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starring

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, Park Hye-su,

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and Choi Ara. It aired on

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from July 22, 2016 to October 7, 2017.

Synopsis

A slice-of-life story about five girls who live together in a sharehouse called "Belle Epoque" and how they connect over the growing pains in their youth. It is based on the issues that younger generations are likely to face in South Korea.

Cast

Overview

Main

* Park Hye-su (season 1) and

(season 2) as Yoo Eun-jae :A 20-year-old Psychology major student who comes from the countryside. *

as Jung Ye-eun :A 22-year-old Culinary Arts major with a religious background. *

as Yoon Jin-myung :A 28-year-old hardworking business major with a complicated family situation. *

as Song Ji-won :A 22-year-old Journalism major, a quirky adventurous roommate who claims to have the ability to see ghosts. *

as Kang Yi-na (season 1; guest season 2) :A 24-year-old sugar baby with expensive taste. She eventually works hard to be a career woman. * Choi Ara as Jo Eun (season 2)

Recurring

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as Park Jae-wan (season 1; guest season 2) :Jin-myung's love interest, Italian restaurant chef. *

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as Oh Jong-gyu – Yi-na's mystery man *

Ji Il-joo Ji Il-joo (; born November 7, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his role in the drama series ''Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo'' (2016–2017) and '' Hello, My Twenties!'' (2016) Directing In 2018, Ji is making his debut as a d ...

as Go Doo-young – Ye-eun's abusive ex-boyfriend *

Shin Hyun-soo Shin Hyun-soo (born July 8, 1989) is a South Korean actor. He began his career in acting through musicals before starring in television series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content ...

as Yoon Jong-yeol – Eun-jae's boyfriend * Son Seung-won as Im Sung-min – Ji-won's male friend * Yoon Jong-hoon as Seo Dong-joo – Yi-na's friend * Kim Min-seok as Seo Jang-hoon (season 2) :Deputy of the share house, Belle Epoque's owner, Jo Eun's love interest. * Lee You-jin as Kwon Ho-chang (season 2) :Ye-eun's love interest; an engineering student who knows nothing about dating. *

Ahn Woo-yeon Ahn Byeong-ho (born 7 January 1991), better known by his stage name Ahn Woo-yeon, is a South Korean actor. He starred in TV series such as '' Five Enough'' (2016), ''Don't Dare to Dream'' (2016) and '' Strong Girl Bong-soon'' (2017). Career Ah ...

as Heimdallr / Lee Jin-kwang (season 2) :A member of an idol group Asgard who is five years into his debut, but yet to reach stardom. *

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as Ho-chang's mother * Kim Hyo-jin as Yoon Jin-myung's mother * as Ahn Jung-hee – Yoo Eun-jae's mother * Kim Yong-hee as dentist – Kang Yi-na's third lover * as restaurant manager * as Jo Hyun-hee – restaurant waitress * Han Jeong-woo as Kang Yi-na's second lover *

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as Kang Yi-na's stalker * as Han Yoo-kyung – Jung Ye-eun's friend *

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as Song Kyung-ah – Jung Ye-eun's friend *

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as young Yoon Jin-myung * Yoon Yong-joon as Shin Yool-bin – Yoo Eun-jae's crush *

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as Ye-eun's classmate * as insurance employee * as dancing student * as Song Ji-won's father *

Kwon Eun-soo Kwon Eun-soo (; born February 4, 1989) is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her lead roles in ''If You Were Me 4'' as So-young and ''Wild Flowers'' as Eun-soo. She also did a supporting role and appeared in the famous and p ...

as Yoon Jong-yeol's junior * as Yoo Eun-jae's aunt *

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as Ahn Ye-ji, Jo Eun's friend *

Jo Byeong-kyu Jo Byeong-kyu (; born April 23, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is notable for his roles in the television series '' Sky Castle'' (2018–2019), '' Hot Stove League'' (2019–2020), and ''The Uncanny Counter'' Season 1 & 2 (2020–2023). Per ...

as Jo Chung-han * Kim Ye-ji as Ye-ji *

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as Ho Chang's sister *

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as Su & Su receptionist *

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as Oh Ha-na

Special appearances

Season 1: * Moon Sook as home owner grandmother Season 2: *

as Go Doo-young *

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as members of idol group Asgard * A.C.E as members of idol group The Fifth Column * Ji Hye-ran *

Yoon Kyung-ho Yoon Kyung-ho (, born 5 July 1980) is a South Korean theatre, film and television actor. He debuted in 2002 in SBS's documentary drama ''Savage Age''. He came into prominence in KBS's 2017 legal drama ''Witch at Court'' and tvN's 2019 TV series ...

as Moon Hyo-jin's boyfriend *

Kim Jung-young Kim Jung-young (; born on 27 July 1972) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2000 in films, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She got recognition for her supporting roles in '' Clean ...

as Song Ji-won' mother *

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as Jo-eun's father

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2017)

Production

On February 16, 2017, the series was renewed for a second season. It was announced that

would only make a

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, and that a new actress would be cast as the fifth girl of the Belle Epoque. Originally, it was expected that all five main roles would be the same from the previous season. However, early on

was removed from the main cast due to an bullying incident regarding her group,

T-ara T-ara (; ) is a South Korean girl group formed in 2009, currently consisting of four members: Qri, Hahm Eun-jung, Eunjung, Hyomin, and Park Ji-yeon, Jiyeon. T-ara's career is marked by Hook (music), hook-heavy dance-pop music, a result of their ...

. Instead, a new character, Jo Eun, was created to fill the five-person dynamic of the show. Park Hye-soo was also supposed to be part of the main cast, but due to a scheduling conflict, she stepped down from the role. Unlike Ryu Hwa-young, this happened late into pre-production and it was decided that another actress would play her character Yoo Eun-jae;

was cast.

Onew Lee Jin-ki (; Korean pronunciation: Help:IPA/Korean, .dʑin.ki born December 14, 1989), better known by his stage name Onew, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. Born in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do, Onew was discovered at the 2006 ...

was originally cast in the role of Kwon Ho-chang, but he stepped down in light of controversy surrounding him ten days before the drama's premiere, and was replaced with Lee Yoo-jin.

Ratings

Original soundtrack

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* (season 1) * (season 2) * * (season 1) * (season 2) {{Works by Celltrion Entertainment 2016 South Korean television series debuts 2017 South Korean television series endings JTBC television dramas Korean-language television shows South Korean comedy-drama television series South Korean mystery television series South Korean romance television series South Korean television series remade in other languages 2010s college television series Television series by Drama House Television series by Celltrion Entertainment