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 24th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
hello…KDaddict n @sara…nice day 4 talking KD…
4 eps 9: Post shower!!! who is the only ?!!!….wait til tomorrow for watch ;D
June 24th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
nice drama.. good content and chemistry between all the roles.. really wanna see how it will ended, eventhough we all know how it be, everyday really excited to wait this drama..
June 24th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Two thumbs up!! Support support!!
June 24th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
dramanya om om
June 24th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
@KDaddict
Yes, absolutely right. Even the drama/movie versions of some literature masterpieces are not at the same level with the original ones, let alone KDs. I just wanted to give an perfect- not necessarily possible- example. But i’m sure we can find such villains- not exactly with that deep and complicated character- in KDs, although i admit they are rare. But speaking of Sera, she is just a selfish, naughty woman.
June 24th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
This drama is really different fr the typical Kdrama.
I really love it.
June 24th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
I really like this Kr show alot! Not like those typical Kr love stories…And I also like the teasers at the beginning of the show! Its really funny and I got hooked!
June 24th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
@sara, hny, kdfan,
Sena in RTP was really evil. She also had a lot of screen time. I hated watching so much of her that I gave up on the show.
Sera in GD doesn’t bother me as much. It’s a good thing she doesn’t have a strong presence. Mostly I just ff thru her scenes. If the writer starts to give her some nice sweet things to do, I can endure her.
June 25th, 2012 at 1:01 am
افضل دراما كورية شاهدتها لهذا العام
June 25th, 2012 at 2:20 am
Ep 10:
TS is giddy shopping for tees n shorts meant for teenagers. He wears them to please his gf, n they end up in bed. He is perfectly happy being in love. But Yoon is sad n lonely, n his own sister is often on the verge of tears. Doesn’t he see it? Doesn’t he care abt that? Kinda makes it difficult for us to be happy for him, doesn’t it?
June 25th, 2012 at 2:24 am
Ep 10:
DJ has been pursuing YS relentlessly for a long time. She keeps spurning him. In ep 9, she manages to thoroughly piss him off, so he turns away fr her, refusing her calls n messages. In ep 10, she becomes clingy n is all tears. She waits for him outside the office, goes to his apt, waits for him at his usual cafe. Why? Wouldn’t it have been easier for her if she didn’t swing fr one extreme to another?
June 25th, 2012 at 4:11 am
Love last 5 min in ep 10, so cute!
June 25th, 2012 at 5:36 am
Ep9
I loved this episode so much. Finally, YS is chasing after DJ.
DJ has a unique personality. ‘I don’t love you to the point that i cannot care about those things’. I love his attitude. He is very honest and straight forward, handsome, rich and manly with a strange way of loving.Clearly, evrey woman falls for such a man but she breaks his heart twice. Now, it makes sense. YS is begging and i’m enjoying her misery. I know i’m evil but she deserves to be miserable.
I love how the writer uses the shoes as symbols of love. Mostly, in K-dramas the shoes are the symbols of leaving but here they symbolize the lovers’ reunion. Yoon is still in conflict with himself and Sera-TS relationship is not a bit intersting nor important to me.
June 25th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Ep 10:
I love seeing Yoon wear orange/red, a color of passion. I wish he’d behave like that color suggests. He n MR are color co-ordinated!
I get DJ’s anger/hurt. YS hasn’t treated his feelings w respect. That’s enough to piss off any person w self-esteem.
At the cafe: He writes on the napkin that “Today my appt is w Seo Yi Soo”, echoing what she wrote that 1st time, “I hope that next time your appt is w me”. So they’ve come full circle.
My fav “Kim HN moment” in this show so far is the one where she closes her eyes n puckers up her lips outside the cafe. That is seriously soft, feminine, and alluring. I don’t doubt that next ep., DJ will succumb to it.
TS+gf’s happiness, in stark contrast w Yoon+MR’s misery, makes it n him more worthy of despise w/out it.
June 25th, 2012 at 11:25 am
So glad the writer is pleasing everyone making YS doing the chasing. But I think both YS & DJ are not realizing the depth of the meaning of the pink shoes being present at the meeting. YS was only thinking of putting her crush in the past by using DJ. The outcome would be the same whether or not she wore the shoes given by DJ, don’t you think. But she wore those shoes. So I think unknowingly then she had already liked DJ and wearing those shoes means she has decided to go to him. DJ put 2 n 2 unrelated things together and YS who was not aware of her feelings then was led to believe she used DJ n she used the shoes. YS is not the type to hurt anyone intentionally. She knew she was going to lie and she knew DJ well that he will make her pay the price for her lie. So why not wear the shoes bec she was prepared to go to him as the price of her lie.
June 25th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
This drama is really good… I like how Yisoo and Dojin are finally gonna be together after so many eps… But I love this drama can’t wait till the ending as I want to know how its gonna end… As for collin, I think I know who his dad may be, but not so sure… But Collin and Maeahri makes a cute couple, hopefully they will end up together later since Yoon is trying to let her out of his heart… By the way I really don’t like Saera, she is too bossy eapecially towards her feiend Yisoo…. But, Can’t wait for the next ep to come out, Episode 11 please hurry. Got to wait for six moredays until ep 11. now I have to go find something interesting to watch or do until the next ep…. hwaiting!!!
June 25th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
When this series 1st began, ppl were writing that after watching eps 1 n 2, they didn’t get why JDG is so popular, n such a big name. Well, the more you look at this guy, the more I realize that his charisma explodes the charts!
In ep 8, he KDJ asked YS why she doesn’t like him.
She said He is not her type.
He said Some men fit the taste of every woman under the sun.
That was supposed to be funny, n it was. But I think that description fits him well, aside from the matter of Age. Or except girls who like young idol types.
June 25th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
you know ..last night I dream about JDG..so sweet dream that’s makes me sleep well..and get up late this morning,OMG..my hubby scolded by his boss ..coz his late to office and also my D late to school
,it’s all becouse JDG 
Now…I want to watch ep 9…but my internet going so slow….
June 25th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
do anyone of you know what’s the title of the song jeong rok sing for her wife in ep 9?
June 25th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
ep.9….post shower…I like Yoon’s body…not bad
..Dj are more n more charming..he definitely ‘Love Killer’…one think in ep.9 I love the most is when Min Sook scene in her bed..she said ” I don’t need hot thing,I need warm thing”…its picture me
…sometimes I act like MinSook..and feel sad if our hubby doesn’t understand it…
June 25th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
ep.10….finally …’love will lead you back ..’ happy for DJ n Ys and Sera being so nice in this eps…I like she n TS at the park..so much lol. this is a lovely episode for this week…can’t wait for DJ n YS love scene !!!
June 25th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
@KDaddict-417
I agree. I haven’t watched any of his dramas/movies. This is the first one and when i saw him at first, i thought he looked more than his age, He was overrated and why Won bin didn’t pick the role. But slowly i fell for his charm and now completely understand why he is a mega star. He is really unique and i can’t imagine anyone but him as DJ. I think every woman falls for him even the ones who love young idol types coz they wouldn’t know when they fell for him just like YS.
June 25th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
@sara, Hi there,
U mean this role was offered to Won Bin?
You know we’ve seen many a Korean hunk, and aren’t so easily impressed, right? But when he pinned her against the bedroom door with his shirt open, my eyes dropped out n I froze. But then I realized that it wasn’t so much bc of his body; rather it was the stare in his eyes, which was intense like laser, n that faintest hint of a smile or smirk at the corner of his mouth! G-u-l-p!
No wonder @hny dreamt of him last night! Hahaha.
But u know that scene of Min Sook in bed w JR was really strange. She said: Lent me your shoulder. But ended up lying on his wrist. Now, what married woman would lie on her husband’s wrist? That was strained n unnatural. Entirely the director’s fault!
June 25th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
hahaha…@KDaddict…do you never do that ?!!! lying on u’r husband’s wrist
why?! strange.. coz we are not young anymore
…I think why Min sook ended up lying on his wrist..coz JR doesn’t capture of his words when his heart feel tired for their married.
June 25th, 2012 at 11:27 pm
@hny,
A wrist is boney and thin, not comfortable to lie on. An upper arm fits well under the space in the curve of the neck. That’s what I meant.