# Men Are Men

Men are Men (Korean: 그놈이 그놈이다) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yoon Hyun-min, Seo Ji-hoon, Choi Myung-gil and Jo Woo-ri. The series aired from July 6 to September 1, 2020 on KBS2.

## Synopsis

The leader of a webtoon planning team, Seo Hyun-ju harbors the jaded view that all men are same and has decided to remain single. Hwang Ji-woo is the CEO of Sunwoo Pharmaceutical Company. He has a cold and distant personality but excellent instinct in business. He takes an interest in Seo Hyun-ju and starts pursuing her. Park Do-gyeom is a popular webtoon writer. He is a well mannered and sociable person. He and Seo Hyun-ju grew up like siblings, but he has held a crush on Seo Hyun-ju for a long time.

## Cast
### Main

* Hwang Jung-eum as Seo Hyun-ju
** Joo Ye-rim as Seo Hyun-ju (child)
** Lee Chae-yoon as Seo Hyun-ju (teen)
* Yoon Hyun-min as Hwang Ji-woo
** Jung Ji-hoon as Hwang Ji-woo (child)
** Bae In-hyuk as Hwang Ji-Woo (teen)
* Seo Ji-hoon as Park Do-gyeom
** Ha Yi-ahn as Park Do-gyeom (child)
* Jo Woo-ri as Han Seo-yoon
* Choi Myung-gil as Kim Seon-hee

### Supporting
#### People around Seo Hyun-ju

* Hwang Young-hee as Jung Young-soon, Hyun-ju's mother and Park's adopted mother
* Seo Hyun-chul as Seo Ho-joon, Hyun-ju's father and Park's adopted father
* Song Sang-eun as Kang Min-jung
* Noh Susanna as Oh Young-eun
* Kim Gyu-sun as Song Jin-ah

#### People around Hwang Ji-woo

* Lee Hwang-eui as Nam Yoo-cheol, Hwang Ji-woo's secretary
* Kang Ji-eun as Hwang Ji-woo's mother

#### Sunwoo Webtoon Team

* Han Da-sol as Kim Da-eun
* Jo Hyun-sik as Kang Eun-jae
* Hwang Man-ik as Kim Pal-do
* Baek Joo-hee as Jo Mi-ok
* Yoo Jung-rae as Hong Bo-hee

#### Mytoon Webtoon (Ep.1-3)

* In Gyo-jin as In Gyo-seok
* Lee Si-eon as Oh Si-eon, webtoon writer
* Lee Mal-nyeon as Writer Lee
* Joo Ho-min as Writer Joo

#### Others

* Kim Da-ye as Kim Su-jeong
* Lee Jung-yeol as Jung Seok-woo, Hwang Ji-woo's doctor
* Lee Hyun-kyun as Kang Min-jung's husband
* Shim Hye-yeon as Soo-bin Kang Min-jung's daughter
* Song Jin-woo as Kim Eun-beom, Song Jin-ah's ex-husband
* Kim Doh-yon as Oh Ji-hwan, Park Do-gyeom's friend and Song Jin-ah's boyfriend

### Special appearances

* Son Sung-chan as Bae Jae-joon (Ep. 1)
* Ahn Se-bin as Oh Young-eun (child) (Ep. 1)
* Kang Dong-ho as Man at wedding (Ep. 1)
* Seo Yoon-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's classmate (Ep. 1)
* Johyun as Yu-na (Ep. 1)
* Yoon Sun-woo as Seo Hyun-ju's ex-boyfriend (Ep. 1, 2)
* Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Hyun-ju's blind date (Ep. 3)
* Kim Jae-hwa as Butler Kim (Ep. 6)
* Lee Seon-hee as Italian Table owner (Ep. 4)
* Shin Se-hwi as You Gyo Girl, webtoon writer (Ep. 8, 10-11)
* Woo Hyun-joo as You Gyo Girl's mother (Ep. 8, 10-11)
* Jwa Chae-won as fellow student (Ep. 11,14)
* Won Jong-rye as Hwang Ji-woo's mother (dream) (Ep. 15)

## Ratings

* In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) (Nationwide) |
| 1 | 1 | July 6, 2020 | 2.7% |
| 1 | 2 | July 6, 2020 | 3.9% |
| 2 | 1 | July 7, 2020 | 2.7% |
| 2 | 2 | July 7, 2020 | 4.4% |
| 3 | 1 | July 13, 2020 | 2.6% |
| 3 | 2 | July 13, 2020 | 3.8% |
| 4 | 1 | July 14, 2020 | 2.3% |
| 4 | 2 | July 14, 2020 | 3.3% |
| 5 | 1 | July 20, 2020 | 2.2% |
| 5 | 2 | July 20, 2020 | 3.4% |
| 6 | 1 | July 21, 2020 | 2.0% |
| 6 | 2 | July 21, 2020 | 3.3% |
| 7 | 1 | July 27, 2020 | 2.1% |
| 7 | 2 | July 27, 2020 | 3.1% |
| 8 | 1 | July 28, 2020 | - |
| 8 | 2 | July 28, 2020 | 3.8% |
| 9 | 1 | August 3, 2020 | 2.1% |
| 9 | 2 | August 3, 2020 | 3.2% |
| 10 | 1 | August 4, 2020 | 2.2% |
| 10 | 2 | August 4, 2020 | 3.3% |
| 11 | 1 | August 10, 2020 | 2.7% |
| 11 | 2 | August 10, 2020 | 3.7% |
| 12 | 1 | August 11, 2020 | 2.3% |
| 12 | 2 | August 11, 2020 | 3.1% |
| 13 | 1 | August 17, 2020 | 1.7% |
| 13 | 2 | August 17, 2020 | 2.8% |
| 14 | 1 | August 18, 2020 | 2.1% |
| 14 | 2 | August 18, 2020 | 2.8% |
| 15 | 1 | August 31, 2020 | 2.2% |
| 15 | 2 | August 31, 2020 | 3.1% |
| 16 | 1 | September 1, 2020 | - |
| 16 | 2 | September 1, 2020 | 3.1% |
| Average | Average | Average | N/A |