Friends (South Korean-Japanese series)
| Friends | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Kyoko Fukada, Won Bin |
| Country of origin | South Korea, Japan |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 21:00-23:09 (per 2 episodes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS, MBC |
| Release | Feb, 4, 2002(Mon) – Feb, 5, 2002(Tue) |
Friends is a 4-episode South Korean-Japanese series drama aired on 2002. It was produced by TBS (Japan), and MBC (South Korea). This is the first time in a dorama history that two countries', South Korean and Japanese, staff combined together to co-produce the show in both South Korea and Japan.
The story of this dorama is about a Japanese girl, named Tomoko, and a South Korean boy, named Ji-Hoon, who both meet in Hong Kong. Ji-Hoon was in Hong Kong to shoot his amateur film - and met Tomoko, who earlier was abandoned by her colleuge. Despite their language barrier, they became good friends romantically. When they went back to their own countries, they tried to communicate by email, and tried to meet each other again.
Cast
Korean
- Kim Ji-Hoon - Won Bin
- Park Kyoung-Joo - Lee Dong Geon
- Park Hye Jin - Park Hae Jin
- Kim Kyu Han - Doko Young Jae
- Kim Su Kyoung - Sunwoo Eun Sook
Japanese
- Asai Tomoko - Kyoko Fukada
- Yamagishi Yuko - Yada Akiko
- Kaneda Midori - Naho Toda
- Sakamaki Shota - Yukiyoshi Ozawa
- Asai Satoko - Keiko Takeshita
Film Credits
Executive Producer:
Seiichiro Kijima (TBS)
Screenplay:
Yoshikazu Okada
Hwang Sun Young
Director:
Nobuhiro Doi (TBS)
Han Chul-Soo (MBC)
Producers:
Hideki Isano (TBS)
Katsuaki Setoguchi (TBS)
Keiko Take (Freelance)
Kang Byeng-Moon (MBC)