# Gogh, The Starry Night (고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에)
**Gogh, The Starry Night** (고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에) is a 2016 South Korean romantic comedy web drama starring Kwon Yuri, [Kim Young-kwang](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-young-kwang-actor), Lee Ji-hoon, and Shin Jae-ha, produced as a South Korea–China co-production by Kim Jong-hak Production and Sohu.com and later broadcast on South Korean television by SBS as a four-episode weekend special drama.[1](https://www.etnews.com/20161006000207) Its title references [Vincent van Gogh](https://www.edgepedia.org/vincent-van-gogh)'s painting *The Starry Night*, and its premise turns the star motif into a running gag: the heroine rates everything in her life, including men, with star scores.[2](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/about/56138)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | 20-episode web drama (Sohu TV, China) re-edited into a 4-episode SBS weekend special drama[3](https://seore.org/w/%EA%B3%A0%ED%98%B8%EC%9D%98%20%EB%B3%84%EC%9D%B4%20%EB%B9%9B%EB%82%98%EB%8A%94%20%EB%B0%A4%EC%97%90) |
| Release | Web premiere July 2, 2016 at midnight on Sohu.com, one episode each Saturday and Sunday for 10 weeks; SBS broadcast October 22–30, 2016[4](https://www.etnews.com/20160701000155) • [2](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/about/56138) |
| Production | Kim Jong-hak Production and Sohu.com; written by Shin Yoo-dam; directed by Jo Soo-won and Kim Young-hwan[1](https://www.etnews.com/20161006000207) • [5](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008080294) |
| Cast | Kwon Yuri as Go Ho, Kim Young-kwang as Kang Tae-ho, Lee Ji-hoon as Hwang Ji-hoon, Shin Jae-ha as Oh Jung-min[1](https://www.etnews.com/20161006000207) |
| Chinese performance | Surpassed 10 million views within three weeks of its Sohu release[6](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008027724) |
| Korean performance | Final SBS episode recorded a 3.4% rating on October 30, 2016[7](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20161031038400033) |
| Rating | 15 years and older (15세 관람가)[8](https://new2.cinefox.com/vod/view?ap=Y&product_seq=95645) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
The drama follows Go Ho (Kwon Yuri), a 29-year-old advertising company employee who wants to succeed at both work and love. She works hard under a prickly supervisor but is rarely praised, and she supplements her income by writing a star-rating column for a magazine, assigning scores to food, places, situations, and eventually men.[2](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/about/56138) The story is described as an office romance in which Go Ho, surrounded by five male love interests, must work out which of them is her real love.[2](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/about/56138)
The main characters are Go Ho, an ordinary, timid but persistent office worker with mood swings and a habit of rating everything; Kang Tae-ho (Kim Young-kwang), her sharp-tongued team leader who has secretly loved her for more than four years; and Hwang Ji-hoon (Lee Ji-hoon), her ex-boyfriend who reappears as her new supervisor.[9](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/cast/56139) • [10](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008049003) The supporting cast includes Shin Jae-ha as Oh Jung-min, Choi Duk-moon as Choi Chang-seop, and Kim Ji-hoon as Park Jin-woo.[5](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008080294)
## Production and release history
The series was Jo Soo-won's first web drama. Jo, known for directing SBS hits such as *I Can Hear Your Voice* and *[Pinocchio](https://www.edgepedia.org/pinocchio-2014-tv-series)*, said he created it to root the [Korean Wave](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-wave) more firmly overseas through the web drama format, whose expansion potential he described as unlimited.[4](https://www.etnews.com/20160701000155) It was produced as a Korea–China co-production by Kim Jong-hak Production and Sohu.com.[1](https://www.etnews.com/20161006000207)
**Chinese web release.** The drama premiered in China at midnight on July 2, 2016 on Sohu.com and Sohu TV, with one episode released each Saturday and Sunday for a total of ten weeks.[4](https://www.etnews.com/20160701000155) Within three weeks it had passed 10 million views, a result SBS cited when announcing the Korean broadcast.[6](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008027724)
**SBS broadcast.** The series was then "reverse-exported" to Korean television. It was confirmed on October 6, 2016 as the follow-up to SBS's weekend drama *Second to Last Love*, airing as a four-part special.[1](https://www.etnews.com/20161006000207) The scheduling was a late change: *Saimdang, Light's Diary*, originally planned as the follow-up, moved to a 2017 slot, leaving a gap that the four-episode drama filled.[3](https://seore.org/w/%EA%B3%A0%ED%98%B8%EC%9D%98%20%EB%B3%84%EC%9D%B4%20%EB%B9%9B%EB%82%98%EB%8A%94%20%EB%B0%A4%EC%97%90) It aired on Saturday and Sunday nights from October 22 to October 30, 2016, with the first broadcast at 9:55 p.m.[2](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/about/56138) • [11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bai2IuPaMBo) Trade press noted that putting a web drama into a terrestrial weekend slot was an experimental move for SBS.[12](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2016100770294)
## Reception
The SBS run ended on October 30, 2016 with a 3.4% rating for its final episode, according to Nielsen Korea figures reported by Yonhap News.[7](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20161031038400033) SBS's own coverage framed the short run as a success, crediting Jo Soo-won's bright, romantic direction and the performances of Kwon Yuri and Kim Young-kwang, whose character's cold exterior hiding a four-year crush was highlighted as a draw for female viewers.[5](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008080294)
The drama is also cited in South Korean government and industry reporting on the export of web dramas to China: a Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism self-evaluation report lists it among 2016 supported works whose Chinese release on Sohu recorded 10 million views in three weeks, and a Korea Creative Content Agency study lists it among 2016 web dramas produced with Chinese investment.[13](https://mcst.go.kr/servlets/eduport/front/upload/UplDownloadFile?pFileName=2016%EB%85%84%EB%8F%84_%EB%AC%B8%EC%B2%B4%EB%B6%80_%EC%9E%90%EC%B2%B4%ED%8F%89%EA%B0%80_%EA%B2%B0%EA%B3%BC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C%28%EC%A3%BC%EC%9A%94%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85%EA%B3%BC%EC%A0%9C%29.pdf&pPath=0417000000&pRealName=1487725084351.pdf) • [14](https://kasba.or.kr/uploads/papers/NODE07004851.pdf) It also appears in lists of Korean dramas whose distribution in China was affected by the tightening of Chinese review procedures for foreign programs in 2016.[15](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/CrawlingFileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_99888cde-b57c-41bc-a7a9-3d1ee33203ca&fileSn=1)
## Filming locations
A Korean fan guide catalogs ten South Korean filming locations, including Petite France in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, used in episodes 12 and 15 for a date between Kang Tae-ho and Go Ho, and Cracking in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, used in episode 13 for a meeting scene with team leader Park Jin-hee.[16](https://hanlyu-map.com/contents/item-4ba643)
## References
1. [SBS 특집드라마 '고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에', 4부작 편성 확정 …유리·김영광 출연, 전자신문 (2016)](https://www.etnews.com/20161006000207)
2. [고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에 : 프로그램 정보, SBS](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/about/56138)
3. [고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에, seore.org](https://seore.org/w/%EA%B3%A0%ED%98%B8%EC%9D%98%20%EB%B3%84%EC%9D%B4%20%EB%B9%9B%EB%82%98%EB%8A%94%20%EB%B0%A4%EC%97%90)
4. [조수원 감독의 첫 웹드 '고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에', 7월2일 자정 中 첫 공개, 전자신문 (2016)](https://www.etnews.com/20160701000155)
5. ['완벽 해피엔딩'…고호의별밤, 짧고 굵게 빛났다, SBS 연예뉴스 (2016)](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008080294)
6. [SBS 특집극 편성 '고호의별이빛나는밤에', 中 역수출 원동력 셋, SBS 연예뉴스 (2016)](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008027724)
7. [SBS 갑순이, MBC 미풍이 잡나…시청률 0.1%P 차로 추격, 연합뉴스 (2016)](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20161031038400033)
8. [고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에, 씨네폭스](https://new2.cinefox.com/vod/view?ap=Y&product_seq=95645)
9. [고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에 : 등장인물, SBS](https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/goho/cast/56139)
10. ['유리, 경찰에 연행'…고호의별밤 예고 공개, SBS 연예뉴스 (2016)](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10008049003)
11. [SBS [고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에] - 22일(토) 예고 (30초 ver), YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bai2IuPaMBo)
12. [TEN 초점 웹드라마 품은 지상파 TV, 텐아시아 (2016)](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2016100770294)
13. [2016년도 자체평가 결과보고서, 문화체육관광부](https://mcst.go.kr/servlets/eduport/front/upload/UplDownloadFile?pFileName=2016%EB%85%84%EB%8F%84_%EB%AC%B8%EC%B2%B4%EB%B6%80_%EC%9E%90%EC%B2%B4%ED%8F%89%EA%B0%80_%EA%B2%B0%EA%B3%BC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C%28%EC%A3%BC%EC%9A%94%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85%EA%B3%BC%EC%A0%9C%29.pdf&pPath=0417000000&pRealName=1487725084351.pdf)
14. [중국자본의 유입이 한국영상콘텐츠산업에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구, 한국방송영상산업협회](https://kasba.or.kr/uploads/papers/NODE07004851.pdf)
15. [정책연구 17-54, 한국콘텐츠진흥원](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/CrawlingFileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_99888cde-b57c-41bc-a7a9-3d1ee33203ca&fileSn=1)
16. [고호의 별이 빛나는 밤에 촬영지 10곳, 한류 지도](https://hanlyu-map.com/contents/item-4ba643)
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