Cinderella and Four Knights

Cinderella and Four Knights

Promotional poster
Also known as 'Cinderella and the Four Knights
You're the First'
Genre Romance
Comedy
Drama
Based on Cinderella and Four Knights
by Baek Myo
Written by Min Ji-eun
Won Young-sil
Directed by Kwon Hyuk-chan
Lee Min-woo
Creative director(s) Lee Chan-ho
Starring Park So-dam
Jung Il-woo
Ahn Jae-hyun
Lee Jung-shin
Choi Min
Son Na-eun
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Lee Jung-su
Gwak Geun-su
Kim Mi-ra
Kim Ye-ji
Location(s) South Korea
Cinematography Kim Seung-hu
Lee Hyun
Editor(s) Bang Su-yeon
Production company(s) HB Entertainment
Distributor tvN, Studio Dragon
Release
Original network tvN
Picture format 1080i
Original release August 12 (2016-08-12) – October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)
Chronology
Followed by Entourage
Related shows Boys Over Flowers (TV series)
External links
Website

Cinderella and Four Knights (Hangul: 신데렐라와 네 명의 기사; RR: Sinderella-wa ne myeong-ui gisa) is a South Korean television series starring Jung Il-woo, Ahn Jae-hyun, Lee Jung-shin, Park So-dam, Choi Min and Son Na-eun. It airs every Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) starting from August 12, 2016.

Based on the novel with the same title published in 2011, the drama is about a group of passionate young people in their 20s who happen to live together, and is said to be similar to the 2009 TV series Boys Over Flowers.[1][2][3][4] The series was fully pre-produced before its premiere.[5]

Plot

Eun Ha-won (Park So-dam) is a high school student who dreams to be a teacher, but she needs money for her education. So, One day, she meets the Chairman of the Kang Group who offers her the chance to live in his house if she accomplishes the mission of reuniting his three grandsons, under some conditions, such as she cannot date anyone among them.

At the Sky House, she meets Kang Ji-woon (Jung Il-woo), a soft hearted but lonely and wild-child rebel, Kang Hyun-min (Ahn Jae-hyun), a playboy plutocrat who does whatever he wants, Kang Seo-woo (Lee Jung-shin), a top singer-songwriter who is gentle and kind to Ha-won, and finally Lee Yoon-sung (Choi Min), the Chairman's secretary and their bodyguard.

Cast

Main Cast


Cinderella

A smart, athletic high school student. Ever since her mother died, she lives a terrible home life because of the ill-treatment from her new stepmother and stepsister. In order to pay for her college tuition, she accepts an invitation to the Sky House and gets entangled with the Kang cousins. She met Kang Ji-woon at their mother's funerals, giving him her white ribbon hair pin, and him his white arm band. Their friendship was a brief one, since they couldn't recognize each other when reunited after 10 years.

The Four Knights

The middle cousin, who went from an orphan living in poverty to a royalty overnight. Although he seems to be wild and rebellious on the outside, he is soft hearted, extremely lonely and sensitive on the inside. At first, he tries to get closer to Ha-won in order to protect Hye-ji, who likes Hyun-min. However, as he gets to know Ha-won, he gradually falls in love with her. He originally met Ha-won at his mother's double funeral with Ha-won's mother, and gave words of comfort and his white arm band to her, while she gave him her white ribbon hair pin. It is suggested that their friendship was a brief one as they could not recognize each other when they were reunited after 10 years.
The eldest cousin, an arrogant playboy and smooth-talker who's used to getting whatever he wants in life. He firmly believes he can win any woman. At first, he appears to take an interest in Ha-won. However, he is in love with Hye-ji, his childhood friend and his dead best friend's sister, but chose to push her away due to a childhood trauma. As the time comes he realises his foolishness for pushing Hye-ji away and apologises for what he did and go back to his first true love. He has a troubled relationship with his mother due her constantly pushing him to be Hanuel Group's successor, and for abandoning him when he was younger, only coming back to ask about his position.
The youngest cousin, a popular singer-songwriter and top star. He is a sweet, playful guy who is affectionate towards Ha-won whom he starts developing feelings for. He gives up his first love as he gets to know about Ha-won and Ji-woon's relationship. In the finale, it is hinted that he possibly ended up with Ja Young.
The secretary of Chairman Kang, and bodyguard to the three Kang cousins and Ha-won. He treats Ha-won really well and helps her settle into her new environment at Sky House. He protects Haneul Group by voting against the removal of chairman Kang, going against his mother's wishes. His mother is revealed to be Ji Hwa-ja, Chairman Kang's fifth wife.

Other main cast

A university student majoring in fashion design. She is a childhood friend of Hyun-min, and has liked him since they were kids. She tried using Ji-woon's crush on her to get closer to Hyun-min. She has a genuine and pure heart, but is constantly at battle with it because of Hyun-min constantly pushing her away. Especially after her twin brother's death.
Chairman of Kang Group and the Kang cousins' grandfather. He was reason behind Ji-woon not having his father present in his life, because he forcibly ended their relationship, and citing that people from social classes should not be together. He almost does the same to Ji-woon and Ha-won, but relents and lets the couple be happy, not wanting history to repeat itself.
Chairman Kang's fifth wife, and the mother of Yoon-sung. She schemed to take over Hanuel Group, by taking advantage of Chairman Kang being in coma, and put her son briefly as CEO of Hanuel Group. Her efforts were foiled by Kang Hyun-min convincing 52% of the board against removing his grandfather, and also secretly by her own son. Chairman Kang divorces her, but relents and possibly remarries her again.

People around Ha-won

Ha-won's father. He works as dump-truck driver at construction site. He originally believed Eun Ha-won to not be his daughter, and thus hated not only her, but her deceased mother as well, thus kicking her out. His theory was put down by Kang Young-jin, and he tries to make amends with his daughter again. He also moves his second wife and step-daughter to the same small room that Eun Ha-won slept in at the beginning of the series, as punishment for their cruel treatment of his daughter
Ha-won's stepmother. She works at a spa and dreams of getting her daughter rich and famous. She is eventually fired from her job for spying through Madmam Kang's personal items, trying to find information on how to make her daughter marry one of the Kang cousins and make her famous.
Ha-won's stepsister. She aims to be a top star one day and marry Kang Hyun-min. Her grades in school were poor, seeing as how she couldn't get into University, and is lazy and unemployed. She tries to switch her advances to Kang Seo-woo, but is rebuffed by him, by writing in her autograph book to "be nice to Eun Ha-won". She childish and immature because her mother constantly spoiled her and never made her lift a finger to work in her life, and thus having to rely on her mother for everything.
Ha-won's best friend who works part-time at the cafe. She met Eun Ha-won when she couldn't afford food, and Ha won gave her some of her almost expired food, they have been best friends since then She has a mother who works full time, and a father who can't work yet due to recovering from cancer treatment. She is a fan of Kang Seo-woo, and possibly becomes his girlfriend in the series finale.

Others

Cameo

Filming Location

The Sky House is the clubhouse of the luxury golf resort "South Cape Owners Club" on the southern coast of Changseon Island in Namhae County in the Southern Gyeongsang Province in South Korea.[7][8]

Original soundtracks

OST Part 1

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "For You"  BTOB 04:19
2. "For You" (Ballad Ver.)BTOB 03:58
3. "For You" (Inst.)  04:19
4. "For You" (Ballad Ver. Inst.)  03:59
Total length:
 16:35

OST Part 2

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "My Romeo"  Jessi 04:01
2. "My Romeo" (Inst.)  04:01
Total length:
 08:02

OST Part 3

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Confession" (ft. Si Jin)SinB (GFRIEND) 03:56
2. "If one day we meet again" (ft. Monet)Green Cacao 04:28
3. "Confession" (Inst.)  03:56
4. "If one day we meet again" (Inst.)  04:28
Total length:
 16:48

OST Part 4

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Without You"  Yoon Bomi (Apink) 04:12
2. "Without You" (Inst.)  04:12
Total length:
 08:24

OST Part 5

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "I Believe"  Younha 03:32
2. "I Believe" (Inst.)  03:32
Total length:
 07:04

OST Part 6

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Star Fall On You"  DickPunks 03:28
2. "Star Fall On You" (Inst.)  03:28
Total length:
 06:56

OST Part 7

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Only One"  Zia 04:10
2. "Only One" (Inst.)  04:10
Total length:
 08:20

OST Part 8

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "The Way To Find Love (사랑을 찾는 방법)"  CNU (B1A4) 4:18
2. "The Way To Find Love (사랑을 찾는 방법)" (Inst.)  4:18
Total length:
 8:36

OST Part 9

No. TitleArtists Length
1. "Confession (고백)"  Lee Jung-shin 3:59
2. "Confession (고백)" (Inst.)  3:59
3. "The Chorus Of Knights (Opening Title)"  Oh Joon-sung  
4. "Smile Of Blessing"  Oh Joon-sung  
5. "Protect You"  Oh Joon-sung  
6. "Sad Walking"  Oh Joon-sung  
7. "Pit-A-Pat"  Oh Joon-sung  
8. "Leave Me Alone"  Oh Joon-sung  
9. "Only For Her"  Oh Joon-sung  
10. "Stop The Rain"  Oh Joon-sung  
11. "Cinderella Story"  Oh Joon-sung  
12. "Don't Cry"  Oh Joon-sung  
13. "Pinocchio Dance"  Oh Joon-sung  
14. "Urban Guy"  Oh Joon-sung  
15. "Lonely Melody"  Oh Joon-sung  
16. "Wondergirl"  Oh Joon-sung  
17. "Sky House"  Oh Joon-sung  

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen Ratings[9] TNmS Ratings[10]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide
1 August 12, 2016 3.549% 4.548% 3.7%
2 August 13, 2016 1.796% 2.136% 2.5%
3 August 19, 2016 2.680% 3.043% 4.7%
4 August 20, 2016 2.230% 1.913% 2.8%
5 August 26, 2016 2.967% 2.585% 3.8%
6 August 27, 2016 3.903% 4.169% 4.0%
7 September 2, 2016 3.216% 2.855% 4.2%
8 September 3, 2016 3.031% 3.425% 4.0%
9 September 9, 2016 3.036% 2.939% 3.3%
10 September 10, 2016 2.748% 2.883% 3.1%
11 September 16, 2016 2.392% 3.054% 3.0%
12 September 17, 2016 2.009% 1.961% 2.8%
13 September 23, 2016 2.601% 2.430% 3.2%
14 September 24, 2016 2.407% 2.334% 3.2%
15 September 30, 2016 2.456% 2.267% 3.1%
16 October 1, 2016 3.118% 3.132% 3.8%
Average 2.76% 2.85% 3.45%

Note: This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS & MBC & EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016 5th APAN Star Awards[11] Best New Actress Park So-dam Nominated
9th Korea Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor Ahn Jae-hyun Won
Global Star Award Won

International broadcast

Country Network(s)/Station(s) Series premiere
 Thailand True4U September 1, 2016[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Park So-dam to play heroine". The Korea Times. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 Kim, Young Shin (22 January 2015). "Jung Il Woo to Return to the Small Screen". BNT News. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Pyu, Jae-min (22 January 2015). "정일우·박소담·이정신 등 6인, 판타지 드라마 '신네기' 출연 [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). Osen. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Choi, Bo-ran (22 January 2015). "안재현·정일우·박소담, '신데렐라와 네 명의 기사' 출연 확정(공식)". Nate (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Han, In-goo (8 February 2016). "'신데렐라' 정일우·안재현·박소담, 첫 대본 리딩 현장". Naver (in Korean). Xports News. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Lee, Yousun (22 January 2015). "CNBLUE's Lee Jung-shin to transform into top singer on "Cinderella and Four Knights"". Asia Today. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  7. ↑ South Cape Golf Resort
  8. ↑ South Cape Owners Club - South Korea - Top 100 golf courses
  9. ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ "TNmS Daily Ratings on Naver". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ Mathew, Ilin. "APAN Star Awards 2016: Complete nomination list; Descendants of the Sun earns 8 nods". IB Times. International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ "TV SHOW Cinderella and Four Knights ปิ๊งรักยัยซินเดอเรลล่า". True4U (in Thai). Retrieved December 1, 2016.

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