Five Fingers (South Korean TV series)

Five Fingers
Promotional poster
GenreRomance
Music
Written byKim Soon-ok
Directed byChoi Hyeong-hun
StarringChae Shi-ra
Ju Ji-hoon
Ji Chang-wook
Jin Se-yeon
ComposerHa Geun-young
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerKang Shin-hyo
ProducerLee Myung-suk
Production locationKorean
Running time70 minutes
Production companyJidam Inc. (formerly Yein E&M)
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
ReleaseAugust 18 (2012-08-18) –
November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)

Five Fingers (Korean: 다섯손가락; RR: Daseotsongarak) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Chae Shi-ra, Ju Ji-hoon, Ji Chang-wook and Jin Se-yeon. It aired on SBS TV's Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 (KST) time slot, from August 18 to November 25, 2012, for 30 episodes.

Synopsis

Set in South Korea, the drama's first 4 episodes focus on the childhoods of Yoo Ji-ho (Ju Ji-hoon) and Yoo In-ha (Ji Chang-wook). 12-year-old Yoo Ji-ho (Kang Yi-seok) lives with his adoptive grandmother. One day, during a thunderstorm, his grandma is killed after being run over by a mysterious black car. Afterwards, Yoo Ji-ho is invited into the family of Yoo In-ha.

11-year-old Yoo In-ha (Kim Ji-hoon) is the son of a wealthy CEO of a piano company. He is an overly cocky piano prodigy, winning all of the competitions he enters. After Yoo Ji-ho is introduced as the elder son of Yoo In-ha's father, Yoo In-ha begins to feel threatened by Yoo Ji-ho, who has lots of musical talent.

Chae Yeong-rang (Chae Shi-ra), Yoo In-ha's mother, is forced to accept Yoo Ji-ho as her son. She is extremely unhappy about this, especially after discovering that her husband plans to hand the company down to Yoo Ji-ho instead of Yoo In-ha. After arguing with her husband, she unintentionally strikes him down onto the ground, causing his head to bleed. Fearing that she has killed her husband, she flees, but discovers that their house is on fire. Unintentionally caused by her mother-in-law, who fell asleep after lighting the candles on a birthday cake, she rushes out of the house, begging a deaf and mute street dessert vendor to help her rescue her two grandsons.

The street dessert vendor's daughter is friends with both Yoo Ji-ho and Yoo In-ha. Her name is Hong Da-mi (Kim Sung-kyung). Yoo Ji-ho taught the girl her first piano piece, while Yoo In-ha gave her official piano lessons.

Realizing that her son is still upstairs, Yeong-rang rushes upstairs to rescue him from the fire. She unintentionally rescues Yoo Ji-ho instead of Yoo In-ha, believing that Yoo Ji-ho is her actual son because he is wearing the bunny pajamas that she gave to Yoo In-ha earlier. After realizing that she rescued the other son, she attempts to reenter the building, but is stopped by firefighters.

Yoo In-ha sustains major injuries caused by the fire, but is thankfully saved by the street dessert vendor. Unfortunately, the man dies after a chandelier falls on top of him. Yoo In-ha discovers that his fingers are ruined due to the fire. His mother orders his doctor to perform a skin graft surgery, which would allow Yoo In-ha to play the piano once more. After the surgery, Yoo In-ha discovers that he can no longer move his pinky finger, resulting in much anguish. Yoo In-ha attempts to commit suicide by jumping off the hospital building, but is saved by his older brother, Yoo Ji-ho.

After being interrogated by police about the fire, Chae Yeong-rang blames the street vendor for it, claiming that he was a thief. The street vendor's family is shamed and forced to move away.

14 years later, Yoo Ji-ho and Yoo In-ha meet Hong Da-mi (Jin Se-yeon) again, competing for her love. Who will win?

Cast

Main

Supporting

Controversy

Accusations of plagiarism were made by the author of novel Blood Rhapsody, which the production denied.[9][10][11][12]

Hahm Eun-jung was initially cast as the female lead Hong Da-mi, and she had already appeared in the promotional teasers and stills, as well as attended the press conference. But due to the negative publicity stemming from T-ara's bullying controversy, the production fired her and replaced her with Jin Se-yeon.[13][14][15] Hahm filed a lawsuit against the producers,[16] and the Corea Entertainment Management Association (CEMA) issued a boycott against the production company Yein E&M (now known as Jidam Inc.).[17] In February 2013, Yein E&M issued a formal apology for firing Hahm without notice.[18]

Ratings

  • In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[19] TNmS[20]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 August 18, 2012 11.2% 12.5% 12.1% 13.4%
2 August 19, 2012 12.7% 14.2% 13.4% 16.3%
3 August 25, 2012 14.1% 15.3% 15.0% 17.4%
4 August 26, 2012 14.0% 14.9% 13.8% 15.7%
5 September 1, 2012 13.7% 14.3% 13.3% 15.1%
6 September 2, 2012 11.8% 12.8% 11.3% 12.4%
7 September 8, 2012 10.8% 11.0% 10.7% 11.6%
8 September 9, 2012 10.5% 11.3% 9.4% 10.7%
9 September 15, 2012 10.4% 10.5% 10.1% 11.2%
10 September 16, 2012 9.2% 9.6% 9.8% 9.7%
11 September 22, 2012 11.7% 12.6% 10.9% 11.9%
12 September 23, 2012 10.0% 10.2% 10.5% 11.6%
13 September 29, 2012 8.9% 9.4% 10.6% 12.2%
14 8.5% 8.9% 9.8% 10.9%
15 October 6, 2012 10.2% 10.5% 10.1% 11.3%
16 October 7, 2012 8.4% 8.8% 9.6% 10.9%
17 October 13, 2012 10.1% 10.4% 9.4% 10.4%
18 October 14, 2012 9.3% 9.4% 10.1% 12.1%
19 October 20, 2012 11.3% 12.1% 10.3% 11.4%
20 October 21, 2012 10.8% 11.0% 9.7% 10.9%
21 October 27, 2012 11.4% 11.9% 11.9% 12.6%
22 October 28, 2012 10.9% 11.7% 11.8% 12.7%
23 November 3, 2012 12.6% 13.7% 11.4% 12.6%
24 November 4, 2012 13.0% 13.2% 12.6% 14.1%
25 November 10, 2012 13.5% 14.1% 13.7% 16.0%
26 November 11, 2012 13.5% 14.3% 13.3% 14.7%
27 November 17, 2012 12.6% 13.0% 11.8% 13.2%
28 November 18, 2012 12.3% 12.7% 11.5% 11.9%
29 November 24, 2012 12.5% 13.3% 12.0% 12.4%
30 November 25, 2012 11.4% 11.6% 11.3% 12.3%
Average 11.4% 12.0% 11.4% 12.7%

International broadcast

  • The series aired in Japan on TBS beginning July 24, 2013.[21]
  • In Vietnam, the series aired on VTVCab7 D-Drama from July 17, 2013.
  • In Thailand, the series aired on 3SD in a network of Channel 3 under the title ทำนองรักทำนองชีวิต (thảnxng rạk thảnxng chīwit; literally: Rhythm Love, Rhythm Life) beginning June 28, 2016.[22]
  • The series also aired in 2013 in Hong Kong.

References

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