Flower Boys Next Door


Flower Boys Next Door is a 2013 South Korean television series. It aired on tvN from January 7 to February 26, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 16 episodes. Directed by Jung Jung-hwa and written by movie screenwriter Kim Eun-jung, it is the third installment of cable channel tvN's "Oh! Boy" series of Flower Boy programming targeted at the teenage demographic.

Synopsis

Go Dok-mi is a shy, frugal freelance copy editor who refuses to leave her apartment or interact with people as much as possible. Every day, using a pair of binoculars, she steals peeks at her neighbor across the street, Han Tae-joon, as he goes through his daily morning routine. She had fallen in love with Tae-joon at first sight, after witnessing him pick up a puppy in a box and taking it home. When she looked out her window and saw him living in the apartment opposite hers, she thought of it as fate.
Webtoon artist Oh Jin-rak lives in the same apartment building as Dok-mi. He has been in love with Dok-mi for ages, and anonymously leaves a carton of milk with a post-it attached by her door every day. He created a webtoon with his drawing partner Oh Dong-hoon, titled "Flower Boy Next Door", based on Dok-mi's life as well as his desire to draw her out into the world.
Enrique Geum, a genius video game developer, arrives in Seoul from Spain. His reason for coming is "cupid's arrow". Though he's in love with his best friend Yoon Seo-young, she has feelings instead for his older cousin, Han Tae-joon, so he intends to play cupid for the two. That same day, a new neighbor Watanabe Ryu moves into the apartment across to Dok-mi and Jin-rak.
When Enrique comes to stay at Tae-joon's apartment, he catches Dok-mi in the act. Naturally curious and inquisitive, Enrique decides to find out the reason why Dok-mi is living in recluse. Meanwhile, Jin-rak is threatened by Enrique's sudden intrusion into Dok-mi's life.

With all of these new men suddenly entering her life, Dok-mi's solitary and orderly world is turned upside down.

Cast

Main

  • Park Shin-hye as Go Dok-mi, a modern Rapunzel who has locked herself up in her "tower" to hide from the world.
  • Yoon Shi-yoon as Enrique Geum, a fun-loving genius who developed a successful video game at 17 and is interested in soccer.
  • Kim Ji-hoon as Oh Jin-rak/Oh Jae-won, an attractive, yet stubborn webtoon artist who is in love with Dok-mi.

Supporting

  • Ko Kyung-pyo as Oh Dong-hoon, Jin-rak's roommate and drawing partner who freeloads off him, and is known around the neighborhood for his chic looks and wiles.
  • Park Soo-jin as Cha Do-hwi, a businesswoman who runs a shopping mall. She projects an elegant, easygoing image, but her friendliness doesn't extend to Dok-mi, whom she bullied in high school. She falls in love with Jin-rak and tries to win his heart. Her childhood best friend was Go Dok-mi while in elementary school.
  • Kim Yoon-hye as Yoon Seo-young
  • Kim Jung-san as Han Tae-joon
  • Mizuta Kouki as Watanabe Ryu
  • Kim Seul-gi as Kim Seul-gi

Special appearances

Original soundtrack

  1. Flower Boys Next Door - Leekeugeobook
  2. Ready-Merry-Go! - Romantic Punch
  3. Talkin' Bout Love - J Rabbit
  4. I Wish It Was You - Lee Jung
  5. Pitch Black - Park Shin-hye
  6. I Want to Date You - Yoon Shi-yoon
  7. Memories of That Day - Leekeugeobook
  8. I Wake Up Because of You - Kim Seul-gi feat. Ko Kyung-pyo
  9. Look at Me - Son Ho-young
  10. Pitch Black - Park Shin-hye
  11. I Wish It Was You
  12. Talkin' Bout Love
  13. I Want to Date You
  14. I Wake Up Because of You
  15. Ready-Merry-Go!
  16. About Her - Leekeugeobook

Ratings

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