''How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor'' () is a 2007 South Korean television series starring

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, Bae Doona, Park Si-hoo,

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and Kim Sung-ryung. It aired on SBS from July 25 to September 27, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The

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series was partially filmed in

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, the first time for a

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to be shot in that country.

Plot

Baek Soo-chan is a playboy infamous for manipulating women. After meeting Jung Yoon-hee and her older sister Mi-hee on vacation, he puts the moves on them as usual, but Yoon-hee sees right through him, and tries to keep him away from her naive sister. Fate draws them together again, however, when back in Korea, Soo-chan ends up living next door. Meanwhile, Yoon-hee begins working as secretary to Yoo Joon-seok, the new president of her company. Forced to come back and take over their family business when his father suddenly collapsed, Joon-seok shoulders the burdens of corporate responsibilities and of trying to please a father who has never shown him any affection. At first the perfectionist Joon-seok clashes with his quirky secretary, then gradually begins to fall for her. But Joon-seok's arranged marriage to Go Hye-mi, an heiress, is already being planned.

Cast

Main characters

as Baek Soo-chan **Lee Ji-oh as young Baek Soo-chan * Bae Doona as Jung Yoon-hee * Park Si-hoo as Yoo Joon-seok *

as Go Hye-mi *

as Yang Deok-gil * Shin Dong-woo as Yang Go-ni, Deok-gil's adopted son * Kim Sung-ryung as Jung Mi-hee, Yoon-hee's older sister *Ahn Sun-young as Oh Jung-sook *Park Kwang-jung as Mr. Park *

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as Mr. Choi

Supporting characters

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as Sun-woo, Yoon-hee and Mi-hee's mother *

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as Go Chang-shik, Hye-mi's father *Seo Kwon-soon as Song Young-ja, Hye-mi's mother * Kim Roi-ha as Detective Kang Yeok-gae *Kim Sung-tae as Detective Kim *Kwon Tae-won as Chief detective *Lee Won-jae as Byun Hee-sub *Kim Sun-hwa as Choi Bo-kyung, Hee-sub's wife * Han Ye-in as Byun Seon *Lee Byung-hyun as Byun Young *Kim Jung-hak as Cha Young-jae, J Corporation executive *Park Kwang-soo as Wee Dae-han, Jung-sook's husband *Kim Gil-ho as Yoo Man-ho, Joon-seok's father *Kim Seok-ok as Han Ok-geum, Joon-seok's mother *Park Yeon-ah as Ahn Ye-seul, Mi-hee's daughter *Cha Seo-won as Lei Kim *Kim Young-jin as Mina, Joon-seok's other secretary *Jang Hye-sook as Yeon Soo-yeon, Go-mi's mother *Kim Dong-gyun as Kim Dae-shik *Jo Han-na as Na Ha-ni * Kim Ye-ryeong as Dan Myung-hee * Kim Sa-rang *Pov Theavy (credited as Ka Cho)

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from October 11 to December 14, 2010.

References

External links

''How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor'' official SBS website
* {{hancinema drama, How_to_Meet_a_Perfect_Neighbor, How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor 2007 South Korean television series debuts 2007 South Korean television series endings Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows Films shot in Cambodia South Korean romantic comedy television series