Rich Man (TV series)

Rich Man (Korean: 리치맨) is a 2018 television series starring Kim Jun-myeon, Ha Yeon-soo, Oh Chang-seok and Kim Ye-won. It is a remake of the 2012 Japanese television series Rich Man, Poor Woman. The drama is aired on MBN and Dramax starting May 9, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 (KST).^[1]

Rich Man
Promotional poster
Also known as	Rich Man, Poor Woman
Hangul	리치맨
RR	Richimaen
MR	Rich'imaen
Genre	Romance comedy
Created by	Fuji Television (original)
Based on	Rich Man, Poor Woman [ja] by Naoko Adachi, Masami Nishiura and Ryo Tanaka
Developed by	Kim Jae-hoon Kwon Eui-jung
Written by	Hwang Jo-yoon Park Jung-ye
Directed by	Min Doo-sik
Starring	Kim Jun-myeon Ha Yeon-soo Oh Chang-seok Kim Ye-won
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16 (+ 1 special)
Production
Executive producers	Hwang Hyuk Jeon Yong-joo Lee Gun-young
Producer	Kim Bong-joo
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 mins
Production company	iHQ
Original release
Network	MBN Dramax
Release	May 9 (2018-05-09) – June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)

Synopsis

This is a romance story about Lee Yoo-chan (Kim Jun-myeon), a genius programmer and CEO of IT company Next In who can't recognize the face of his first love, Kim Boon-hong, because of his facial recognition disability and Kim Bo-ra (Ha Yeon-soo), a college student who has an AlphaGo-like memory and is an aspiring job-seeker.^[2] At a recruitment meeting for dozens of people aspiring to work at Next In, Yoo-chan humiliates many of the attendees and in particular picks on Bo-ra, even after she spectacularly demonstrates her remarkable memory. But instead of slinking away like many of the applicants, she stands up to him. Just before he makes her leave, after sarcastically nicknaming her the "Queen of Rote Memory", she tells him that her name is Kim Boon-hong. This troubles Yoo-chan. A couple of days later, Next In executives decide they need to employ someone with a photographic memory. They search for Kim Boon-hong's resume but although they cannot find it at first, Min Tae-joo (Oh Chang-suk), Yoo-chan's friend and company co-founder, recognizes Bo-ra's photograph. This leads to a short-term offer of a job to Bo-ra.

Cast

Main

• Kim Jun-myeon as Lee Yoo-chan^[3]

A genius programmer who is also the CEO of gaming company, "Next In". He has a facial recognition disability, and thus cannot recognize the woman he loves.

• Ha Yeon-soo as Kim Bo-ra^[4]

A jobless college graduate who dreams of working at "Next In." She has a positive attitude and an excellent memory.

• Oh Chang-seok as Min Tae-joo^[5]

Vice president of "Next In". He is gentle and warm.

• Kim Ye-won as Min Tae-ra^[6]

Younger sister of Tae-joo. A gallery curator.

Supporting

Next In staff

• Jung Yo-han as Steve Jo, an employee at "Next In." He's known for his lighthearted, joking attitude and his random comments in perfect English.
• Choi Kwang-il as Nam Chul-woo (Administration Director)
• Park Sung-hoon as Cha Do-jin (Programmer). Seemingly narcissistic but opens up gradually. Ends up married.^[7]
• Lee Jae-jin as Kang Chan-soo (Management Team employee)
• Kim Ian as Jang Do-il (New Development Team leader)
• Gong Seo-young as Oh Se-yeon (Yoo-Chan's secretary)

People around Yoo-Chan

• Kim Min-ji as Kim Boon-hong

Yoo-chan's first love and Bo-ra's life mentor

• Park Hyun-woo as Michael

Friend who grew up with Yoo-chan in an orphanage.

People around Bo-ra

• Yun Da-yeong as Park Mi-so (Bo-ra's college friend and roommate)
• Kim Jung-pal as Kim Il-goo (Bo-ra's father)
• Hwang Young-hee as Jo Yeon-shil (Bo-ra's mother)
• Sung Byung-suk as Park Kkot-bun (Bo-ra's grandmother)
• Park Won-suk as Kim Bo-sung (Bo-ra's brother)

Others

• Choi Ji-na as Jung Young-suk (Vice Minister of Science and Technology)
• Lee Tae-vin as Lee Jae-young

Production

• First script reading took place on March 23.^[2]
• Filming began on March 26.^[8]

Original soundtrack

Rich Man OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2018 (2018)
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Music Zip distributed by Kakao M

Part 1

Released on May 12, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Hard for Me"	Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo	Yoon Jin-hyo Jeon Chang-yeob	Cheeze	3:26
2.	"Hard for Me" (Inst.)		Yoon Jin-hyo Jeon Chang-yeob		3:26
Total length:					6:52

Part 2

Released on May 19, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Real Love"	ASUKA	Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo	Nam Tae-hyun (South Club)	3:55
2.	"Real Love" (Inst.)		Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo		3:55
Total length:					7:50

Part 3

Released on May 26, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Let's Pray"	Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo	Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo	Kei (Lovelyz)	3:55
2.	"Let's Pray" (Inst.)		Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo		3:55
Total length:					7:50

Part 4

Released on June 2, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Single Heart (일편단심)"	Jeon Chang-yeob	Jeon Chang-yeob Choi Byung-chang	Bella, Hyeseong (Elris)	3:18
2.	"Single Heart (일편단심)" (Inst.)		Jeon Chang-yeob Choi Byung-chang		3:18
Total length:					6:36

Part 5

Released on June 9, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Hard for Me"	Jeon Chang-yeob Yoon Jin-hyo	Yoon Jin-hyo Jeon Chang-yeob	Doyoung (NCT)	3:26
2.	"Hard for Me" (Inst.)		Yoon Jin-hyo Jeon Chang-yeob		3:26
Total length:					6:52

Part 6

Released on June 16, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artists	Length
1.	"Do U"	Kevin Riwon	Kevin	Monogram	3:36
2.	"Do U" (Inst.)		Kevin		3:36
Total length:					7:12

Part 7

Released on June 23, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My Spring" (나의 봄)	Mama Gorilla Yoon Hee-won	Park Suk-won Joo Ji-hoon Kim Sung-jong Yoon Hee-won	Song Ha-ye	4:37
2.	"My Spring" (Inst.)		Park Suk-won Joo Ji-hoon Kim Sung-jong Yoon Hee-won		4:37
Total length:					9:14

Part 8

Released on June 30, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I'm Also Like You" (나도 너처럼)	Lee Joo-hee	Lee Joo-hee	Lee Byung-chul	4:45
2.	"I'm Also Like You" (Inst.)		Lee Joo-hee		4:45
Total length:					9:30

Ratings

• In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• TNmS stopped their ratings since June, 2018.

Ep.	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[9]		TNmS[10]
		MBN	Dramax	MBN
		Nationwide
1	May 9, 2018	1.5%	0.2%	1.6%
2	May 10, 2018	1.0%	0.2%	1.0%
3	May 16, 2018	1.2%	0.1%	1.1%
4	May 17, 2018	1.1%	0.3%	1.2%
5	May 23, 2018	1.4%	0.2%	1.1%
6	May 24, 2018	1.0%	0.2%	0.8%
7	May 30, 2018	1.4%	0.1%	1.3%
8	May 31, 2018	0.9%	0.2%	0.7%
9	June 6, 2018	1.9%	0.2%	—
10	June 7, 2018	1.4%	0.3%
11	June 13, 2018	1.2%	0.2%
12	June 14, 2018	1.0%	-
13	June 20, 2018	1.5%	0.4%
14	June 21, 2018	1.1%	0.1%
15	June 27, 2018	0.9%	0.2%
16	June 28, 2018	0.8%	0.3%
Average		1.21%	-	-
Special	May 2, 2018	—

• This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).