Coffee House
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Title: 커피하우스 / Coffee House
Chinese Title : 咖啡馆
Previously known as: 페이지 원 / Page One
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 18
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-May-17 to 2010-July-27
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:55
Synopsis
Lee Jin Soo made it big after writing several thriller novels and establishing himself as a talented novelist. He works for Seo Eun Young, the owner of the biggest publishing company in Korea, and has a long-time friendship with her. Lee Jin Soo has lots of fans, especially female ones, and he seems to be the perfect match for any woman… but what no one knows is that he is actually a bit weird and sarcastic, has lots of strange habits, and holds a dark secret. The one who has to cope with him and his habits is his secretary, Kang Seung Yeon, who begged him for this job to become a pro instead of the below-average girl that she really is. On top of that, there is also the return of Han Ji Won, Seo Eun Young’s ex-fiance, whom she despises. Han Ji Won is trying to get Seo Eun Young back, but she has her eyes set on Lee Jin Soo.
Cast
Main Cast
Kang Ji Hwan as Lee Jin Soo
Park Si Yeon as Seo Eun Young
Ham Eun Jung as Kang Seung Yeon
Jung Woong In as Han Ji Won
Supporting Cast
Park Jae Jung as Kim Dong Wook
Jung Soo Young as Oh Hyun Joo
Jung Ji Ah as Go Yoon Joo
Jin Sung as Park Young Chul
Heo Tae Hee as Dong Min
Ahn Kil Kang as Kang Jin Man (Seung Yeon’s dad)
Kim Ji Young as Hong Bong Nyeo (Seung Yeon’s grandmother)
Kim Min Sang as Kang Seung Chul (Seung Yeon’s brother)
Lee Soon Jae as Eun Young’s grandfather
Lee Hye Eun as Eun Young’s friend
Won Ki Joon as Hyun Suk
Bang Joon Seo
Jung Joon Ho (cameo)
Kim Sung Min (cameo)
Production Credits
Director: Pyo Min Soo
Screenwriter: Song Jae Jung (송재정)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-May-17 | 1 | 8.8 (16th) | 8.7 (16th) |
| 2010-May-18 | 2 | 8.7 | (<8.9) |
| 2010-May-24 | 3 | (<8.5) | (<8.9) |
| 2010-May-25 | 4 | 7.8 (19th) | 8.2 (15th) |
| 2010-May-31 | 5 | 9.7 (15th) | 9.7 (12th) |
| 2010-June-01 | 6 | 9.3 (12th) | 9.4 (12th) |
| 2010-June-07 | 7 | 8.5 (19th) | 8.7 (18th) |
| 2010-June-08 | 8 | 8.7 (16th) | 9.4 (14th) |
| 2010-June-28 | 9 | (<8.1) | (<7.6) |
| 2010-June-29 | 10 | (<8.3) | (<7.7) |
| 2010-July-05 | 11 | 8.4 (19th) | 8.7 (14th) |
| 2010-July-06 | 12 | 8.0 (17th) | 8.2 (17th) |
| 2010-July-12 | 13 | (<8.8) | 9.1 (20th) |
| 2010-July-13 | 14 | 10.1 (12th) | 10.6 (11th) |
| 2010-July-19 | 15 | 8.9 (17th) | 9.4 (16th) |
| 2010-July-20 | 16 | 9.7 (12th) | 10.4 (13th) |
| 2010-July-26 | 17 | 8.5 (19th) | 9.0 (16th) |
| 2010-July-27 | 18 | 8.3 (19th) | 8.6 (17th) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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October 1st, 2010 at 11:55 am
This drama is great even though we can’t tell who is the main female lead, PSY or HEJ, from the beginning but towards the end, obviously we are sure that LJS and SEY is the main couple. This drama is quite predicted but it’s good though. I would recommend this drama to everything disregarded what the haters said and i wouldn’t blame them for their ignorance.
October 10th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
i love the drama. i think the plot is kinda interesting. unlike alot of other kdrama, the main characters were already friends from the start. although alot of ppl were expecting LJS and KSY to be together, i think the chemistry between LJS and SEY were really great. Other than that, i somehow think KSY is not compatible with LJS because her role in this movie is more of a bubbly girl. And most important, LJS loved SEY from the start. overall, i enjoyed the drama pretty much !
October 13th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I love this drama. The OSTs of the drama are very good. I listen to them quite often. I love Kang Seung Yeon in the drama. Her speech to persuade Lee Jin Soo to stay was very powerful to me. I love that moment in the drama.
October 14th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Don’t care what hatter said about this drama. It’s the most romantic drama i’ve seen. KJH and PSY are so match together. What a great couple. I hope could see them pairing again in next project.
October 23rd, 2010 at 3:02 am
love this drama. just finished watching it. made me forget all my problems with the world for a moment made me really laugh, really really funny. love the roles played by kang ji hwan and ham eun jung. love their chemistry in this story (even if they didn’t end up together
). one was “naughty” while the other was obedient. they do compliment each other. hope to see KJH and HEJ in another drama soon. really really really love them. this is definitely one of my faves 
October 23rd, 2010 at 10:16 pm
HAM EUN JUNG, YOUR ACTING IS NOT QUITE GOOD!! MAYBE YOU FIT WELL FOR AN ABNORMAL_PERSON ROLE, SOMETHING LIKE A RETARDED PERSON CAUSE THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR FACE IS SEEMINGLY LIKE A RETARDED ONE.
I DON’T KNOW WHY SBS PRODUCTION CHOSE YOU. MY APOLOGIES BUT I REALLY DON’T LIKE YOUR FACE. THAT IS PROBABLY THE REASON WHY YOU ONLY HAVE 2 DRAMA SERIES, COFFEE HOUSE AND LAND. THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE A GOOD RATING.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I really love this drama!
Hilarius and yet a little bit sad.
Anyway, I love LEE JIN SOO and SEO EUN YOUNG together!!!
So cute and pretty match
November 17th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
quite disappointed with the ending. imo, it’ll be good if he finally end up with the other girl, i mean with eun jung… just saying. but, over all, it worth to watch. very entertaining.
November 18th, 2010 at 12:53 am
i am waiting for this new korean drama to be released before i rent and i like KJH because he acts very well and i like to watch what he is acting.
November 19th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
i dont really like the ending of this drama….
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November 23rd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
im already watched this drama…but i think it’s nothin special…sorry…but 1. there is no chemistry 2. JS treat SY sumtimes just look rude…weird 3. the ending was so dissaponting…i bought the dvd’s and use ff methode while watching this drama
November 28th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
i was happily watching the first few epi or so thinking how cute n freshfaced ham eun jung was; she was like a breath of fresh air (in my opinion at least)…but then to hope for her pairing with kang ji hwan was like asking ji hwan to rob the craddle…she was way too young for him. at the back of my mind i was thinking maybe the scriptwriter had an awful awakening when she saw for herself how inappropriate it wld be to pair eun jung with ji hwan hence the story suddenly veered the other direction by having ji hwan end up with park si yeon instead (all basically my yying)…. that’s also the reason i gave up watching after reading comments here abt the ending…boy, was i truly disappointed…
November 29th, 2010 at 5:55 am
I don’t think the story suddenly changed direction. Even though Seung Yeon was introduced first, if you watch carefully, right from the beginning, there were signs that Eun Young and Jin Soo had some kind of hidden relationship. Plus in the early press releases about the drama, it said that Park Si Yeon and Kang Ji Hwan would be paired together. Even in the opening credits, it’s clear that they are the two main leads.
Anyway, I loved this drama and thought the ending was perfect. In my opinion, anyone expecting a romance between Jin Soo and Seung Yeon was dreaming because at no one point did Jin Soo even appear to harbor such thoughts.
***SPOILER***
I find it interesting that anyone could watch this drama up till episode 17 and expect a different ending. It’s better to give up earlier if you see the obvious signs like Jin Soo’s run in episode 9. Not only did the couple share two passionate kisses before episode 17, Jin Soo returned with an engagement ring to propose to Eun Young. Yet, some were expecting a different ending? I don’t understand this at all.
***END OF SPOILER***
Eun Young and Jin Soo make a beautiful pair and I’m glad that they found love and happiness in the end. I recommend this drama to those who don’t need to see the same old story retold yet another time.
December 19th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
I hate the ending. totally regretful.
December 27th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
HAAAAAAA…….. I VERY DISAPPOINTED THE ENDING !!!!!!!!
the ending ….. jeo chommal anjuahaeyo !!!!! i love seung yeon so much and i really want she with Lee Jin Soo …. but ….. haaaaaa…..
ep 1-15 = nice, bcoz seung yeon look so cute … hahaha
ending = bad, bcoz seung yeon not with lee jin soo
overall = i hate this drama
cant wait to watch drama “Dream High” by ham eun jung
hope this drama not disappointed me again … hehe
December 28th, 2010 at 1:54 am
I Hate the Ending. I thought Kang Seung Yeon! waaaaaaa ! But it’s ok. because seung yeon now is a good writer
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January 30th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
i hate this show… i hate it!!!! i hate it!!!! i hate it!!!!!! Lee Jin-Son and Kang Seung-Yeon looks better together!!! they made the audience think that they are gonna be together but in the end they didn’t and that’s what irritating me!!!! they should have changed the ending. it’s obvious that the audience liked LJS and KSY better.
February 20th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
what a bad ending this is!!!!! is this all the story goes into ending?? it goes pretty bad after all! and so did disappointing is it??
oh.. what a sigh:( i’ve really thought that lee jin soon ang kang seon-yeun will be at the end but so disappointing and so seems impossible as it was.. hahayzz… i hate it too..
for me lee jin son and seon -yeon was perfectly suit and perfectly made the story a colourful one.. but once eun young interrupted on the spot the story seems so boring and colourless …. what a wasted time i’ve spent!!!!!!!! chucks.. i didnt find interesting that eun young and jin son at the end… so soory guys.. for me this is wasted!
February 20th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
i’m so disappointed! with this drama.. seon yeon and jin son looks perfectly good together but its disappointing that the story goes twisted as knots..oh.. what a waste.. just all i could say.. after all, the ending couldn’t changed of what i used to be end…so there’s no used saying: ‘what a bad ending!”
February 28th, 2011 at 7:59 am
I DONT LIKE THE ENDING. I found it a WASTE after watching this for using all the time watching til morning, even didnt study instead! I was hoping that on the latter part of the drama there would be a chance that Jin Soo would fall in love with Eun Young. Therefore i wondered why there’s no chance that Jin Soo never had an eye for Eun Young, so that why it is so. Jin Soo is for the other girl. WHAT A WASTE!!! WASTE WASTE WASTE!!!!
March 2nd, 2011 at 10:48 am
Well, I have finished watching the dvd yesterday..yah..just like majority of the comments here the ending was really disappointing to watch. Lee Jin Soo should choose Kang Seung Yeon over Seo Eun Young because Seo Eun Young has no patience of waiting, in my own points of view, if you really love someone you must keep on waiting until the right love come along while Kang Seung Yeon really waits and value everything that Lee Jin Soo taught her and him as a person. she always cheer him up and and I can see also that their character has the chance to live forever. I think their both match compare with Seo Eun Young due to they have common interest.. What a clever writer..
Well to the writer, I guess you may end up the story disappointing towards the many but you have done a great job..May be because management also has something to do with it thats why story end up like this. The viewer also counts I guess Kang Ji Hwan and Park Si Yeon have more fans over Ham Eun Jung. I just wish Kang Ji Hwan and Ham Eun Jung will have TV series again that end up with something romantic….
Good Luck to you Guys
Kang Ji Hwan as Lee Jin Soo
Park Si Yeon as Seo Eun Young
Ham Eun Jung as Kang Seung Yeon
Jung Woong In as Han Ji Won
March 3rd, 2011 at 7:26 pm
I love this drama most Because of Park Si Yeon & Kan Ji Hwan. We are longing for their new series. we r from Myanmar.
March 4th, 2011 at 11:03 am
Kang Ji Hwan as Lee Jin Soo
He is super sexy and handsome in this drama, love his acting skill ability.
Park Si Yeon as Seo Eun Young
Wow she is super super super ………….. pretty, adorable, sexy and gorgeous in this drama. What am I saying she looks very pretty and gorgeous in other of her dramas and movies too. Oh she looks like a barbie doll, she has a kind of different style and look as compare to other actresses. I super love her in this drama as compare to her other dramas, the reason is that she look so…………..good together with Kang Ji Hwan. I totally fall in love with both of them. Hope that they can really date in real life, haha.
Ham Eun Jung as Kang Seung Yeon
This is the first time I get to know her, oh my god, she is very……………cute and pretty too, she looks kind in my eyes. I love her acting, she is so GOOD. Love her, and hope to see her in other dramas too.
Jung Woong In as Han Ji Won
What can I say, he is born to be a comedian, he is definitely FUNNY, I find him the main reason to brighten this drama, without him I guess should be a bit boring, as he brighten e atmosphere.
Finally I hv to conclude, this drama is definitely worth to watch, THUMP UP, Hwaiting Coffee House.
May 9th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
THE DRAMA IS REALLY GOOD….romance and comedy…ALTHOUGH THE ENDING IS QUITE NOT GOOD…BUT ITS OK…
A Must see drama…………
May 31st, 2011 at 2:21 pm
this drama is quite interesting…i love to watch it until the last episode!!keep going..:)