Men are Men (Korean:그놈이 그놈이다) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yoon Hyun-min, Seo Ji-hoon, Choi Myung-gil and Jo Woo-ri. The series aired from July 6 to September 1, 2020 on KBS2.

Synopsis

The leader of a webtoon planning team, Seo Hyun-ju harbors the jaded view that all men are same and has decided to remain single. Hwang Ji-woo is the CEO of Sunwoo Pharmaceutical Company. He has a cold and distant personality but excellent instinct in business. He takes an interest in Seo Hyun-ju and starts pursuing her. Park Do-gyeom is a popular webtoon writer. He is a well mannered and sociable person. He and Seo Hyun-ju grew up like siblings, but he has held a crush on Seo Hyun-ju for a long time.

Cast

Main

Supporting

People around Seo Hyun-ju

  • Hwang Young-hee as Jung Young-soon, Hyun-ju's mother and Park's adopted mother
  • Seo Hyun-chul as Seo Ho-joon, Hyun-ju's father and Park's adopted father
  • Song Sang-eun as Kang Min-jung
  • Noh Susanna as Oh Young-eun
  • Kim Gyu-sun as Song Jin-ah

People around Hwang Ji-woo

  • Lee Hwang-eui as Nam Yoo-cheol, Hwang Ji-woo's secretary
  • Kang Ji-eun as Hwang Ji-woo's mother

Sunwoo Webtoon Team

Mytoon Webtoon (Ep.1-3)

  • In Gyo-jin as In Gyo-seok
  • Lee Si-eon as Oh Si-eon, webtoon writer
  • Lee Mal-nyeon as Writer Lee
  • Joo Ho-min as Writer Joo

Others

  • Kim Da-ye as Kim Su-jeong
  • Lee Jung-yeol as Jung Seok-woo, Hwang Ji-woo's doctor
  • Lee Hyun-kyun as Kang Min-jung's husband
  • Shim Hye-yeon as Soo-bin Kang Min-jung's daughter
  • Song Jin-woo as Kim Eun-beom, Song Jin-ah's ex-husband
  • Kim Doh-yon as Oh Ji-hwan, Park Do-gyeom's friend and Song Jin-ah's boyfriend

Special appearances

  • Son Sung-chan as Bae Jae-joon (Ep. 1)
  • Ahn Se-bin as Oh Young-eun (child) (Ep. 1)
  • Kang Dong-ho as Man at wedding (Ep. 1)
  • Seo Yoon-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's classmate (Ep. 1)
  • Johyun as Yu-na (Ep. 1)
  • Yoon Sun-woo as Seo Hyun-ju's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 1, 2)
  • Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's blind date (Ep. 3)
  • Kim Jae-hwa as Butler Kim (Ep. 6)
  • Lee Seon-hee as Italian Table owner (Ep. 4)
  • Shin Se-hwi as You Gyo Girl, webtoon writer (Ep. 8, 10-11)
  • Woo Hyun-joo as You Gyo Girl's mother (Ep. 8, 10-11)
  • Jwa Chae-won as fellow student (Ep. 11,14)
  • Won Jong-rye as Hwang Ji-woo's mother (dream) (Ep. 15)

Ratings

  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep.PartOriginal broadcast dateAverage audience share (Nielsen Korea) (Nationwide)
11July 6, 20202.7%
23.9%
21July 7, 20202.7%
24.4%
31July 13, 20202.6%
23.8%
41July 14, 20202.3%
23.3%
51July 20, 20202.2%
23.4%
61July 21, 20202.0%
23.3%
71July 27, 20202.1%
23.1%
81July 28, 2020-
23.8%
91August 3, 20202.1%
23.2%
101August 4, 20202.2%
23.3%
111August 10, 20202.7%
23.7%
121August 11, 20202.3%
23.1%
131August 17, 20201.7%
22.8%
141August 18, 20202.1%
22.8%
151August 31, 20202.2%
23.1%
161September 1, 2020-
23.1%
AverageN/A

Original soundtrack

No.TitleLength
1."Count On Me"3:15
2."So Much Into You"3:23
3."Still In Love"3:43
4."Here I Am"4:25
5."Not Clumsy Anymore"4:16
6."Like The Winter That Loved Spring"4:07

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