Young Lady and Gentleman explained

Alt Name:A Gentleman and a Young Lady
Native Name:
Hangul:신사와 아가씨
Rr:Sinsawa Agassi
Lk:Gentleman and Lady
Director:Shin Chang-seok
Opentheme:"Love Always Runs"
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Camera:Single-camera
Company:GnG Production
Executive Producer:Kim Sang-hwi (KBS)
Network:KBS2
Num Episodes:52
Runtime:70-80 minutes
Music:Choi Cheol-ho

Young Lady and Gentleman[1] is a South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Se-hee and Cha Hwa-yeon, and directed by Shin Chang-seok.[2] [3] The weekend drama revolves around Lee Yong-gook, a widower with three children and a live-in tutor for his kids, Park Dan-dan, to whom he becomes attracted.[4] It premiered on KBS2 on September 25, 2021, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST) for 52 episodes till March 27, 2022.

The series won 7 awards at the 2021 KBS Drama Awards including Grand Prize (Daesang) by Ji Hyun-woo and the best couple award by him and Lee Se-hee. As per Nielsen Korea, the 48th episode aired on March 13, 2022, logged a national average viewership of 38.2% with 6.9 million viewers watching the episode. As of March 28, 2022, the series was in 3rd place among Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea. Viewing the popularity of the series it was extended for 2 more episodes, making it 52 episodes in total.

Synopsis

Dan-dan (Lee Se-hee) lives with her father, her stepmom and her stepbrother, Dae-beom, the ever-failing businessman, who has lost their home and all their money in a scam. Tired of putting up with them, she leaves home. Feeling down on her luck, she climbs up a mountain as a temporary relief from life's pressures. There, Dan-dan runs into and is startled by Young-guk (Ji Hyun-woo), who is hiking while dressed in a suit. Young-guk is the capable chairman of a corporation, as well as a widower with three kids. Dan-dan becomes their live-in tutor and, by chance, other members of her family also end up living at Young-guk’s house. As she and Young Guk start to live together and look after Young-guk’s kids, they find themselves in situations of conflict, both small and large. Despite their 14-year age difference, they start to grow fond of one another. With the help of Dan-dan, will Young-guk be able to overcome his grief and grow closer to his kids? The plot shares many significant story elements of The Sound of Music and Parasite.

Cast

Main

41 years old, a widower, still grieving over the loss of his wife two years previously, with whom he had three children. He is the corporate chairman of FT Group (including Fantom) and is an attractive man in his early forties. In a twist of fate, Young-guk met Dan-dan when he was in military service.

27 years old, bright and bold personality, a live-in tutor of Lee Young-guk's children, a confident 'handmaiden' who seeks her own happiness. Dan-dan first met Young-guk when she was 12 years old.

The youngest son of Jin Dal-rae, maternal uncle of Dan-dan, Dae-beom and Mi-rim.

36 years old, has managed Lee Young-guk's household for five years; she has a crush on him. She is the paternal mother of Lee Se-jong.

Supporting

People around Lee Young-guk

59 years old, Lee Se-ryun's biological mother. She is a former movie star and the stepmother of Lee Young-guk. She was Lee Ki-ja's middle-school classmate and later became the mistress to Young-guk's father at age 20.

36 years old, Lee Young-guk's younger half-sister, daughter of Wang Dae-ran. She falls in love with Park Dae-beom at first sight.

14 years old, arrogant and rough eldest daughter of Lee Young-guk.

10 years old, eldest son of Lee Young-guk, likes hip-hop and swag.

6 years old, a cute kindergartener and the (supposed) youngest son of Lee Young-guk.

Ex-wife of Park Soo-cheol and biological mother of Park Dan-dan. 10 years ago, she met a car accident and had dozens of major surgeries, she overcame all that and moved to the United States to succeed as a designer. Her mother had been Lee Young-guk's nanny many years ago.

People around Park Dan-dan

55 years old, husband of Cha Yeon-sil, the father of Park Dan-dan and stepfather of Park Dae-beom. He is a devoted father. Known as Kyung-Hoon as a child.

57 years old, daughter of Jin Dal-rae, wife of Park Soo-cheol, stepmother of Park Dan-dan and biological mother of Park Dae-beom. She likes drinking and dances and is full of aegyo.

29 years old, elder stepbrother of Park Dan-dan, cousin of Kang Mi-rim and Lee Se-ryun's love interest.

80 years old, mother of Cha Yeon-sil and Cha Gun, grandmother of Dae-beom, Dan-dan and Mi-rim.

25 years old, granddaughter of Jin Dal-rae, niece of Cha Yeon-sil and Cha Gun. Her mother is the deceased oldest daughter of Jin Dal-rae. Love interest of Bong Joon-oh.

Others

59 years old widow, Jo Sa-ra's mother, Jang Mi-sook's high school classmate and Wang Dae-ran's middle-school classmate.

59 years old widow, Fantom clothing line store owner, Jang Gook-hee's adopted older sister and Bong Joon-oh's mother.

Jang Mi-sook's son, a kind and faithful medical student is good-looking and sweet.

40 years old, Lee Young-guk's college alumna and longtime friend, Jang Mi-sook's adopted younger sister. She emigrates to the USA.

40 years old, Lee Young-guk's college alumnus, longtime friend and lawyer.

Son of the director of Sa-Rang hospital. He wants to marry Lee Se-ryun for the sake of the hospital.[20]

He is the senior of Park Dan-dan, who is friendly and kind. Young guk is jealous of him seeing his close relationship with Dan-dan.[21]

A friend of Lee Se-ryun from studying abroad. but he used to like her.[22]

Lee Se-jong's biological father and Jo Sa-ra's old lover.

Special appearance

Lee Young-guk’s deceased wife (died at the age of 37), and mother of their 3 children. Jo Sa-ra’s good friend.

He comes to see the house where Lee Ki-ja lives.

He comes to see the house where Lee Ki-ja lives.

Production

The writer of the series Kim Sa-Kyung returned to the KBS2 TV weekend drama after two and half years. Their last series was the 2019 weekend drama My Only One. Yoon Jin-yi, Im Ye-jin, Cha Hwa-yeon and Lee Hwi-hyang are working together after My Only One. In April 2021, Ji Hyun-woo's agency Ryan Heart and Park Hana's agency, FN Entertainment, and Cha Hwa-yeon confirmed that they were considering the offer of a role in the series.[29] Kang Eun-tak, Park Ha-na, Ahn Woo-yeon and Yoon Jin-yi joined the cast in June 2021.[8] On July 8, photos from the script reading site were released.[30]

On November 16, 2021, it was reported that a confirmed case of COVID-19 caused the suspension of filming as per guidelines for the prevention of pandemic.[31] Later, on November 17, 2021, it was reported that all the cast and crew had tested negative for COVID-19, resulting in filming and broadcasting as normal without interruption.[32]

On December 10, 2021, it was reported that filming on December 9, 2021 had been cancelled due to COVID-19 being detected while filming, thus the filming was stopped.[33] Later the same day, officials confirmed that the day before, "one officer tested positive for a routine corona 19 test," he said. We are running PCR tests if all results are negative, we will reschedule the filming.[34]

On January 9, 2022, it was announced that the series will have 2 more episodes and air for 52 episodes instead of the previously announced 50 episodes.[35]

On March 4, 2022, it was confirmed that actress Lee Se-hee tested positive for COVID-19 and thus quarantined for a week. She will not participate in the filming of the series during her quarantine period.[36] Oh Hyun-kyung also tested positive from a self-diagnosis kit, her PCR test result is awaited.[37]

On March 7, 2022, it was confirmed that actors Ahn Woo-yeon and Yang Byung-yeol had contracted COVID-19. Oh Hyun-kyung was also confirmed positive, resulting in a temporary suspension of filming.[38] On March 11, filming was resumed after self quarantine period was over for infected actors.[39]

On March 11, 2022, it was confirmed that actresses Lee Se-hee and Oh Hyun-kyung have recovered from COVID-19 and have resumed filming.[40]

On March 17, 2022, it was reported that the script of the finale episode no. 52 has reached the cast, and filming will end on March 22, 2022.[41]

Release and reception

Young Lady and Gentleman began its first broadcast on KBS2 on September 25, 2021, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST).[42]

On March 5, 2022 musical show , held a special 546th episode for Young Lady and Gentleman cast, in which Im Ye-jin, Yoo Jun-seo, Moon Hee-kyung, Lee Chan-won, Yang Byung-yeol, Kim Yi-kyung and Park Ha-na gave performances.[43]

Audience response

As per Nielsen Korea, the 48th episode aired on March 13, 2022, logged a national average viewership of 38.2% with 6.9 million viewers watching the episode, thereby breaking its own highest ratings. As of March 28, 2022, the series was in 3rd place among the 'Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea'.[44] [45]

According to Gallup Korea in a March survey of Koreans' Favorite TV Programs, Young Lady and Gentleman took the top spot for 5 months with 8.7% preference.[46]

OST response

"Love Always Runs", the main OST of the series arranged by composer Midnight, with lyrics by Kang Tae-gyu and sung by Lim Young-woong won the Asia Artist Awards and Seoul Music Awards for the Best OST.[47] In addition, it ranked first in daily, weekly, and monthly charts, and in the ballad category. Moreover as of March 27, its music video, official audio video, lyrics video, and sound source video surpassed 47 million views cumulatively.[48]

Twitter trend

The series took first place in Twitter real-time trend for the first quarter of 2022 as announced on April 14, by Twitter. 'Twitter real-time trend is the result of analyzing and counting the Twitter real-time trend, which became a measure of topicality when tweets related to works are concentrated in real time before, during and after airing, on Twitter, creating a buzz.'[49]

Home media

The series was made available for streaming globally on Netflix on August 19, 2022.[50]

Original soundtrack

Young Lady and Gentleman
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Various
Released:2021
Genre:Soundtrack

Part 6

Viewership

Audience response
Ep.! rowspan="3"
Broadcast dateAverage audience share
Nielsen Korea[51] TNmS[52]
NationwideSeoulNationwide
1September 25, 2021 19.4%
2September 26, 202126.5% 24.9% 21.9%
3October 2, 202124.3% 23.1%
4October 3, 202125.3% 24.3% 21.0%
5October 9, 202124.4% 23.3% 19.6%
6October 10, 202127.8% 26.3% 22.6%
7October 16, 202124.8% 26.3% 20.2%
8October 17, 202129.7% 27.7% 23.8%
9October 23, 202126.8% 25.3% 21.6%
10October 24, 202130.4% 28.6% 26.5%
11October 30, 202126.9% 25.4% 22.8%
12October 31, 202130.0% 28.7% 24.9%
13November 6, 202127.8% 26.5% 22.6%
14November 7, 202130.5% 28.4% 26.9%
15November 13, 202128.2% 26.4% 24.1%
16November 14, 202132.4% 31.1% 27.2%
17November 20, 202128.0% 26.8% 25.3%
18November 21, 202130.3% 29.7% 26.8%
19November 27, 202128.5% 26.6%
20November 28, 202131.3% 29.6% 23.9%
21December 4, 202129.8% 28.2% 22.5%
22December 5, 202132.6%30.6% 26.7%
23December 11, 202129.5% 28.8% 24.9%
24December 12, 202133.6% 32.2% 26.1%
25December 18, 202131.6% 30.5% 26.8%
26December 19, 202134.5% 33.2% 28.1%
27December 25, 202132.9% 31.5%
28December 26, 202135.7%34.7% 29.0%
29January 1, 202231.4% 30.0% 23.6%
30January 2, 202234.4% 33.2% 24.0%
31January 8, 202232.3% 31.0% 23.3%
32January 9, 202236.0% 35.2% 25.7%
33January 15, 202232.5% 31.8% 22.5%
34January 16, 202233.5% 32.3% 25.3%
35January 22, 202231.8% 30.7% 23.1%
36January 23, 202234.7% 32.9% 25.5%
37January 29, 202232.0% 30.5%
38January 30, 202232.6% 31.8% 23.4%
39February 6, 202229.6% 28.7% 21.5%
40February 12, 202230.1% 28.8% 23.8%
41February 19, 202227.9% 27.3% 23.0%
42February 20, 202236.8% 35.2% 30.0%
43February 26, 202232.2% 31.0% 26.3%
44February 27, 202232.9% 32.2% 27.0%
45March 5, 202234.0% 32.3% 27.2%
46March 6, 202237.2% 36.1% 30.9%
47March 12, 202235.7% 34.4% 29.8%
48March 13, 202230.8%
49March 19, 202234.5% 32.9% 29.1%
50March 20, 202236.5% 35.5% 30.0%
51March 26, 202234.6% 32.9% 30.2%
52March 27, 202236.8% 35.3%
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Awards and nominations

Award ceremony! scope="col"
YearCategoryNominee Result
APAN Star Awards2022Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama[53]
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaKang Eun-tak
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial DramaPark Ha-na
Best OST AwardLim Young-woong[54]
Asia Artist Awards2021Best OST Award[55]
KBS Drama Awards2021Grand Prize (Daesang)Ji Hyun-woo[56]
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial DramaPark Ha-na
Best New ActressLee Se-hee[57]
Best Young ActressChoi Myung-bin[58]
Best Young ActorSeo Woo-jin[59]
Yoo Joon-seo
Best WriterKim Sa-kyung
Best Couple AwardJi Hyun-woo and Lee Se-hee[60]
Best Supporting Actress[61]
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama[62]
Korea Advertisers Contest2022Advertiser's Choice Program AwardYoung Lady and Gentleman[63]
Seoul International Drama AwardsBest Original SoundtrackLim Young-woong[64]
Seoul Music Awards2022Original Soundtrack AwardLim Young-woong[65]

Notes and References

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  4. News: 이종원-오현경-임예진... '신사와 아가씨' 베테랑 배우 라인업 완성! . Lee Jong-won-Oh Hyun-kyung-Lim Ye-jin...'Gentleman and Lady' veteran actor lineup completed! . Jung Eun jean . KBS Star Entertainment . May 24, 2021 . May 30, 2021 . ko . October 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211020124921/https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=46136 . live .
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