# Modern Farmer (TV series)

Modern Farmer (Korean: 모던파머; RR: Modeonpameo) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Hong-gi, Park Min-woo, Lee Si-eon, Kwak Dong-yeon, and Lee Hanee. It aired on SBS from October 18 to December 21, 2014 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 20 episodes.

## Plot

Members of rock band Excellent Souls (ExSo) decide to give up their life in Seoul and move to a small town in the countryside to farm the land that Lee Min-ki's grandmother left to him upon her death, in order to get all the money they need to make an album and get their fame back. When Min-ki gets there, he learns that the village leader is his first love, Kang Yoon-hee.

## Cast

* Lee Hong-gi as Lee Min-ki
* Park Min-woo as Kang Hyeok
* Lee Si-eon as Yoo Han-cheol
* Kwak Dong-yeon as Han Ki-joon
* Lee Hanee as Kang Yoon-hee
* Lee Han-wi as Kang Young-sik
* Lee Il-hwa as Yoon Hye-jung
* Kim Jae-hyun as Park Hong-gu
* Hwang Jae-won as Kang Min-ho
* Kim Byeong-ok as Han In-ki
* Park Jin-joo as Han Sang-eun
* Jo Sang-gun as Park Deuk-chool
* Kim Bu-seon as Lee Yong-nyeo
* Seo Dong-won as Park Sang-deuk
* Kwon Mina as Lee Soo-yeon
* Park Young-soo as Hwang Man-gu
* Oh Young-shil as Kim Soon-boon
* Jo Woo-ri as Hwang Yi-ji
* Kim Ju-hyeon as Song Hwa-ran
* Jung Shi-ah as Yoo Mi-young
* Jang Seo-hee as Choi Eun-woo
* Han Bo-reum as Han Yoo-na
* Yoo Ji-yeon as Yoon Mi-ja
* Kim Won-hae as Doksa ("poisonous snake")
* Kim Ji-eun as Mi-na
* Nam Myung-ryul as Hospital director Kang
* Lee Do-kyung as Assemblyman Kim
* --- as Assemblyman Kim's assistant
* Ryu Hye-rin as High school girl (ep 1)
* Jung Kyu-soo as Physician
* Choi Jong-hoon as Village head of Sangdurok-ri (ep 5)
* Shim Kwon-ho as Wrestling athlete from Sangdurok-ri (ep 5)
* Lee Do-yeon as Bong-ryun
* Park Wan-kyu as President of Rock Club
* Kim Byung-chul as Han-cheol's boss

## Ratings

* In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | October 18, 2014 | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| 2 | October 19, 2014 | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.6% |
| 3 | October 25, 2014 | 4.5% | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.2% |
| 4 | October 26, 2014 | 5.3% | 6.1% | 5.4% | 6.5% |
| 5 | November 1, 2014 | 5.6% | 6.6% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| 6 | November 2, 2014 | 5.4% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 7.1% |
| 7 | November 8, 2014 | 3.9% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| 8 | November 9, 2014 | 4.6% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 5.4% |
| 9 | November 15, 2014 | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.5% |
| 10 | November 16, 2014 | 4.3% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.9% |
| 11 | November 22, 2014 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4.3% | 4.7% |
| 12 | November 23, 2014 | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| 13 | November 29, 2014 | 3.7% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| 14 | November 30, 2014 | 3.6% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 4.2% |
| 15 | December 6, 2014 | 4.3% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| 16 | December 7, 2014 | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.9% |
| 17 | December 13, 2014 | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 4.4% |
| 18 | December 14, 2014 | 3.8% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5.2% |
| 19 | December 20, 2014 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 4.6% |
| 20 | December 27, 2014 | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Average | Average | 4.2% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 5.1% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special | Lee Ha-nui | Nominated |
| 2014 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Award, Actress in a Drama Special | Lee Il-hwa | Nominated |