Men Are Men

Men Are Men
Promotional poster
Also known asTo All the Guys Who Loved Me[1][2]
Mister[3]
All the Same[4]
Hangul
그놈이 그놈이다
Literal meaningThat Guy Is the Guy
Revised RomanizationGeunom-i Geunom-ida
Genre
Written byLee Eun-young
Directed by
  • Choi Yoon-suk
  • Lee Ho
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes32
Production
Running time35 minutes
Production companyiWill Media
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseJuly 6 (2020-07-06) –
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)

Men are Men[5][6] (Korean: 그놈이 그놈이다) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yoon Hyun-min, Seo Ji-hoon, Choi Myung-gil and Jo Woo-ri.[7][8] The series aired from July 6 to September 1, 2020 on KBS2.[9][10]

Synopsis

The leader of a webtoon planning team, Seo Hyun-ju harbors the jaded view that all men are same and has decided to remain single. Hwang Ji-woo is the CEO of Sunwoo Pharmaceutical Company. He has a cold and distant personality but excellent instinct in business. He takes an interest in Seo Hyun-ju and starts pursuing her. Park Do-gyeom is a popular webtoon writer. He is a well mannered and sociable person. He and Seo Hyun-ju grew up like siblings, but he has held a crush on Seo Hyun-ju for a long time.

Cast

Main

Supporting

People around Seo Hyun-ju

  • Hwang Young-hee as Jung Young-soon, Hyun-ju's mother and Park's adopted mother
  • Seo Hyun-chul as Seo Ho-joon, Hyun-ju's father and Park's adopted father
  • Song Sang-eun as Kang Min-jung
  • Noh Susanna as Oh Young-eun[13]
  • Kim Gyu-sun as Song Jin-ah

People around Hwang Ji-woo

  • Lee Hwang-eui as Nam Yoo-cheol, Hwang Ji-woo's secretary
  • Kang Ji-eun as Hwang Ji-woo's mother

Sunwoo Webtoon Team

Mytoon Webtoon (Ep.1-3)

  • In Gyo-jin as In Gyo-seok
  • Lee Si-eon as Oh Si-eon, webtoon writer
  • Lee Mal-nyeon as Writer Lee
  • Joo Ho-min as Writer Joo

Others

  • Kim Da-ye as Kim Su-jeong
  • Lee Jung-yeol as Jung Seok-woo, Hwang Ji-woo's doctor
  • Lee Hyun-kyun as Kang Min-jung's husband
  • Shim Hye-yeon as Soo-bin Kang Min-jung's daughter
  • Song Jin-woo as Kim Eun-beom, Song Jin-ah's ex-husband
  • Kim Doh-yon as Oh Ji-hwan, Park Do-gyeom's friend and Song Jin-ah's boyfriend

Special appearances

  • Son Sung-chan as Bae Jae-joon (Ep. 1)
  • Ahn Se-bin as Oh Young-eun (child) (Ep. 1)
  • Kang Dong-ho as Man at wedding (Ep. 1)
  • Seo Yoon-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's classmate (Ep. 1)
  • Johyun as Yu-na (Ep. 1)[14][15]
  • Yoon Sun-woo as Seo Hyun-ju's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 1, 2)
  • Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's blind date (Ep. 3)
  • Kim Jae-hwa as Butler Kim (Ep. 6)
  • Lee Seon-hee as Italian Table owner (Ep. 4)
  • Shin Se-hwi as You Gyo Girl, webtoon writer (Ep. 8, 10-11)
  • Woo Hyun-joo as You Gyo Girl's mother (Ep. 8, 10-11)
  • Jwa Chae-won as fellow student (Ep. 11,14)
  • Won Jong-rye as Hwang Ji-woo's mother (dream) (Ep. 15)

Ratings

  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep. Part Original broadcast date Average audience share

(Nielsen Korea)[16]

(Nationwide)

1 1 July 6, 2020 2.7%
2 3.9%
2 1 July 7, 2020 2.7%
2 4.4%
3 1 July 13, 2020 2.6%
2 3.8%
4 1 July 14, 2020 2.3%
2 3.3%
5 1 July 20, 2020 2.2%
2 3.4%
6 1 July 21, 2020 2.0%
2 3.3%
7 1 July 27, 2020 2.1%
2 3.1%
8 1 July 28, 2020 -
2 3.8%
9 1 August 3, 2020 2.1%
2 3.2%
10 1 August 4, 2020 2.2%
2 3.3%
11 1 August 10, 2020 2.7%
2 3.7%
12 1 August 11, 2020 2.3%
2 3.1%
13 1 August 17, 2020 1.7%
2 2.8%
14 1 August 18, 2020 2.1%
2 2.8%
15 1 August 31, 2020 2.2%
2 3.1%
16 1 September 1, 2020 -
2 3.1%
Average N/A

Original soundtrack

No.TitleLength
1."Count On Me"3:15
2."So Much Into You"3:23
3."Still In Love"3:43
4."Here I Am"4:25
5."Not Clumsy Anymore"4:16
6."Like The Winter That Loved Spring"4:07

References

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  3. ^ "Mister [Title in the URL]". KBS.co.kr. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "All the Same [Title in the URL]". Naver TV. Korean Broadcasting System, Naver Corporation. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
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  12. ^ "최명길, KBS2 '그놈이 그놈이다' 합류…7월 안방극장 컴백 [공식]" [Choi Myung-gil to Join KBS 2TV's "To All The Guys Who Loved Me" in July] (in Korean). 19 May 2020.
  13. ^ "[공식] 노수산나 '그놈이 그놈이다' 캐스팅…황정음과 절친 호흡" [Noh Susanna Confirms Appearance in "To All The Guys Who Loved Me"]. 네이트뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  14. ^ "'그놈이 그놈이다' 조현도 황정음도 완벽소화한 선글라스!". 트렌드저널 (in Korean). Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  15. ^ "첫방 '그놈이 그놈이다' 황정음, 쓰러진 윤현민에 인공호흡→떠오른 전생". The Dong-a Ilbo. 6 July 2020.
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