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Friends (2002)

Friends poster
Original title
フレンズ
Directed by
Kiyohiro Makoto, Katayama Osamu
Cast
Hamada Masatoshi, Wakui Emi, Yamaguchi Tatsuya, Takeuchi Yuko, Miyamoto Kouji, Suzuki Sawa, Murata Takehiro, Naitou Takashi
Genre
drama television series
Country
South Korea, Japan
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A South Korean man and a Japanese woman meet abroad and form a connection. Their relationship is tested by the distance between their two countries and their personal struggles.

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What happens

Friends (Korean: 프렌즈; Japanese: フレンズ) is a 2002 South Korean–Japanese television series starring Won Bin and Kyoko Fukada. The four-episode series was co-produced by TBS (Japan) and MBC (South Korea). This was the first time in history that the two countries collaborated on a series. It was originally broadcast on February 4–5 in Japan and February 15–16 in South Korea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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