Five Enough

Five Enough
Promotional poster of Five Enough, containing the drama's catchphrase Two plus three equals five (둘 + 셋 = 다섯)
Also known as	Five Children Five Kids
Genre	Comedy Family
Written by	Yoon Kyung-ah
Directed by	Lee Gun-joon
Starring	Ahn Jae-wook So Yoo-jin Shim Hyung-tak Shim Yi-young Shin Hye-sun Sung Hoon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	54
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bae Kyung-soo (KBS) Lee Sang-baek (AStory Co., Ltd.)
Producer(s)	Kim Jung-hyun
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	AStory Co., Ltd.
Distributor	Korean Broadcasting System
Release
Original network	Korean Broadcasting System
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
First shown in	South Korea
Original release	February 20 (2016-02-20) – August 21, 2016 (2016-08-21)
External links
Website	www.kbs.co.kr/drama/fivechild
Five Enough at AStory Co., Ltd.	www.astory.co.kr/offair/offair.asp?idxnum=86&cate=

Five Enough (Hangul: 아이가 다섯; RR: A-iga daseot; lit. Five Children) is a 2016 South Korea television series starring Ahn Jae-wook,^[1] So Yoo-jin, Shim Hyung-tak, Shim Yi-young, Im Soo-hyang, Shin Hye-sun, Sung Hoon^[2] and Ahn Woo-yeon. It airs on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday from February 20, 2016 at 19:55.

Synopsis

Lee Sang-tae is a widower who has raised two children with the help of his overbearing in-laws; while Ahn Mi-jung was betrayed by her husband three years ago and, as she cannot tell her three children and her grandmother, who depends solely on her, she pretends he is working overseas. One day, they meet and fall in love with each other, but their relationship is not well received.

Cast

Main characters

• Ahn Jae-wook as Lee Sang-tae: A single father of two children after the death of his wife. Team Leader of the marketing team at "Fantom" fashion corporation.
• So Yoo-jin as Ahn Mi-jung: A single mom of three children, a hard-working, well-spoken employee on the "Fantom" marketing team.
• Shim Hyung-tak as Lee Ho-tae: A jobless man, once a film director. Lee Sang-tae's younger brother.
• Shim Yi-young as Mo Soon-young: A former waitress. Lee Ho-tae's first love turned wife.
• Sung Hoon as Kim Sang-min: A model turned professional golfer, Yeon-tae's love interest
• Shin Hye-sun as Lee Yeon-tae: A shy elementary school teacher. Sang-tae's younger sister and Tae-min's friend, Sang-min's love interest. Yoon Woo-ri and Lee Bin are in her class.
• Ahn Woo-yeon as Kim Tae-min: An elementary school teacher. Sang-min's younger brother and Yeon-tae's friend, Jang Jin-joo's love interest. Teaches at the same school as Yoon-tae. (He and Yoon-tae secretly had a crush on each other for seven years.) Yoon Woo-young and Lee Soo are in his class.
• Im Soo-hyang as Jang Jin-joo: A college drop-out who loves to shop. Sang-tae's sister-in-law and Yeon-tae's friend, Tae-min's love interest.

Supporting characters

Sang-tae's family

• Jang Yong as Lee Shin-wook: Sang-tae's father. Sit-down restaurant proprietor.
• Park Hye-sook as Oh Mi-sook: Sang-tae's mother, restaurant proprietor's wife.
• Shin Hye-sun as Lee Yeon-tae: Sang-tae's younger sister (elementary school teacher)
• Shim Hyung-tak as Lee Ho-tae: Sang-tae's younger brother (unemployed movie director)
• Shim Yi-young as Sun-yeong: Ho-tae's wife, Sang-tae's sister-in-law (previously a waitress)
• Jo Hyun-do as Lee Soo, son, age 11, plays cello, raised by wealthy maternal grandparents
• Kwon Soo-jung as Lee Bin, daughter, age 9, plays piano, dreams of being an actress, raised (possibly spoiled) by wealthy maternal grandparents

Mi-jung's family

• Sung Byung-sook as Jang Soon-ae: Mi-jung's grandmother, age 75
• Jung Yun-seok as Yoon Woo-young, son, age 11, learned responsibility at an early age
• Kwak Ji-hye as Yoon Woo-ri, daughter, age 9, dreams of being an actress
• Choi Yoo-ri as Yoon Woo-joo, daughter, age 5, inseparable from her pet rock "Woo-jin" which she says is her baby brother

Jin-joo's family

• Choi Jung-woo as Jang Min-ho: Jin-joo's father, wealthy former loan shark with elementary-school education
• Song Ok-sook as Park Ok-soon: Jin-joo's mother, also never made it to high school. This couple is lavishing their grandchildren (Soo and Bin) with everything money can buy to cover the pain of the loss of their older daughter. They mostly ignore Jin-joo.
• "Brain" - The housekeeper with a university education, constantly giving advice. Jung-woo and Ok-sook, having never learned any English, call their maid "Brain" because they think it means "housekeeper."
• "Driver Park" the chauffeur

Sang-min and Tae-min's Family

The parents are wealthy retired professors who spend most of their time living on an island. They value intellect and education and thus dote on their second son (Tae-min), a teacher of modest means, and ignore their older son (Sang-min), the renowned pro golfer.

• Park Hae-mi as Cha Min-kyung, Tae-min & Sang-min's mother
• Go In-Beom as Kim Seung-wook, Tae-min & Sang-min's father

Kang So-young's family

• Wang Bit-na as Kang So-young: Ahn Mi-jung's friend and Yoon In-chul's new wife.
• Kim Chung as Lee Jum-sook, So-young's mother, proprietor of a bakery/cafe; she pays the child support for In-chul and Mi-jung's three children.
• Kwon Oh-joong as Yoon In-chul: Ahn Mi-jung deadbeat ex-husband; he married the woman he had an affair with.

Marketing team

• Jun Se-hyun as Chun Sung-hee - she has a crush on Team Leader Sang-tae.
• Lee Chan-hee as Park Hae-sung
• Hae Bit-na as Yoo Young-jae

Other

• ----- as Manager Do (Kim Sang-min's manager)
• Kim Ji-eun as blind date (episode 5)
• ----- as Yeong-mi (episode 6)

Ratings

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

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Five Enough official KBS website (in Korean)
• Five Enough at KBS World
• Five Children at HanCinema
• Five Enough at MyDramaList