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. 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 the 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
Kim Hak-sun 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
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Ratings + Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Title Average audience share Nielsen Korea TNmS Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 May 13, 2016 Sorry, I'm Not Curious About You Guys.() 4.895% 4.386% 4.0% 2 May 14, 2016 I Can Do It Alone. I Can Live Alone.() 4.000% 3.729% 4.1% 3 May 20, 2016 Down to the Braless Street with a Torn Jeans() 4.676% 4.875% 4.1% 4 May 21, 2016 Please, I Beg Everyone, Don't Say You Know Everything About Us.() 5 May 27, 2016 Don't Be Lonely. I'm Beside You.() 4.489% 4.648% 4.5% 6 May 28, 2016 The Way You Can Return, The Way You Can't Return() 3.874% 4.119% 3.5% 7 June 3, 2016 The Wind Blows. The Waves Are Hitting.() 4.989% 5.888% 3.9% 8 June 4, 2016 As If Nothing Had Happened() 3.970% 4.053% 3.2% 9 June 10, 2016 Life Is Really Very Beautiful, Isn't It?() 5.211% 5.328% 4.5% 10 June 11, 2016 Honing the Sword of Revenge 1() 4.486% 4.550% 3.8% 11 June 17, 2016 Honing the Sword of Revenge 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.() 5.294% 5.015% 4.1% 13 June 24, 2016 Like a Mother to the End, Like a Fighter to the End 1() 5.942% 5.744% 5.1% 14 June 25, 2016 Like a Mother to the End, Like a Fighter to the End 2() 5.383% 5.972% 4.4% 15 July 1, 2016 When Did We Ever Look at You This Long?() 16 July 2, 2016 Our Love Story() 6.870% 7.222% 6.0% Average 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).
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2016 9th Korea Drama Awards Best Screenplay Noh Hee-kyung tvN10 Awards Best Actress Go Hyun-jung Kim Hye-ja Best Content Award, Drama Dear My Friends Two Star Award Shin Goo Youn Yuh-jung Best Kiss Award Zo In-sung and Go Hyun-jung 2017 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Drama Dear My Friends Best Director Hong Jong-chan Best Screenplay Noh Hee-kyung
Remake A Chinese remake of the same name aired on Hunan TV in 2017.
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