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2018 South Korean fantasy television series Not to be confused with Evergreen (miniseries).

Evergreen
Promotional poster

Hangul	그남자 오수
Literal meaning	That Man Oh Soo
Revised Romanization	Geunamja Osu

Genre	Fantasy Romantic comedy
Created by	OCN DramaFever
Written by	Jung Yoo-sun
Directed by	Nam Gi-hoon
Starring	Lee Jong-hyun Kim So-eun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Lee Young-suk
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	IMTV
Original release
Network	OCN
Release	March 5 (2018-03-05) – April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)

Evergreen (Korean: 그남자 오수; RR: Geunamja Osu) is a fantasy South Korean television series starring Lee Jong-hyun and Kim So-eun. It aired on OCN from March 5 to April 24, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.

Synopsis

The story of two people who fall in love with each other due to a "cupid" that possesses magical pollen.

Cast

Main

Lee Jong-hyun as Oh Soo (27 years old), a promising IT engineer with a PhD in artificial intelligence. He is also a café owner and barista.
Kim So-eun as Seo Yoo-ri (27 years old), a local police officer who is her family's breadwinner.

Supporting

Kang Tae-oh as Kim Jin-woo (27 years old), Soo-jeong's high school physical education teacher and Yoo-ri's childhood friend.
Heo Jung-min as Oh Ga-na (30 years old), Oh Soo's older brother.
Park Geun-hyung as Oh Man-soo (80 years old), Oh Soo's grandfather.
Lee Hye-ran as Yoon Chae-ri, a veterinarian.
Yoo Il as Park Min-ho, Yoo-ri's ex-boyfriend.
Park Na-ye as Seo Soo-jeong, Yoo-ri's younger sister.
Kim Ho-jung
Jin Ye-ju as Han Hyo-jin, a woman who falls in love with Oh Soo, and thus tries to win him over.
Choi Dae-chul as CEO Nam Ji-seok

Special appearances

Kim Ho-jung as Virgin Bodhisattva
Won Ki-joon as Oh Soo's father
Ko In-beom
Han Bo-reum as TBA (30 years old), Oh Ga-na's girlfriend.

Production

Filming for the fully pre-produced series was scheduled to start in December 2017.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on March 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Easy for You (featuring Lee Seung-yeon)"	Ajussen, Sung Hwan	Ajussen, Sung Hwan	Lee Ra-on	03:05
2.	"Easy for You" (Inst.)		Ajussen, Sung Hwan		03:05
Total length:					06:10

Part 2

Released on March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Being Alone Again" (또 혼자라는 게)	Ajussen	Ajussen	Chaewon, Jinsol (April)	03:57
2.	"Being Alone Again" (Inst.)		Ajussen		03:57
Total length:					07:54

Part 3

Released on March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Love, Love"	Lee Hwan-wook, Kim Hyun-jeong, Kang Woo-jin, Denis Seo, Kim So-eun	Lee Hwan-wook, Kim Hyun-jeong, Kang Woo-jin, Denis Seo	Kim So-eun	03:21
2.	"Love, Love" (Inst.)		Lee Hwan-wook, Kim Hyun-jeong, Kang Woo-jin, Denis Seo		03:21
Total length:					06:42

Part 4

Released on March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Strange and Heartbroken" (이상해 맘상해)	Ajussen, Jung Jin-woo	Ajussen	Jung Jin-woo	03:01
2.	"Strange and Heartbroken" (Inst.)		Ajussen		03:01
Total length:					06:02

Part 5

Released on April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Lost (Prod. by MAKTUB)"	MAKTUB, Lee Ra-on	MAKTUB, Lee Ra-on	Jungyup	03:25
2.	"Lost (Prod. by MAKTUB)" (Inst.)		MAKTUB, Lee Ra-on		03:25
Total length:					06:50

Part 6

Released on April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Celebrate"	Hi-Graphy (Iconic Sounds), Do Han-se	Maxx Song, Andrew Choi, Shikata Dai, MUSOH, Jake K (Full8loom)	Victon	03:55
2.	"Celebrate" (Inst.)		Maxx Song, Andrew Choi, Shikata Dai, MUSOH, Jake K (Full8loom)		03:55
Total length:					07:50

Part 7

Released on April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"CHU♥ (feat. Purple Rain)"	Whee	Whee	Hwajeong	03:16
2.	"CHU♥" (Inst.)		Whee		03:16
Total length:					06:32

Ratings

Average TV viewership ratings (nationwide)
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nielsen Korea	TNmS
1	March 5, 2018	0.4%	0.4%
2	March 6, 2018	0.3%	0.5%
3	March 12, 2018		0.4%
4	March 13, 2018
5	March 19, 2018	0.2%
6	March 20, 2018	0.3%	0.2%
7	March 26, 2018	0.1%
8	March 27, 2018
9	April 2, 2018		0.1%
10	April 3, 2018	0.2%	0.2%
11	April 9, 2018	0.1%	0.3%
12	April 10, 2018	0.1%	0.2%
13	April 16, 2018	0.3%
14	April 17, 2018	0.2%
15	April 23, 2018	0.2%
16	April 24, 2018	0.4%	0.4%
Average		0.2%	0.3%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

References

evergreen 본격 '썸타는 드라마'♥ #심장폭격 #들어갑니다 180305 EP.1. Youtube. OCN. February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
"Lee Jong-hyun and Kim So-eun in OCN "That Man Oh Soo"". HanCinema. Tenasia. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
Hong, Se-young. "'그남자오수' 측 "이종현X김소은 검토중…'멜로홀릭' 후속 논의" [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
Jang, Ah-reum. "이종현x김소은, OCN '그 남자 오수' 확정…2018년 3월 방송 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
""That Man Oh Soo" Lee Jong-hyun and Kim So-eun's Romance". HanCinema. Nate. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
"Modern-day Cupid's heart to be pierced". Kpop Herald. March 1, 2018.
"Lee Jong-hyun joins "That Man Oh Soo", Cupid of love". HanCinema. The Korea Economic Daily. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
""That Man Oh Soo" Lee Hye-ran to star with Lee Jong-hyun and Kim So-eun". HanCinema. Top Star News. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
Kim, Sol-ji (December 12, 2017). 서프라이즈 유일, '그남자 오수…' 캐스팅…김소은 남자친구 役(공식). Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved January 9, 2018.
Kim, Na-hee (December 12, 2017). [공식입장] 서프라이즈 유일, '그남자, 오수…' 합류..김소은 전남친 役. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved January 9, 2018.
""That Man Oh Soo" Casts Kim Yeon-seo". HanCinema. Nate. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
"씨엔블루 이종현, OCN '그 남자 오수' 주연 발탁". Naver (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
"Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

External links

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