Backstreet Rookie

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## Details

* **Title:** 편의점 샛별이 / Pyeonuijeom Saetbyeoli
* **Also known as:** Convenience Store Saet Byul / Convenience Store Morning Star / Convenience Store Venus
* **Genre:** Romance, comedy
* **Episodes:** 16
* **Broadcast network:** SBS
* **Broadcast period:** 2020-Jun-19 to 2020-Aug-08
* **Air time:** Friday & Saturday 22:00
* **Original Soundtrack:** Backstreet Rookie OST

## Synopsis

A former troublemaker applies for a job at a convenience store owned by the same man who ran errands for her a few years ago.

## Cast

Main cast
* Ji Chang Wook as Choi Dae Hyun
* Kim Yoo Jung as Jung Saet Byul
* Han Sun Hwa as Yoo Yun Joo
* Do Sang Woo as Jo Seung Joon
* Ahn Sol Bin as Jung Eun Byul

People around Dae Hyun
* Kim Sun Young as Gong Boon Hee (Dae Hyun's mom)
* Lee Byung Joon as Choi Yong Phil (Dae Hyun's dad)
* Eum Moon Suk as Han Dal Shik (Dae Hyun's friend)
* Kim Ji Hyun as Choi Da Soon (Dae Hyun's older sister)
* Kim Hyung Mook as Choi Da Soon's husband *cameo*

4 Heavenly Kings band members
* Woo Hyun as Kwon Eui Choo
* Lee Yoon Hee as Cha Ki Bok
* Bae Ki Bum (배기범) as Go Kwang Tae

Yun Joo's family
* Kyun Mi Ri as Kim Hye Ja (Yun Joo's mother)
* Kil Yong Woo as Yoo Myung Ki (Yun Joo's father) *cameo*

Saet Byul's friends
* Seo Ye Hwa (서예화) as Hwang Geum Bi
* Yoon Soo (윤수) as Cha Eun Jo

Others
* Heo Jae Ho as manager Bae
* Ji Chan (지찬) as Kang Sung Tae
* Shin Yoon Jung (신윤정) as Kim Jung Ha
* Lee Joo Ha (이주하) as Oh Hyun Ji

Special guest appearances
* Park Jin Joo as foul-mouthed high school girl (ep 1)
* Jung Eun Ji as Jung Eun (Dae Hyun's ex-girlfriend) (ep 1)
* Go Kyu Pil as Oh Yo Han (ep 1-2)
* Kim Min Gyu as Kang Ji Wook (movie actor, Saet Byul's elementary school classmate)
* Lee Joon Young as high school student caught buying cigarettes (ep 2)
* Lee Yoo Bi as customer with dog (ep 2)
* Jung Joon Ho as Kang Joon Sang (SKY Castle character) (ep 3)
* Ahn Chang Hwan as part-time job applicant (ep 4)
* Ryu Seung Soo as Jung Chul Min (Saet Byul's father)
* Se Yong (세용) as chicken restaurant waiter (ep 3)
* Tak Jae Hoon as adult webtoon PD (ep 5)
* Hong Ye Ji (홍예지) as clothing store clerk (ep 5, 7, 15)
* Park Chul Min as fortune teller (ep 9)
* Yum Hae In (염해인) as MEGA HIT trainee (ep 9)
* Jung Ae Yun as Hwang Eun Ha (entertainment reporter) (ep 9, 13)
* Yoohyeon (유현) as arcade game dancer (ep 15)
* Jung Yoo Joon (정유준) as arcade game dancer (ep 15)
* Im Ha Ryong as Dal Shik's father (ep 15)

## Production Credits

* **Production Companies:** Studio S, Taewon Entertainment, ARI
* **Executive Producer:** Jung Tae Won (정태원)
* **Director:** Lee Myung Woo
* **Original writing:** Hwalhwasan (활화산), Geumsagong (금사공)
* **Screenwriter:** Son Geun Joo

## Notes

* Based on the 2016-2017 webtoon *Convenience Store Saet Byul* (편의점 샛별이), published by Toptoon.
* Each night's 70 minute episode is divided into two parts with a commercial break in between.

## Recognitions

* **2020 7th APAN Star Awards:** Best Supporting Actress (Kim Sun Young)
* **2020 28th SBS Drama Awards:** Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Fantasy/Romance Drama (Kim Yoo Jung)

## External Links

* Official site
* HanCinema
* English Wikipedia
* Korean Wikipedia