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2002 South Korean-Japanese drama
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Friends
Official poster
Directed byNobuhiro Doi and Han Chul-soo
Starring
Country of origin
  • South Korea
  • Japan
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time129 minutes (per 2 episodes)
Original release
Network
ReleaseFebruary 4 (2002-02-04) –
February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)
Friends
Hangul프렌즈
Revised RomanizationPeurenjeu
McCune–ReischauerP'ŭrenjŭ

Friends is a 4-episode South Korean-Japanese short drama that aired in 2002. It was produced by TBS (Japan), and MBC (South Korea). This was the first time in drama history that the two countries collaborated to co-produce the show in both South Korea and Japan. It was originally broadcast on February 4–5 in Japan and February 15–16 in South Korea.

Plot

Tomoko, a Japanese tourist, and Ji-hoon, a South Korean film student and aspiring movie director, meet in Hong Kong. Despite a rocky meeting and the language barrier, they become friends. Over time, they eventually head back to their respective countries but only after exchanging email addresses, promising to keep in touch and meeting again. Tomoko decides to go to Korea to work as a tour guide and sees Ji-hoon again, but problems occur.

Cast

Korean

Japanese

External links

Films and television series directed by Nobuhiro Doi
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