Something in the Rain
- Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food
- Pretty Sister Who Treats Me to Meals[1]
- Son Ye-jin
- Jung Hae-in
- Choi Kwan-yong
- Ma Jung-hoon
- Park Joon-seo
- Drama House
- Content K
May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)
Something in the Rain (Korean: 밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나) is a 2018 South Korean television series directed by Ahn Pan-seok and written by Kim Eun. It stars Son Ye-jin and Jung Hae-in. The series marks Son Ye-jin's small screen comeback after a five-year break. It aired on JTBC from March 30 to May 19, 2018, every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST).
It became available for streaming on Netflix in April 2018,[3] and on Disney+ in Japan in February 2022.[4]
Synopsis
The series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple." Jin-ah (Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her 30s at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay (an actual Korean chain) and Joon-hee (Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his late 20s at video game developer Smilegate Entertainment. When he returns from working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah — who also happens to be best friends with Joon-hee's sister since childhood. The episodes give an intimate look into how they fall in love, struggle with their age differences (considered to be taboo in some circles), and find the courage to go public with their relationship to everyone around them.
The series also contains a secondary storyline about the struggles that female employees face in the company where Jin-ah works, as they try to climb the corporate ladder amidst sexual harassment, mistreatment, discrimination, and career sabotage from their male managers – all part of an unspoken culture of sexism considered to be normal among South Korean companies.
Cast
Main
- Son Ye-jin as Yoon Jin-ah, a single woman, age 35[a], who works as a store supervisor in a coffee franchise. Despite being an easygoing person, she lives a rather hollow life. After being dumped by her boyfriend, she suddenly develops romantic feelings towards her best friend's younger brother Joon-hee.[5]
- Jung Hae-in as Seo Joon-hee, Kyung-seon's younger brother, age 29[a], who works as a character animation designer at a video game company. He recently returned to the country after working abroad in the USA for three years. While getting reacquainted with his older sister's best friend Jin-ah, he helps her get out of a few difficult situations and begins to fall in love with her.[6][7]
- Jang So-yeon as Seo Kyung-seon, Joon-hee's older sister and Jin-ah's best friend, age 35[a], who runs a coffee shop under the same franchise where Jin-ah works.[8]
Supporting
Employees at Coffee Bay
- Jung Yoo-jin as Kang Se-young, the most popular and ambitious of Jin-ah's colleagues. She requests to supervise Kyung-seon's store because she has a crush on Joon-hee.
- Joo Min-kyung as Geum Bo-ra, a veteran colleague that Jin-ah can confide in.
- Lee Joo-young as Lee Ye-eun, Jin-ah's youngest colleague.
- Jang Won-hyung [ko] as Kim Dong-woo
- Lee Hwa-ryong [ko] as Gong Cheol-goo, a deputy chief who manages Jin-ah and other store supervisors. He is unpopular among his female subordinates due to his behavior.
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Jung Young-in, vice president and marketing director of the coffee franchise.
- Lee Chang-hoon [ko] as Choi Joong-mo, a deputy chief.
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Nam Ho-gyun, vice president and director of the coffee franchise, whom Gong Cheol-goo reports to.
- Kim Jong-tae [ko] as Jo Kyung-sik, CEO of the coffee franchise.
Yoon Jin-ah's family
- Wi Ha-joon as Yoon Seung-ho, Jin-ah's younger brother and Joon-hee's best friend.[9]
- Gil Hae-yeon as Kim Mi-yeon, Jin-ah's mother, who is obsessed with finding Jin-ah a husband from a well-respected family.[9]
- Oh Man-suk [ko] as Yoon Sang-ki, Jin-ah's father.[9]
Others
- Oh Ryong [ko] as Lee Gyu-min, Jin-ah's ex-boyfriend, a lawyer from a well-respected family. He cheated on Jin-ah with a younger woman.
- Yoon Jong-suk [ko] as Kim Seung-chul, Joon-hee's colleague and university friend.[10]
Special appearances
- Ji Hye-ran as Gyu-min's new girlfriend (Ep. 1)
- Cho Soo-hyang as Joon-hee's friend (Ep. 6)
- Oh Hee-joon as Joon-hee's friend
- Lee Kyu-sung as Joon-hee's friend[11]
- Kim Chang-wan as Joon-hee's father
Production
In August 2017, it was announced that Ahn Pan-seok was on board to direct Something in the Rain (aka Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food).[12]
In January 2018, Son Ye-jin joined the production, marking her return to the small screen after a five-year break.[13][14] Also in the same month, it was reported that Jung Hae-in had joined the cast.[15][16]
The first script reading was held on January 25, 2018, at the JTBC building in Sangam-dong.[17]
As a result of the drama's commercial success, a three-day vacation to Japan was awarded to the cast and crew, which was scheduled from May 29–31, 2018.[18][19]
Themes of taboos
The driving narrative within the story centers around South Korean taboos concerning relationships:
- Dating Taboos: An older female dating a younger male is considered scandalous.
- Familial Taboos: People who grow up without parents or have no parental figures in their lives are considered "unfit" for marriage.
- Job Taboos: People should only associate with those of a certain educational background, occupational position, or wealthy class status.
- Career Taboos: Women are expected to endure sexual harassment without complaint during team dinners to show they value "team unity".
- Drinking Taboos: It is customary to pour your colleague's glass first before and vice versa. If you pour for yourself, it indicates a fractured relationship.
- Food Taboos: Usually if an older woman frequently buys a younger male food, it indicates a brother-sister relationship.
Broadcast
JTBC announced that after the first episode's premiere at 22:45 (KST) on Friday, March 30, 2018, the rest of the series would air at 23:00 (KST) on Friday–Saturday.[20]
Original soundtrack
Something in the Rain OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | Korean, English |
Label | Sony Music Drama House |
"Stand by Your Man" sung by Carla Bruni, and "Save the Last Dance for Me" by Bruce Willis are played frequently throughout the series.
Part 1
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Something in the Rain" | Rachael Yamagata | Lee Nam-yeon (이남연) | Rachael Yamagata | 4:56 |
Part 2
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "La La La" | Lee Nam-yeon (이남연) | Lee Nam-yeon (이남연) | Rachael Yamagata | 3:40 |
Reception
The on-screen chemistry between Son and Jung led to their being nicknamed "the next Song-Song couple" (reminiscent of the couple in the 2016 major hit drama series Descendants of the Sun).[21]
Something in the Rain became the most talked-about Korean drama of 2018.[22]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Wi Ha-joon | Nominated | [23] |
Seoul International Drama Awards | Excellence Award for Korean Drama | Something in the Rain | Won | [24][25] | |
Outstanding Korean Actress | Son Ye-jin | Won | |||
APAN Star Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Nominated | [26][27] | ||
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Jung Hae-in | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Jang So-yeon | Won | |||
K-Star Award, Actor | Jung Hae-in | Won | |||
The Seoul Awards | Best Actress | Son Ye-jin | Nominated | [28] | |
Best New Actor | Jung Hae-in | Nominated | |||
Popularity Award, Actor | Won | ||||
Hallyu Artist Award | Won | ||||
Korea Contents Awards | Presidential Commendation | Something in the Rain | Won | ||
2019 | Asian Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Won | [29][30] | |
Best Director | Ahn Pan-seok | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Son Ye-jin | Nominated |
Viewership
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
1 | 0.831 | 0.813 | 0.890 | 1.133 | 1.210 | 1.370 | 1.281 | 1.171 | 1.487 | 1.389 | 1.166 | 1.242 | 1.141 | 1.682 | 1.292 | 1.600 | 1.231 |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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Nielsen Korea[32] | TNmS[33] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
1 | March 30, 2018 | 4.008% | 4.239% | 3.8% | |
2 | March 31, 2018 | 3.752% | 4.177% | 4.8% | |
3 | April 6, 2018 | 4.222% | 4.621% | 4.4% | |
4 | April 7, 2018 | 4.756% | 5.434% | 5.9% | |
5 | April 13, 2018 | 5.134% | 6.001% | 5.4% | |
6 | April 14, 2018 | 6.187% | 7.069% | 6.5% | |
7 | April 20, 2018 | 5.322% | 6.202% | 6.4% | |
8 | April 21, 2018 | 5.499% | 5.936% | 5.7% | |
9 | April 27, 2018 | 6.177% | 6.769% | 5.9% | |
10 | April 28, 2018 | 5.757% | 6.713% | 6.6% | |
11 | May 4, 2018 | 5.637% | 7.018% | 5.9% | |
12 | May 5, 2018 | 5.520% | 6.320% | 6.1% | |
13 | May 11, 2018 | 5.564% | 6.598% | 5.4% | |
14 | May 12, 2018 | 7.281% | 8.313% | 6.3% | |
15 | May 18, 2018 | 5.883% | 6.486% | 5.7% | |
16 | May 19, 2018 | 6.787% | 7.661% | 7.1% | |
Average | 5.468% | 6.222% | 5.7% | ||
Remake
In February 2022, it was confirmed that Something in the Rain is set for an Indian remake.[34]
On March 3, 2022, it was announced that iQIYI would release a Chinese remake of the series titled The Way Love Should Be, starring Angelababy. The platform also gained the rights to exclusively air the show in China, making it the first South Korean TV show to be approved for streaming in the country since the Korean content ban.[35][36]
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Notes
- ^ a b c The age stated is their Korean age which is typically one year more than their international age. In South Korea, people are born at age one and one year is added to their age on New Year's Day.
Further reading
- "Son Ye-jin has never been so blissful as she is with 'Something in the Rain'". The Korea Herald. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 27, 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Something in the Rain at IMDb
- Something in the Rain at HanCinema (Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food)
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