Graceful Friends
| Graceful Friends | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | JTBC |
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| Directed by | Song Hyun-wook |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | JTBC |
| Release | July 10, 2020 – present |
Graceful Friends (Korean: 우아한 친구들; Hanja: 優雅한 親舊들; RR: Uahan Chingudeul) is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Jun-sang, Song Yoon-ah, Bae Soo-bin, Han Eun-jung, Kim Sung-oh, Kim Hye-eun, Jung Suk-yong, Lee In-hye, Kim Won-hae and Kim Ji-young. It premiered on JTBC on July 10, 2020.[1] It is available on iQIYI with multi-languages subtitles in South East Asia and Taiwan, updates at 12:00PM every Saturday and Sunday.
Synopsis
The peaceful life of a group of friends who have known each other for 20 years is suddenly broken when a murder takes place.
Cast
Main
- Yoo Jun-sang as Ahn Goong-chul
- Kwon Hyuk as young Ahn Goong-chul
- Song Yoon-ah as Nam Jung-hae
- Joo Da-yeong as young Nam Jung-hae
- Bae Soo-bin as Jung Jae-hoon
- Han Min as young Jung Jae-hoon
- Han Eun-jung as Baek Hae-sook
- Choi Soo-jung as young Baek Hae-sook
- Kim Sung-oh as Jo Hyung-woo
- Choi Dae-han as young Jo Hyung-woo
- Kim Hye-eun as Kang Kyung-ja
- Jung Suk-yong as Park Choon-bok
- Lee In-hye as Yoo Eun-sil
- Kim Won-hae as Cheon Man-shik
- Park Sung-joon as young Cheon Man-shik
- Kim Ji-young as Ji Myung-sook
Supporting
- Lee Tae-hwan as Joo Kang-san, a professional golf instructor
- Yeon Je-hyung as Kang Ji-wook, Kang Kyung-ja's son
- Kim Ji-young as Cheon Soo-ah, Man-shik and Myung-sook's daughter
- Park Ha-joon as Ahn Yoo-bin, Goong-chul and Jung-hae's son
- Shim Hye-yeon as Park Pu-reum, Choon-bok and Eun-sil's daughter
- Kim Ji-sung as Na Ae-ra, actress
- Kim Seung-wook as Jo Tae-wook, detective
- Kim Hee-ryung as Goo Young-sun, an Alzheimer patient whom Man-sik took care of.
- Sa Kang as Do Do-hae, caregiver of Goo Young-sun
- Lee Yeon-doo
- Jang Hee-soo
- Yoo Gun
- Kim Tae-young as Park Do-hoon
- Sung Byung-sook
- Jeon Eun-mi
- Kang Nam-gil
- Lee Geung-young
Production
On January 18, 2020, it was reported that JTBC picked up the series which had already wrapped up filming.[2]
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)[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| 1 | July 10, 2020 | Confession | 3.197% | 4.061% |
| 2 | July 11, 2020 | That Woman | 2.685% | 3.299% |
| 3 | July 17, 2020 | Inappropriate Relationship | 4.126% | 5.176% |
| 4 | July 18, 2020 | A Secret More Horrifying Than Death | 3.732% | 4.316% |
| 5 | July 24, 2020 | Confessions | 4.553% | 5.417% |
| 6 | July 25, 2020 | Lie | 4.429% | 5.192% |
| 7 | July 31, 2020 | First Love | 4.320% | 4.904% |
| 8 | August 1, 2020 | The Beginning of a Crack | 4.333% | 4.872% |
| 9 | August 7, 2020 | Pandora's Box | 4.441% | 4.959% |
| 10 | August 8, 2020 | After The Play Is Over | 4.711% | 5.549% |
| 11 | August 14, 2020 | Perfect Strangers | 4.005% | 5.060% |
| 12 | August 15, 2020 | |||
| 13 | August 21, 2020 | |||
| 14 | August 22, 2020 | |||
| 15 | August 28, 2020 | |||
| 16 | August 29, 2020 | |||
| Average | % | % | ||
- This drama airs 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).
References
- ^ Jang, Woo-young (May 26, 2020). "Yu Jun-sang and Song Yoon-ah's "Elegant Friends", a Successor to "The World of the Married"". HanCinema. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ Park, So-young (January 18, 2020). "[단독] '우아한 친구들', JTBC 6월 금토극 편성..제2의 'SKY캐슬' 예고". Osen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 10, 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Graceful Friends at IMDb
- Graceful Friends at HanCinema
- Graceful Friends on iQIYI