Profile
- Drama: Encounter (English title) / Boyfriend (literal title)
- Revised romanization: Namjachingoo
- Hangul: 남자친구
- Director: Park Shin-Woo
- Writer: Yoo Young-A
- Network: tvN
- Episodes: 16
- Release Date: November 28, 2018 – January 24, 2019
- Runtime: 69 min
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Main cast
Main cast | Characters |
Song Hye-Kyo | Cha Soo-Hyun |
Park Bo-Gum | Kim Jin-Hyeok |
Jang Seung-Jo | Jung Woo-Seok |
Moon Sung-Geun | Cha Jong-Hyun |
Nam Gi-Ae | Jin Mi-Ok |
Trailer
Plot
Cha Soo-Hyun (played by Song Hye-Kyo) is the daughter of a politician Encounter. After graduating from college, she entered into a marriage of convenience with the son of a wealthy family to benefit her father’s political career. However, her husband had an affair and wanted a divorce, leaving Cha Soo-Hyun as a divorcee. She is now the CEO of a hotel.
Kim Jin-Hyeok (played by Park Bo-Gum) is an ordinary young man who is trying to find a regular job while working part-time jobs in the meantime. As he approaches the end of his 20s, Kim Jin-Hyeok decides to take a trip to Cuba. There, he meets Cha Soo-Hyun, and they share a brief encounter. When he returns to Korea, he receives a phone call from a hotel where he had an interview for a job before leaving for Cuba. He learns that he has been hired, and Cha Soo-Hyun is the CEO of the hotel.