Children of the 20th Century

Not to be confused with 20th Century Boys.

Children of the 20th Century^[2] (Korean: 20세기 소년소녀; RR: 20segi Sonyeonsonyeo) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Han Ye-seul and Kim Ji-suk with Lee Sang-woo, Ryu Hyun-kyung and Lee Sang-hee. The series aired on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST), from October 9 to November 28, 2017.

Children of the 20th Century
Promotional poster
Hangul	20세기 소년소녀
Hanja	20世紀 少年少女
Literal meaning	20th Century Boy and Girl[1]
Revised Romanization	20segi Sonyeonsonyeo
Genre	Romance Comedy
Created by	Lim Hwa-min
Written by	Lee Sun-hye[1]
Directed by	Lee Dong-yoon[1]
Starring	Han Ye-seul Kim Ji-suk Lee Sang-woo Ryu Hyun-kyung Lee Sang-hee Ahn Se-ha Oh Sang-jin
Country of origin	South Korean
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer	Ji Sung-bum
Producer	Jang Jae-hoon
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	35 min
Production company	Huayi Brothers
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	October 9 (2017-10-09) – November 28, 2017 (2017-11-28)

Synopsis

The story follows three women in their mid-thirties as they navigate their love lives, friendships, and familial ties.

Cast

Main

• Han Ye-seul as Sa Jin-jin^[3][4]
  • Kang Mi-na as young Sa Jin-jin^[5]

An idol turned actress adored by many. Despite her good looks and fame, she has not dated before.

• Kim Ji-suk as Gong Ji-won^[4]
  • Kim In-seong as young Gong Ji-won^[6]

An investment banker with a Harvard MBA, and a background in Wall Street. He is innocent in love and remains loyal to his first love.

• Lee Sang-woo as Anthony / Lee Chul-min^[7]
  • Park Seo-ham as young Anthony

A former boy band member of Boys Be Ambitious, and Sa Jin-jin's crush since they were young. He is also Ji-won's stepbrother.

• Ryu Hyun-kyung as Han A-reum^[8]
  • Song Soo-hyun as young Han A-reum

A flight attendant who is constantly on a diet that takes the initiative to ask guys out.

• Lee Sang-hee as Jang Young-shim^[7]
  • Han Ji-won as young Jang Young-shim

A lawyer who has had perfect grades since she was young.

• Ahn Se-ha as Jung Woo-sung^[7]
  • Kwon Do-kyun as young Jung Woo-sung

A gynecologist. He was handsome when he was young, but his looks drastically changed after he grew older. He attended the same school as the Four Bongos.

• Oh Sang-jin as Kang Kyung-suk^[7]

A highly principled lawyer who doesn't care for money or glory. Young-shim's boss.

Supporting

People around Jin-jin

• Kim Chang-wan as Sa Chang-wan, Jin-jin's father
• Kim Mi-kyung as Kim Mi-kyung, Jin-jin's mother
• Shin Won-ho as Sa Min-ho, Jin-jin's younger brother^[9]
• Kim Jung-hwa as Sa Ho-sung / Lee Su-hyun, Jin-jin's older sister

Chamjin Entertainment

• Kim Kwang-shik as Jang Gi-bong, Jin-jin's manager
• Lee Jae-kyoon as Lee Hong-hee, Jin-jin's road manager
• Lee Yoo-mi as Mi-dal (Cho Mi-hyun), Jin-jin's stylist

People around Ji-won

• Kim Tae-hoon as Lee Seung-goo, Ji-won's step father
• Kim Young-sun as Lee Gwang-hee, Ji-won's mother
• Shin Se-hwi as Lee Ha-ram, Ji-won's half-sister
• Jung Jae-ho as Kim Tae-hyun, Ji-won's assistant

People around A-reum

• Choi Beom-ho as Han Hak-gyu, A-reum's father
• Yoon Bok-in as Yoon Bok-in, A-reum's mother
• Jang Hee-ryung as Jang Ji-hye, A-reum's colleague
• Lee Chang-yeob as Lee Dong-hoon, a co-pilot that A-reum had a crush on

People around Young-shim

• Kim Yik-tae as Jang Jang-soo, Young-shim's father
• Park Myung-shin as Kim Young-ja, Young-shim's mother

Others

• Shin Dong-mi as Choi Jung-eun, Anthony's manager
• Shin Dong-hoon as Reporter Jung
• Jo Hyun-sik as Driver

Special appearance

• Han Sun-hwa as Jung Da-young^[10]
• Golden Child as Idol group 'Master'^[11]
• Heo Ji-woong as Variety Show Host
• Shim Hyung-tak as Terius / Jung Chang-hoon
• KNK as Idol group 'Boys Be Ambitious' (young age)
• Kim So-yeon as Director

Production

• The drama's working title was No Sex and the City. It is the debut of Lee Sun-hye as a main writer, as she was a junior writer for tvN's Reply series. Directing the series was Lee Dong-yoon (Fated To Love You, The Queen's Classroom, Happy Home).^[12]
• Due to a strike at MBC, the series did not air on September 25, 2017 as originally planned.^[13]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Ordinary Day" (보통의 날)	Banana, 17Holic, Shoulder Gangster	Shoulder Gangster	Standing Egg	03:43
2.	"Ordinary Day" (Inst.)		Shoulder Gangster		03:43
Total length:					07:26

Part 2

Released on October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Diary" (일기)	Jinli, Glory Faces	Glory Faces, Jinli, Mingki	Gugudan	03:37
2.	"Diary" (Inst.)		Glory Faces, Jinli, Mingki		03:37
Total length:					07:14

Part 3

Released on October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Love Letter"	March, Banana	Dino Seo	Golden Child	03:28
2.	"Love Letter" (Inst.)		Dino Seo		03:28
Total length:					06:56

Part 4

Released on October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Days" (그날들)	Kim Chang-gi	Kim Chang-gi	Jeon Sang-geun	04:22
2.	"The Days" (Inst.)		Kim Chang-gi		04:22
Total length:					08:44

Part 5

Released on October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Boy and Girl" (소년, 소녀)	17HOLIC, Yoonghee, Banana	Dino Seo	Nam Tae-hyun	04:07
2.	"Boy and Girl" (Inst.)		Dino Seo		04:07
Total length:					08:14

Part 6

Released on November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Not Too Distant Day" (아주 멀지 않은 날에)	Flight Ticket	Flight Ticket	MeloMance	03:45
2.	"Not Too Distant Day" (Inst.)		Flight Ticket		03:45
Total length:					07:30

Ratings

• In the table below, 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.

Ep.	Original Broadcast Date	Title	Average Audience Share
			TNmS Ratings		AGB Nielsen[14]
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	October 9, 2017[lower-alpha 1]	The Girl We Used to Love	4.9% (NR)	5.5% (NR)	4.2% (NR)	4.8% (NR)
2			4.6% (NR)	5.3% (NR)	3.9% (NR)	4.7% (NR)
3		Love Story	4.7% (NR)	5.4% (NR)	3.5% (NR)	4.2% (NR)
4			3.8% (NR)	4.7% (NR)	3.1% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
5	October 16, 2017	Love Letter	3.6% (NR)	4.0% (NR)	3.2% (NR)	3.6% (NR)
6			3.9% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	3.5% (NR)	4.0% (NR)
7	October 17, 2017	August's Christmas	4.5% (NR)	4.8% (NR)	3.7% (NR)	4.1% (NR)
8			4.7% (NR)	5.2% (NR)	4.3% (NR)	4.8% (NR)
9	October 23, 2017	Everyone Has a Secret	3.7% (NR)	4.3% (NR)	3.2% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
10			4.1% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	3.7% (NR)	4.0% (NR)
11	October 24, 2017	Happy Together	4.3% (NR)	5.1% (NR)	3.0% (NR)	3.8% (NR)
12			4.7% (NR)	5.6% (NR)	3.0% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
13	October 30, 2017	P.S. I Love You	3.8% (NR)	3.9% (NR)	2.8% (NR)	3.1% (NR)
14			3.8% (NR)	4.0% (NR)	3.1% (NR)	3.2% (NR)
15	October 31, 2017	Stand by Me	4.1% (NR)	4.2% (NR)	3.3% (NR)	3.4% (NR)
16			4.0% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	3.5% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
17	November 6, 2017	Ten Reasons Why I Can't Love You	3.3% (NR)	3.4% (NR)	2.5% (NR)	2.6% (NR)
18			3.4% (NR)	3.5% (NR)	2.7% (NR)	2.8% (NR)
19	November 7, 2017	We Got Married	4.3% (NR)	4.9% (NR)	2.9% (NR)	3.5% (NR)
20			3.9% (NR)	4.1% (NR)	2.8% (NR)	3.0% (NR)
21	November 13, 2017	Sweet as Honey - As Sweet as a Dream	4.2% (NR)	4.4% (NR)	2.8% (NR)	3.0% (NR)
22			3.8% (NR)	4.1% (NR)	2.7% (NR)	2.9% (NR)
23	November 14, 2017	I Love You, I'm Sorry, Thanks	3.8% (NR)	4.2% (NR)	3.4% (NR)	3.8% (NR)
24			3.8% (NR)	4.1% (NR)	3.0% (NR)	3.3% (NR)
25	November 20, 2017	While You Are in Love	2.2% (NR)	2.4% (NR)	1.8% (NR)	2.0% (NR)
26			2.7% (NR)	3.0% (NR)	2.1% (NR)	2.4% (NR)
27	November 21, 2017	Before Sunrise	2.7% (NR)	2.8% (NR)	2.1% (NR)	2.2% (NR)
28			3.2% (NR)	3.3% (NR)	2.3% (NR)	2.4% (NR)
29	November 27, 2017[lower-alpha 2]	Begin Again	4.1% (NR)	4.3% (NR)	3.2% (NR)	3.4% (NR)
30			4.5% (NR)	5.0% (NR)	3.5% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
31	November 28, 2017	Happy Ending	3.7% (NR)	4.5% (NR)	2.8% (NR)	3.6% (NR)
32			5.0% (NR)	5.8% (NR)	4.0% (NR)	4.7% (NR)
Average			3.9%	4.3%	3.1%	3.5%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2017	36th MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Kim Ji-seok	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Han Ye-seul	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Lee Sang-woo	Nominated
		Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Ahn Se-ha	Nominated
		Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Ryu Hyun-kyung	Nominated
		Popularity Award, Actor	Kim Ji-seok	Nominated
		Popularity Award, Actress	Han Ye-seul	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Lee Sang-hee	Nominated

Notes

1. Four episodes were shown back-to-back as no episodes would be aired on October 10 due to a football friendly match between South Korea and Morocco.
2. Moved to 20:50 due to low ratings. The original time-slot was taken over by the following drama Two Cops.

References

1. Kim, D. (June 28, 2017). "Han Ye Seul And Kim Ji Suk's Upcoming Drama "No Sex And The City" Gets New Title". Soompi. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
2. "Children of the 20th Century". Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
3. "Han Ye Seul confirms her small-screen return with new drama 'No Sex and the City'". Allkpop. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
4. "Kim Ji-suk, Han Ye-sul confirm lead roles in 20th Century Boy and Girl". DramaBeans. June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
5. "gugudan's Mina To Make Acting Debut Through New MBC Drama With Han Ye Seul". Soompi. July 11, 2017.
6. "[단독] SF9 인성, '20세기 소년소녀'로 첫 연기 도전..김지석 아역". Chosun (in Korean). July 16, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
7. "20th Century Boy and Girl adds Lee Sang-woo as second lead". DramaBeans. July 15, 2017.
8. "Actress Ryu Hyun Kyung joins cast of '20th Century Boy and Girl'". Allkpop. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
9. "Lee Sang Woo & Cross Gene's Shin cast in '20th Century Boy and Girl'!". Allkpop. July 21, 2017.
10. "Han Sun Hwa To Make Special Appearance In "20th Century Boy And Girl"". Soompi. August 31, 2017.
11. "'루키' 골든차일드, '20세기 소년소녀' 카메오 출연 ("Rookies" Golden Child to cameo on "20th Century Boy and Girl")". TV Report (in Korean). September 8, 2017.
12. "MBC lines up fall rom-com No Sex and the City". DramaBeans. February 22, 2017.
13. "MBC strike pushes back premiere of new drama '20th Century Boy and Girl' by two weeks". Allkpop. October 1, 2017.
14. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Children of the 20th Century at HanCinema
• Children of the 20th Century at IMDb