Evergreen (TV series)

Not to be confused with Evergreen (miniseries).

Evergreen^[1] (Korean: 그남자 오수; RR: Geunamja Osu) is a fantasy South Korean television series starring Lee Jong-hyun and Kim So-eun. It aired on OCN from March 5 to April 24, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Evergreen
Promotional poster
Hangul	그남자 오수
Literal meaning	That Man Oh Soo
Revised Romanization	Geunamja Osu
Genre	Fantasy Romantic comedy
Created by	OCN DramaFever
Written by	Jung Yoo-sun
Directed by	Nam Gi-hoon
Starring	Lee Jong-hyun Kim So-eun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Lee Young-suk
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	IMTV
Original release
Network	OCN
Release	March 5 (2018-03-05) – April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)

Synopsis

The story of two people who fall in love with each other due to a "cupid" that possesses magical pollen.

Cast

Main

• Lee Jong-hyun as Oh Soo (27 years old), a promising IT engineer with a PhD in artificial intelligence. He is also a café owner and barista.^[7]
• Kim So-eun as Seo Yoo-ri (27 years old), a local police officer who is her family's breadwinner.

Supporting

• Kang Tae-oh as Kim Jin-woo (27 years old), Soo-jeong's high school physical education teacher and Yoo-ri's childhood friend.
• Heo Jung-min as Oh Ga-na (30 years old), Oh Soo's older brother.
• Park Geun-hyung as Oh Man-soo (80 years old), Oh Soo's grandfather.
• Lee Hye-ran as Yoon Chae-ri, a veterinarian.^[8]
• Yoo Il as Park Min-ho, Yoo-ri's ex-boyfriend.^[9][10]
• Park Na-ye as Seo Soo-jeong, Yoo-ri's younger sister.
• Kim Ho-jung
• Jin Ye-ju as Han Hyo-jin, a woman who falls in love with Oh Soo, and thus tries to win him over.^[11]
• Choi Dae-chul as CEO Nam Ji-seok

Special appearances

• Kim Ho-jung as Virgin Bodhisattva
• Won Ki-joon as Oh Soo's father
• Ko In-beom
• Han Bo-reum as TBA (30 years old), Oh Ga-na's girlfriend.

Production

Filming for the fully pre-produced series was scheduled to start in December 2017.^[12]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on March 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Easy for You (featuring Lee Seung-yeon)"	Ajussen, Sung Hwan	Ajussen, Sung Hwan	Lee Ra-on	03:05
2.	"Easy for You" (Inst.)		Ajussen, Sung Hwan		03:05
Total length:					06:10

Part 2

Released on March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Being Alone Again" (또 혼자라는 게)	Ajussen	Ajussen	Chaewon, Jinsol (April)	03:57
2.	"Being Alone Again" (Inst.)		Ajussen		03:57
Total length:					07:54

Part 3

Released on March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Love, Love"	Lee Hwan-wook, Kim Hyun-jeong, Kang Woo-jin, Denis Seo, Kim So-eun	Lee Hwan-wook, Kim Hyun-jeong, Kang Woo-jin, Denis Seo	Kim So-eun	03:21
2.	"Love, Love" (Inst.)		Lee Hwan-wook, Kim Hyun-jeong, Kang Woo-jin, Denis Seo		03:21
Total length:					06:42

Part 4

Released on March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Strange and Heartbroken" (이상해 맘상해)	Ajussen, Jung Jin-woo	Ajussen	Jung Jin-woo	03:01
2.	"Strange and Heartbroken" (Inst.)		Ajussen		03:01
Total length:					06:02

Part 5

Released on April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Lost (Prod. by MAKTUB)"	MAKTUB, Lee Ra-on	MAKTUB, Lee Ra-on	Jungyup	03:25
2.	"Lost (Prod. by MAKTUB)" (Inst.)		MAKTUB, Lee Ra-on		03:25
Total length:					06:50

Part 6

Released on April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Celebrate"	Hi-Graphy (Iconic Sounds), Do Han-se	Maxx Song, Andrew Choi, Shikata Dai, MUSOH, Jake K (Full8loom)	Victon	03:55
2.	"Celebrate" (Inst.)		Maxx Song, Andrew Choi, Shikata Dai, MUSOH, Jake K (Full8loom)		03:55
Total length:					07:50

Part 7

Released on April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"CHU♥ (feat. Purple Rain)"	Whee	Whee	Hwajeong	03:16
2.	"CHU♥" (Inst.)		Whee		03:16
Total length:					06:32

Ratings

Average TV viewership ratings (nationwide)

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[13]	TNmS
1	March 5, 2018	0.4%	0.4%
2	March 6, 2018	0.3%	0.5%
3	March 12, 2018		0.4%
4	March 13, 2018
5	March 19, 2018	0.2%
6	March 20, 2018	0.3%	0.2%
7	March 26, 2018	0.1%
8	March 27, 2018
9	April 2, 2018		0.1%
10	April 3, 2018	0.2%	0.2%
11	April 9, 2018	0.1%	0.3%
12	April 10, 2018		0.2%
13	April 16, 2018	0.3%
14	April 17, 2018	0.2%
15	April 23, 2018
16	April 24, 2018	0.4%	0.4%
Average		0.2%	0.3%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).