Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit
Promotional poster
Also known asGrandpas Over Flowers Investigation Unit
Flower Grandpa Investigative Team
Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Team
Flower Grandpa Investigators
GenreComedy
Written byMoon Sun-hee
Yoo Nam-kyung
Directed byKim Jin-young
StarringLee Soon-jae
Byun Hee-bong
Jang Gwang
Kim Hee-chul
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes12
Production
Production locationKorea
Running timeFridays at 21:50 (KST)
Production companySSD
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseMay 9 (2014-05-09) –
July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25)

Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit (Korean: 꽃할배 수사대; RR: Kkothalbae Susadae) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Soon-jae, Byun Hee-bong, Jang Gwang and Kim Hee-chul.[1] It aired on tvN from May 9 to July 25, 2014 on Fridays at 21:50 for 12 episodes.[2][3][4]

Plot

The lives of four detectives in their twenties are changed forever when after an experiment gone awry, three of them rapidly age overnight and find themselves in the bodies of old men in their seventies (only one, Park Jung-woo, emerges unscathed and stays young). As his suddenly much older colleagues comically struggle to deal with their new and unusual predicament, Jung-woo shares in their hardships, joining them in their mission to find a way to reclaim their lost youth. Meanwhile, the team also continues to solve crimes, while the "grandpas" work at a delivery service as their cover.[5][6]

Cast

Main characters

The brains of the operation. He has a photographic memory and never forgets a single detail, and is widely known in the precinct for being cold-hearted and selfish, who probably wouldn't even bleed if you pricked his finger. But one day he works a strange case, and wakes up having aged fifty years overnight. Suddenly he can't remember even the simplest details because he's battling senility. And he has to watch helplessly as his fiancée questions why her boyfriend just vanished into thin air three months before their wedding.
The precinct's golden boy, the only son of the chief of police who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He's the only one who escapes the aging spell.
The Casanova of the group, who pretty much skates by in life with his looks and charm. But when he wakes up as an old man, he finds his face covered in wrinkles and doesn't know how to function when he can't get anyone — even ajummas — to look his way.
The youngest of the group at 28, he's a former national boxer. Of course in an elderly body, he finds that he can't kick anything without throwing out his back.

Supporting characters

  • Lee Cho-hee as Jung Eun-ji, female detective
  • Kim Eung-soo as Kim Young-chul, head of investigation unit
  • Park Eun-ji as Han Yoo-ra, Joon-hyuk's fiancée
  • Kim Byung-se as Choi Jae-wook, deputy department head
  • Shin Kwi-shik as Park Jin-woo, police commissioner
  • Kim Sun-young as Joon-hyuk's mother
  • Kim Byung-choon as Joon-hyuk's father
  • Seo Ye-hwa as Lee Soo-jung, Joon-hyuk's younger sister
  • Ha Gyu-won as Lee Ji-hyun
  • Son Young-soon as Choi Jae-wook's wife
  • Park Hyo-joo as Jeon Hye-jin
  • Kwon Eun-soo as Guem Mae-sil
  • Lee Ki-woo as Park Tae-min
  • Lee Seung-ho as Jung Myung-ho
  • Lee Tae-hyung as Charlie Jung

Guest appearances

  • Sam Hammington as Russian robber (ep 1)
  • Kwon Mina as Han Seol-hee (ep 3, 6)
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Han Seol-hee's maid (ep 3)
  • Kim Jin-soo as Michael Kim (ep 4)
  • Heo Jae-ho as Song Jin-chul (ep 4)
  • Yoo Soo-jeong as Oh Jin-hee (ep 4)
  • Kwon Min-joong as Sous chef (ep 4)
  • Choi Young-shin as Jo-eun (ep 5)
  • Jung Jin as Manager Jung (ep 5)
  • Ahn Sung-hoon as Jung-hoon (ep 5)
  • Jung In-young as Kang So-ri (ep 6)
  • Heo Jin as Kang So-ri's mother (ep 6)
  • Jang Se-hyun as Fortuneteller (ep 6)
  • Lee Chul-min as Loan shark boss (ep 6)
  • Choi Ji-ho as Kang So-ri's manager (ep 6)
  • Choi Dong-yip as Film director (ep 6)
  • Kim Do-yeon as Hair salon employee (ep 6, 8)
  • Byung Hun as Uhm Si-woo (ep 7)
  • Park Sung-joon as Kim Min-woo (ep 7)
  • Na Chang-yup as Choi Min-ho (ep 7)
  • Park Hyo-bin as Kim Jae-hee (ep 7)
  • Woo Jin-hee as Kwon Bo-mi (ep 7)
  • Han Je-in as Lee Eun-joo (ep 7)
  • Lee Jae-wook as Flasher Park Young-gil (ep 7)
  • Kim Dong-kyun as Waxing employee (ep 7)
  • Jung Min-sung as School security guard (ep 7)
  • Woo Sang-jeon as Jo Joong-go (ep 8)
  • Oh Jung-tae as Joo Tae-baek (ep 8)
  • Kim Choo-wol as Literature expert (ep 10)
  • Lee Sang-hong as Kim Joong-eun (ep 11)
  • Min Ji-won as Won-bin's girlfriend (ep 12)

Ratings

Ep. Broadcast date AGB Nielsen
(Average rating)[7][8]
1 May 9, 2014 2.742%
2 May 16, 2014 1.710%
3 May 23, 2014 1.474%
4 May 30, 2014 1.445%
5 June 6, 2014 1.191%
6 June 13, 2014 1.106%
7 June 20, 2014 1.083%
8 June 27, 2014 1.290%
9 July 4, 2014 1.331%
10 July 11, 2014 0.839%
11 July 18, 2014 0.775%
12 July 25, 2014 1.036%
Average 1.335%

International broadcast

  • Philippines Philippines - TV5 - June 2015

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Ji-soo (7 May 2014). "Flower Grandpa Investigators to air Friday". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ Park, Ji-ryun (3 March 2014). "SUJU's Heechul Cast in Flower Grandpa Investigative Team". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  3. ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (5 March 2014). "Hee-chul morphs into old man for new drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  4. ↑ Jin, Eun-soo (7 May 2014). "Grandpas turned into sitcom". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  5. ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (2 May 2014). "Flower Grandpa Investigative Team to Feature Chemistry Between Lee Soon Jae and Heechul". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  6. ↑ Oh, Jean (8 May 2014). "Kim Hee-chul out for laughs in detective comedy". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  7. ↑ AGB 닐슨 미디어리서치 홈페이지 Archived June 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV/public broadcasters (SBS, KBS, MBC).
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