''Bachelor's Vegetable Store'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series starring
Ji Chang-wook,
Wang Ji-hye,
Kim Young-kwang,
Park Soo-jin and
Hwang Shin-hye. It aired on
Channel A from December 21, 2011 to March 8, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:20 (
KST) for 24 episodes.
It is based on the same-titled book published in 2003 that chronicles the real-life success story of how a young man named Lee Young-seok turned a small 350-square-feet vegetable store in 1998 into a nationwide franchise with 33 branches.
Synopsis
Han Tae-yang (
Ji Chang-wook) is a hardworking, talented young man who will do anything to make his tiny vegetable stand a success. He hires a couple of "lost boys" who become his employees and friends: Nam Yoo-bong (
Lee Kwang-soo), a successful yet lonely farmer with zero love life; Lee Chan-sol (
Shin Won-ho), an idol trainee whose talent agency throws him out after nine years due to a hushed scandal, so he ends up working in a host club; Yoon Ho-jae (
Song Ji-hyuk), a certifiable genius with a lack of social skills that makes him unhireable to big companies; and Jung Ki-young (
Noh Sung-ha), a homeless man who doesn't talk much.
Tae-yang also falls in love with Mok Ga-on (
Wang Ji-hye), but she is hiding a huge secret. She is actually Jin Jin-shim, an orphaned girl. When her friend, the real Mok Ga-on, died when they were teenagers, Ga-on's ambitious mother Choi Kang-sun took Jin-shim in and told her to pretend to be her daughter, since Ga-on is the illegitimate daughter of a
chaebol
A chaebol ( , ; , ) is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group. Several dozen large South Kore ...
businessman. Desperate for a family, Jin-shim agreed, and now named Ga-on, she has a devoted but toxic relationship with Kang-sun. Ga-on also has feelings for Tae-yang, but she is torn between him and a wealthy heir, Lee Seul-woo (
Kim Young-kwang).
Cast
Main
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Ji Chang-wook as Han Tae-yang
**
Oh Jae-moo as young Tae-yang
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Wang Ji-hye as Mok Ga-on / Jin Jin-shim
**
Chae Bin as young Jin-shim
** Park So-young as young Ga-on
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Kim Young-kwang as Lee Seul-woo
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Park Soo-jin as Jung Dan-bi
Supporting
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Hwang Shin-hye as Choi Kang-sun
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Lee Se-young as Han Tae-in
**
Roh Jeong-eui
Roh Jeong-eui (; born July 31, 2001) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in the film '' Phantom Detective'' (2016), '' 18 Again'' (2020), '' Our Beloved Summer'' (2021–2022) and ''Hierarchy'' (2024).
Early life and educatio ...
as young Tae-in
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Park Won-sook as Hwang Soo-ja
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Jang Hang-sun as Jung Goo-gwang
* Kim Do-yeon as Yeon Boon-hong
*
Jeon No-min as Mok In-beom
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Lee Kwang-soo as Nam Yoo-bong
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Shin Won-ho as Lee Chan-sol
* Song Ji-hyuk as Yoon Ho-jae
* Noh Sung-ha as Jung Ki-young
* Lee Eun as Hong Jung-ah
* Sa Mi-ja as Park Geum-soon
* ?? as driver of Ga-on's mom
References
External links
''Bachelor's Vegetable Store'' official Channel A website
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{{Channel A dramas
Channel A television dramas
2011 South Korean television series debuts
2011 South Korean television series endings
Korean-language television shows
Television shows based on South Korean novels