To the Beautiful You
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Title: 아름다운 그대에게 / To the Beautiful You
Chinese Title: 給美麗的你 / 韓版花樣少年少女
Also Known as: Hana Kimi (Korean Version)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16 + 1 Special Episode
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Aug-15 to 2012-Oct-04
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Synopsis
This drama is based on Hisaya Nakajo‘s manga series “Hana Kimi“ which was published by Hakusensha from 1996 to 2004.
The series centers on Goo Joo Hee (Choi Seol Ri), a Korean girl who lives in the United States. One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Kang Tae Joon (Min Ho). She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Korea to attend the same school that Tae Joon attends after he suffers an accident that could potentially end his career. However, Tae Joon attends an all-boys high school and Jae Hee must disguise herself as a boy to enter.
Cast
Main Cast
Min Ho as Kang Tae Joon
Choi Seol Ri as Goo Jae Hee
Lee Hyun Woo as Cha Eun Kyul
Kim Ji Won as Seol Ha Na
Suh Joon Young as Ha Seung Ri
Kang Ha Neul as Joo Ji Chul
Hwang Kwang Hee as Song Jong Min
Supporting Cast
Yoo Min Kyu as Young Mahn
Kim Ian as Na Chul Soo
Ki Tae Young as Jang Min Woo
Lee Young Eun as Lee So Jung (Korean teacher)
Kang Kyung Joon as Athletic team coach
Lee Han Wie as Hwang Gye Bong
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Kang Geun Wook
Ahn Hye Kyung as Yang Seo Yoon (Sports reporter)
Lee Ah Hyun as Jang (Sport Company Director)
Julian Kang as Daniel (Jae Hee’s brother)
Choi Jong Yoon as Min Wook
Yoo Ra (유라) as Lee Eun Young
Jung Eun Joo as Hwang Bo hee
Song Soo Ji (송수지) as Shin Myung Hwa
Park Tae Sung (박태성) as Chang Yeon
Sangchu (상추) as muscle student (cameo, ep 1)
Hong Rok Gi (홍록기) as DJ in charge of the party (cameo, ep 2)
K-pop group (EXO-K) as idol singers at the party (cameo, ep 2)
Jung Yoo Geun (정유근) (cameo, ep 4)
Nam Ji Hyun as Hong Da Hae (cameo, ep 6)
Kim Woo Bin as John Kim (Jae Hee’s first love) (cameo, ep.9-10)
Production Credits
Production Company: SM Entertainment
Director: Jun Ki Sang
Screenwriter: Lee Young Chul
Episode Ratings
| Date | EP | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2012-08-15 | 1 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 9.3 |
| 2012-08-16 | 2 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 5.7 | (<8.1) |
| 2012-08-22 | 3 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 | (<8.4) |
| 2012-08-23 | 4 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 5.4 | (<8.4) |
| 2012-08-26 | sp | 5.0 | 5.0 | (<7.9) | (<8.4) |
| 2012-08-29 | 5 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | (<7.9) |
| 2012-08-30 | 6 | 5.8 | (<8.4) | 5.6 | (<8.5) |
| 2012-09-05 | 7 | 4.7 | (<8.3) | 4.6 | (<7.8) |
| 2012-09-06 | 8 | 5.4 | (<8.7) | 5.4 | (<7.6) |
| 2012-09-12 | 9 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.4 | (<7.9) |
| 2012-09-13 | 10 | 3.8 | (<9.9) | 5.8 | (<8.6) |
| 2012-09-19 | 11 | 4.3 | (<8.6) | 4.2 | (<7.3) |
| 2012-09-20 | 12 | 5.1 | (<8.1) | 4.6 | (<7.3) |
| 2012-09-26 | 13 | 4.4 | (<8.3) | 4.4 | (<8.0) |
| 2012-09-27 | 14 | 4.8 | (<8.4) | 4.8 | (<8.0) |
| 2012-10-03 | 15 | 4.0 | (<9.1) | 4.1 | (<8.7) |
| 2012-10-04 | 16 | 5.3 | (<8.1) | 5.2 | (<8.6) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
Note
- Episode 1 to 4 was edited into a 70 minutes show.
- A special episode aired on 26/Aug/2012 1:15pm.
Awards
2012 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Min Ho (To the Beautiful You)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Lee Hyun Woo (To the Beautiful You)
2012 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Awards, Sulli (To the Beautiful You)
Poster
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August 31st, 2012 at 6:40 am
We should accept that although this drama is very funny and enjoyable to watch -to me, even more than Arang- it’s not anything serious and the subject matter is too common. You can’t expect Korean parents to give up watching two serious dramas and watch a youth fancy drama.
August 31st, 2012 at 10:29 am
If this is even half as funny as the japanese original, this is worth watching. Problem is, I have trouble seeing the koreans tackling the humor of the original in a cool manner, I think the humordifferences between japan and korea are a bit to big tbh
August 31st, 2012 at 10:57 am
im a hanakimi japanese fan. i like it because it is idiotic and plain fun. well… THBY is not that bad so far to ep6… i hope they will continue to make it more enjoyable to watch up to the end.
yeah i was apprehensive to start this drama due to its low ratings but truthfuly i enjoyed watching this. there are times that bored me but there are also times that made me laugh. anyway there is still a drive in me to continue watching
August 31st, 2012 at 2:36 pm
this drama has to do away with serious topics due to the storyline that focuses on girl pretending to be a boy. there should be more inserts of comedic scenes by the lead girl, students, teachers and especially the suppossedly eccentric school doctor. the vice principal is not funny enough either.
August 31st, 2012 at 5:14 pm
LMAO… forget that this aired wednesday not saturday!! I should watch this first b4 Arang.. now I’m sleepy but I can’t stand to watch THBY right away…. I already watch jepan n taiwan version..now korean.. I like taiwan version most.. but want to enjoy korean version too…
Min Ho has a little dark skin here.. most K actor has ‘ Blink-Blink’ skin…too long bask on the beach, perhaps
August 31st, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Jae Hee’s brother role very highlighted here make the story more ..lives !!
and school doc in other version act as a gay.. but here .. I’m not see it yet ..
August 31st, 2012 at 9:06 pm
waiting for next episode ,, minhooooo,, handsome hahah
September 1st, 2012 at 4:53 am
Oh my NEGATIVE RATINGS!
September 1st, 2012 at 6:57 am
@hny
I don’t think fan girls would like to watch so much gay stuff in a drama. Now Eun Gyul thinks he ‘s gay. It seems Jong min likes Eun Gyul so he is gay. Doctor was secretly looking at BYJ’s pics and was drooling when he saw Daniel. So he might be gay. Wow, so much gay in a drama that most of its viewers are girls.
Although i still don’t like TJ, coz he is very strict and dry, but i like this drama after all. There’s no tension in it. All the boys are handsome, the school is very beautiful and full of colors, OST is nice and Sulli is innocent looking and cute, no nerve-racking villain, no tension, no crying, no angst. You just can lean on the chair and watch it without much thinking. A fresh breath for us who are fighting a big far over Faith. No?
September 1st, 2012 at 6:57 am
sorry *WAR noT FAR
September 1st, 2012 at 1:16 pm
maybe just like HE IS BEAUTIFUL it has also low ratings but a HIT in other countries. i hope TTBY will be like it as well. fighting!
September 1st, 2012 at 3:46 pm
LOL!
there are so many cute scenes and quite frankly it is hilarious for a 30+ age to watch. this drama is for teens and a breather for adults to enjoy the young lives. im actually enjoying the corniness of this series. 
September 1st, 2012 at 8:15 pm
@sara
haha .. yes .. they are only same ppl w many dif name makes fun there ..let’s take a breath here
September 2nd, 2012 at 5:39 am
@hny
Agreed. But the problem is that this drama is very simple and we don’t have much things to talk about. But Faith is a different story.
September 2nd, 2012 at 7:36 am
i like this drama!thanksKOREQ!
September 2nd, 2012 at 3:55 pm
i really to watch the drama its really one hits
September 2nd, 2012 at 7:58 pm
i don’t like hana kimi so i’m not interesting with this drama and nothing interesting with the cast
September 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 pm
@sara
yap.. but is ok if we here only says simple think too…like ‘ ooopa u so cute ;D
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:44 pm
and one think @sara.. we don’t have to much arguing in faith cuz it’s not a mystery drama that we should guessing or makes theory to solve, right !!
September 3rd, 2012 at 1:41 am
I am enjoying this drama. So many handsome boys & a pretty girl Goo Jae Hee. She is so pretty in Ep 6 when she have to dress like a girl….
September 3rd, 2012 at 5:00 am
This is the best drama i Ever saw in the world.I LOVE MINHO HE IS IN SHINEE I LOVE SHINEE TO.Go shinee
September 3rd, 2012 at 5:48 am
…for the new set of kdrama, my #1 is TTBY.. i really like the cast of korean version of Hana Kimi.. so funny and cute.. love it.. keep it up! my #2 is Panda and the Hedgehog.,, you’ll find the story light but it makes sense.. i really enjoy watching it.. my #3 is 5 Fingers.. although their mother was wicked, as long as the two actors are there, i’ll watch it.. besides the story is good, and full of twists.. my #4 is Arang and the Magistrate.. it’s quite funny and fascinating… looking forward for the next eps.. last but not the least, #5 Faith.. although i like LMH so much, i think i have watched so much of “back to the past story”.. Dr. Jin is quite boring except for Jaejoong of course.. but still i’m watching Faith.. keep it up!
September 3rd, 2012 at 6:30 am
@hny
Actually, i really hate the word “oppa” and you know if we analyze it in details or criticize it, i’m sure another big war will start. If we just start to talk about the acting, we can say Minho is very stiff. He ‘s supposed to show TJ’s warmness which is hidden in his heart and most of the people don’t see it. But he can’t show that. I can’t feel he likes JH. To me, it seems he is SHINEE Minho and she is Fx Sulli and they are trying hard to keep everything in balance. No too much to create a scandal and not too less to get criticized as actors.
September 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 pm
@sara
actually I feel the same about lead actor.. that’s why my first impression I thought he was japaness actor ( I’m not familiar with SHINEE member) ,most Japan actor is not so good at showing the warmth of his heart also have dark skin..even I thought Min Ho voice use dubbing .. his lips move just a little ^_^
September 3rd, 2012 at 6:44 pm
the lead actor is famous as an idol. he does not fit this character well, somehow the serious demeanour does not suit him. i have seen him a few times in Oh School variety show, he does not show maturity and sportsmanship in the activities in the show. this is only my personal opinion.