Friends is a 4-episode South Korean-Japanese short drama that aired in 2002. It was produced by TBS (Japan), and MBC (South Korea). This was the first time in drama history that the two countries collaborated to co-produce the show in both South Korea and Japan. It was originally broadcast on February 4–5 in Japan and February 15–16 in South Korea.

Plot

Tomoko, a Japanese tourist [Sales Lady] , and Ji-Hoon, a South Korean film student [Aspiring movie director] , meet in Hong Kong. Despite a rocky meeting and their language barrier, they become good friends. In time, they eventually head back to their respective countries but only after exchanging email addresses – promising to keep in touch and eventually meet again. But with fate pushing them to see each other again, Tomoko decides to go to South Korea to meet Ji-hoon again but some problems occur.

Friends (2002 TV series)

Cast

Korean

Kim Ji Hoon – Won Bin

Park Kyoung-joo – Lee Dong-gun

Park Hye-jin - Han Hye-jin

Gyu-han - Dokgo Young-jae

Soo-kyung - Sunwoo Eun-sook

Japanese

Tomoko Asai – Kyoko Fukada

Yuko Yamagishi – Akiko Yada

Midori Kaneda – Naho Toda

Shota Sakamaki – Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Satoko Asai – Keiko Takeshita

International Broadcast

External links

Official site

2002 South Korean television series debuts

2002 South Korean television series endings

MBC TV television dramas

Japanese drama television series

2002 Japanese television series debuts

2002 Japanese television series endings

Television shows set in Hong Kong

Television shows written by Yoshikazu Okada

South Korean romance television series

Television shows about Zainichi Korean people

Friends (2002 TV series)