The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
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| The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince | |
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| Format | romance, comedy |
| Written by | Lee Jung Ah |
| Starring | Yoon Eun Hye Gong Yoo Lee Sun Gyun Chae Jung Ahn Kim Chang Wan Kim Dong Wook Kim Jae Wook Lee Eon Kim Young Oak Kim Ja Wook Choi Il Hwa Park Won Sook Han Ye In Lee Han Wie |
| Opening theme | 랄랄라, It's Love! lalala, It's Love!- 더 멜로디(The Melody) |
| Ending theme | Go Go Chan!![고고찬!!] - 티어라이너(Tearliner)(Feat.(YoCho)) |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 17+ special |
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| Running time | Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |  MBC |
| Original run | July 2, 2007 – August 28, 2007 |
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| Official website | |
The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (커피프린스 1호점, or Coffee Prince) is a South Korean drama that began airing on July 2, 2007 in South Korea. It aired every Monday and Tuesday. It stars popular actress Yoon Eun Hye from Goong or Princess Hours, Gong Yoo from One Fine Day, Lee Sun Gyun from White Tower and Chae Jung Ahn. The drama is a love story between a tomboyish woman pretending to be a man and a young food empire mogul. It contains "pseudo-homosexual" elements as the man does not initially know of the tomboyish woman's true sex.[1]
Due to the show's popularity, MBC had announced extension of the show by one episode. MBC also aired a special on August 28 2007. Gong Yoo watched the special with 1000 fans from all over Asia.
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[edit] Main cast
- Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun Chan
- Gong Yoo as Choi Han Kyul
- Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Seong
- Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo
[edit] Supporting Cast
Coffee Shop Members
- Kim Chang Wan as Mr. Hong
- Kim Dong Wook as Jin Ha Rim
- Kim Jae Wook as Noh Sun Ki
- Lee Eon as Hwang Min Yeop
- Kisi Ma Asi as Receptionist (later revealed as Choi Han Kyul's grandfather, Choi Han Sul)
Han Kyul's Family
- Kim Young Oak as Han Kyul's Grandmother
- Kim Ja Ok as Han Kyul's Mother
- Choi Il Hwa as Han Kyul's Father
Eun Chan's Family
- Park Won Sook as Eun Chan's Mother
- Han Ye In as Go Eun Sae (Eun Chan's Sister)
- Lee Han Wie as Meat Shop Owner (Friend of Eun Chan)
[edit] Synopsis
Choi Han Kyul, played by Gong Yoo, is the cocky son of a very rich family who runs a damaged food corporation. He doesn't believe in love and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests. On the other hand, Go Eun Chan, played by Yoon Eun Hye, is a 24-year old tomboyish female who gets mistaken as a guy quite often. She takes up every job possible — waitress, food deliverer, etc — and has the responsibility of taking care of her mother and younger sister. Eun Chan accidentally meets Han Kyul twice, once on a delivery and once during a robbery. During the robbery, Eun Chan's delivery motorcycle ends up being damaged. Han Kyul, not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, decides to hire Eun Chan as a false "lover" so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother. Meanwhile, Han Kyul's cousin, Choi Han Seong, is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend Han Yoo Joo, who Han Kyul secretly loved for nine years, is a famous artist who studied in New York. The two were lovers for about 8 years but their relationship ended when Yoo Joo broke up with Han Seong. Two years after they separated their paths cross again when Yoo Joo returns to Seoul.
After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Kyul takes over a run-down severely damaged old coffee shop, later renamed Coffee Prince, to prove his ability, both to his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good looking male employees. In a struggle with money, Eun Chan, whom Han Kyul has already mistaken as a boy, hides her gender identity to get a job at Coffee Prince. Soon feelings start to spark between Eun Chan and Han Kyul. Because he's unaware that Eun Chan is a girl, Han Kyul starts to question his sexuality. In one instance Han Kyul almost took out a knife and stabbed himself.
[edit] Book Information
With the death of her father, Eun Chan has to support her family, consisting of a foolish, spendthrift mother and younger sister. Due to her short hair, baggy clothing and general boyish behavior, she often gets mistaken for a boy and her sister often uses her as her 'boyfriend' to get rid of boys who follow her around. Eun Chan is also proficient at Taekwondo, and is strong for a girl.
Han Kyul is the heir of a large company. He's rich, carefree and doesn't take life seriously enough. He first meets Eun Chan when one of her sister's boyfriends attempts to steal a handbag belonging to Yoo Joo (a woman that Han Kyul secretly likes). Eun Chan, not knowing who the boy is, catches him but lets him go when she realizes who it is. This gives Han Kyul the impression that the two have been planning the incident together, and when she comes the day after to collect money to fix her scooter, he insults her by telling her that he thinks she's just a thief. All this time, he thinks that Eun Chan is male.
After being forced by his grandmother to take on a coffee shop (that is to become Coffee Prince) and improve its sales, Han Kyul goes for a 'prince' concept and tries to hire good-looking boys as servers to attract female customers. Eun Chan is employed, and as she works at Coffee Prince, she falls in love with Han Kyul. Han Kyul too feels affection for Eun Chan. Not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, this leads him to confusion about his sexuality and he tries to distance himself from her.
Although the drama version is very similar, there is nothing in the book about Eun Chan being employed as a 'false lover' to get Han Kyul out of blind dates or Eun Chan going abroad to become a barista.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Won
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Top Excellence in Acting (Yoon Eun Hye)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Excellence in Acting (Gong Yoo)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best PD Award (Kim Chang Wan)
Nominated
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Excellence in Acting (Chae Jung Ahn)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Excellence in Acting (Lee Sun Gyun)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best New Actor (Lee Eon)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best Drama
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best Couple Award (Yoon Eun Hye and Gong Yoo)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best Couple Award (Chae Jung Ahn and Lee Sun Gyun)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Popularity Award (Gong Yoo)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Popularity Award (Yoon Eun Hye)
At the 20th Korean Producers’ Award held on 28 February 2008 at the SBS Open Hall, Coffee Prince won the best TV drama award.
At the 44th Baeksang Arts Awards held on April 24 2008 in Seoul, handing out top honors to the films and television programs of the previous year, Yoon Eun Hye and Producer Lee Yoon Jung won the following awards :
BEST ACTRESS: Yoon Eun Hye (Coffee Prince 커피프린스 1호점, MBC)
BEST NEW PRODUCER: Lee Yoon Jung (Coffee Prince, MBC)
[edit] Production Credits
- Chief Producer/Director: Lee Yoon-Jung
- Writers: Lee Sun Mi, Jang Hyun-Joo
[edit] Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
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| 2007-07-02 | 1 | 14.4 (7th) | 15.2 (7th) |
| 2007-07-03 | 2 | 15.3 (7th) | 16.2 (7th) |
| 2007-07-09 | 3 | 18.1 (6th) | 18.6 (5th) |
| 2007-07-10 | 4 | 19.0 (4th) | 19.8 (4th) |
| 2007-07-16 | 5 | 19.3 (3rd) | 20.1 (2nd) |
| 2007-07-17 | 6 | 23.2 (2nd) | 23.9 (2nd) |
| 2007-07-23 | 7 | 25.2 (2nd) | 25.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-07-24 | 8 | 26.8 (2nd) | 28.1 (2nd) |
| 2007-07-30 | 9 | 25.2 (2nd) | 26.2 (2nd) |
| 2007-07-31 | 10 | 25.9 (2nd) | 27.3 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-06 | 11 | 28.4 (2nd) | 30.8 (1st) |
| 2007-08-07 | 12 | 29.9 (2nd) | 31.4 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-13 | 13 | 29.3 (2nd) | 32.1 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-14 | 14 | 28.1 (2nd) | 30.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-20 | 15 | 27.1 (2nd) | 29.0 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-21 | 16 | 28.5 (2nd) | 30.8 (1st) |
| 2007-08-27 | 17 | 27.7 (2nd) | 29.5 (2nd) |
| 2007-08-28 | Special | 19.1 (2nd) | 20.0 (2nd) |
| Average | 23.91% | 25.28% | |
Source: TNS Media Korea
[edit] International Broadcasting
[edit] Philippines
In Philippines, the show aired on January 1, 2008 under the title of Coffee Prince on GMA Network[2]
[edit] Singapore
- airing date: December 31, 2007
- broadcast network: MediaCorp TV
- broadcast channel: Channel U
- trivia: MediaCorp TV is granted the rights to be the first in Asia to air the series outside of South Korea.
[edit] Indonesia
- broadcast network: Indosiar
[edit] Taiwan
- airing date: January 3, 2008
- broadcast network: Videoland Drama
[edit] Malaysia
- airing date: February 22, 2008
- airing time: 8:30 - 9:30 pm
- broadcast network: 8TV
- episode:17 episodes
[edit] Israel
- broadcast network: Viva Platina
In Israel,Coffee Prince ended its airing in Viva Platina channel. airing date: December
[edit] Thailand
- broadcast network: CH7 (Bangkok Broadcasting Television Channel 7)
- airing date: April 19, 2008
- airing time: 9:15 - 11:00 am
[edit] Hong Kong
- broadcast network : TVB J2
- airing date: September 29, 2008
- airing time: 10:30 - 11:55 pm
[edit] Zimbabwe
- broadcast network: ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting Centre)
- airing time: 21:30
[edit] References
- ^ Jung, Sun (April 2009). "The Shared Imagination of Bishōnen, Pan-East Asian Soft Masculinity". Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (Australian National University) (20). http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue20/jung.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Coffee Prince" premieres New Year’s Day on GMA-7
