Birdie Buddy
Birdie Buddy | |
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Promotional poster | |
Genre |
Romance Comedy Sports |
Written by |
Kwon In-chan Yoo Young-ah Bae Jong-byung |
Directed by | Yoon Sang-ho |
Starring |
Uee Lee Yong-woo Lee Da-hee |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Song Byung-joon |
Location(s) | Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Group Eight Hunus Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | tvN |
Original release | August 8 – October 25, 2011 |
External links | |
Production website |
Birdie Buddy (Hangul: 버디버디; RR: Beodibeodi) is a South Korean television series set in the world of professional golf. Based on the 2007 comic series of the same title by Lee Hyun-sae, it starred Uee,[1] Lee Yong-woo and Lee Da-hee.[2][3]
The drama was pre-produced in 2010 (filmed completely before broadcast),[4] and initially expected to air on MBC in December 2010,[5] but the network decided not to give it a timeslot. After several postponements, it aired on cable channel tvN from August 8 to October 25, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00.[6] But instead of the original 20 episodes of 70 minutes each, it was re-edited into 24 episodes spanning 45 minutes each.
Plot
Sung Mi-soo (Uee) is a cheerful, humble country girl from Gangwon Province. She comes from a poor family, and her mother used to work as a caddy. With her bright personality and determined efforts, Mi-soo is striving to become a professional golf player.
On the other hand, Min Hae-ryung (Lee Da-hee) is an elite athlete who has been groomed for professional golf since a young age. Placed in the best environment to play golf, Hae-ryung's emotions are always controlled and she has a deep emotional wound inside of her.
These two girls from different backgrounds share the same dream of being the next top golfer, a dream that leads them to former pro golfer John Lee (Lee Yong-woo).
John Lee was the first Korean to win a PGA title. His background was a mystery other than the fact that he was an adoptee. Aside from golf, he also excelled in the Afro-Brazilian dance/martial arts style known as capoeira. But even though he found success by winning the PGA title, John Lee stopped playing golf to become a golf course tester. John Lee agrees to lead Mi-soo and Hae-ryung into becoming the next queens of golf like Se Ri Pak, Michelle Wie, Jiyai Shin, and Eun-Hee Ji.
Cast
Main characters
- Uee as Sung Mi-soo
- Jin Ji-hee as young Mi-soo
- Lee Yong-woo as John Lee
- Yoon Chan as young John
- Lee Da-hee as Min Hae-ryung
Supporting characters
- Lee Byung-joon as Sung Kyung-hwan
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Jo Kyung-sook (Mi-soo's mother)
- Oh Hyun-kyung as Min Se-hwa (Hae-ryung's mother)
- Yoo In-na as Lee Gong-sook (Mi-soo's friend)
- Gina as young Gong-sook
- Park Han-bi as Sung Tae-gab (Mi-soo's brother)
- Ahn Do-gyu as young Tae-gab
- Park Sung-woong as Choi Dong-kwan
- Han Seung-hyun as Ahn Joong-ki
- Choi Il-hwa as Jay Park
- Robert Holley as Yoon Kwang-baek
- Yang Hee-kyung as Uhm Jung-ran
- Kim Jong-jin as Woo Joon-mo
- Park Young-rin as Park Eun-joo
- Yoon Gi-won as pro-golfer Wang
- Julien Kang as Gary Jung
- Choo So-young as scout
- Kim Jung-hak
- Woo Hyun
- Kim Dong-hyun
- Samuel Kang
- Gu Bon-im
References
- ↑ "After School's Uee Talks About Transition to Acting". The Chosun Ilbo. August 20, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Lim, Hye-seon (February 10, 2010). "Song hopes to sweep Asia off its feet again with Birdie". 10Asia. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ↑ Han, Sang-hee (February 16, 2010). "Birdie Buddy Aiming to Captivate TV Viewers". The Korea Times. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Lee, Kyung-nam (October 25, 2011). "Birdie Buddy: A Promising Pre-Produced Drama". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Hong, Lucia (November 25, 2010). "Birdie Buddy in talks to air on MBC in late-December". 10Asia. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Kim, Jessia (July 6, 2011). "UIE-starrer series Birdie Buddy pre-sold to 9 countries". 10Asia. Retrieved March 30, 2013.