Big Forest

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Drama: Big Forest
Revised romanization: Big Poreseuteu
Hangul: 빅 포레스트
Director: Park Soo-Won
Writer: Kwak Kyung-Yoon, Kim Hyun-Hee
Network: tvN
Episodes: 10
Release Date: September 7 - November 9, 2018
Runtime: Friday 23:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Shin Dong-Yub (Shin Dong-Yub) used to be a top star, but he is not anymore. Jung Sang-Hoon (Jung Sang-Hoon) is a single father and he works as a loan shark. Im Cheong-A (Choi Hee-Seo) is a Korean-Chinese single mother. They live in the Daerim Neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea and struggle to make a living.

Notes

First tvN drama series to air one episode a week on Fridays.
"Big Forest" will be followed by "Top Star Yoo-Baek" on November 16, 2018.

Cast



Shin Dong-Yub	Jung Sang-Hoon	Choi Hee-Seo	Jung Moon-Sung	Kim Min-Sang
Shin Dong-Yub	Jung Sang-Hoon	Im Cheong-A	Department Head Daniel Jegal	Section Chief Hwang Moon-Sik



Jung Soon-Won	Yoo Joo-Eun	Jeon Kuk-Hwan	Joo Ye-Rim
Assistant Manager Choo Sim-Soo	Casey	Kim Yong	Jung Bo-Bae



Jang So-Yeon	Heo Sung-Tae	Ko Su-Hee	Lee Joon-Hyuk	Yoo Seon-Ho
Chae-Ok	Gil-Gang	principal	Teacher	Lee Jong-Man



Jung In-Seo	Choi Won-Hong	Lee Eun-Chae	Kim Joon-Hyun	Yeon Min-Ji
Shin Na-Young	Kim Dan	Bingbing	Kim Joon-Hyun	Stephanie

Oh Gwang-Rok

countryman (ep.5)

Additional Cast Members:

Jung In-Seo - Shin Na-Young
Jeon Se-Hyun - Hui-Yeong
Park Tae-Yun - Min-Soo
Cha Seung-Yeon - Son Mi-So
Kim Ji-Hoon - young boy
Jung Si-Yul - advertisement scene
Kim Te-I - kindergarten boy playing at kids cafe
Song Hoon - middle-aged dancer from Yanbian
Song Chang-Kyu - Korean-Chinese owner of meat restaurant
Kim Chae-Hyun - Korean-Chinese woman
Bae Yu-Ri - avocado employee
Kim Yeon-Seo - kindergarten girl
Shin Tae-Yang - Man-Soo's son
Han Chang-Hun - macho guy
Kim In-Kyung - female employee
Park Jun-Hyuk - Sang-Dae
Woo Young-Nam - cafe worker
Jeon Su-Yeon - kindergarten employee (e.7)
Lee Jae-Woo - cafe owner (ep.9)
Lee Jin-Kwon - (ep.9)
Son Young-Soon
Lim Ki-Hong
Seo Dong-Suk
Kang Seong-Hwa
Jung Jong-Woo
Kim Wang-Yong
Ji Han-A
Guk Joong-Woong
Kim Seo-Yoon

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Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	AGB		TNmS
Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
2018-09-07	1	2.167%	2.651%	2.3%
2018-09-14	2	1.201%	1.284%	-
2018-09-21	3	1.459%	1.442%	-
2018-09-28	4	1.704%	2.017%	-
2018-10-05	5	1.416%	-	-
2018-10-12	6	1.046%	-	-
2018-10-19	7	1.394%	1.781%	-
2018-10-26	8	1.031%	1.352%	-
2018-11-02	9	0.887%	-	-
2018-11-09	10	0.974%	1.093%	-

Source: TNS Media Korea & AGB Nielson

Comments

Park Min Mar 21 2023 3:18 pm I couldn't stomach most of Dong Yup scenes. They gave him too much attention and screen-time. Would prefer more focus on other characters. The drama itself was decent with a handful of funny scenes but unfortunately not memorable.

anzal May 28 2022 4:48 pm really really like the story, actors and how they were acted..... amazing drama

Fansof_heo May 20 2022 11:59 am Gil-kang (Heo Sung-tae) I love his anger, how people are scared of him and his soft heart! I love him too much :D

nalle Jul 03 2019 6:48 am I had given up on finding subs for this then in going somewhere I usually don't, poof, there all 10 brilliant episodes were there to marathon! I had to watch ep 1 in two sittings because I was tired and distracted, but wow, from eps 2-3 onward every bit was great! So Mich funny stuff in one show and so unusual and just Amazing. The acting Jung Sang Hoo and others put in is fabulous! I still have the finale to watch but wanted to find something out (below) and praise this show that I think because of its timeslot didn't get much attention but still did fine for tvN and really truly made me want a hundred seasons!

Heo Sung Tae: I will never look at you the same way. You are an actor I love to hate 95% of the roles of but wow. This was the perfect reset button to watch right before Watcher starts so I am not wanting to spit at you recalling so many bad guys you played so well. That whimpering fragile look of vulnerability totally made tears well up as I couldn't contain my crazy looking laughter. My belly hurt so many times watching this. It blended sarcastic wit, cute humor, slapstick antics, and so much more into one show while having so much heart and just being awesome. 10/10 for me. The slice of life feel was perfectly balanced so unlike, say, Reply 1988 it only took the first episode of confusion to feel like I was part of the forest and be totally sucked into every tiny detail! There is so much humor-some maybe lost to ppl who know little Korean-it never made me bored, sleepy etc after digesting the first hour of new information.

Now for the original reason I came online before the show is over, my question: to find out, through much searching, so much, like over 10 places about the show&its cast, just who is the one who looks and sounds like Lee Elijah in episode 9! Anyone confused about who I mean: Mi So is the lady's name, Son Yong Rak the birth-high school name of the character. I kept observing and thinking maybe it was truly a made up/aged Lee Elijah. Instead, I figured out that wow, someone seriously looks (right down to eyebrows!) and sounds and feels like a somewhat older more mature (like curves you get after childbirth) busty version of Lee Elijah! I coukd tell it could not be her with Shin Dong Yup born in 1971 and by all means looking over 40 if not quite his 47 years of age at the time they filmed and aired it; all the character's beloved plastic surgery in the world should not equate to a then-28 year old who can look several years younger! Still, go watch it! If you have gawked with a hefty girl crush or guy crush at the gorgeous face of Lee Elijah, well, her unni is here: Cha Seung Yeon (I typed, in reflex, Seung Heon first-been watching him since Scent)! The similarity is so uncanny, especially as I am watching her in Aide now and crushed nice and hard on her Last Empress villainy and Hammurabi cold sexy vibe and basically every single primetime role (and all are primetime but 1) except the minor one in Wonderful Days (not sure I can handle 125 episodes of the Hwang Geum Bok daily drama and could never find Heroes, the "QTV" production supposedly from early 2016. All to say I have studied that young gorgeous face). Makeup can alter lines (sharpen, soften, round, edge out, make noses seem smaller, etc), but they just have so many similarities I had to repeat the scene-went deaf because my eyes were busy flooding my brain with loud thoughts of the features that were so alike, the age diff the biggest thing (the stronger line separating the nose/mouth from the cheek), eyes and nose both too easily manipulated w/makeup to know, etc. They do not always look so alike, but wow, this one got me. I want to see them as siblings soon.

Himsa Feb 14 2019 6:37 am Underrated! Super amazing comedy with real life situations, every actor from villain to kids, brilliantly cast! Interesting story lines, so much variety! Really absorbing slice of life/comedy/alternative tv!

GraceN Aug 26 2018 11:55 am I thought its another variety show of Shin Dong Yup. its great how He still give his time for this project despite his busy life. the drama look interesting too.

Maxine Aug 19 2018 1:13 pm I think this drama will be awesome too, the plot seems good n interesting, waiting for it

Hoosierr Aug 10 2018 4:22 am Feels like there's a good slice of life potential here.I'll have my eyes on this one

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