Men Are Men

Men are Men[7][8] (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.[9][10] The series aired from July 6 to September 1, 2020 on KBS2.[11][12]

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
Release
Original networkKBS2
Picture format4K (Ultra HD)[5][6]
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseJuly 6 (2020-07-06) 
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)

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 the 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

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[15]
  • 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

  • Han Da-sol as Kim Da-eun
  • Jo Hyun-sik as Kang Eun-jae
  • Hwang Man-ik as Kim Pal-do
  • Baek Joo-hee as Jo Mi-ok
  • Yoo Jung-rae as Hong Bo-hee

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)
  • Yoon Sun-woo as Seo Hyun-ju's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 1, 2)
  • Johyun as Yu-na (Ep. 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

  1. [To All The Guys Who Loved MeㅣTeaser Trailer] "I'm throwing off the yoke of marriage". YouTube. KOCOWA TV. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. "To All The Guys Who Loved Me [Title in the URL]". Viki. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  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.
  5. "국내 UHD 프로그램 KBS". UHD Korea. 드라마 스페셜 2020
  6. "지상파 UHD 방송이란". UHD Korea. 구분 UHD TV 비디오 3,840 X 2,160 4K UHD (TV)
  7. Men Are Men / 그놈이 그놈이다 [Teaser-Ver1]. YouTube (in Korean). KBS World. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. Men are Men (Official Website). KBS World. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. "로코 장인 황정음x윤현민 만날까 "'그놈이 그놈이다' 검토중"(공식입장)" [Rom-com Masters Hwang Jung-eum and Yoon Hyun-min Courted for Drama "To All The Guys Who Loved Me"]. newsen.com (in Korean).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Kim, Su-hyun (2020-03-10). "'그놈이 그놈이다' 황정음X윤현민, 전에 없던 '비혼 사수' 로맨틱 코미디에 기대감↑" [Hwang Jung-eum and Yoon Hyun-min Confirm Romantic Comedy Drama "To All The Guys Who Loved Me"]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. 정하은 (2020-06-29). "'그놈이 그놈이다' 황정음X윤현민X서지훈, 메인포스터 공개…삼각 로맨스 예고" ["To All the Guys Who Loved Me" Hwan Jung-eum, Yoon Hyun-min and Seo Ji-hoon in the Main Poster]. Sports Seoul. Retrieved 2020-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. Choi, Ji-won (July 6, 2020). "Hwang Jung-eum returns through fantasy rom-com 'Men are Men'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. "KBSWORLD TV". KBSWORLD. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  14. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "[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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Nielsen Korea". www.nielsenkorea.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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