ENCOUNTER

Encounter
also known as: Boyfriend
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: tvN
Broadcast period: 2018-Nov-28 to 2019-Jan-17
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:30


Synopsis

This drama is about a woman who seems to have it all and a man who doesn't have anything.

Cha Soo Hyun (Song Hye Kyo) is the daughter of a politician and marries the son from a family who runs a large company. Hers is a marriage of convenience for her politician father. After having a child, Cha Soo Hyun is compelled to get a divorce. She is now a divorcee.

Meanwhile, Kim Jin Hyuk (Park Bo Geum) is an ordinary young man trying to find a regular job. He keeps failing in landing a regular job at companies where he wants to work. He decides to go on a trip abroad. There, he meets Cha Soo Hyun.

Brought together by fate, they must decide which is harder to do: to give up authority and wealth, or to give up a simple life.

Cast

Main Cast

Song Hye Gyo as Cha Soo Hyun
Park Bo Geum as Kim Jin Hyuk

People around Soo Hyun

Go Chang Suk as Nam Myung Shik (Soo Hyun’s driver/friend)
Jang Seung Jo as Jung Woo Suk (Soo Hyun’s ex-husband)
Kwak Sun Young as Jang Mi Jin (Soo Hyun’s administrative assistant)
Cha Hwa Yun as Soo Hyun’s mother-in-law
Moon Sung Geun as Cha Jong Hyun (Cha Soo Hyun’s father)
Nam Ki Ae as Jin Mi Ok (Cha Soo Hyun’s mother)

People around Jin Hyuk

Shin Jung Geun as Kim Jang Soo (Jin Hyuk’s father)
Baek Ji Woo as Joo Yun Ja (Jin Hyuk’s mother)
P.O. as Kim Jin Myung (Jin Hyuk’s younger brother)
Jeon So Nee as Jo Hye In (Jin Hyuk’s high school classmate)
Park Jin Joo as as Eun Jin (Jin Hyuk’s colleague at work)

Other

Kim Hye Eun as Kim Sun Joo
Kim Joo Hun as Lee Dae Chan
Lee Si Hoon as Park Han Gil / Park Dae Ri


Production Credits

Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Bon Factory
Director: Park Shin Woo
Scriptwriter: Yoo Young Ah