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

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
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

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

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

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
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
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
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
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

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

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

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). Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. 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). Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Kim Ji-won (May 4, 2016). '시니어 어벤저스'가 온다…방영 앞둔 <디어마이프렌즈>. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ Jeong Ah-ran (May 6, 2016). "tvN '미리 보기, 디어 마이 프렌즈' 7일 밤 방송". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. 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). Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
^ Han In-goo (April 7, 2017). "공유·박보검·남궁민·한석규…백상예술대상 男TV연기상 4파전". Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Kim So-yeon (May 4, 2017). "'Guardian', 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

External links

[1] Hong Se-young (October 22, 2015). 노희경 신작 '디어 마이 프렌즈', 고현정·조인성 등 라인업 확정 [공식입장]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. 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). Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[4] Kim Ji-won (May 4, 2016). '시니어 어벤저스'가 온다…방영 앞둔 <디어마이프렌즈>. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. 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). Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. 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). Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[7] "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.

[8] Han In-goo (April 7, 2017). "공유·박보검·남궁민·한석규…백상예술대상 男TV연기상 4파전". Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[9] Kim So-yeon (May 4, 2017). "'Guardian', 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

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