Korean Drama

A Gentleman's Dignity

A Gentleman's Dignity

Genre

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Written by

Kim Eun-sook

Directed by

Shin Woo-chul

Kwon Hyeok-chan

Starring

Jang Dong-gun

Kim Ha-neul

Kim Min-jong

Kim Soo-ra

Lee Jong-hyuk

A Gentleman's Dignity (Hangul;신사의품갹;Shinsa-ui Pumgyeok) is a 2012 South Korean romantic comedy television series starring Jang Dong-gun,Kim Ha-neul,Kim Min-jong,Kim Soo-ra,and Lee Jong-hyuk.

The series marked Jang Dong-gun's return to television after twelve years.It was directed by Shin Woo-chul and written by Kim Eun-sook,the same team behind hit drama's Secret Garden,On Air,Lovers In Prague,and Lovers In Paris.

A Gentleman's Dignity is about the careers and love lives urban professionals.It tells the story of four men in their forties who have been friends since they were eighteen,as they go through love,breakup,success and failure.

Kim Do Jin is a confident playboy who meets Seo Yi-soo and falls for her.To his surprise,she doesn't give give him the time of the day and he disovers that she has a crush on his best friend Im Tae-san.He begins one-sided love for the first time in his life and tries to win her heart.

Im Tae-san is dating Yi-soo's roommate,Hong Se-ra but troubles arise when Yi-soo's crush is revealed and when Se-ra tells him she doesn't want to get married.

Choi Yoon is a lawyer who is still recovering from his wife's death four years ago but begins to have feelings for Tae-san's much younger sister,Im Meari. Meari has always had a crush on Yoon however he refuses to give into his feelings and jeopardize his friendship with Tae-san.

Lee Jung-rok is married to a rich woman,Park Min-sook,but constantly flirts with other women which causes problems and trust issues in their marriage.

Meanwhile a teenager named Colin comes to Korea looking for the four men and claims one of them is his biological father.

Cast

Main Characters

Jang Dong-gun as Kim Do-jin.
A confident ladies man who heads his own architectural firm with Im Tae-san.Do-jin has a memory loss problems in time of stress and records everything in his daily life with a voice recorder pen.He loves his car and named it "Betty".

Kim Ha-neul as Seo Yi-soo.A High School Ethic teacher and also umpires amateur baseball games in her free time.Yi-soo has had a secret crush on Tae-san for three years.

Kim Min-jong as Choi Yoon.
A lawyer who is still recovering from his wife's death four years ago and a member of the Blue Cats Baseball team.

Kim Soo-ro as Im Tae-san.
A partner at Do-jin's firm,heading the construction division.Tae-san is dating Hong Se-ra and is a member of Blue Cats Baseball team.

Lee Jong-hyuk as Lee Jung-rok.
Owns a Mango Six Cafe and is a married to a rich man,Park Min-sook,but constantly flirts with other women.

Yoon Se-ah as Hong Se-ra.
A pro golfer,she is Tae-san's girlfriend and Yi-soo's roommate.

Kim Jung-nan as Park Min-sook.
Min-sook is Jung-rok extremely wealthy wife.

Yoon Jin-yi as Im Meari.
Tae-san's younger sister and Yi-soo's past student.Meari came back to Korea after studying in America and has interest in bag design.She has had a crush on Yoon for a long time.

Lee Jong-hyun as Colin.
Colin comes to Korea to meet the four male protagonists.He claims that one of them is his biological father.

Supporting Characters

Kim Woo-bin as Kim Dong-hyub.
Park Joo-mi as Kim Eun-hee,Colin's mother.
Nam Hyun-joo as Teacher Park.
Park Ah-in as Attorney Kang.
Yoon Joo-man as Team leader Choi.
Min Jae-sik as Mango Six Cafe's manager.
Kim Chang-seong as Sang-hyun.
Kim Geun as Kim Geun (Hwa-dam's employee).
Jo Hyeon-gyu as Hyeon-gyu (Hwa-dam's employee).
Han Eun Sun as Young-ran (Hwa-dam's employee).
Ahn Jae-min as Yoo Seong-jae.
Kim Eun-seo as Kim Eun-ji (Do-jin's ex-girlfriend).
Lee Yong-ih as Lee Mi-kyung (Yoon's late wife's mother).
Kim Sun-hwa as Director Song.

Cameo

Sa-hee as Do-jin's seducer in the pub (Ep.1)
Ahn Hye-kyeong as Yoon's client (Ep. 2 and 10)
Hyejeong (AoA) as Na Jong-seok's daughter (Ep.3)
Choi Sung-jo as Min-sook's fitness trainer (Ep. 3)
Kim Kwang-kyu as High School teacher (Ep.4)
Sooyoung (Girls Generation) as Herself (Ep. 5)
Hwang Eun-soo as Hong Se-ra's golfing junior (Ep.9 and 12)
Kim Dong-gyun as Na Jong-seok (Ep.11)
Jung Yong-hwa (CN Blue) as Himself and a past student of Yi-soo (Ep.13)
Juniel as Street Performer at Hongdae playground (Ep. 13)
Kim Sung-oh as Army Instructor (Ep.15)
Jang Joon-yoo as Tae-san's blind date (Ep.16)
Cha Hwa-yeon as Yi-soo's mother (Ep.16 and 19)
Bae Ji-hyun as Reporter (Ep.20)

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