Details
Title: フレンズ / 프렌즈
Title (English): Friends
Format: Tanpatsu in two parts
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 4
Broadcast network: TBS and MBC
Broadcast period:
2002-Feb-04 and 2002-Feb-05 (TBS)
2002-Feb-15 and 2002-Feb-16 (MBC)
Air time:
Monday & Tuesday 21:00-23:09 (TBS)
Friday & Saturday 21:55 (MBC)
Synopsis
Left alone on a trip to Hong Kong, Tomoko (Fukada Kyoko) finds herself the victim of a purse-snatching. The police arrest the man she points out, but it turns out to be the wrong person: a young Korean man named Ji Hoon (Won Bin). Despite his anger and humiliation, he takes her out to dinner since she has lost all her money, and in return, she agrees to model for his amateur film. What follows is a magical and romantic two days. Upon returning to their respective countries, Tomoko must return to her nine-to-five job and Ji Hoon must resume studying to join the family business rather than pursuing his dream of becoming a film director. But soon the two begin to email each other and rekindle their relationship despite the distance and obstacles between them. Marking the very first time in television history that a drama has been co-produced between Japan and South Korea, the story shows us that love has no borders.
Cast
Won Bin as Kim Ji Hoon
Fukada Kyoko as Asai Tomoko
Lee Dong Gun as Park Kyung Joo
Han Hye Jin as Park Hye Jin
Yada Akiko as Yamagishi Yuko
Toda Naho as Kaneda Midori
Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Sakamaki Shouta
Dokgo Young Jae
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Okada Yoshikazu, Hwang Sun Young
Producers: Isano Hideki, Setoguchi Katsuaki, Take Keiko (武敬子)
Directors: Doi Nobuhiro, Han Chul Soo
Asst. Director: Park Soo Chul
