Friends: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Left alone on a trip to Hong Kong, Tomoko finds herself the victim of a purse-snatching. The police arrest the man she points out, but it turns out to be the wrong person: a young Korean man named Ji Hoon. Despite his anger and humiliation, he takes her out to dinner since she has lost all her money, and in return, she agrees to model for his amateur film. What follows is a magical and romantic two days. Upon returning to their respective countries, Tomoko must return to her nine-to-five job and Ji Hoon must resume studying to join the family business rather than pursuing his dream of becoming a film director. But soon the two begin to email each other and rekindle their relationship despite the distance and obstacles between them. Marking the very first time in television history that a drama has been co-produced between Japan and South Korea, the story shows us that love has no borders.

Series details

• Title: Friends
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2002-02-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-02-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 30774
• IMDb ID: tt0315608
• TVDB ID: 99721

Cast and credited roles

• Won Bin — Kim Ji Hoon
• Kyoko Fukada — Asai Tomoko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-02-04; final listed air date 2002-02-05; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Friends on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.