Money Flower Korean : 돈꽃 RR : Donkkot South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk , Park Se-young and Jang Seung-jo . It aired every Saturday from 11 November 2017 on MBC from 8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (KST ), 2 episodes a day.[ 2]
Money Flower Promotional poster
Hangul 돈꽃
Genre Created by Kim Seung-mo (MBC) Written by Lee Myung-hee Directed by Kim Hee-won Starring Composer Park Se-jun Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes24[ a] Executive producer Nam Gung-kyeon[ 1] Running time 60 minutes[ a] Production company UFO Production[ 1] Network MBC TV Release November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11 ) – (2018-02-03 )
Kang Pil-joo (Jang Hyuk ) is envied by many inside the Cheong-A Group, where he enjoys the esteem and respect of the Honorary chairman. Keeping his real identity a secret from the Cheong-A Group founding family, he has served as their loyal servant from his teens, part of a plot to avenge his family and a tragic childhood. He plots to have Na Mo-hyun (Park Se-young ) fall in love with young Cheong-A Group scion Jang Boo-cheon (Jang Seung-jo ), but he finds himself falling in love with her free-spirited personality. "Money Flower" portrays how the lives of Pil-joo, Mo-hyun, who seeks love, and Boo-cheon, Pil-joo's "master" and companion are intertwined by fate and design. Their fates are pulled into a vortex of greed, power, desire and love.[ 3]
Jang Hyuk as Kang Pil-joo / Jang Eun-cheon / Jo In-ho (37) : managing director and attorney at Cheong-A Group
Nam Ki-won as young Kang Pil-joo
Jo Byeong-kyu as teen Kang Pil-jooPark Se-young as Na Mo-hyun (35) : Environmental activist and a substitute science teacher. Won gold in swimming in Korea National Games
Jang Seung-jo as Jang Boo-cheon (37) : Scion of Cheong-A Group fortune and son of Jung Mal-ran
Lee Mi-sook as Jung Mal-ran (59): eldest daughter-in-law of Jang Kook-hwan, Cheong-A Foundation directorLee Soon-jae as Jang Kook-hwan (89): founder of Cheong-A corporationHan So-hee as Yoon Seo-won (35): secret lover of Jang Boo-cheon, former information desk employee at Cheong-A group office headquartersMoon Yoo-bin as Jang Yeon-woo (32): younger sister of Jang Boo-cheon, second year resident surgeon
Sunwoo Jae-duk as Jang Sung-man (60): second son of Jang Kook-hwanShin Young-jin as Park Sun-kyung (56): wife of Jang Sung-man
Im Kang-sung as Jang Yeo-cheon (36): son of Jang Sung-manYoon Sun-young as Lee Hyun-joo (35): wife of Jang Yeo-cheon, daughter of Hanmin Daily's chairman
Lee Hang-na as Han Eun Shim (49): live-in partner of Jang Kook-hwanHong Dong-yeong as Jang Ha-jung (5): son of Jang Boo-cheon and Yoon Seo-won
Jeon Hae-sol as Jang Ha-yoon (5): son of Jang Yeo-cheon and Lee Hyun-joo
Han Dong-hwan as Jang Soo-man (deceased): eldest son of Jang Kook-hwan Park Ji-il as Na Gi-chul (60): father of Na Mo-hyun, presidential elect candidateChu Kwi-jang as Bae Jum-sun (57): mother of Na Mo-hyun, restaurant owner
Dan Woo as Na Doo-hyun (28): younger brother of Na Mo-hyun Ryu Dam as Park Yong-goo (30): good friend of Kang Pil-jooPark Jung-hak as Oh Ki-pyung (62): chauffeur of Jung Mal-ran
Hong Gyung-yun as Go Eun-A (58) : main cook of the Jang family
Kwon Hyuk as Yang Sang-do (45) : aide of Na Gi-chul
Kim Ji-sung as Ahn Hee-young (39) : secretary of Jung Mal-ran
Jeon Jin-ki as Woo Chang-sun (60) : chief of planning department in Cheong-A group
Hong Hee-won as Ha Yung-do (40) : prosecutor
Park Sun-woo as Bae Kang-choon (45) : gangster
Jung Seo-yeon as Ahn Ho-Kyung : mother of Kang Pil-joo
Viewership ratings for 'Money Flower' started with a modest 10.3% (based on AGB Nielson National) for its first episode. Despite the little promotion it got initially, the ratings rose steadily as it was aired due to the good reviews spread by word-of-mouth, setting high records for itself almost every week to cross the 20% mark by its 20th episode.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Released on November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11 ) Title Artist 1. "My Way" Lee Soo (MC the Max ) 4:38 2. "My Way" (Inst.) 4:38
Released on December 30, 2017 (2017-12-30 ) Title Artist 1. "Flame" Solji , Hani (EXID )3:59 2. "Flame" (Inst.) 3:59
Released on January 6, 2018 (2018-01-06 ) Title Artist 1. "Healing" Lee Seok-hoon (SG Wannabe ), Bubble Dia 4:10 2. "Healing" (Inst.) 4:10
Released on January 13, 2018 (2018-01-13 ) Title Artist 1. "Dreamy love" Hyolyn 4:10 2. "Dreamy love" (Inst.) 4:10
Released on January 20, 2018 (2018-01-20 ) Title Artist 1. "Waiting here for you" Min Kyung-hoon 4:40 2. "Waiting here for you" (Inst.) 4:40
In the table below, the blue numbers the red numbers
N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
TNmS[ 10]
AGB Nielsen[ 11]
Nationwide
Seoul
Nationwide
Seoul
1
November 11, 2017
10.4% (4th)
10.4% (3rd)
10.3% (4th)
10.2% (4th)
2
11.7% (2nd)
12.2% (2nd)
12.7% (2nd)
12.6% (2nd)
3
November 18, 2017
8.7% (6th)
8.4% (5th)
10.5% (5th)
10.5% (4th)
4
10.2% (3rd)
10.6% (3rd)
12.8% (3rd)
12.6% (3rd)
5
November 25, 2017
9.0% (8th)
8.7% (5th)
11.4% (3rd)
11.4% (3rd)
6
11.3% (2nd)
11.0% (2nd)
15.1% (2nd)
14.9% (2nd)
7
December 2, 2017
9.1% (6th)
9.1% (5th)
11.1% (4th)
11.4% (4th)
8
12.0% (3rd)
12.5% (2nd)
15.3% (2nd)
15.6% (2nd)
9
December 9, 2017
10.5% (6th)
9.9% (4th)
11.2% (5th)
10.7% (5th)
10
14.8% (2nd)
14.5% (2nd)
16.7% (2nd)
16.6% (2nd)
11
December 16, 2017
10.9% (4th)
10.8% (5th)
11.7% (4th)
11.6% (4th)
12
14.9% (2nd)
14.7% (2nd)
17.2% (2nd)
17.0% (2nd)
13
December 23, 2017
11.2% (4th)
11.0% (4th)
12.1% (3rd)
11.7% (3rd)
14
14.1% (2nd)
13.9% (2nd)
16.5% (2nd)
15.4% (2nd)
15
January 6, 2018[ b]
13.4% (4th)
13.2%
15.5% (3rd)
15.7% (3rd)
16
15.9% (2nd)
15.8%
18.5% (2nd)
18.5% (2nd)
17
January 13, 2018
13.5% (3rd)
13.1%
14.9% (3rd)
14.5% (3rd)
18
16.5% (2nd)
16.1%
18.8% (2nd)
18.4% (2nd)
19
January 20, 2018
14.2% (3rd)
13.9%
17.0% (3rd)
17.1% (3rd)
20
16.4% (2nd)
16.3%
20.7% (2nd)
20.6% (2nd)
21
January 27, 2018
15.5% (3rd)
14.7%
18.3% (3rd)
19.1% (3rd)
22
19.1% (2nd)
18.9% (2nd)
22.8% (2nd)
23.0% (2nd)
23
February 3, 2018
16.0% (3rd)
15.8% (2nd)
18.0% (3rd)
18.2% (3rd)
24
21.1% (2nd)
20.8% (2nd)
23.9% (2nd)
24.0% (2nd)
Average
13.4% 12.7% 15.5% 15.5%
Special
November 22, 2017
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—
3.7%
—
November 23, 2017
—
—
3.4%
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Awards and nominations
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International Broadcast
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Money Flower airs in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Brunei on Oh!K beginning 30 Jan 2018.Money Flower airs in Japan on KNTV beginning 17 March 2018.Money Flower airs in Taiwan on EBC beginning 12 July 2018.Money Flower airs in Peru on Willax TV beginning 9 July 2018Money Flower airs on Netflix since 2018Money Flower airs in India on Amazon Mini TV beginning 25 January 2023.
^ a b To circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, two 60-minute episodes are being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.
^ No episodes were aired on December 30, 2017 due to the 2017 MBC Drama Awards .
^ a b Money Flower staff creditsMBC .^ "Park Se Young Confirmed In MBC Drama With Jang Hyuk" .^ "MBC Global Media official site" . Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation .^ " . Soompi .^ " . The Korea Times . 28 December 2017.^ " . Mydaily.^ " . popherald. 18 December 2017.^ " . osen.^ " . sportsworld.^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: select the date from drop down menu" .^ "AGB Daily Ratings: select the date from drop down menu" . AGB Nielsen Media Research .^ "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개" . JTBC ^ 2018코리아드라마어워즈 후보 공개 KDFO.org (in Korean). September 22, 2018.^ "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트" . Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018.^ Park, Pan-seok (October 13, 2018). 이병헌, '미스터 션샤인' 대상 수상..정해인 2관왕(종합)[2018 APAN] Osen (in Korean) – via Naver . ^ ‘제2회 더 서울어워즈’ 10월27일 개최, 드라마-영화 각 부문별 후보공개 iMBC ^ "2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards Announces Nominees + Voting Begins" . Soompi
