Dear My Friends

*Dear My Friends*
Dear My Friends
	Promotional poster
Hangul	디어 마이 프렌즈
Revised Romanization	Dieo Mai Peurenjeu
Genre	Drama
Written by	Noh Hee-kyung
Directed by	Hong Jong-chan
Starring	Go Hyun-jung; Kim Hye-ja; Na Moon-hee; Go Doo-shim; Park Won-sook; Youn Yuh-jung; Joo Hyun; Kim Young-ok; Shin Goo;
Narrated by	Go Hyun-jung
Theme music composer	Choi In-hee; The Chairman; Yoo Young-jun;
Opening theme	"Go Go! Picnic" by Martin Smith
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Bae Jong-byung; Jinnie Jin-hee Choi; Kim Kyu-tae;
Producers	Lee Jong-ok; Lee Jeong-mook;
Production locations	South Korea; Slovenia; Croatia;
Production companies	Studio Dragon; GT Entertainment;
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	May 13 –; July 2, 2016

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[edit]

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[edit]

Main[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Part 1[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Baby Blue"	Kevin Oh	3:15
2.	"Baby Blue" (Inst.)		3:15
Total length:			6:30

Part 2[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
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[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
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[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Don't Go (떠나가지마)"	Park Ji-min	3:16
2.	"Don't Go (떠나가지마)" (Inst.)		3:16
Total length:			6:32

Part 5[edit]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
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[edit]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			Nielsen Korea^[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%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers 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).

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	9th Korea Drama Awards	Best Screenplay	Noh Hee-kyung	Won
	tvN10 Awards	Best Actress	Go Hyun-jung	Nominated
		Best Actress	Kim Hye-ja	Nominated
		Best Content Award, Drama	Dear My Friends	Won
		Two Star Award	Shin Goo	Nominated
		Two Star Award	Youn Yuh-jung	Nominated
		Best Kiss Award	Zo 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[edit]

A Chinese remake of the same name aired on Hunan TV in 2017.

References[edit]

^ 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). 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). 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[edit]

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Yoon Go-eun (October 22, 2015). "고현정·조인성, tvN '디어 마이 프렌즈' 출연". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[4] Kim Ji-won (May 4, 2016). ‘시니어 어벤저스’가 온다…방영 앞둔 <디어마이프렌즈>. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[5] Jeong Ah-ran (May 6, 2016). "tvN '미리 보기, 디어 마이 프렌즈' 7일 밤 방송". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[6] 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.

[7] "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved May 13, 2016.

[8] Han In-goo (April 7, 2017). "공유·박보검·남궁민·한석규…백상예술대상 男TV연기상 4파전". Star Today (in Korean). Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[9] Kim So-yeon (May 4, 2017). "'Guardian', 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

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