The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop

The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop
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Hangul	월계수 양복점 신사들
Genre	Family Drama Comedy
Created by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Goo Hyun-sook
Directed by	Hwang In-hyuk
Creative directors	Kim Hyung-joon Park So-yeon
Starring	Lee Dong-gun Jo Yoon-hee Shin Goo Cha In-pyo Choi Won-young Hyun Woo Lee Se-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	54
Production
Executive producer	Bae Kyung-soo
Producers	Kang Min-kyung Kim Hee-yeol
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	65 minutes
Production company	Pan Entertainment
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	August 27, 2016 (2016-08-27) – February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)

The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop^[1] (Korean: 월계수 양복점 신사들; Hanja: 月桂樹 洋服店 紳士들; RR: Wolgyesu Yangbokjeom Sinsadeul; lit. Gentlemen of the Laurel Tree Suit Tailor) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-gun, Jo Yoon-hee, Shin Goo, Cha In-pyo, Choi Won-young, Lee Se-young, and Hyun Woo.^[2] The series aired on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday from 7:55 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. (KST).^[3] The series served as Kim Young-ae's final work, as she died almost 2 months after the final episode.^[4]

The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop is about a Tailor's shop that has been handed down from father to son and is about 50 years old. The Grandfather is desperate to keep the Tailor shop in the family, however his son is not keen and works for a corporate tailor's. The son is also married to the late Chairman's daughter. Once the Chairman dies, a host of power struggles between his wife and her brother and Stepmother ensue. Meanwhile, the Grandfather of the Tailor's shop decides to go on a sabbatical making made to measure suits for the poor and abandoning the Tailor's shop to his wife, daughter and 2 loyal employees. He leaves a letter asking them to sell the shop as he doesn't have the heart to. Eventually, the shop is placed in the hands of a former employee who agrees to run it until the Grandfather returns. The characters share their friendship as well as love at their workplace. Their values are in a sharp contrast to a corporate company that employs many and is seeped in many power struggles.

• Lee Dong-gun as Lee Dong-jin
• Jo Yoon-hee as Nah Yeon-shil
• Shin Goo as Lee Man-sool
• Cha In-pyo as Bae Sam-do
  • Cha Ji-hoon as young Bae Sam-do
• Choi Won-young as Sung Tae-pyung / Sung Joon
• Hyun Woo as Kang Tae-yang

• Kim Young-ae as Choi Gok-ji
• Oh Hyun-kyung as Lee Dong-sook
• Pyo Ye-jin as Kim Da-jung

• Ji Seung-hyun as Hong Ki-pyo
• Jung Lyung-soon as Kyung-ja
• Lee Jung-eun as Geum Chon-daek

• Ra Mi-ran as Bok Seon-nyeo

• Park Joon-geum as Go Eun-sook
• Goo Jae-yee as Min Hyo-joo
• Lee Se-young as Min Hyo-won
• Park Eun-seok as Min Hyo-sang
• Cha Joo-young as Choi Ji-yeon

• In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

• Official website (in Korean)
• The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop at IMDb
• The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop on KBS World