 2 (복수의 칼날을 갈며 2) | 5.467% | 5.909% | 4.6% |
| 12 | June 18, 2016 | What I Was Aware Of, A Hundred of My Sins. What I Was Unaware Of, Tons of My Sins. (내가 알고 지은 죄, 백가지. 내가 모르고 지은 죄, 천가지 만가지) | 5.294% | 5.015% | 4.1% |
| 13 | June 24, 2016 | Like a Mother to the End, Like a Fighter to the End 1 (끝까지 엄마답게, 끝까지 투사처럼 1) | 5.942% | 5.744% | 5.1% |
| 14 | June 25, 2016 | Like a Mother to the End, Like a Fighter to the End 2 (끝까지 엄마답게, 끝까지 투사처럼 2) | 5.383% | 5.972% | 4.4% |
| 15 | July 1, 2016 | When Did We Ever Look at You This Long? (우리가 언제 당신을 이렇게 오래 바라봐 준 적 있었나?) | 8.087% | 9.259% | 6.8% |
| 16 | July 2, 2016 | Our Love Story (우리들의 러브 스토리) | 6.870% | 7.222% | 6.0% |
| Average | 5.066% | 5.239% | 4.4% | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 2016 | 9th Korea Drama Awards | Best Screenplay | Noh Hee-kyung | Won |
| tvN10 Awards | Best Actress | Go Hyun-jung | Nominated | |
| Kim Hye-ja | Nominated | |||
| Best Content Award, Drama | Dear My Friends | Won | ||
| Two Star Award | Shin Goo | Nominated | ||
| Youn Yuh-jung | Nominated | |||
| Best Kiss Award | Jo In-sung and Go Hyun-jung | 4th place | ||
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards[8][9] | Best Drama | Dear My Friends | Won |
| Best Director | Hong Jong-chan | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Noh Hee-kyung | Won |
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). 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). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Yoon Go-eun (October 22, 2015). "고현정·조인성, tvN '디어 마이 프렌즈' 출연". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Kim Ji-won (May 4, 2016). ‘시니어 어벤저스’가 온다…방영 앞둔 <디어마이프렌즈>. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Jeong Ah-ran (May 6, 2016). "tvN '미리 보기, 디어 마이 프렌즈' 7일 밤 방송". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 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). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ Han In-goo (April 7, 2017). "공유·박보검·남궁민·한석규…백상예술대상 男TV연기상 4파전". Star Today (in Korean). Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Kim So-yeon (May 4, 2017). "'Guardian', 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Dear My Friends at HanCinema
- Dear My Friends at IMDb
- Dear My Friends 2016-06-08 at the Wayback Machine at Daum
- Production website
(in Korean)