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, Kim Young-ok and

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. It aired on cable network

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on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 ( KST) for 16 episodes from May 13 to July 2, 2016.

Synopsis

The stories between friends in their golden years of their lives. People who say some words like "It is not the end, we're still alive".

Cast

Main cast

as Park Wan – age 37, a Japanese translation writer *

as Jo Hee-ja – age 72 *

as Moon Jeong-ah – age 72, Hee-ja's classmate, Seok-gyun's wife *

as Jang Nan-hee – age 63, Park Wan's mother, Hee-ja and Jeong-ah's classmate and successful owner of a jjamppong shop *

as Lee Young-won – age 63, Nan-hee's classmate, a former actress and advertising model *

as Oh Choong-nam – age 65, Nan-hee and Young-won's senior *

as Lee Seong-jae – age 72, a former attorney, Hee-ja and Jeong-ah's school friend * Kim Young-ok as Oh Ssang-boon – age 86, Nan-hee's mother *

as Kim Seok-gyun – age 75, Jeong-ah's husband

Extended cast

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as Seo Yeon-ha – age 32, Park Wan's friend, Slovenia resident *

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as Yoo Min-ho – early age 30, Hee-ja's youngest son * as Gi-ja – age 72 * as Yang Joo-young – Choong-nam's parental nephew *

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as Son Jong-sik – Choong-nam's outside nephew *

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as Soon-young – Jeong-ah's first daughter * Kwon Hyuk as Oh Se-oh – Jeong-ah's first son-in-law * Kang Eun-jin as Kim Ho-young – Jeong-ah's second daughter * Han Jeong-hyun as Soo-young – Jeong-ah's third daughter * Kim Jeong-hwan as Jang In-bong – Ssang-boon's son, Park Wan's uncle * as Pal-dal – Nan-hee's jjamppong shop employee * Jeong Eui-soon as Nan-hee's jjamppong shop employee *

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as Sang-sook – Nan-hee's jjamppong shop employee *

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as Ha-neul – Hee-ja's youngest daughter-in-law *

as Bong-yi – Seok-gyun's elementary school alumni * Go Jin-myung as security colleague * as professor Yang * Kim Tae-hoon as professor Lee

Supporting Cast

* Joo Boo-jin as cathedral congregation member * Choi Jae-seop as Hee-ja's son * Jo Seung-yeon as Hee-ja's son *

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as Hee-ja's daughter-in-law * Park Soo-bin as Hee-ja's daughter-in-law * Kang Moon-kyung * Yoo Pil-ran * Kim Pil * Kim Hak-yim * Jo Hye-won * * *

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* Ok Joo-ri * as taxi driver * Noh Nam-seok * Kwon Jae-hyun as Soon-cheol * Lee Jeong-goo as priest * Baek Eun-kyung * Goo Bon-young * Kim Yeon-hee * Shin Shin-beom as Seok-gyun's younger brother * Kim Mi-ryang as Seok-gyun's sister-in-law * Kim Jeong-soo * Jin Seok-chan * Woo Sang-wook as young Kim Seok-gyun * as elderly nursing home care helper * Kwon Hyuk-soo as nursing home care helper * Kim Ya-ni

Cameo appearances

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as Han Dong-jin – early age 40, a publisher representative, an editor-in-chief *

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as professor Park *

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as Il-woo – Nan-hee's jjamppong shop regular customer *

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as Jang Ho-jin – Nan-hee's father * as Yoo Jeong-cheol – Hee-ja's husband *

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as Mark Smith – Hee-ja's male neighbor, photographer * as Seo Yeon-hee – Yeon-ha's older sister, Slovenia resident * as Dae-cheol – Young-won's ex-husband *

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Original soundtrack

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Ratings

In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. *

Awards and nominations

Remake

A Chinese remake of the same name aired on

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in 2017.

References

External links

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Dear My Friends
'' at Daum
Production website
{{Works by Studio Dragon TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas Korean-language television shows 2016 South Korean television series debuts 2016 South Korean television series endings Television shows written by Noh Hee-kyung Television series by Studio Dragon