Men Are Men

2020 South Korean television series

Men Are Men

Promotional poster

Also known as| To All the Guys Who Loved Me[1][2]
Mister[3]
All the Same[4][unreliable source?]
Hangul|

그놈이 그놈이다

Lit.| That Guy Is the Guy
RR| Geunomi geunomida
MR| Kŭnomi kŭnomida
Genre|

* Drama
* Comedy
* Romance
* Fantasy

Written by| Lee Eun-young
Directed by|

* Choi Yoon-suk
* Lee Ho

Starring|

* Hwang Jung-eum
* Yoon Hyun-min
* Seo Ji-hoon
* Jo Woo-ri
* Choi Myung-gil

Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| Korean
No. of episodes| 32
Production
Running time| 35 minutes
Production company| iWill Media
Original release
Network| KBS2
Release| July 6 (2020-07-06) –
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)

Men are Men[5][6] (Korean: 그놈이 그놈이다) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yoon Hyun-min, Seo Ji-hoon, Choi Myung-gil and Jo Woo-ri.[7][8] The series aired from July 6 to September 1, 2020 on KBS2.[9][10]

## Synopsis

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The leader of a webtoon planning team, Seo Hyun-ju harbors the jaded view that all men are same and has decided to remain single. Hwang Ji-woo is the CEO of Sunwoo Pharmaceutical Company. He has a cold and distant personality but excellent instinct in business. He takes an interest in Seo Hyun-ju and starts pursuing her. Park Do-gyeom is a popular webtoon writer. He is a well mannered and sociable person. He and Seo Hyun-ju grew up like siblings, but he has held a crush on Seo Hyun-ju for a long time.

## Cast

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### Main

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* Hwang Jung-eum as Seo Hyun-ju
* Joo Ye-rim as Seo Hyun-ju (child)
* Lee Chae-yoon as Seo Hyun-ju (teen)
* Yoon Hyun-min as Hwang Ji-woo
* Jung Ji-hoon as Hwang Ji-woo (child)
* Bae In-hyuk as Hwang Ji-Woo (teen)
* Seo Ji-hoon as Park Do-gyeom
* Ha Yi-ahn as Park Do-gyeom (child)
* Jo Woo-ri as Han Seo-yoon[11]
* Choi Myung-gil as Kim Seon-hee[12]

### Supporting

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#### People around Seo Hyun-ju

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* Hwang Young-hee as Jung Young-soon, Hyun-ju's mother and Park's adopted mother
* Seo Hyun-chul as Seo Ho-joon, Hyun-ju's father and Park's adopted father
* Song Sang-eun as Kang Min-jung
* Noh Susanna as Oh Young-eun[13]
* Kim Gyu-sun as Song Jin-ah

#### People around Hwang Ji-woo

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* Lee Hwang-eui as Nam Yoo-cheol, Hwang Ji-woo's secretary
* Kang Ji-eun as Hwang Ji-woo's mother

#### Sunwoo Webtoon Team

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* Han Da-sol as Kim Da-eun
* Jo Hyun-sik as Kang Eun-jae
* Hwang Man-ik as Kim Pal-do
* Baek Joo-hee as Jo Mi-ok
* Yoo Jung-rae as Hong Bo-hee

#### Mytoon Webtoon (Ep.1-3)

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* In Gyo-jin as In Gyo-seok
* Lee Si-eon as Oh Si-eon, webtoon writer
* Lee Mal-nyeon as Writer Lee
* Joo Ho-min as Writer Joo

#### Others

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* Kim Da-ye as Kim Su-jeong
* Lee Jung-yeol as Jung Seok-woo, Hwang Ji-woo's doctor
* Lee Hyun-kyun as Kang Min-jung's husband
* Shim Hye-yeon as Soo-bin Kang Min-jung's daughter
* Song Jin-woo as Kim Eun-beom, Song Jin-ah's ex-husband
* Kim Doh-yon as Oh Ji-hwan, Park Do-gyeom's friend and Song Jin-ah's boyfriend

### Special appearances

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* Son Sung-chan as Bae Jae-joon (Ep. 1)
* Ahn Se-bin as Oh Young-eun (child) (Ep. 1)
* Kang Dong-ho as Man at wedding (Ep. 1)
* Seo Yoon-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's classmate (Ep. 1)
* Johyun as Yu-na (Ep. 1)[14][15]
* Yoon Sun-woo as Seo Hyun-ju's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 1, 2)
* Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's blind date (Ep. 3)
* Kim Jae-hwa as Butler Kim (Ep. 6)
* Lee Seon-hee as Italian Table owner (Ep. 4)
* Shin Se-hwi as You Gyo Girl, webtoon writer (Ep. 8, 10-11)
* Woo Hyun-joo as You Gyo Girl's mother (Ep. 8, 10-11)
* Jwa Chae-won as fellow student (Ep. 11,14)
* Won Jong-rye as Hwang Ji-woo's mother (dream) (Ep. 15)

## Ratings

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* In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Ep.  | Part  | Original broadcast date  | Average audience share

(Nielsen Korea)[16]

(Nationwide)

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|
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1 | 1  | July 6, 2020  | 2.7%
2  | 3.9%
2 | 1  | July 7, 2020  | 2.7%
2  | 4.4%
3 | 1  | July 13, 2020  | 2.6%
2  | 3.8%
4  | 1  | July 14, 2020  | 2.3%
2  | 3.3%
5  | 1  | July 20, 2020  | 2.2%
2  | 3.4%
6  | 1  | July 21, 2020  | 2.0%
2  | 3.3%
7  | 1  | July 27, 2020  | 2.1%
2  | 3.1%
8  | 1  | July 28, 2020  | \-
2  | 3.8%
9  | 1  | August 3, 2020  | 2.1%
2  | 3.2%
10  | 1  | August 4, 2020  | 2.2%
2  | 3.3%
11  | 1  | August 10, 2020  | 2.7%
2  | 3.7%
12  | 1  | August 11, 2020  | 2.3%
2  | 3.1%
13  | 1  | August 17, 2020  | 1.7%
2  | 2.8%
14  | 1  | August 18, 2020  | 2.1%
2  | 2.8%
15  | 1  | August 31, 2020  | 2.2%
2  | 3.1%
16  | 1  | September 1, 2020  | \-
2  | 3.1%
Average  | N/A

## Original soundtrack

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Count On Me"| 3:15
2.| "So Much Into You"| 3:23
3.| "Still In Love"| 3:43
4.| "Here I Am"| 4:25
5.| "Not Clumsy Anymore"| 4:16
6.| "Like The Winter That Loved Spring"| 4:07

## References

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1. ^ [To All The Guys Who Loved MeㅣTeaser Trailer] "I'm throwing off the yoke of marriage". YouTube. KOCOWA TV. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
2. ^ "To All The Guys Who Loved Me [Title in the URL]". Viki. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
3. ^ "Mister [Title in the URL]". Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
4. ^ "All the Same [Title in the URL]". Naver TV. Korean Broadcasting System, Naver Corporation. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
5. ^ Men Are Men / 그놈이 그놈이다 [Teaser-Ver1]. YouTube (in Korean). KBS World. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
6. ^ Men are Men (Official Website). KBS World. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
7. ^ 로코 장인 황정음x윤현민 만날까 "'그놈이 그놈이다' 검토중"(공식입장) [Rom-com Masters Hwang Jung-eum and Yoon Hyun-min Courted for Drama "To All The Guys Who Loved Me"]. newsen.com (in Korean).
8. ^ Kim, Su-hyun (2020-03-10). '그놈이 그놈이다' 황정음X윤현민, 전에 없던 '비혼 사수' 로맨틱 코미디에 기대감↑ [Hwang Jung-eum and Yoon Hyun-min Confirm Romantic Comedy Drama "To All The Guys Who Loved Me"]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-07.
9. ^ 정, 하은 (2020-06-29). '그놈이 그놈이다' 황정음X윤현민X서지훈, 메인포스터 공개…삼각 로맨스 예고 ["To All the Guys Who Loved Me" Hwan Jung-eum, Yoon Hyun-min and Seo Ji-hoon in the Main Poster]. Sports Seoul. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
10. ^ Choi, Ji-won (July 6, 2020). "Hwang Jung-eum returns through fantasy rom-com 'Men are Men'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
11. ^ "KBSWORLD TV". KBS World. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
12. ^ 최명길, KBS2 '그놈이 그놈이다' 합류…7월 안방극장 컴백 [공식] [Choi Myung-gil to Join KBS 2TV's "To All The Guys Who Loved Me" in July] (in Korean). 19 May 2020.
13. ^ [공식] 노수산나 '그놈이 그놈이다' 캐스팅…황정음과 절친 호흡 [Noh Susanna Confirms Appearance in "To All The Guys Who Loved Me"]. Nate News (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-07.
14. ^ '그놈이 그놈이다' 조현도 황정음도 완벽소화한 선글라스!. 트렌드저널 (in Korean). Retrieved October 26, 2020.
15. ^ 첫방 '그놈이 그놈이다' 황정음, 쓰러진 윤현민에 인공호흡→떠오른 전생. The Dong-A Ilbo. 6 July 2020.
16. ^ "Nielsen Korea". www.nielsenkorea.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-08-13.

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)
* Men Are Men at IMDb
* Men Are Men at HanCinema
* Men Are Men on KBS World

* v
* t
* e

Works by IWill Media

2010s|

* Syndrome (2012)
* When a Man Falls in Love (2013)
* A Little Love Never Hurts (2013)
* Love & Secret (2014)
* My Mother Is a Daughter-in-law (2015)
* The Time We Were Not in Love (2015)
* I Have a Lover (2015)
* Solomon's Perjury (2016)
* Sisters-in-Law (2017)
* Witch at Court (2017)
* Black (2017)
* Player (2018)
* Gracious Revenge (2019)

2020s|

* Men Are Men (2020)
* Royal Secret Agent (2020)
* On the Verge of Insanity (2021)
* A Superior Day (2022)
* Gold Mask (2022)
* May I Help You? (2022)
* Moon in the Day (2023)

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