Avengers Social Club
| Avengers Social Club | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 부암동 복수자들 |
| Literal meaning | Buam-dong Avengers |
| Revised Romanization | Buamdong Boksujadeul |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Buam-dong Boksuja Social Club by Sajatokki |
| Developed by | Studio Dragon |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Jin-suk |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | JS Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | October 11 – November 16, 2017 |
Avengers Social Club (Korean: 부암동 복수자들) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won, Ra Mi-ran, Myung Se-bin and Lee Jun-young. It is adapted from a webtoon titled Buam-dong Avengers Social Club which was serialized on Daum from 2014 to 2016. It airs every Wednesday and Thursday starting October 11, 2017 on cable channel tvN.
Synopsis
[edit]Features three women and one man from different walks of life coming together for revenge: a fish store ajumma who envisioned a better life for herself, a housewife who grew up an orphan, a chaebol magnate's daughter who was raised like a delicate flower and a young man who was neglected by his parents. They're an unlikely foursome who would never otherwise meet, but they join forces to carry out their individual revenges. Although they start out as co-conspirators, along the way they become close to one another.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Lee Yo-won as Kim Jung-hye
- Daughter of a family who runs a big company. She appears straightforward and arrogant, but she is actually naive and cute. Her marriage was made to benefit both families. She tries her best as a wife, but she learns that her husband has betrayed her. To get revenge, she leads the "Bok-ja Club".
- Ra Mi-ran as Hong Do-hee
- Hong Do-hee sells fish at a traditional market and raises her two kids alone. Her husband died. She is bright and good natured. Her son gets involved in a violent incident at school.
- Myung Se-bin as Lee Mi-sook
- She was an orphan and married. She has tried hard to have a happy family with her university professor husband, but he is violent towards her. She had a son and daughter, but her son Seo-jin died prior to the events of the drama, and her daughter Seo-yeon became estranged from her since. She begins to think about her life after she meets Kim Jung-hye and Hong Do-hee.
- Lee Jun-young as Lee Soo-gyum
- He joins the "Bok-ja Club" to take revenge on his biological parents. His father is Kim Jung-hye's husband. Before he married Kim Jung-hye, he had a fling with a woman who gave birth to Lee Soo-gyum. His biological parents have neglected him since.
Supporting
[edit]- Jung-hye's family
- Choi Byung-mo as Lee Byung-soo (husband)
- Jang Yong as Lee Jae-gook (father-in-law)
- Jung Ae-yun as Kim Jung-yoon (sister)
- Do-hee's family
- Yoon Jin-sol as Kim Hee-kyung (daughter)
- Choi Kyu-jin as Kim Hee-soo (son)
- Mi-sook's family
- Jung Suk-yong as Baek Young-pyo (husband)
- Kim Bo-ra as Baek Seo-yeon (daughter)
- Sung Byung-sook as mother-in-law
- Soo-gyum's family
- Shin Dong-mi as Han Soo-ji (mother)
- Others
- Shin Dong-woo as Hwang Jung-wook
- Yoo In-soo as Kyung-bok
- Jung Young-joo as Joo Gil-yun (Jung-wook's mother)
- Kim Hyung-il as Hong Sang-man, Principal of Buam-dong High School
- Kim Sa-kwon as Park Seung-woo
- So Hee-jung
- Jo Ah-in
- Special appearance
- Jo Hee-bong as café's angry customer (ep. 2)
Production
[edit]First script reading took place on August 17, 2017 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong, Seoul.
Ratings
[edit]In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
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| AGB Nielsen | TNmS | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
| 1 | October 11, 2017 | 2.900% | 2.999% | 2.8% |
| 2 | October 12, 2017 | 4.636% | 5.343% | 4.9% |
| 3 | October 18, 2017 | 5.249% | 5.717% | 4.8% |
| 4 | October 19, 2017 | 5.054% | 5.377% | 5.5% |
| 5 | October 25, 2017 | 5.283% | 5.538% | 4.6% |
| 6 | October 26, 2017 | 5.087% | 5.287% | 4.8% |
| 7 | November 1, 2017 | 4.802% | 5.348% | 4.9% |
| 8 | November 2, 2017 | 4.925% | 5.697% | 5.5% |
| 9 | November 8, 2017 | 6.021% | 6.386% | 6.4% |
| 10 | November 9, 2017 | 6.126% | 6.972% | |
| 11 | November 15, 2017 | 5.495% | 5.846% | 6.0% |
| 12 | November 16, 2017 | 6.330% | 6.586% | 6.1% |
| Average | 5.159% | 5.591% | 5.2% | |
- This drama airs 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).
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Ra Mi-ran | Nominated | [1] |
References
[edit]- ^ 제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개. JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- Avengers Social Club at Studio Dragon (in Korean)
- Avengers Social Club at JS Pictures (in Korean)
- Avengers Social Club at HanCinema
- Avengers Social Club at IMDb
- Buam-dong Boksuja Social Club at Kakao Webtoon (in Korean)
- Korean-language television shows
- 2017 South Korean television series debuts
- 2017 South Korean television series endings
- TvN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas
- Television series by Studio Dragon
- South Korean comedy-drama television series
- Television shows based on South Korean webtoons
- Television series by JS Pictures
- South Korean revenge television series