Man to Man (TV series)
Man to Man is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Park Hae-jin, Park Sung-woong, Kim Min-jung, Chae Jung-an, and Yeon Jung-hoon.
Synopsis
A longtime celebrity Yeo Woon-gwang suddenly has a need for a bodyguard and hires Kim Seol-woo, a handsome and mysterious man trained in special investigations who has many talents. In reality, Seol-woo is a NIS black ops agent who has his own agenda and the role of bodyguard is only a cover to achieve his goals. The drama is about the twisty events they encounter and the budding bromance between the star and bodyguard. In addition, Seol-woo gets romantically involved with Cha Do-ha, the manager of Woon-gwang.Cast
Main
- Park Hae-jin as Kim Seol-woo
- Park Sung-woong as Yeo Woon-gwang
- Kim Min-jung as Cha Do-ha
- Chae Jung-an as Song Mi-eun
- Yeon Jung-hoon as Mo Seung-jae
Supporting
People around Cha Do-ha
- Kim Byung-se as Cha Myeong-seok
- Kim Bo-mi as Park Song-i
People around Mo Seung-jae
- Kim Hyun-jin as Secretary Jang
- Jeon Kook-hwan as Ji Chang-wook
People around Song Mi-eun
- Lee Min-ho as Mo Jae-young, her and Seung-jae's son
NIS
- Jang Hyun-sung as Jang Tae-ho
- Kang Shin-il as Im Suk-hoon, NIS Director.
- Jung Man-sik as Lee Dong-hyun. Currently a public prosecutor but still conducts covert activities for NIS. Main contact of Seol-woo.
- Kim Jong-goo as Robert Yoon
Chewing Entertainment
- Lee Si-eon as Ji Se-hoon
- Oh Hee-joon as Yang Sang-sik, Woon-gwang's general manager.
- Han Ji-seon as Choi Seol-a, stylist
- Lee Ah-jin as Son Jung-hye, makeup artist
Baek Corporation
- Chun Ho-jin as Lawmaker Baek
- Tae In-ho as Seo Ki-chul, a black ops agent and alpha team leader who goes head to head with Seol-woo.
- Moon Jae-won as Team leader Yong Jae-min
- Jo Seung-yeon as Choi Jae-hyuk
Others
- Oh Na-ra as Sharon Kim
- Shin Joo-a as Pi Eun-soo
- Kim Min-young as Woon-gwang's fan
- Jason Scott Nelson as Kim Seol-woo
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Director Lee Hyuk-joon
- ?? as Director Yoo Kyung-soo
Special appearances
- David Lee McInnis as Petrov, Russian officer that Seol-woo breaks out of prison
- Jeon Gook-hwan as Chairman Mo Byung-do, Seung-jae's grandfather
- Lee Do-yeop as PD Choi
- Choi Il-goo
- Jin Seon-kyu
- Im Ji-kyu
- Bbaek Ga
- Song Joong-ki as bankteller
- Namkoong Min
- Jung Dong-gyu as Attorney-General
- Son Jong-hak as Park Joon-won, Songsan Group's Finance Director
- Rátóti Zoltán as Maffia Boss
- Cha Bo-sung as Shop employee
Original soundtrack
Part 8
Production
Man to Man was the first South Korea television series to be simulcast on television and Netflix.- This project is helmed by PD Lee Chang-min, whose past works include Birth of a Beauty and Remember: War of the Son, which was Park Sung-woong's last drama. Two of the actors from the latter drama appeared: Lee Si-eon & Namkoong Min.
- The writer, Kim Won-seok, was the second writer on KBS's hit drama Descendants of the Sun. The first episode had a parody of one of the drama's famous scenes; and two of the actors also made cameo appearances: David Lee McInnis and Song Joong-ki.
- The action scenes for the drama are choreographed by The Man from Nowhere's chief stunt director, Park Jung-ryul.
- First script reading took place on October 3, 2016. Filming began on October 17, 2016 and ended on March 6, 2017, taking place in Seoul, South Korea and Budapest, Hungary.
Ratings
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