The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
Format	romance, comedy
Starring	Yoon Eun Hye Gong Yoo Lee Sun Gyun Chae Jung Ahn Kim Chang Wan Kim Dong Wook Kim Jae Wook Lee Uhn Kim Young Oak Kim Ja Wook Choi Il Hwa Park Won Sook Han Ye In Lee Han Wie
Opening theme	랄랄라, It's Love! lalala, It's Love!- 더 멜로디(The Melody)
Ending theme	Go Go Chan!![고고찬!!] - 티어라이너(Tearliner)(Feat.(YoCho))
Country of origin	South Korea
Language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	17+ special
Production
Running time	Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
Broadcast
Original channel	MBC
Original run	July 2, 2007 – August 28, 2007
External links
Official website

The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (커피프린스 1호점, or Coffee Prince) is a South Korean drama that aired on July 2, 2007 in South Korea. It aired every Monday and Tuesday. It stars popular actress Yoon Eun Hye from Goong, Gong Yoo from One Fine Day and Lee Sun Gyun from White Tower and Chae Jung Ahn. The drama contains vaguely homosexual elements, although these are disputable given the theme of the plot. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... This article primarily discusses philosophical ideologies in relation to the subject of romantic love. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... Yoon Eun Hye (Korean: 윤은혜, Hanja: 尹恩惠, born October 3, 1984) is a South Korean actress, singer, and model. ... Gong Yoo (Hangul: 공유) is a South Korean actor and model. ... Chae Jung An (born September 9, 1977, Pusan, South Korea), is a Korean actress and singer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For Korea as a whole, see Korea. ... Korean drama (Korean: 한국드라마) refers to televised dramas, similar to Western miniseries, produced in the Korean language for Korean audiences. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Yoon Eun Hye (Korean: 윤은혜, Hanja: 尹恩惠, born October 3, 1984) is a South Korean actress, singer, and model. ... Gong Yoo (Hangul: 공유) is a South Korean actor and model. ... One Fine Day is a 1996 romantic comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney. ... The White Tower The White Tower was not only the first building of what is known to be the Tower of London but also it is the first stone keep in England. ...

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Main Cast

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

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Supporting Cast

Coffee Shop Members

• Kim Chang Whan as Mr. Hong
• Kim Dong Wook as Jin Ha Rim
• Kim Jae Wook as Noh Sun Gi
• Lee Uhn as Hwang Min Yeop

Han Kyul's Family

• Kim Young Oak as Han Kyul's Grandmother
• Kim Ja Wook as Han Kyul's Mother
• Choi Il Hwa as Han Kyul's Father

Eun Chan's Family

• Park Won Sook as Eun Chan's Mother
• Han Ye In as Eun Chan's Sister
• Lee Han Wie as Meat Shop Owner (Friend of Eun Chan)

Synopsis

Choi Han Kyul, played by Gong Yoo, is the cocky son of a rich family who runs a coffee franchise. He doesn't believe in love and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests. On the other hand, Go Eun Chan, played by Yoo Eun Hye, is a 24-year old tomboyish female who gets mistaken as a guy quite often. She takes up every job possible - waitress, delivery man, etc - and has the responsibility of taking care of her mother and younger sister. Eun Chan accidentally meets Han Kyul twice, once on a delivery and once during a robbery. During the robbery, Eun Chan's delivery motorcycle ends up being destroyed. Han Kyul, not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, decides to hire Eun Chan as a false "lover" in exchange for money so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother. Meanwhile, Han Kyul's cousin, Choi Han Seong, is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend Han Yoo Joo, who Han Kyul secretly loved for nine years, is a famous artist who studied in New York. The two were lovers for about 8 years but their relationship ended when Yoo Joo broke up with Han Seong. Two years after they separated their paths cross again when Yoo Joo returned to Seoul. For other uses, see Tomboy (disambiguation). ...

After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Kyul takes over their newly bought coffee shop, which was later named Coffee Prince, to prove his ability, both to his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good looking male employees. In a struggle with money, Eun Chan, whom Han Kyul has already mistaken as a boy, hides her gender identity to get a job at Coffee Prince. Soon the feelings start to spark between Eun Chan and Han Kyul. Despite not knowing Eun Chan was a girl, Han Kyul starts to question his sexuality and decided to see a psychiatrist.

Book Information

With the death of her father, Eun Chan has to support her family, consisting of a foolish, spendthrift mother and younger sister. Due to her short hair, baggy clothing and general tomboyish behaviour, she often gets mistaken for a boy and her sister often uses her as her 'boyfriend' to get rid of boys who follow her around. Eun Chan is also proficient at Taekwondo, and is strong for a girl.

Han Kyul is the heir of a large company. He's rich, carefree and doesn't take life seriously enough. He first meets Eun Chan when a boy that Eun Chan knows attempts to steal a handbag belonging to Yoo Joo (a woman that Han Kyul secretly likes). Eun Chan, not knowing who the boy is, catches him and takes the handbag off him but lets him go when she realises who it is. This gives Han Kyul the impression that the two have been planning the incident together, and when she comes the day after to collect money to fix her scooter, he insults her by telling her that he thinks she's just a thieving high school kid who's dropped out. All this time, he thinks that Eun Chan is male.

After being forced by his grandmother to take on a coffee shop (what is to become Coffee Prince) and improve its sales, Han Kyul goes for a 'prince' concept and tries to hire good-looking boys as waiters to attract female customers. Eun Chan is employed, and as she works at Coffee Prince, she falls in love with Han Kyul. Han Kyul too feels affection for Eun Chan, but not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, this leads him to confusion about his sexuality and he tries to distance himself away from her.

Although the drama version is very similar, there is nothing in the book about Eun Chan being employed as a 'false lover' to get Han Kyul out of blind dates or Eun Chan going abroad to become a barista.

Production Credits

• Chief Producer/Director: Lee Yoon-Jung
• Writers: Lee Sun Mi, Jang Hyun-Joo

Episode Ratings

Source: TNS Media Korea

External Links

• Coffee-Prince.com
• "Coffee Prince" MBC site in English
• Wiki.d-addicts.com
• Summary Guide at Dramabeans
• Coffee Prince Novel Translated in English
• Interview with "Coffee Prince" writer Lee Sun Mi
• Another interview with Lee Sun Mi