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| Lee Jung Ah | |
| Yoon Eun Hye Gong Yoo Lee Sun Gyun Chae Jung Ahn Kim Chang Wan Kim Dong Wook Kim Jae Wook Lee Eon Kim Young Oak Kim Ja Wook Choi Il Hwa Park Won Sook Han Ye In Lee Han Wie | |
| 랄랄라, It's Love! lalala, It's Love!- 더 멜로디(The Melody) | |
| Go Go Chan!![고고찬!!] - 티어라이너(Tearliner)(Feat.(YoCho)) | |
| South Korea | |
| Korean | |
| 17+ special | |
| Monday & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time) saturday & Sunday (3:00 malaysia time) | |
 MBC | |
| July 2, 2007 – August 28, 2007 | |
| Official website | |
Prince) is a South Korean dramaYoon Eun Hye from Goong or Princess Hours, Gong Yoo
from One Fine Day, Lee
Sun GyunWhite Tower and Chae Jung Ahn. The drama is a love story between
a tomboyish woman pretending to be a man and a young food empire mogul.
It contains "pseudo-homosexual" elements as the man does not initially
know of the tomboyish woman's true sex.[1] that began airing on July 2, 2007 in South
Korea. It aired every Monday and Tuesday. It stars popular actress from
Due to the show's popularity, MBC had announced extension of the show
by one episode. MBC also aired a special on August 28 2007. Gong Yoo
watched the special with 1000 fans from all over Asia.
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[edit] Main cast
- Yoon Eun Hye as Ko Eun-Chan
- Gong
Yoo as Choi Han-Gyul - Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Seong
- Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo
[edit] Synopsis
Choi Han Kyul, played by Gong Yoo, is the cocky son of a very rich
family who runs a damaged food corporation. He doesn't believe in love
and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests.
On the other hand, Go Eun Chan, played by Yoon Eun Hye, is a 24-year
old tomboyish
female who gets mistaken as a guy quite often. She takes up every job
possible — waitress, food deliverer, etc — and has the responsibility of
taking care of her mother and younger sister. Eun Chan accidentally
meets Han Kyul twice, once on a delivery and once during a robbery.
During the robbery, Eun Chan's delivery motorcycle ends up being
damaged. Han Kyul, not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, decides
to hire Eun Chan as a false "lover" so that he can escape the blind
dates arranged by his grandmother. Meanwhile, Han Kyul's cousin, Choi
Han Seong, is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend Han
Yoo Joo, who Han Kyul secretly loved for nine years, is a famous artist
who studied in New York. The two were lovers for about 8 years but their
relationship ended when Yoo Joo broke up with Han Seong. Two years
after they separated their paths cross again when Yoo Joo returns to
Seoul.
After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Kyul takes over a
run-down severely damaged old coffee shop, later renamed Coffee Prince,
to prove his ability, both to his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to
attract female customers, he only hires good looking male employees. In a
struggle with money, Eun Chan, whom Han Kyul has already mistaken as a
boy, hides her gender identity to get a job at Coffee Prince. Soon
feelings start to spark between Eun Chan and Han Kyul. Because he's
unaware that Eun Chan is a girl, Han Kyul starts to question his
sexuality.
[edit] Book Information
With the death of her father, Eun Chan has to support her family,
consisting of a foolish, spendthrift mother and younger sister. Due to
her short hair, baggy clothing and general boyish behavior, she often
gets mistaken for a boy and her sister often uses her as her 'boyfriend'
to get rid of boys who follow her around. Eun Chan is also proficient
at Taekwondo,
and is strong for a girl.
Han Gyul is the heir of a large company. He's rich, carefree and
doesn't take life seriously enough. He first meets Eun Chan when one of
her sister's boyfriends attempts to steal a handbag belonging to Yoo Joo
(a woman that Han Gyul secretly likes). Eun Chan, not knowing who the
boy is, catches him but lets him go when she realizes who it is. This
gives Han Gyul the impression that the two have been planning the
incident together, and when she comes the day after to collect money to
fix her scooter, he insults her by telling her that he thinks she's just
a thief. All this time, he thinks that Eun Chan is male.
After being forced by his grandmother to take on a coffee shop (that
is to become Coffee Prince) and improve its sales, Han Gyul goes for a
'prince' concept and tries to hire good-looking boys as servers to
attract female customers. Eun Chan is employed, and as she works at
Coffee Prince, she falls in love with Han Gyul. Han Gyul too feels
affection for Eun Chan. Not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl,
this leads him to confusion about his sexuality and he tries to distance
himself from her.
Although the drama version is very similar, there is nothing in the
book about Eun Chan going abroad to become a barista.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Won
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Top Excellence in Acting (Yoon Eun Hye)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Excellence in Acting (Gong Yoo)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best PD Award (Kim Chang Wan)
Nominated
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Excellence in Acting (Chae Jung Ahn)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Excellence in Acting (Lee
Sun Gyun) - 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best New Actor (Lee Eon)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best Drama
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best Couple Award (Yoon Eun Hye and Gong
Yoo) - 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Best Couple Award (Chae Jung Ahn and Lee Sun
Gyun) - 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Popularity Award (Gong Yoo)
- 2007 MBC Acting Awards: Popularity Award (Yoon Eun Hye)
At the 20th Korean Producers’ Award held on 28 February 2008 at the
SBS Open Hall, Coffee Prince won the best TV drama award.
At the 44th Baeksang Arts Awards held on April 24 2008 in Seoul,
handing out top honors to the films and television programs of the
previous year, Yoon Eun Hye and Producer Lee Yoon Jung won the following
awards :
BEST ACTRESS: Yoon Eun Hye (Coffee Prince 커피프린스 1호점, MBC)
BEST NEW PRODUCER: Lee Yoon Jung (Coffee Prince, MBC)
[edit] Production Credits
- Chief Producer/Director: Lee Yoon-Jung
- Writers: Lee Sun Mi, Jang Hyun-Joo
[edit] International
Broadcasting
[edit] Philippines
- broadcast network: GMA
Network
[edit] Singapore
- airing date: December 31, 2007
- broadcast network: MediaCorp TV
- broadcast channel: Channel U
- trivia: MediaCorp TV is granted the rights to be the first in Asia
to air the series outside of South Korea.
[edit] Indonesia
- broadcast network: Indosiar
[edit] Taiwan
- airing date: January 3, 2008
- broadcast network: Videoland Drama
[edit] Malaysia
- airing date: February 22, 2008
- airing time: 8:30 - 9:30 pm
- broadcast network: 8TV
- episode:17 episodes
[edit] Israel
- broadcast network: Viva Platina
In Israel,Coffee Prince ended its airing in Viva Platina channel.
airing date: December
[edit] Thailand
- broadcast network: CH7 (Bangkok Broadcasting Television Channel 7)
- airing date: April 19, 2008
- airing time: 9:15 - 11:00 am
[edit] Hong Kong
- broadcast network : TVB J2
- airing date: September 29, 2008
- airing time: 10:30 - 11:55 pm
[edit] Zimbabwe
- broadcast network: ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting Centre)
- airing time: 21:30
[edit] Venezuela
- broadcast network: TVes (Televisora Venezolana Social - Venezuelan
Social Television) - airing time: 18:30 (6:30 pm)
[edit] Peru
- Broadcast network: "Panamericana Televisión"
- airing time: 20:00 - 21:00
[edit] References
- ^
Jung, Sun (April 2009). "The Shared Imagination of Bishōnen, Pan-East Asian
Soft Masculinity". Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia
and the Pacific (Australian National University)
(20). http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue20/jung.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
[edit] External links
- Official Site of Korea Tourism -
The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince - Coffee-Prince.com
- "Coffee Prince" MBC site in
English - "Coffee Prince" DramaFever.com,
North America only
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