Backstreet Rookie (2020)

Original title

편의점 샛별이

Directed by

Myoungwoo Lee

Cast

Ji Chang Wook, Kim Yoo Jung, Han Sun Hwa, Do Sang Woo, Ahn Sol Bin, Kim Sun Young, Lee Byung Joon, Eum Moon Suk

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 153 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A convenience store worker deals with a young woman who keeps causing trouble in his store. Their relationship shifts from annoyance to romance.

lightheartedromanticcomedicplayfuleasygoingflirtatiousfeel-good

What happens

Backstreet Rookie (Korean: 편의점 샛별이) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Kim You-jung, Han Sun-hwa, Do Sang-woo, Ahn Sol-bin, and Kim Min-kyu. It is based on the 2016–2017 webtoon She's Too Much for Me (Korean: 편의점 샛별이; lit. 'Convenience Store Saet-byul') written by Hwalhwasan (Active Volcano). It is the first Korean drama funded by the global channel Lifetime and produced by Taewon Entertainment. The series aired on SBS TV at 22:00 (KST) from June 19 to August 8, 2020, on Fridays and Saturdays for 16 episodes. It is available on iQIYI and on Rakuten Viki with subtitles in multiple languages globally. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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