''Drinking Solo'' () is a South Korean drama starring

Ha Seok-jin Ha Seok-jin (born March 4, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in TV drama series such as '' Radiant Office'' (2017), '' Drinking Solo'' (2016), ''Shark'' (2013), and '' 4 Legendary Witches'' (2014), for which he receiv ...

and

Park Ha-sun Park Ha-sun (; born October 22, 1987) is a South Korean actress and entertainer. She made her debut in 2005 with the TV series ''Love Needs a Miracle.'' Park rose to fame for her portrayal of Queen Inhyeon in MBC's 2010 historical drama ''Dong ...

. It aired on the cable network tvN for 16 episodes from September 5 to October 25, 2016.

Plot

This drama is about the

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and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of

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's Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone after work for their own reasons. The story also depicts the romance between Jin Jung-suk and Park Ha-na. Jin Jung Suk (

) is a good looking and professional star lecturer. Meanwhile, Park Ha-na (

) is a rookie lecturer who struggles to survive in the private institute world.

Cast

Main cast

as Jin Jung-suk (Jin-sang) *

as Park Ha-na

Noryangjin Institute's teachers

* Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Hwang Jin-yi *

Min Jin-woong Min Jin-woong (; born August 22, 1986) is a South Korean actor. He starred in TV series such as '' Yong-pal'' (2015) and '' Drinking Solo'' (2016) and Memories of the Alhambra ''Memories of the Alhambra'' () is a 2018 South Korean televisio ...

as Min Jin-woong *

Kim Won-hae Kim Won-hae (; born April 6, 1969) is a South Korean actor. Since his debut in musical in 1991, Kim Won-hae worked on stage in plays and musicals before joining the non-verbal performance Nanta as an original member in 1997. He is best known a ...

as Kim Won-hae

Noryangjin Institute's 9th grade civil service students

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as Jin Gong-myung * Key as Kim Ki-bum *

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as Jung Chae-yeon * Kim Dong-young as Kim Dong-young

Guest appearances

* Ha Yeon-soo as Hwang Joo-yeon (Kim Dong-young's girlfriend) (ep. 1, 2 & 16) * Kim Hee-won as Jin Jung-suk's former school director (ep. 1) *

Choi Min-ho Choi Min-ho (; Korean pronunciation: Help:IPA/Korean, sʰø.min.ho born December 9, 1991), known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Minho, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper and actor. In May 2008, he debuted as a member of South Kore ...

as Minho from

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(Kim Ki-bum's high school classmate) (ep. 5) * Jeon So-min as Kim Won-hae's sister-in-law and Jin Jung-suk's blind date partner (ep.10) *

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as Kwon (fellow student at Noryangjin) (ep. 11) *

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as Seo Do yeon (Korean Professor) (ep. 12) * Kim Ji-seok as guy at the club named Jin-sang (ep. 13) * Jang Woo-hyuk a guy at the club (ep. 13) *

Lee Se-young Lee Se-young (; born December 20, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as a child actress in 1997 and was best known for her roles in '' Dae Jang Geum'' (2003), '' When I Turned Nine'' (2004), ''Lovely Rivals'' (2004), and ''The Wonder ...

as class alumni (ep. 14) * DIA (ep. 15) *

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as graduate from class #3 (ep. 14) *

Kim Hyun-mok Kim Hyun-mok is a South Korean actor and model. He is known for his roles in dramas such as ''Extraordinary You'', '' Once Again'', and ''Memorials A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoratio ...

as College student *

Lee Yong-yi Lee Yong-yi (; born July 30, 1958) is a theater, television and movie actress. She is known for her role as Nomo both in theater play and film '' Welcome to Dongmakgol'' (2005) and tvN series ''Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha'' (2021). Career After gra ...

Min Jin-woong's mother, Kim Mi-kyung

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6 Background Music

Ratings

In this table, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest. *

Awards and nominations

Production

First script reading took place June 28, 2016 at

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Center in

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References

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