# The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop

The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop (Korean: 월계수 양복점 신사들; Hanja: 月桂樹 洋服店 紳士들; RR: Wolgyesu Yangbokjeom Sinsadeul; lit. Gentlemen of the Laurel Tree Suit Tailor) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-gun, Jo Yoon-hee, Shin Goo, Cha In-pyo, Choi Won-young, Lee Se-young, and Hyun Woo. The series aired on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday from 7:55 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. (KST). The series served as Kim Young-ae's final work, as she died almost 2 months after the final episode.

## Synopsis

The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop is about a Tailor's shop that has been handed down from father to son and is about 50 years old. The Grandfather is desperate to keep the Tailor shop in the family, however his son is not keen and works for a corporate tailor's. The son is also married to the late Chairman's daughter. Once the Chairman dies, a host of power struggles between his wife and her brother and Stepmother ensue. Meanwhile, the Grandfather of the Tailor's shop decides to go on a sabbatical making made to measure suits for the poor and abandoning the Tailor's shop to his wife, daughter and 2 loyal employees. He leaves a letter asking them to sell the shop as he doesn't have the heart to. Eventually, the shop is placed in the hands of a former employee who agrees to run it until the Grandfather returns. The characters share their friendship as well as love at their workplace. Their values are in a sharp contrast to a corporate company that employs many and is seeped in many power struggles.

## Cast
### Main

* Lee Dong-gun as Lee Dong-jin
* Jo Yoon-hee as Nah Yeon-shil
* Shin Goo as Lee Man-sool
* Cha In-pyo as Bae Sam-do
** Cha Ji-hoon as young Bae Sam-do
* Choi Won-young as Sung Tae-pyung / Sung Joon
* Hyun Woo as Kang Tae-yang

### Supporting
#### People around Lee Dong-jin

* Kim Young-ae as Choi Gok-ji
* Oh Hyun-kyung as Lee Dong-sook
* Pyo Ye-jin as Kim Da-jung

#### People around Nah Yeon-shil

* Ji Seung-hyun as Hong Ki-pyo
* Jung Lyung-soon as Kyung-ja
* Lee Jung-eun as Geum Chon-daek

#### People around Bae Sam-do

* Ra Mi-ran as Bok Seon-nyeo

#### People from Meesa Apparel

* Park Joon-geum as Go Eun-sook
* Goo Jae-yee as Min Hyo-joo
* Lee Se-young as Min Hyo-won
* Park Eun-seok as Min Hyo-sang
* Cha Joo-young as Choi Ji-yeon

#### Extended

* Choi Song-hyun as Lee Yeon-hee
* Kim Ji-eun as Choi Ji-yeon's colleague announcer
* Lee Ga-ryeong as Jo An-na
* Yang Dae-hyuk as Yoo Dae-ri
* Sung Ki-yoon as Park Boo-jang
* Han Seung-hyun as Nah Dae-ri
* Lee Joo-seok
* Baek Hyun-joo as 은숙네 가사도우미
* Kim Kwang-in
* Kim Da-sung as Geon Dal
* Yang Ji-in
* Son Joo-yeon
* Park Hee-gon
* Song In-seob
* Lim Jae-geun
* Kang Chan-yang
* Song Ha-rim
* Gong Yoon-chan
* Kwon Hong-seok
* Kim Sa-hoon
* Park Seo-bin
* Gong Jae-won
* Kim Mi-ran
* Kang Jung-koo
* Heo Sun-haeng
* Yoon Mi-hyang
* Lim Jung-ok
* Cha Sang-mi
* Yoon Ye-in
* Seo Jung-joon
* Song Jae-ryong
* Oh Jung-soo
* Lee Jae-wook
* Choi Beom-ho as Choi Cheol-ho's lawyer
* Choi Young
* Yang Dae-hyuk
* Seo Myung-chan
* Kim Tae-rang
* Kim Jae-heum
* Won Jong-seon
* Ahn Soo-ho
* Kang Chul-sung
* Lee Sae-ro-mi
* Yoo Geum
* Kim Doo-young
* Yoo Yong-bum
* Lee Jung-sung
* Kim Tae-young
* Jang Moon-suk
* Lee Seo-yool
* Choi Nam-wook
* Ji Sung-keun
* Son Gun-woo
* Park Chan-hong

## Ratings

* In this table, 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.
| 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 | August 27, 2016 | 23.7% (1st) | 21.4% (1st) | 22.4% (1st) | 22.2% (1st) |
| 2 | August 28, 2016 | 27.1% (1st) | 25.3% (1st) | 28.1% (1st) | 27.7% (1st) |
| 3 | September 3, 2016 | 23.8% (1st) | 22.4% (1st) | 22.2% (1st) | 21.5% (1st) |
| 4 | September 4, 2016 | 27.6% (1st) | 26.3% (1st) | 27.6% (1st) | 26.5% (1st) |
| 5 | September 10, 2016 | 24.6% (1st) | 21.8% (1st) | 23.9% (1st) | 23.6% (1st) |
| 6 | September 11, 2016 | 28.1% (1st) | 24.9% (1st) | 30.2% (1st) | 30.5% (1st) |
| 7 | September 17, 2016 | 25.5% (1st) | 21.4% (1st) | 25.5% (1st) | 25.3% (1st) |
| 8 | September 18, 2016 | 28.7% (1st) | 25.3% (1st) | 29.4% (1st) | 28.9% (1st) |
| 9 | September 24, 2016 | 24.5% (1st) | 22.1% (1st) | 24.8% (1st) | 23.4% (1st) |
| 10 | September 25, 2016 | 28.2% (1st) | 25.7% (1st) | 28.7% (1st) | 28.3% (1st) |
| 11 | October 1, 2016 | 24.6% (1st) | 21.9% (1st) | 23.2% (1st) | 21.5% (1st) |
| 12 | October 2, 2016 | 28.6% (1st) | 25.5% (1st) | 29.3% (1st) | 29.8% (1st) |
| 13 | October 8, 2016 | 24.9% (1st) | 21.9% (1st) | 22.9% (1st) | 20.9% (2nd) |
| 14 | October 9, 2016 | 29.1% (1st) | 25.3% (1st) | 29.2% (1st) | 28.6% (1st) |
| 15 | October 15, 2016 | 23.1% (1st) | 20.4% (1st) | 23.6% (1st) | 22.6% (1st) |
| 16 | October 16, 2016 | 30.7% (1st) | 28.2% (1st) | 31.5% (1st) | 31.6% (1st) |
| 17 | October 22, 2016 | 23.6% (1st) | 21.3% (1st) | 23.7% (1st) | 23.2% (1st) |
| 18 | October 23, 2016 | 30.0% (1st) | 28.4% (1st) | 31.0% (1st) | 30.8% (1st) |
| 19 | October 29, 2016 | 24.4% (1st) | 23.1% (1st) | 24.1% (1st) | 23.9% (1st) |
| 20 | October 30, 2016 | 29.5% (1st) | 27.8% (1st) | 29.8% (1st) | 29.7% (1st) |
| 21 | November 5, 2016 | 23.8% (1st) | 22.3% (1st) | 24.5% (1st) | 24.4% (1st) |
| 22 | November 6, 2016 | 30.4% (1st) | 27.4% (1st) | 31.5% (1st) | 31.4% (1st) |
| 23 | November 12, 2016 | 22.2% (1st) | 20.1% (1st) | 23.3% (1st) | 23.1% (1st) |
| 24 | November 13, 2016 | 30.9% (1st) | 29.0% (1st) | 31.2% (1st) | 31.1% (1st) |
| 25 | November 19, 2016 | 26.8% (1st) | 24.0% (1st) | 27.1% (1st) | 26.7% (1st) |
| 26 | November 20, 2016 | 31.4% (1st) | 30.4% (1st) | 31.8% (1st) | 31.2% (1st) |
| 27 | November 26, 2016 | 28.0% (1st) | 25.4% (1st) | 26.8% (1st) | 27.0% (1st) |
| 28 | November 27, 2016 | 32.5% (1st) | 32.0% (1st) | 32.0% (1st) | 31.9% (1st) |
| 29 | December 3, 2016 | 23.9% (1st) | 23.1% (1st) | 24.5% (1st) | 24.3% (1st) |
| 30 | December 4, 2016 | 31.5% (1st) | 30.8% (1st) | 32.5% (1st) | 33.4% (1st) |
| 31 | December 10, 2016 | 23.8% (1st) | 23.2% (1st) | 24.1% (1st) | 23.1% (1st) |
| 32 | December 11, 2016 | 31.7% (1st) | 31.1% (1st) | 32.4% (1st) | 32.1% (1st) |
| 33 | December 17, 2016 | 24.4% (1st) | 23.2% (1st) | 25.0% (1st) | 24.6% (1st) |
| 34 | December 18, 2016 | 31.9% (1st) | 31.0% (1st) | 33.0% (1st) | 32.8% (1st) |
| 35 | December 24, 2016 | 23.7% (1st) | 22.9% (1st) | 22.0% (1st) | 21.8% (1st) |
| 36 | December 25, 2016 | 31.4% (1st) | 31.5% (1st) | 32.5% (1st) | 32.8% (1st) |
| 37 | December 31, 2016 | 23.8% (1st) | 22.7% (1st) | 25.1% (1st) | 25.7% (1st) |
| 38 | January 1, 2017 | 32.8% (1st) | 32.5% (1st) | 34.9% (1st) | 34.8% (1st) |
| 39 | January 7, 2017 | 26.9% (1st) | 26.6% (1st) | 27.4% (1st) | 27.7% (1st) |
| 40 | January 8, 2017 | 34.6% (1st) | 34.1% (1st) | 35.1% (1st) | 35.3% (1st) |
| 41 | January 14, 2017 | 29.3% (1st) | 28.0% (1st) | 29.0% (1st) | 27.6% (1st) |
| 42 | January 15, 2017 | 33.7% (1st) | 32.0% (1st) | 36.2% (1st) | 35.9% (1st) |
| 43 | January 21, 2017 | 25.3% (1st) | 24.6% (1st) | 27.6% (1st) | 27.3% (1st) |
| 44 | January 22, 2017 | 33.8% (1st) | 33.0% (1st) | 34.8% (1st) | 34.2% (1st) |
| 45 | January 28, 2017 | 25.3% (1st) | 23.3% (1st) | 26.4% (1st) | 26.2% (1st) |
| 46 | January 29, 2017 | 30.0% (1st) | 28.9% (1st) | 32.1% (1st) | 32.1% (1st) |
| 47 | February 4, 2017 | 29.8% (1st) | 29.9% (1st) | 30.8% (1st) | 30.4% (1st) |
| 48 | February 5, 2017 | 33.6% (1st) | 33.6% (1st) | 35.4% (1st) | 34.9% (1st) |
| 49 | February 11, 2017 | 29.7% (1st) | 27.9% (1st) | 31.3% (1st) | 31.6% (1st) |
| 50 | February 12, 2017 | 34.2% (1st) | 32.7% (1st) | 36.0% (1st) | 35.5% (1st) |
| 51 | February 18, 2017 | 29.4% (1st) | 29.0% (1st) | 32.0% (1st) | 31.2% (1st) |
| 52 | February 19, 2017 | 32.0% (1st) | 32.9% (1st) | 35.7% (1st) | 35.9% (1st) |
| 53 | February 25, 2017 | 29.3% (1st) | 28.3% (1st) | 30.9% (1st) | 30.3% (1st) |
| 54 | February 26, 2017 | 32.9% (1st) | 31.6% (1st) | 35.8% (1st) | 35.6% (1st) |
| Average | Average | 28.2% | 26.7% | 28.3% | 28.5% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Lee Dong-gun | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Cha In-pyo | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Jo Yoon-hee | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Lee Dong-gun | Won |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Cha In-pyo | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Jo Yoon-hee | Won |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Oh Hyun-kyung | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Choi Won-young | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Ra Mi-ran | Won |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Hyun Woo | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Se-young | Won |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Netizen Award | Lee Dong-gun | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple | Cha In-pyo & Ra Mi-ran | Won |
| 2016 | 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple | Hyun Woo & Lee Se-young | Won |
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Se-young | Won |
| 2017 | 10th Korea Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Cha In-pyo | Nominated |
| 2017 | 10th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Se-young | Nominated |