Coffee Prince

Title: 커피프린스 1호점 / Coffee Prince
Chinese title : 咖啡王子1号店
Also known as: The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 17
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-02 to 2007-Aug-27
Air time: Monday and Tuesday 21:55
Opening Theme: Lalala, its Love, by The Melody

Synopsis

The life of Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) is not easy; she works many jobs to pay off debts and even gave up her feminine image. Choi Han Kyul (Gong Yoo) is the heir of a big food company, but his grandmother wants him to settle down, so she arranged many dates for him. After Eun Chan bumped into Han Kyul and was mistaken for a boy, Han Kyul decided to hire Eun Chan to be his gay lover in order to avoid the arranged dates. Desperately in need of money, Eun Chan had no choice but to accept. Han Kyul’s grandmother also made Han Kyul in charge of a filthy coffee shop in danger of being bankrupt. Eun Chan begged to work at the coffee shop, and not long after, feelings start to spark, except, how would Han Kyul accept his “homosexuality”?

Cast

Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun Chan
Gong Yoo as Choi Han Kyul
Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Sung
Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo

Extended Cast

Kim Ja Ok as Han Kyul’s mom
Choi Il Hwa as Han Kyul’s dad
Kim Young Ok as Han Kyul’s grandmother
Park Won Sook as Eun Chan’s mom
Kim Chang Wan as Hong Gae Sik (ex-Coffee Prince president)
Kim Jae Wook as No Sun Ki
Kim Dong Wook as Jin Ha Rim
Lee Un as Hwang Min Yeop
Lee Han Wie as Mr. Ku (the butcher that likes Eun Chan’s mom)
Han Yeh In as Go Eun Sae (Eun Chan’s sister)
Kim Jung Min as DK (Yoo Joo’s ex-boyfriend)
Choi Eun Seo (the girl who wants to learn to make waffles)
Nam Myung Ryul as Han Kyul’s real father
Yoon Seung Ah
Han Da Min as Han Byul

Production Credits

Original Work: Lee Sun Mi
Screenwriter: Lee Jung Ah and Jang Hyun Joo (장현주)
Producer: Lee Eun Kyu
Director: Lee Yoon Jung

Awards

2008 20th Korea PD (Production Director) Awards: Best TV Drama
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actress (Yoon Eun Hye)
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New TV Director (Lee Yoon Jung)
2007 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Actress Award (Yoon Eun Hye)
2007 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Actor Award (Gong Yoo)
2007 MBC Drama Awards: PD Award (Kim Chang Wan)

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2007-07-02	1	14.4 (7th)	15.5 (7th)
2007-07-03	2	15.3 (7th)	16.2 (7th)
2007-07-09	3	18.1 (6th)	18.6 (5th)
2007-07-10	4	19.0 (4th)	19.8 (4th)
2007-07-16	5	19.3 (3rd)	20.1 (2nd)
2007-07-17	6	23.2 (2nd)	23.9 (2nd)
2007-07-23	7	25.2 (2nd)	25.3 (2nd)
2007-07-24	8	26.8 (2nd)	28.1 (2nd)
2007-07-30	9	25.2 (2nd)	26.2 (2nd)
2007-07-31	10	25.9 (2nd)	27.3 (2nd)
2007-08-06	11	28.4 (2nd)	30.8 (1st)
2007-08-07	12	29.9 (2nd)	31.4 (2nd)
2007-08-13	13	29.3 (2nd)	32.1 (2nd)
2007-08-14	14	28.1 (2nd)	30.5 (2nd)
2007-08-20	15	27.1 (2nd)	29.0 (2nd)
2007-08-21	16	28.5 (2nd)	30.8 (1st)
2007-08-27	17	27.7 (2nd)	29.5 (2nd)
2007-08-28	Special	19.1 (2nd)	20.0 (2nd)