- The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
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The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince 
Promotional PosterGenre romance
comedyWritten by Lee Sun Mi, Jang Hyun Joo Directed by Lee Yoon-jung Starring Yoon Eun Hye
Gong Yoo
Lee Sun Gyun
Chae Jung Ahn
Kim Chang Wan
Kim Dong Wook
Kim Jae Wook
Lee EonOpening theme 랄랄라, It's Love! lalala, It's Love!- 더 멜로디(The Melody) Ending theme Go Go Chan!![고고찬!!] - 티어라이너(Tearliner)(Feat.(YoCho)) Country of origin South Korea Language(s) Korean No. of episodes 17 Production Producer(s) Lee Jung Ah Camera setup Multi-camera Running time Monday & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
saturday & Sunday (3:00 malaysia time)Broadcast Original channel MBC (South Korea) Picture format HDTV Audio format Surround sound Original run July 2, 2007 – August 28, 2007 External links Website The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (커피프린스 1호점, or Coffee Prince) is a South Korean drama that began airing on July 2, 2007. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Lee Sun-mi. It stars Yoon Eun Hye from Princess Hours, Gong Yoo from One Fine Day, Lee Sun Gyun from White 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, because the man does not initially know of the tomboyish woman's true gender.[1]
Contents
Synopsis
Choi Han Kyul (Gong Yoo) is the cocky son of a very rich family who runs a food corporation. He has never had a job and doesn't care for responsibility. Han Kyul is hung up on his first crush and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests. On the other hand, Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) is a 24-year-old tomboyish female who is often mistaken for a guy. She takes up every job possible—Taekwondo teacher, waitress, food deliverer, etc.—and has the responsibility of taking care of her mother, who has trouble not spending money, 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 (Lee Sun Gyun), is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend, Han Yoo Joo (Chae Jung Ahn), who Han Kyul has 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 separate, their paths cross again when Yoo Joo returns to Seoul.
After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Kyul takes over a rundown 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 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.
Cast
- Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun-Chan
- Gong Yoo as Choi Han-Gyul
- Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Seong
- Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo
- Lee Eon as Hwang Min Yeop
Production
Filming
The coffee shop is an old coffee shop located in Hongdae that was remodeled for the drama.[2]
Due to the show's popularity, MBC extended the show by one episode. The additional episode does not continue or alter the storyline in any way. Instead is entirely dedicated as the making of the drama. The special was aired on August 28, 2007.
Ratings
Date Episode Nationwide Seoul 2007-07-02 1 14.4 (7th) 15.5 (7th) 2007-07-03 2 15.3 (7th) 16.2 (7th) 2007-07-09 3 18.1 (6th) 18.6 (5th) 2007-07-10 4 19.0 (4th) 19.8 (4th) 2007-07-16 5 19.3 (3rd) 20.1 (2nd) 2007-07-17 6 23.2 (2nd) 23.9 (2nd) 2007-07-23 7 25.2 (2nd) 25.3 (2nd) 2007-07-24 8 26.8 (2nd) 28.1 (2nd) 2007-07-30 9 25.2 (2nd) 26.2 (2nd) 2007-07-31 10 25.9 (2nd) 27.3 (2nd) 2007-08-06 11 28.4 (2nd) 30.8 (1st) 2007-08-07 12 29.9 (2nd) 31.4 (2nd) 2007-08-13 13 29.3 (2nd) 32.1 (2nd) 2007-08-14 14 28.1 (2nd) 30.5 (2nd) 2007-08-20 15 27.1 (2nd) 29.0 (2nd) 2007-08-21 16 28.5 (2nd) 30.8 (1st) 2007-08-27 17 27.7 (2nd) 29.5 (2nd) Average 24.2 25.6 Trivia
- The series was dubbed in Spanish and broadcast in Latin America in countries like Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, & Venezuela with the name "El Príncipe del Café"
Awards and nominations
20th Korean Producers’ Award
- Best TV drama
44th Baeksang Arts Awards
- BEST ACTRESS: Yoon Eun Hye (Coffee Prince 커피프린스 1호점, MBC)
- BEST NEW PRODUCER: Lee Yoon Jung (Coffee Prince, MBC)
2007 MBC Acting Awards:
- Top Excellence in Acting (Yoon Eun Hye)
- Excellence in Acting (Gong Yoo)
- Best PD Award (Kim Chang Wan)
- Nomination - Excellence in Acting (Chae Jung Ahn)
- Nomination - Excellence in Acting (Lee Sun Gyun)
- Nomination - Best New Actor (Lee Eon)
- Nomination - Best Drama
- Nomination - Best Couple Award (Yoon Eun Hye and Gong Yoo)
- Nomination - Best Couple Award (Chae Jung Ahn and Lee Sun Gyun)
- Nomination - Popularity Award (Gong Yoo)
- Nomination - Popularity Award (Yoon Eun Hye)
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.
- ^ http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/CU_EN_8_5_1_26.jsp
- ^ TNS Media Korea
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
Categories:- Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation television dramas
- 2007 in South Korean television
- 2007 television series debuts
- 2007 television series endings
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