# Fight for My Way

Fight For My Way (Korean: 쌈 마이웨이) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Park Seo-joon and Kim Ji-won, with Ahn Jae-hong and Song Ha-yoon. It premiered on May 22, 2017, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) on KBS2.
The series was the slot leader during its entire run and topped TV popularity index for 3 consecutive weeks. It was praised for its realistic plot and great performances. Fight For My Way was later adapted into a manhwa.

## Synopsis

The story is about underdogs with big dreams struggling to survive and striving for success in a career they are under-qualified for. A long time friendship is blossoming into romance between two immature friends Ko Dong-man (Park Seo-joon) and Choi Ae-ra (Kim Ji-won) whose childish dynamic has not changed despite reaching adulthood.

## Cast
### Main
#### The Crazy Fantastic Four

They are four individuals who are considered to be lacking of abilities, but eventually in the series, they will grow as both individuals and friends.
* Park Seo-joon as Ko Dong-man
** Jo Yeon-ho as young Ko Dong-man
    A former taekwondo player who used to be famous but had to stop because of a painful past, is now a nameless mixed martial arts fighter. Later, he falls in love with his long time best friend, Choi Ae-ra, while struggling to succeed in his career and love life.
* Kim Ji-won as Choi Ae-ra
** Lee Han-seo as young Choi Ae-ra
    A strong and sassy girl. She is working as a department store employee at the information desk but dreams of becoming an announcer. She has not given up on her dreams, even though she is not eligible and faces too much humiliation specifically because of her rival in love, Park Hye-ran. She keeps on striving for her dream to come true.
* Ahn Jae-hong as Kim Joo-man
    The so-called "brain" of the four. He landed a permanent position at a home shopping network. His loyalty and love for his girlfriend of six years, will be put to the test.
* Song Ha-yoon as Baek Seol-hee
** Kim Ha-yeon as young Baek Seol-hee
    An innocent and quirky girl of the group, who is working customer service at the home shopping network. For six years, her universe revolves around Joo-man and she is extremely in love with him.

### Supporting
#### People related to Dong-man

* Son Byong-ho as Go Hyung-shik
    Dong-man's father.
* Kim Ye-ryeong as Park Soon-yang
    Dong-man's mother.
* Jo Eun-yoo as Go Dong-hee
** Go Na-hee as young Go Dong-hee
    Dong-man's younger sister.
* Lee Elijah as Park Hye-ran
    Dong-man's ex-girlfriend. A famous anchor who is divorced after being married to a wealthy man but still has luck in fame and appearance. She's trying to get back with Dong-man after dumping him.
* Kim Sung-oh as Hwang Jang-ho
    Dong-man's taekwondo coach and loyal friend.

#### People related to Ae-ra

* Jeon Bae-soo as Choi Cheon-gap
    Ae-ra's father.
* Jin Hee-kyung as Hwang Bok-hee / Ganako Hwang
    A mysterious woman in the village where the main characters live. Choi Ae-ra's mother who left her due to some problems and went to Japan. She had breast cancer which was cured. She returned to South Korea as fantastic four's landlady and lived with her adopted son Nam-il. She had a mysterious flip mobile in which she kept many photographs of Ae-ra and Nam-il as memories of their childhood.
* Kang Ki-doong as Jang Kyung-goo
    A broadcasting production director and an acquaintance of Ae-ra.
* Kwak Si-yang as Kim Nam-il, Hwang Bok-hee/Ganako Hwang's adopted son.

#### People related to Joo-man

* Pyo Ye-jin as Jang Ye-jin
    Joo-man's new workmate at the home shopping network, secretly a daughter of a wealthy household. She will put Joo-man and Seol-hee's love for each other to the test.
* Kim Hee-chang as Head of Department Choi
    Joo-man's and Ye-jin's boss.

#### People related to Seol-hee

* Lee Jung-eun as Geum-bok
    Seol-hee's mother.
* Kim Hak-sun as Baek Jang-soo
    Seol-hee's father.

### Others

* Kim Gun-woo as Kim Tak-su
    A star fighter and Dong-man's biggest rival.
* Yang Kyung-won as Cho-yun
* Chae Dong-hyun as Yang Tae-hee
    Tak-su's manager.
* Park Gyu-young as Ahn Su-jeong
* Oh Eui-shik as Manager Oh
* Yoon Sa-bong as Kim Joo-hye
* Yang Ki-won as Choi Won-bo
    Tak-su's coach.
* Go Geon-han as Moo-bin's colleague
* Lee Chae-eun
* Gong Sang-ah
* Lee Seo-hwan
* Baek Ji-won
* Kim Jae-cheol
* Jung Bo-ram
* Yoo Min-joo
* Park Ye-jin
* Yoon Yeo-hak
* Cha Sang-mi
* Kim Se-joon
* Park Seung-chan
* Han Geu-rim
* Ji Sung-geun
* Choi Na-moo
* Choi Hyo-eun as Mai-ei
* Kim Tae-rang (Voice appearance)
* Yoon Ji-yeon (Voice appearance)

### Special appearances

* Kwak Dong-yeon as Kim Moo-ki (Ep. 1)
    Ae-ra's ex-boyfriend, who cheated on her.
* Jin Ji-hee as Jang Bo-ram (Ep. 1 & 7)
    Dong-man's schoolmate.
* Choi Woo-shik as Park Moo-bin (Ep. 1–7)
    Dong-man's high school classmate who grew up to be a sweet-seeming but actually conceited doctor. He falls for Ae-ra and tries to win her over but it is later revealed he is engaged.
* Jung Soo-young as Young-sook (Ep. 1)
    Moo-ki's new girlfriend who is much older than them and runs a successful restaurant.
* Hwang Bo-ra as Park Chan-sook (Ep. 1 & 2)
    Ae-ra's university friend.
* Kim Dae-hwan
* In Gyo-jin as Kim In-gyo
    Ae-ra's colleague.
* Jo Mi-ryung as Lee Ji-sook (Ep. 5)
    Department store VIP customer.
* Ji Hye-ran as Sonya (Ep. 6 & 8)
    Tak-su's girlfriend.
* Shin Yong-moon as Ring Announcer (Ep. 8)
* Kwak Si-yang as Kim Nam-il (Ep. 11–16)
    Hwang Bok-hee's son.
* Julien Kang as John Carlos (Ep. 13–14, 16)
    Dong-man's trainer.

## Production

* The drama is directed by Lee Na-jeong (The Innocent Man) and written by Im Sang-choon (Becky's Back).
* First script reading took place on March 24, 2017 at the KBS Annex Building in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.
* It was confirmed that the cast and crew of Fight For My Way would be taking a reward vacation to Jeju Island after the conclusion of the drama.

## Original soundtrack
### Charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Remarks |
| Title | Year | KOR Gaon | Sales | Remarks |
| "Good Morning" (Kassy) | 2017 | 89 | KOR: 21,935+ | Part 2 |
| "Ambiguous" (Seo Eunkwang, Im Hyun-sik, Yook Sung-jae (BtoB)) | 2017 | 37 | KOR: 155,093+ | Part 4 |

## Ratings

| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea | TNmS | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | May 22, 2017 | 5.4% (NR) | 6.2% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) | 6.4% (NR) |
| 2 | May 23, 2017 | 6.0% (NR) | 6.3% (NR) | 6.4% (NR) | 6.7% (18th) |
| 3 | May 29, 2017 | 10.7% (7th) | 11.4% (5th) | 9.1% (11th) | 10.2% (6th) |
| 4 | May 30, 2017 | 10.0% (6th) | 10.5% (5th) | 9.0% (9th) | 10.9% (4th) |
| 5 | June 5, 2017 | 10.6% (5th) | 11.5% (4th) | 8.3% (11th) | 9.7% (6th) |
| 6 | June 6, 2017 | 11.4% (5th) | 12.1% (4th) | 9.4% (8th) | 11.4% (4th) |
| 7 | June 12, 2017 | 10.9% (5th) | 11.3% (4th) | 8.7% (12th) | 9.2% (5th) |
| 8 | June 13, 2017 | 9.8% (6th) | 10.1% (5th) | 8.7% (13th) | 10.1% (4th) |
| 9 | June 19, 2017 | 12.1% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) | 9.9% (8th) | 12.0% (4th) |
| 10 | June 20, 2017 | 11.2% (5th) | 11.9% (4th) | 10.3% (6th) | 11.3% (4th) |
| 11 | June 26, 2017 | 12.0% (5th) | 13.2% (4th) | 10.5% (5th) | 12.7% (4th) |
| 12 | June 27, 2017 | 11.9% (4th) | 13.1% (4th) | 8.5% (12th) | 9.4% (5th) |
| 13 | July 3, 2017 | 12.6% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) | 11.2% (8th) | 11.6% (4th) |
| 14 | July 4, 2017 | 13.0% (4th) | 14.2% (4th) | 11.4% (6th) | 11.5% (4th) |
| 15 | July 10, 2017 | 12.9% (4th) | 13.8% (4th) | 12.0% (5th) | 12.5% (4th) |
| 16 | July 11, 2017 | 13.8% (4th) | 14.4% (4th) | 11.4% (9th) | 11.4% (4th) |
| Average | Average | 10.9% | 11.7% | 9.4% | 10.4% |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date. ||||||

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2017 | Brand of the Year Awards | Drama of the Year | Fight for My Way | Won |
| 2017 | 10th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | Ahn Jae-hong | Nominated |
| 2017 | 10th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | Song Ha-yoon | Won |
| 2017 | 1st The Seoul Awards | Best Drama | Fight for My Way | Nominated |
| 2017 | 1st The Seoul Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ahn Jae-hong | Nominated |
| 2017 | 1st The Seoul Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Ha-yoon | Nominated |
| 2017 | 9th Melon Music Awards | Best OST | Kassy ("Good Morning") | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Park Seo-joon | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Kim Ji Won | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Park Seo-joon | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Kim Ji Won | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Kim Sung-oh | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Ha-yoon | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Ahn Jae-hong | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Pyo Ye-jin | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Netizen Award – Male | Park Seo-joon | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Netizen Award – Female | Kim Ji Won | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award | Park Seo-joon & Kim Ji Won | Won |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award | Ahn Jae-hong & Song Ha-yoon | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actor | Jo Yeon-ho | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actress | Lee Han-seo | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best OST | Seo Eunkwang, Im Hyun-sik, Yook Sung-jae (BTOB) ("Ambiguous") | Won |
| 2018 | 30th Korea Producer Awards | Best Drama | Fight for My Way | Won |
| 2018 | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama | Fight for My Way | Nominated |
| 2018 | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Screenplay | Lim Sang-choon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Park Seo-joon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ahn Jae-hong | Nominated |
| 2018 | 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Ha-yoon | Nominated |
| 2018 | KBS WORLD Global Fan Awards | Best Couple | Park Seo-joon & Kim Ji-won | Won |
| 2018 | 13th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Comedy | Fight for My Way | Nominated |
| 2018 | 13th Seoul International Drama Awards | Excellence Award for Korean Drama | Fight for My Way | Won |
| 2018 | 13th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Screenwriter | Lim Sang-choon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 13th Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Actor | Park Seo-joon | Won |
| 2018 | 13th Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Actress | Kim Ji Won | Nominated |