Dear My Friends Explained
| Native Name: | | Hangul: | 디어 마이 프렌즈 | | Rr: | Dieo Mai Peurenjeu |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Hong Jong-chan |
| Narrated: | Go Hyun-jung |
| Opentheme: | "Go Go! Picnic" by Martin Smith |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Network: | tvN |
Dear My Friends 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
- as Gi-ja – age 72
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ok Joo-ri
- 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
- 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
- as Yoo Jeong-cheol – Hee-ja's husband
- Daniel Henney as Mark Smith – Hee-ja's male neighbor, photographer
- as Seo Yeon-hee – Yeon-ha's older sister, Slovenia resident
- as Dae-cheol – Young-won's ex-husband
- Lee Soon-jae
- Kim Ji-young
Original soundtrack
Part 5
Ratings
! rowspan="3" | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share |
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| Nielsen Korea[7] | TNmS |
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| Nationwide | | Nationwide |
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| 1 | May 13, 2016 | Sorry, I'm Not Curious About You Guys.
(Korean: 미안하지만, 난 당신들이 궁금하지 않아요) | 4.895% | 4.386% | 4.0% |
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| 2 | May 14, 2016 | I Can Do It Alone. I Can Live Alone.
(Korean: 혼자 할 수 있어요. 혼자 살 수 있어요.) | 4.000% | 3.729% | 4.1% |
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| 3 | May 20, 2016 | Down to the Braless Street with a Torn Jeans
(Korean: 노브라에 찢어진 청바지를 입고 길 위에서) | 4.676% | 4.875% | 4.1% |
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| 4 | May 21, 2016 | Please, I Beg Everyone, Don't Say You Know Everything About Us.
(Korean: 부디, 부탁하건대 당신들, 우릴 다 안다 하지 마세요.) | | | |
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| 5 | May 27, 2016 | Don't Be Lonely. I'm Beside You.
(Korean: 외로워 마세요. 그대 곁에 내가 있어요.) | 4.489% | 4.648% | 4.5% |
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| 6 | May 28, 2016 | The Way You Can Return, The Way You Can't Return
(Korean: 되돌아 갈 수 있는 길 되돌아 갈 수 없는 길) | 3.874% | 4.119% | 3.5% |
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| 7 | June 3, 2016 | The Wind Blows. The Waves Are Hitting.
(Korean: 바람이 분다. 파도가 친다) | 4.989% | 5.888% | 3.9% |
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| 8 | June 4, 2016 | As If Nothing Had Happened
(Korean: 마치 아무 일도 없었던 것처럼) | 3.970% | 4.053% | 3.2% |
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| 9 | June 10, 2016 | Life Is Really Very Beautiful, Isn't It?
(Korean: 인생 정말 아름답지 아니한가) | 5.211% | 5.328% | 4.5% |
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| 10 | June 11, 2016 | Honing the Sword of Revenge 1
(Korean: 복수의 칼날을 갈며 1) | 4.486% | 4.550% | 3.8% |
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| 11 | June 17, 2016 | Honing the Sword of Revenge 2
(Korean: 복수의 칼날을 갈며 2) | 5.467% | 5.909% | 4.6% |
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| 12 | June 18, 2016 | What I Was Aware Of, A Hundred of My Sins.
What I Was Unaware Of, Tons of My Sins.
(Korean: 내가 알고 지은 죄, 백가지. 내가 모르고 지은 죄, 천가지 만가지) | 5.294% | 5.015% | 4.1% |
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| 13 | June 24, 2016 | Like a Mother to the End, Like a Fighter to the End 1
(Korean: 끝까지 엄마답게, 끝까지 투사처럼 1) | 5.942% | 5.744% | 5.1% |
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| 14 | June 25, 2016 | Like a Mother to the End, Like a Fighter to the End 2
(Korean: 끝까지 엄마답게, 끝까지 투사처럼 2) | 5.383% | 5.972% | 4.4% |
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| 15 | July 1, 2016 | When Did We Ever Look at You This Long?
(Korean: 우리가 언제 당신을 이렇게 오래 바라봐 준 적 있었나?) | | | |
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| 16 | July 2, 2016 | Our Love Story
(Korean: 우리들의 러브 스토리) | 6.870% | 7.222% | 6.0% |
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| Average | | | |
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- In the table above, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest ratings.
- This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 2016 | | Best Screenplay | | |
| Best Actress | | |
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| Best Content Award, Drama | Dear My Friends | |
| Two Star Award | | |
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| Best Kiss Award | | |
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards[8] [9] | | Dear My Friends | |
| Hong Jong-chan | |
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Remake
A Chinese remake of the same name aired on Hunan TV in 2017.
Notes and References
- Web site: Hong Se-young. ko:노희경 신작 '디어 마이 프렌즈', 고현정·조인성 등 라인업 확정 [공식입장]. The Dong-a Ilbo. https://sports.donga.com/3/all/20151022/74318558/1. October 22, 2015. May 10, 2016. ko. February 19, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160219083632/http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20151022/74318558/1. live.
- Web site: Han Hye-ri. 노희경 작가 신작 tvN '디어 마이 프렌즈', 주요 캐스팅 확정…고현정·신성우 출연. TenAsia. October 22, 2015. May 10, 2016. ko. February 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014741/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/731002. dead.
- Web site: Yoon Go-eun. 고현정·조인성, tvN '디어 마이 프렌즈' 출연. Yonhap News Agency. October 22, 2015. May 10, 2016. ko. December 31, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151231102828/http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/10/22/0200000000AKR20151022096000033.HTML. live.
- Web site: Kim Ji-won. ko:'시니어 어벤저스'가 온다…방영 앞둔 <디어마이프렌즈>. Kyunghyang Shinmun. https://www.khan.co.kr/culture/culture-general/article/201605041703001. May 4, 2016. May 10, 2016. ko. May 19, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240519150134/https://www.khan.co.kr/culture/culture-general/article/201605041703001. live.
- Web site: Jeong Ah-ran. tvN '미리 보기, 디어 마이 프렌즈' 7일 밤 방송. Yonhap News Agency. May 6, 2016. May 10, 2016. ko. November 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161110093211/http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/05/06/0200000000AKR20160506026900033.HTML. live.
- Web site: Kim Joon-seok. ko:'디어 마이 프렌즈' 노희경 작가가 밝힌 고현정 캐스팅이 최적인 이유. The Chosun Ilbo. https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/05/09/2016050900660.html. May 9, 2016. May 10, 2016. ko. August 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814025243/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/05/09/2016050900660.html. live.
- Web site: Nielsen Korea. ko. May 13, 2016. June 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160601140426/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=3_1&area=00. live.
- News: Han In-goo. 공유·박보검·남궁민·한석규…백상예술대상 男TV연기상 4파전. Star Today. April 7, 2017. April 7, 2017. ko. July 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210729031454/https://www.mk.co.kr/star/hot-issues/view/2017/04/236354/. live.
- Web site: Kim So-yeon. 'Guardian', 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards. The Korea Herald. May 4, 2017. May 4, 2017. April 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401162737/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170504000531. live.
