''Be Positive'' () is a South Korean

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starring

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and

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. The web drama is produced by

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, and intends to send a message of support to the younger generation. The drama was aired on October 31, 2016 at 17:00 ( KST). The web drama started airing on

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starting March 1, 2017.

Plot

A story about Hwan-dong (

), a film major who is preparing for his graduation project as a movie director. His script wins a grand prize, but he faces difficulty after difficulty while trying to finalize the film. He asks his ex-girlfriend Hye-jung (

) to play the main role in his production. She is understandably surprised at his bold request but in any case, she agrees. He completes his production with success.

Cast

Main cast

as Kim Hwan-dong A film major who aspires to be a film director. *

as Bang Hye-jung Hwan-dong's ex-girlfriend and quite a successful actress once. *

as Hwang In-guk Hwan-dong's best friend and dreams to become a film producer.

Supporting cast

* Kim Jong-soo as Professor Ma *

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as Hwan-dong's father *

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as Hwan-dong's mother * Heo Joon-suk as Noh Seung-boo * Unknown as Kim Han-joo

Original soundtracks

Reception

It was reported that ''Be Positive'' became the second most watched web drama ever with 21.83 million views in just two weeks of its release, following ''

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'' (which was also produced by Samsung and starring

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's bandmate,

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), which has over 24 million views. On November 22, it was announced that the web drama surpassed 30 million views, making it the fastest web drama to reach this number of views within 18 days from its release, making it the most watched web drama of all time. As of December 30, 2016, the drama's views from Naver, Daum, Facebook and YouTube surpassed 50 million views. The web drama became the most watched in 2016 on

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker) 2016 web series debuts South Korean drama web series 2016 web series endings Naver TV original programming