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Ex-Girlfriends' Club

Ex-Girlfriends' Club (Korean: 구여친클럽) is a South Korean television series that aired on the cable network tvN in 2015. Directed by Kwon Seok-Jang and written by Lee Jin-Mae, the romantic comedy series explores the complications that arise when a film producer is tasked with adapting a webcomic into a movie, only to discover the source material is based on her own ex-boyfriend's past relationships.

Ex-Girlfriends' Club promotional poster
Promotional poster for the series Ex-Girlfriends' Club.

Plot

Kim Soo-Jin (Song Ji-Hyo) works as a producer at a film production company. Her professional life becomes entangled with her personal history when her company decides to produce a film based on a popular webcomic written by Bang Myeong-Soo (Byun Yo-Han). The webcomic chronicles Myeong-Soo's past romantic relationships. Soo-Jin, who is one of Myeong-Soo's ex-girlfriends, finds herself forced to collaborate with him and his other former partners: Jang Hwa-Young (Lee Yoon-Ji), Na Ji-A (Jang Ji-Eun), and Ra-Ra (Ryu Hwa-Young).

Production

The production process began with the first script reading in mid-March 2015 at the CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul. Filming commenced in late March 2015. Although the series was initially planned for 16 episodes, the total count was reduced to 12. The series occupied the Friday and Saturday 20:30 time slot on tvN, airing between May 8 and June 13, 2015. It followed Super Daddy Yul and was succeeded by Oh My Ghost.

Cast

Song Ji-Hyo
Song Ji-Hyo as Kim Soo-Jin.
Byun Yo-Han
Byun Yo-Han as Bang Myeong-Soo.
  • Song Ji-Hyo as Kim Soo-Jin
  • Byun Yo-Han as Bang Myeong-Soo
  • Lee Yoon-Ji as Jang Hwa-Young
  • Jang Ji-Eun as Na Ji-A
  • Ryu Hwa-Young as Ra-Ra
  • Cho Jung-Chi as Choi Ji-Hoon
  • Shin Dong-Mi as Kim Soo-Gyeong
  • Kang Soo-Jin as Song Eun-Hye
  • Ko Hyeon as Lee Jin-Bae
  • Do Sang-Woo as Jo Gun

Awards

At the 4th APAN Star Awards held on November 28, 2015, Byun Yo-Han received the award for Best New Actor for his performance in the series.

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