Graceful Friends () is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Jun-sang, Song Yoon-ah, Bae Soo-bin, Han Eun-jung, Kim Sung-oh, Kim Hye-eun, Jung Suk-yong, Lee In-hye, Kim Won-hae and Kim Ji-young. It aired on JTBC from July 10 to September 5, 2020. It's available for streaming on Netflix and Disney+ in selected countries.

Synopsis The peaceful life btw a group of friends who've known each other for 2 decades is suddenly blown up when a murder takes place.

Ahn Goong-chul (Yoo Jun-sang) has a seemingly perfect life with his beautiful wife and son. He works diligently for a food franchise company and is a loving husband and father to his family. Goong-chul's wife, Nam Jung-hae (Song Yoon-ah) is a psychiatrist who works in a family hospital. She is intelligent and beautiful but hides a dark past from her husband. Jung-hae gets entangled in a blackmailing scheme.

Jung Jae-hoon (Bae Soo-bin) is a divorced urologist with a wealthy family background. He lives alone and seems to have a mysterious side. He has a past connection to Nam Jung-hae, of which Ahn Goong-chul is ignorant.

Jo Hyung-woo (Kim Sung-oh) is an adult film director who is often mockingly called the "Bong Joon-ho" of the adult film industry. His dream is to become a mainstream big budget film director but he has never had any luck in achieving his goal. He is married to Kang Kyung-ja (Kim Hye-eun) who is a former adult film actress and now runs a luxury bar. He is very dependent on his wife's income. Kang Kyung-ja has a pro-golfer son named Kang Ji-wook.

Park Choon-bok (Jung Suk-yong) is an insurance company worker and part-time worker at a foreign car dealership. His wife Yoo Eun-sil (Lee In-hye) is a housewife and they have a daughter named Park Pu-reum. He looks comparatively older than his friends and wife, and people often mistakenly think he is his daughter's grandfather. He struggles financially but his wife is very supportive.

Cheon Man-shik (Kim Won-hae) is a City Hall Tax Collection Division official with a wife and a teenage daughter. He is quiet and polite and has depression. He and Ahn Goong-chul were roommates in college and consider each other best friends. He has been hiding a secret from his family and friends which is revealed only after his death.

Baek Hae-sook (Han Eun-jung) used to be friends with the five and they all used to have a crush on her in college. For some reason, she had to drop out of college and wasn't in touch with any of them until Man-shik's funeral. She buys a restaurant near the housing society where the five friends live, and seems to have a mysterious agenda.

Cast Main Yoo Jun-sang as Ahn Goong-chul Kwon Hyuk as young Ahn Goong-chul Song Yoon-ah as Nam Jung-hae Joo Da-young as young Nam Jung-hae Bae Soo-bin as Jung Jae-hoon Han Min as young Jung Jae-hoon Han Eun-jung as Baek Hae-sook Choi Soo-jung as young Baek Hae-sook Kim Sung-oh as Jo Hyung-woo Choi Dae-han as young Jo Hyung-woo Kim Hye-eun as Kang Kyung-ja Jung Suk-yong as Park Choon-bok Lee In-hye as Yoo Eun-sil Kim Won-hae as Cheon Man-shik Park Sung-joon as young Cheon Man-shik Kim Ji-young as Ji Myung-sook

Supporting Lee Tae-hwan as Joo Kang-san A professional golf instructor who cons people to extract money for his gambling addiction. Kim Ji-sung as Na Ae-ra / Kang Mi-ra An adult film actress who is blackmailed by Joo Kang-san to help him scam people. Yeon Je-hyung as Kang Ji-wook Kang Kyung-ja's son and Jo Hyung-woo's stepson, he is a pro golfer. Like his stepfather, he also was Kang-san's blackmail victim. Kim Ji-young as Cheon Soo-ah Man-shik and Myung-sook's teenage daughter who studies in Canada. Park Ha-joon as Ahn Yoo-bin Goong-chul and Jung-hae's son. Shim Hye-yeon as Park Pu-reum Choon-bok and Eun-sil's daughter, she has an innocent crush on Ahn Yoo-bin. Kim Seung-wook as Jo Tae-wook Detective working on the murder case who also were in charge of Professor Park's murder case. Kim Hee-ryung as Goo Young-sun An Alzheimer patient whom Man-sik took care of. She is married to Professor Park Do-hoon. Sa Kang as Do Do-hae She is the caregiver of Goo Young-sun and liked Cheon Man-shik. Lee Yeon-doo as Choi Mo-ran Jung Jae-hoon's ex-wife. She moved to America after their divorce and returned with a changed appearance.

Others Lee Joo-suk as Professor Han Eung-shik Jang Hee-soo as Oh Soon-jung, chairwoman of the hospital Nam Jung-hae works in. Kim Ga-hwa as Geum Ha-na, Jung Jae-hoon's colleague. Um Chae-young as Moon Ga-yeon, Ahn Yoo-bin's friend. Kim Dong-ho as Seo Joo-won, Joo Kang-san's friend. Kim Tae-young as Professor Park Do-hoon Sung Byung-sook as Ahn Goong-chul's mother. Kwon Hyuk as Ahn Goong-cheol Jeon Eun-mi Yoo Gun Kang Nam-gil Lee Geung-young Kim Jun-hyun as himself, Goong-chul's friend and brand ambassador of the chicken franchise where he works.

Production On January 18, 2020, it was reported that JTBC picked up the series which had already wrapped up filming.

Viewership

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Title Average audience share(Nielsen Korea) Nationwide Seoul 1 July 10, 2020 Confession 3.197% 4.061% 2 July 11, 2020 That Woman 3 July 17, 2020 Inappropriate Relationship 4.126% 5.176% 4 July 18, 2020 A Secret More Horrifying Than Death 3.732% 4.316% 5 July 24, 2020 Confessions 4.553% 5.417% 6 July 25, 2020 Lie 4.429% 5.192% 7 July 31, 2020 First Love 4.320% 4.904% 8 August 1, 2020 The Beginning of a Crack 4.333% 4.872% 9 August 7, 2020 Pandora's Box 4.441% 4.959% 10 August 8, 2020 After The Play Is Over 4.711% 5.549% 11 August 14, 2020 Perfect Strangers 4.005% 5.060% 12 August 15, 2020 Truth Behind the Incident 1 4.454% 5.328% 13 August 21, 2020 Things You Cannot Undo 3.953% 5.358% 14 August 22, 2020 The Man Who Knelt 4.737% 5.578% 15 August 29, 2020A Dramatic Twist 4.865% 5.834% 16 September 4, 2020 In The Mood For Love - Most Brilliant Times 4.785% 5.898% 17 September 5, 2020 The Truth Behind The Case 2 Average

International broadcast The series is available on iQIYI with multi-language subtitles in South East Asia and Taiwan.

The series is also being aired on K-Plus beginning February 27, 2021.

It is available to stream on Netflix and Disney+ in selected markets.

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