A Gentleman’s Dignity
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Title: 신사의 품격 / A Gentleman’s Dignity
Chinese Title: 绅士的品格
Also known as: Gentlemen’s Class, Grace of Gentleman
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2012-May-26 to 2012-Aug-12
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:50
Synopsis
‘A Gentleman’s Dignity’ is a drama about the careers and love lives of urban professionals. This drama will tell the story of four men in their forties as they go through love, breakup, success and failure.
Kim Do Jin (Jang Dong Gun), an architect with a scathing tongue have romantic relationship with strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo (Kim Ha Neul), who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.
Im Tae San (Kim Soo Ro) is dating a cold-hearted woman but wonders if there is someone else out there for him.
Choi Yoon (Kim Min Jong) tries to heal his heart after losing his wife four years ago.
Lee Jung Rok (Lee Jong Hyuk) marries an older woman for money but may lose his comfortable lifestyle in a divorce.
Cast
Main Cast
Jang Dong Gun as Kim Do Jin
Kim Ha Neul as Seo Yi Soo
Kim Soo Ro as Im Tae San
Kim Min Jong as Choi Yoon
Lee Jong Hyuk as Lee Jung Rok
Yoon Se Ah as Hong Se Ra
Kim Jung Nan as Kim Min Sook
Yoon Jin Yi as Im Me Ah Ri
Lee Jong Hyun as Colin
Supporting Cast
Kim Woo Bin as Kim Dong Hyub (Yi Soo’s student)
Yoon Joo Man (윤주만) as Team leader Choi
Park Ah In as Lawyer Kang
Nam Hyun Joo as Teacher Park
Park Joo Mi as Kim Eun Hee (Collin’s mother)
Min Jae Sik (민재식) as Jung Rok’s cafe manager
Jo Hyun Kyu (조현규) as Hyun Kyu (Hwa Dam Architecture employee)
Lee Yong Ih (이용이) as Lee Mi Kyoung (Yoon’s late wife’s mother)
Cameo
Cha Hwa Yun as Seo Yi Soo’s mother (cameo, ep 16)
Kim Yoon Seo as Kim Eun Ji (cameo, ep 2,4,6)
Ahn Hye Kyung as Choi Yoon’s client (cameo, ep 2,10)
Sa Hee as Kim Do Jin’s seducer in the bar (cameo, ep 1)
Choi Sung Jo as Min Sook’s fitness trainer (cameo, ep 3)
Kim Kwang Gyu as high school teacher of Do Jin, Tae San, Yoon, and Jung Rok (cameo, ep 4)
Choi Soo Young as herself – Soo Young of Girls’ Generation (cameo, ep 5)
Kim Dong Gyoon as Na Jong Seok (cameo, ep 11)
Jung Yong Hwa as himself – Jung Yong Hwa of CNBLUE (Yi Soo’s former student) (cameo, ep 13)
Juniel (주니엘) as street performer at Hongdae playground (cameo, ep 13)
Kim Sung Oh as Private Kim / President Song’s son (cameo, ep 15)
Jang Joon Yoo as Tae San’s blind date girl (cameo, ep 16)
Hye Jung as daughter of Na Jong Seok (cameo ep 3)
Jung Soo In as shoes storekeeper (ep 5)
Production Credits
Production Company: Hwa and Dam Pictures (화앤담픽쳐스)
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2012-05-26 | 1 | 13.7 (2nd) | 15.9 (2nd) | 14.1 (2nd) | 16.0 (2nd) |
| 2012-05-27 | 2 | 12.1 (5th) | 15.2 (4th) | 12.8 (4th) | 14.6 (4th) |
| 2012-06-02 | 3 | 14.0 (3rd) | 15.6 (3rd) | 14.9 (2nd) | 16.7 (2nd) |
| 2012-06-03 | 4 | 14.8 (4th) | 19.0 (4th) | 14.8 (4th) | 16.5 (4th) |
| 2012-06-09 | 5 | 17.4 (2nd) | 20.5 (2nd) | 15.9 (2nd) | 17.0 (2nd) |
| 2012-06-10 | 6 | 16.5 (3rd) | 20.3 (4th) | 16.8 (3rd) | 19.4 (3rd) |
| 2012-06-16 | 7 | 18.7 (2nd) | 22.6 (2nd) | 17.1 (2nd) | 18.6 (2nd) |
| 2012-06-17 | 8 | 18.4 (3rd) | 22.3 (3rd) | 16.6 (3rd) | 18.6 (3rd) |
| 2012-06-23 | 9 | 19.7 (2nd) | 22.9 (2nd) | 18.6 (2nd) | 20.2 (2nd) |
| 2012-06-24 | 10 | 19.8 (3rd) | 22.0 (3rd) | 20.3 (2nd) | 21.9 (2nd) |
| 2012-06-30 | 11 | 23.1 (2nd) | 26.0 (2nd) | 22.0 (2nd) | 23.0 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-01 | 12 | 23.1 (2nd) | 26.3 (2nd) | 20.3 (2nd) | 21.7 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-07 | 13 | 21.9 (2nd) | 26.0 (2nd) | 22.0 (2nd) | 23.4 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-08 | 14 | 22.8 (2nd) | 26.7 (2nd) | 21.6 (2nd) | 22.3 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-14 | 15 | 26.0 (2nd) | 30.1 (2nd) | 23.5 (2nd) | 24.8 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-15 | 16 | 26.0 (2nd) | 29.6 (2nd) | 23.7 (2nd) | 25.3 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-21 | 17 | 26.7 (2nd) | 30.5 (2nd) | 24.4 (2nd) | 26.1 (2nd) |
| 2012-07-22 | 18 | 21.8 (3rd) | 25.3 (3rd) | 24.4 (2nd) | 26.0 (2nd) |
| 2012-08-11 | 19 | 18.2 (4th) | 20.4 (4th) | 18.1 (4th) | 19.3 (3rd) |
| 2012-08-12 | 20 | 24.9 (2nd) | 28.8 (2nd) | 23.5 (3rd) | 25.3 (2nd) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Note
- Jang Dong Gun coming back to the small screen for the first time in 12 years after All About Eve (MBC, 2000).
- Lee Na Young was originally cast for the leading female role of Seo Yi Soo, but dropped out after that.
Awards
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actor Awards (Weekend Series), Jang Dong Gun (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress Awards (Weekend Series), Kim Ha Neul (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Actor Awards (Weekend Series), Kim Soo Ro (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Awards (Weekend Series), Kim Min Jong (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Awards (Weekend Series), Lee Jong Hyuk (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Special Acting Awards (Weekend Series), Kim Jung Nan (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Awards, Kim Min Jong & Yoon Jin Yi (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Viewer Popularity Actress Awards, Kim Ha Neul (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Awards, Jang Dong Gun (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Awards, Kim Ha Neul (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Lee Jong Hyun (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Yoon Jin Yi (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: Achievement Award, scriptwriter Kim Eun Sook (A Gentleman’s Dignity)
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June 15th, 2012 at 11:11 am
weeh…these guys..really makes me crazy..watching this drama is fun..its kind of different from other korean tv series i had watched..hope to watch more wacky scences….its a pretty stress reliever for me watching this drama…
June 15th, 2012 at 11:13 am
And i never seen sob drama of tvb you talk. I started the drama in 2007 with the japanese and now the korean.
And for snow queen the poetry is visble with the music, the cinematography and the theme of the snow queen of andersen.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!!The terminal illness in snow queen is not a surprise; in the beggining of the drama the poeple know than the heroine is sick. The asian drama is great because they talk of the things of the life, the love, the work, the friend, the family, and the death or the illness is also a thing of the life. Then i don’t understand why said the drama is bad because the heroine die of terminal illness. The scene where hyun bin go in laponia after the death of the heroine for stay close of her and of her dream is beautiful and moving. For me a movie or a drama who succeed to make me cry is a great story.
Ask to shakespeare with romeo and juliet for exemple.
June 16th, 2012 at 3:31 am
…most rooting for Yoon and Me Ah Ri couple!!!
June 16th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Like this drama…
June 16th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
This drama is fun.
June 17th, 2012 at 11:15 am
i have just realized that they didnt wear a shoes
what was that mean?haha
June 17th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
I hope Ha Ji Won will cameo in AGD just like Son Ye Jin in Secret Garden.
June 17th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Ep 7:
Maybe a lot has happened in this ep. But what really touches me is the cliffhanger, when Yoon finally does sth that shows his feelings for Me Ah Ri. It has taken him long enough! It’d satisfying to see that dam break!
Yoon is very good looking and look the youngest among the 4 guys.
And what the heck r those 2 strange women doing at the party? YS and Se Ra, 2 women that they guys know well aren’t there, but these 2 strange birds show up. Whatever for?
Also like it that Dojin has an ailment. That makes him seem more human, more sympathetic.
In this ep, Se Na shows herself to be petty, selfish and toxic. Yet TS loves her. Some men r blind that way.
June 17th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
My tear drop for the first time in this ep.
June 17th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
I love the way the writer starts the episodes with teasers that is soooo hilariously funny that makes you want to LOL rolling on the floor……..
June 17th, 2012 at 7:41 pm
I like this drama coz really reveal facts of life of 40s after mid-life crisis hahahah…Really funny between the touching parts…All cast really great also the storyline….gonna keep watching till end;-0
June 17th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Was it Jungrok who invited those 2 girls? He is shallower than shallow hal. Sera is bad..that was the confrontation she should hv done with Yisoo immediately after she knew about Yisoo’s feelings for Taesan. I totally felt for Yisoo. It wasnt so heartbreaking if Dojin was the one who told Taesan. But when BFF does that, ouch.
June 18th, 2012 at 1:01 am
KDs are full of either chaebol princes or ppl struggling to make ends meet. It is rare to see professionals as protagonists. Here we get 4, or rather 3, unless you count JR as a professional gigolo, all at once. It is both refreshing and interesting.
I wonder abt Park Min Sook: what did she see in JR that she married him, and always takes him back after each of his transgressions? Either she has a hole in her head or she really loves him so much she can’t live without him!
As YS said to DJ, he is dashing, confident and all, but he isn’t her type. It’ll be fun to see him BECOME her type in the following weeks.
June 18th, 2012 at 1:24 am
Well, as there is belief that a man’s life begins at 40. LOL, I guess the writer got the idea for this drama to focus on men who may have gone through marriage life or serious relationship and yet not wanting to be tied down to one woman (exception to Choi Yoon).
DJ will turn into a very troubled man who suddenly had to endure with having true feelings for a woman, LOL
JR is a real joker, he does not give sincere feelings to PMS, but when PMS was close to the fitness trainer, JR becomes jealous
Both CY and TS are the pathetic characters, TS falling for a selfish and conceited woman, whereas CY is in a dilemma of his feelings for MAR
June 18th, 2012 at 2:10 am
…i’m already hooked in this kdrama.. it’s soooo hilarious!
i’m very hesitant to watch this kdrama at first bcoz i thought it will be boring and i’m not familiar with the other casts. but as i watch it more and more, i’m now curious about what will happen next to Kim Do Jin and Seo Yi Soo.. also to Yoon and Me Ah Ri.. hahaha, i like it.. keep it up!
June 18th, 2012 at 2:14 am
..and check out the ratings! wow, i’m sooo impressed!
luckily, KHN took the role of SYS bcoz its just fits her.. soo funny but cute..
same with Yoon when he danced the steps of SNSD.. hahaha..
watch this guys!
June 18th, 2012 at 2:29 am
i love how ep 5 starts…it was really funny!
can’t forget the SNSD part…lol!!!
June 18th, 2012 at 2:43 am
..wow! all new kdramas are worth watching! now i don’t have my #1 in my list coz i can’t decide which is my favorite among them! all are entertaining and hilarious especially A Gentlemans’ Dignity.. if you are in your early thirties or mid forties, you will enjoy this kdrama. you will feel that there’s still life after forties or life goes on for those whose in love,hahaha.. love it.. and for those who just want to sit back and enjoy, watch BIG and I DO I DO.. i like the story of BIG coz it will give you a satisfying feeling of a love for granted but then corrected by another person whose not at first with a geniune character bcoz he’s still young. i love what’s happening now to the so called “couple”. hehe.. I DO I DO is also funny. you’ll find it simple but it makes sense! a career woman who is willing to give up everything but suddenly something happened to her.. haha, like it! Ghost is like you’re riding a roller coaster. you’ll go up and down, turn around then slide! whoa!! everything is mysterious and it’s like you’re solving a puzzle.. goose bombs everywhere!! Time slip Dr Jin is also intriguing. all medicinal and science but they are showing all kinds of scenes which will catch your attention.. and now, you will wonder who is doctor Jins’ fiance on the Joseon era..
June 18th, 2012 at 3:09 am
@KDaddict
have you already watched Loving You A Thousand Times?
it is currently airing here and loving it so far…love the chemistry of both lead…
June 18th, 2012 at 3:20 am
@SEGACRAZE,
No, I haven’t watched Loving You A Thousand Times. I saw the actress in Dear Heaven–loved her as the sister; n in Mom has grown horns–also liked her as the D-in-law. The actor most recently appeared in Salaryman.
I’m watching 5 KDs rt now. Having a ball!
June 18th, 2012 at 6:00 am
Ep7
So interesting. Lots of things happen in this episode, specially what i was waiting for: Yoon does something about his feelings. I love his personality. Normally calm and lonely but louder and worse than 3 guys in some situations. That’s what makes him so attractive. I admire MAR. She is so brave and what a irony that she is the one teaching her teacher. DJ has a strange problem. I felt closer to him in this ep. I love his honesty and the scene YS is lying on him. It’s just a simple accident but he can make it very sexy. The only character i don’t like is SR. I don’t know if it is because of her bad impression in CH, but i can’t stand her behavior. So selfish.
June 18th, 2012 at 9:52 am
It seems like yi soo will start accept do jin one side love
huaah, I can’t wait for next episode.
Saturday Sunday, please comming fast
June 18th, 2012 at 10:14 am
Ep 8:
I’m not so keen on Ep 8 becos after Yoon grabbing TS’s wrist in the cliffhanger, nothing comes of it! TS is against Yoon being his sis’ bf, Yoon is trying hard to reject Me Ah Ri, and it’s a crazy-making situation! So d resolution of the cliffhanger becomes v dissatisfying.
TS n Se Na seem to be in a fight, tho it isn’t clear why. TS likes her so much but isn’t talking to her, if that makes any sense!
The least interesting ep out of 8 of them so far.
But it’s good we see a bit more of Min Sook. Her husband is for show(-off) to her friends, whose husbands r rich but ugly. Heehee.
June 18th, 2012 at 10:27 am
It is always the tendency of the kor dramas that exagerates on the cliffhanger and we the viewers will be tortured in figuring out the outcome of the cliffhanger, but alas in many instances get dissapointed with the next episode of either nothing happened or something bad/ sad happens. I always get caught in these situations, but never seem to learn from past experiences, LOL
June 18th, 2012 at 10:53 am
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