COFFEE PRINCE

Synopsis:
It is a norm of the Korean trendy drama to highlight a particular profession, whether it be a shoe designer, model, doctor or lawyer. “Coffee Prince” highlights the life of a barista-to-be and the café of handsome men at which her works.This drama is based from a romantic comedy manga by writer Lee Sun Mi.

Go Eun-chan (Yoon Eun-hye) is a bright young girl who works multiple jobs to help keep her family afloat. Yet thanks to an immature mother and a clueless sister, she often finds herself in need of more work. With a foolish mother and the need to look after her younger sister, “pretty boy” Go Eun Chan has to give up her feminine image to help support the family with multiple jobs. Because of her previous experience with Tae Kwon Do, Eun Chan has quite the bold and opinionated personality. Choi Han Kyul seems to know women well and thinks of himself as a great guy.

One day, a great opportunity lands in her lap, it’s the chance to work at a café – but there’s a catch. This coffee shop only hires good-looking males. Strapping down her chest, Eun-chan takes on the disguise of a male, causes misunderstandings among her co-workers, and discovers her dream of becoming a barista.

Choi Han-gyeol (Gong Yoo) owns the coffee shop. Good-looking, smart and heir to an extremely rich grandmother, he is a bit of a slacker with no intention of being tied down to one career. In an effort to anchor him, his grandmother orders him to take over and expand the coffee shop. He does so reluctantly at first, but soon discovers the charm and attraction of the gourmet coffee business. The problem is, he’s starting to doubt his own sexual orientation because of a certain feminine boy, and it’s driving him crazy!

Han Kyul hires Eun Chan to avoid an arranged marriage by pretending to be romantically linked to a “gay” Eun Chan. But Choi Han Kyul slowly starts to develop feelings for her, but still doesn’t believe in love. Eun Chan also starts to have feelings for Han Kyul but can’t confess that she’s a woman, Han Kyul, continues thinking that the agonized Go Eun Chan is a man. Choi Han Kyul thinks he’s experiencing feelings of homosexuality towards her, and gets heartsick. This side of him was drawn in a risky but fun way.

The part when he discovers that Go Eun Chan is a woman is shown in an undemanding way, and the story doesn’t concentrate on just these two people, but also on the other people who frequent Coffee Prince. These people are shown one by one in a natural way, and since the story isn’t just about romance but about the natural conflicts of all the characters

“Coffee Prince” is the humorous story about a group of young (and good-looking) people who discover love and hope within the gourmet coffee business.

Cast:

* Yoon Eun-hye as Go Eun-chan
* Gong Yoo as Choi Han-gyeol
* Lee Seon-gyun as Choi Han-seong
* Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yu-ju