Encounter (2018)

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. 

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