| Bachelor's Vegetable Store | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Melodrama Comedy Romance |
| Based on | Bachelor's Vegetable Store by Kim Young-han and Lee Young-seok |
| Written by | Yoon Sung-hee |
| Directed by | Lee Joon-hyung |
| Starring | Ji Chang-wook Wang Ji-hye Kim Young-kwang Park Soo-jin Hwang Shin-hye |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Cho Sung-won Park In-taek |
| Producer | Song Byung-soo |
| Production location | Korea |
| Production company | Touch Sky Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel A |
| Release | December 21, 2011 – March 8, 2012 |
Bachelor's Vegetable Store (Korean: 총각네 야채가게; RR: Chonggagne Yachaegage) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Wang Ji-hye, Kim Young-kwang, Park Soo-jin and Hwang Shin-hye. It aired on Channel A from December 21, 2011 to March 8, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:20 (KST) for 24 episodes.
It is based on the same-titled book published in 2003 that chronicles the real-life success story of how a young man named Lee Young-seok turned a small 350-square-feet vegetable store in 1998 into a nationwide franchise with 33 branches.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
Han Tae-yang (Ji Chang-wook) is a hardworking, talented young man who will do anything to make his tiny vegetable stand a success. He hires a couple of "lost boys" who become his employees and friends: Nam Yoo-bong (Lee Kwang-soo), a successful yet lonely farmer with zero love life; Lee Chan-sol (Shin Won-ho), an idol trainee whose talent agency throws him out after nine years due to a hushed scandal, so he ends up working in a host club; Yoon Ho-jae (Song Ji-hyuk), a certifiable genius with a lack of social skills that makes him unhireable to big companies; and Jung Ki-young (Noh Sung-ha), a homeless man who doesn't talk much.
Tae-yang also falls in love with Mok Ga-on (Wang Ji-hye), but she is hiding a huge secret. She is actually Jin Jin-shim, an orphaned girl. When her friend, the real Mok Ga-on, died when they were teenagers, Ga-on's ambitious mother Choi Kang-sun took Jin-shim in and told her to pretend to be her daughter, since Ga-on is the illegitimate daughter of a chaebol businessman. Desperate for a family, Jin-shim agreed, and now named Ga-on, she has a devoted but toxic relationship with Kang-sun. Ga-on also has feelings for Tae-yang, but she is torn between him and a wealthy heir, Lee Seul-woo (Kim Young-kwang).
Cast
Main
- Ji Chang-wook as Han Tae-yang[4]
- Oh Jae-moo as young Tae-yang
- Wang Ji-hye as Mok Ga-on / Jin Jin-shim
- Chae Bin as young Jin-shim
- Park So-young as young Ga-on
- Kim Young-kwang as Lee Seul-woo
- Park Soo-jin as Jung Dan-bi
Supporting
- Hwang Shin-hye as Choi Kang-sun[5]
- Lee Se-young as Han Tae-in
- Roh Jeong-eui as young Tae-in
- Park Won-sook as Hwang Soo-ja
- Jang Hang-sun as Jung Goo-gwang
- Kim Do-yeon as Yeon Boon-hong
- Jeon No-min as Mok In-beom
- Lee Kwang-soo as Nam Yoo-bong[6]
- Shin Won-ho as Lee Chan-sol
- Song Ji-hyuk as Yoon Ho-jae
- Noh Sung-ha as Jung Ki-young[7]
- Lee Eun as Hong Jung-ah
- Sa Mi-ja as Park Geum-soon
- ?? as driver of Ga-on's mom
References
- ↑ "Veggie Store gets its bachelor, broadcaster, and leading lady". Dramabeans. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ "CEO와 특별한 하루: 이영석 총각네야채가게 대표". 10Asia (in Korean). 27 November 2009. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ "Home". chonggakne.com.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (15 December 2011). "Ji Chang Wook On Always Being the 'Good Guy'". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (15 December 2011). "Hwang Shin Hye on Acting as a Mother". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (9 March 2012). "Lee Kwang Soo on the End of Bachelor's Vegetable Store". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (24 November 2011). "Sung Ha Cast in Bachelor's Vegetable Store". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-06-22.