Friend, Our Legend

Friend, Our Legend (Korean: 친구, 우리들의 전설; RR: Chingu, urideurui jeonseol) is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Hyun Bin, Kim Min-jun, Seo Do-young, Lee Si-eon and Wang Ji-hye. It aired on MBC from June 27 to August 30, 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:40 (KST) for 20 episodes.^[1][2]

Friend, Our Legend
Promotional poster
Also known as	Friend, Our Story
Genre	Gangster Friendship Drama Romance
Created by	Kwak Kyung-taek
Based on	Friend by Kwak Kyung-taek
Developed by	Lee Jae-dong
Written by	Kwak Kyung-taek Han Seung-woon Kim Won-seok
Directed by	Kwak Kyung-taek Kim Won-seok
Starring	Hyun Bin Kim Min-jun Seo Do-young Lee Si-eon Wang Ji-hye Jeong Yu-mi
Composers	Brave Kim Jun-seok
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	Lee Chang-jun
Producer	Park Young-jin
Production location	Busan
Cinematography	Hwang Gi-seok Gi Se-hun
Editor	Park Gwang-il
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Zininsa Film CJ Entertainment
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	June 27 (2009-06-27) – August 30, 2009 (2009-08-30)
Related
Friend

It is a remake / TV adaptation of Kwak Kyung-taek's own 2001 box-office hit film Friend. Partnering up with another director and two scriptwriters, Kwak returned to the classic tale of male bonding, adding "more meat", in his words, to the original plot by writing a new character and more in-depth exploration of certain characters' lives, including their romances.^[3] Like the original film, the series was shot entirely in Busan. To maintain quality, it was 100% pre-produced before airing, a rarity among Korean dramas.^[4]

Synopsis

Based on the 2001 film, Friend, Our Legend expands and retells Kwak Kyung-taek's semi-autobiographical rough-and-tumble tale about four childhood friends coming of age in the tough streets of Busan in the 1970s and 1980s. As they enter into manhood, best friends Dong-soo (Hyun Bin) and Joon-seok (Kim Min-jun) become enemies and bitter rivals in the city's underworld of gangs.

Cast

Main

• Hyun Bin as Han Dong-soo^[5][6][7][8]
• Kim Min-jun as Lee Joon-seok
• Seo Do-young as Jung Sang-taek
• Lee Si-eon as Kim Joong-ho
• Wang Ji-hye¹ as Choi Jin-sook
  • Moon Ga-young as young Jin-sook
• Bae Geu-rin as Park Sung-ae
• Jeong Yu-mi as Min Eun-ji

Supporting

• Jung Hye-sung as Sae-ri
• Oh Min-ae as Jin-sook's mother
• Kim Dong-hyun as Joon-seok's father
• Lee Jae-yong as Sang-gon, gangster boss
• Cha Do-jin² as "Doruko"
• Choo Min-ki as Joong-ki
• Kim Rok-kyung as "Kangaroo"
• Kim Ri-na as Do-yeon
• Kwon Jae-hyun as umbrella man
• Seo Gil-ja as loan shark
• Kim Jong-soo as Dong-soo's father
• Kim Yoon-sung as "Hyena"
• Noh Jun-ho
• Joo Ah
• Go In-beom
• Lee Sol-gu as Seom Pyo-joo
• Kwak Min-suk

Ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	June 27, 2009	8.6%	8.4%	9.0%	8.6%
2	June 28, 2009	8.1%	8.9%	8.4%	9.2%
3	July 4, 2009	8.9%	9.0%	9.8%	10.5%
4	July 5, 2009	7.6%	8.3%	8.2%	8.9%
5	July 11, 2009	8.2%	8.3%	9.8%	9.9%
6	July 12, 2009	6.6%	6.7%	7.9%	8.0%
7	July 18, 2009	7.6%	7.9%	9.0%	9.3%
8	July 19, 2009	6.0%	6.3%	6.8%	7.1%
9	July 25, 2009	7.7%	8.2%	8.1%	8.6%
10	July 26, 2009	5.4%	6.0%	6.0%	6.6%
11	August 1, 2009	6.9%	7.8%	8.0%	8.9%
12	August 2, 2009	8.0%	8.5%	7.0%	7.5%
13	August 8, 2009	5.1%	5.6%	4.3%	4.8%
14	August 9, 2009	4.3%	5.1%	5.2%	6.0%
15	August 15, 2009	5.8%	6.8%	7.5%	8.5%
16	August 16, 2009	6.6%	7.1%	7.9%	8.4%
17	August 22, 2009	6.8%	7.5%	7.6%	8.3%
18	August 23, 2009	6.0%	6.1%	8.2%	8.3%
19	August 29, 2009	5.6%	6.5%	7.9%	8.8%
20	August 30, 2009	5.6%	6.4%	7.2%	8.0%
Average		6.8%	7.3%	7.7%	8.2%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Notes

• ¹Credited as Min Ji-hye.
• ²Credited as Im Sung-kyu.