# You're Beautiful (미남이시네요) (TV series)
**You're Beautiful** (미남이시네요, also romanized as Minami Shineyo and known internationally as *He's Beautiful* or *You're Handsome*) is a 16-episode South Korean romance-comedy television drama that aired on the SBS network from October 7 to November 26, 2009, Wednesday and Thursday nights at 21:55[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful) • [2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685). Directed by Hong Sung-chang and written by the sister screenwriting team of Hong Mi-ran and Hong Jung-eun, it follows a young woman who cross-dresses to take her twin brother's place in the fictional idol group A.N.JELL[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685). The series became a talking point in Korea and gained particular popularity in Japan and the Chinese-speaking world, where it spawned a musical and separate national remakes[3](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/amp/article.do?article_id=E10002345199).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Broadcast | SBS, October 7 – November 26, 2009, 16 episodes, Wednesday & Thursday at 21:55[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful) |
| Genre | Romance, comedy[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful) |
| Production | Directed by Hong Sung-chang; written by Hong Mi-ran and Hong Jung-eun[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685) |
| Main cast | Jang Geun Suk (Hwang Tae-kyung), Park Shin-hye (Go Mi Nam / Go Mi Nyu), Jung Yong-hwa (Kang Shin-woo), Lee Hong-gi (Jeremy), Uee (Yoo Hei)[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685) |
| Premise | A nun-in-training impersonates her twin brother, a new member of the idol group A.N.JELL, until he returns from the United States[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful) |
| Remakes | Japanese *Ikemen desu ne* (TBS, 2011) and Taiwanese *Yuan Lai Shi Mei Nan* (2013)[4](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%20%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5%282018%EB%85%84%2011%ED%98%B8%29_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_c54cf2ad-2919-4803-bc97-84b48c5588b3&fileSn=1) • [5](https://m.kinolights.com/title/84398) |
| Musical adaptation | Announced by the production company Shincicompany for the Sejong Cultural Center M Theater, July 31 to September 11, 2012[6](https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2011121416010804384) |
## Premise and characters
The story centers on the idol group A.N.JELL, whose management decides to add a new member. That member, Go Mi Nam (played by [Park Shin-hye](https://www.edgepedia.org/park-shin-hye)), must travel urgently to the United States for eye surgery, so his twin sister Go Mi Nyu, a young woman preparing to become a nun, takes his place disguised as a boy until he returns[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful). The disguise places her in the group's shared dormitory alongside the other members[6](https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2011121416010804384).
The group's members anchor the supporting cast. Jang Geun Suk plays the leader Hwang Tae-kyung, Jung Yong-hwa plays Kang Shin-woo, and [Lee Hong-gi](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-hong-gi) plays Jeremy[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685). After School singer [Uee](https://www.edgepedia.org/uee) plays Yoo Hei, and Kim In-kwon plays Ma Hoon-yi[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685). Cine21's synopsis describes the series as about the growth of teenage idol-group members and the love and conflict surrounding them, with a naive country boy joining an idol group as its central thread[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685). The Penn State Korean-language teaching materials that use the show describe it as a comic-book-like romance carried by its fresh young cast[7](https://calper.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/CALPER_KoreanWave_YoureBeautiful.pdf).
## Production and broadcast
**Writing and direction.** The drama was directed by Hong Sung-chang, with screenplays credited to Hong Mi-ran and Hong Jung-eun, the collaborating sisters whose writers' room credits are listed separately on Cine21's production page[2](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685). In a 2009 interview with PD Journal, the two writers described the show as competing in the same schedule as KBS's *Iris*, a production with a 20 billion won budget and a lineup of top stars, and set out the intention that viewers keep imagining the world of the show after broadcast[8](https://www.pdjournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=25222).
The production press event and set interviews emphasized the cross-dressing premise. Park Shin-hye told reporters she heard early on that her disguised character looked too feminine, comparing the role to cross-dressed characters previously played by [Yoon Eun-hye](https://www.edgepedia.org/yoon-eun-hye) in *Coffee Prince* and [Moon Geun-young](https://www.edgepedia.org/moon-geun-young) in *Painter of the Wind*[9](https://news.nate.com/view/20091013n21291). A contemporaneous review column in the Dong-A Ilbo called the drama one of 2009's rediscoveries, noting that Jang Geun Suk portrayed an idol's growth story realistically and that the show's behind-the-scenes footage strengthened its fantasy rather than breaking it[10](https://www.donga.com/news/List/article/all/20091231/25143774/1).
## Reception and awards
At the 2009 [SBS Drama Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/sbs-drama-awards), Jang Geun Suk received the Netizen Popularity Award[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful). Korean viewership during the original run was modest relative to its later reach; the drama became better known abroad, where Park Shin-hye's cross-dressed performance drew particular attention and the series was subsequently broadcast in Japan and the Chinese-speaking world[11](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EB%AF%B8%EB%82%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8B%9C%EB%84%A4%EC%9A%94). A 2011 report in the government weekly *Gonggam* listed Park Shin-hye, whose popularity rose through *You're Beautiful*, among Korean actors poised for overseas expansion in Japan and China[12](https://www.korea.kr/goNewsRes/attaches/2019.05/23/392_20110228_144371843.pdf).
The drama also enjoyed a second domestic life in reruns. In early 2013, SBS Plus re-aired all episodes as a winter-vacation special, and an SBS entertainment news report noted the renewed popularity rested on the [Hong sisters](https://www.edgepedia.org/hong-sisters)' wordplay and parody scenes, the Jang Geun Suk–Park Shin-hye romance line, and the performances of singer-actors Uee, Jung Yong-hwa of CNBLUE, and Lee Hong-gi of FTIsland[3](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/amp/article.do?article_id=E10002345199).
## International reach and adaptations
**Japan.** The original aired in Japan on BS Japan every Friday from 19:00 to 20:00, beginning July 9, 2010 and running through October 22, 2010[11](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EB%AF%B8%EB%82%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8B%9C%EB%84%A4%EC%9A%94). A Japanese remake, *Ikemen desu ne*, aired on TBS in 2011; the Japan Content Information survey of [Korean drama](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-drama) remakes lists the remake's average rating as 10.0 percent, peaking at 11.5 percent, against the original's 2009 SBS broadcast and 2010 Fuji TV Japanese airing[4](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%20%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5%282018%EB%85%84%2011%ED%98%B8%29_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_c54cf2ad-2919-4803-bc97-84b48c5588b3&fileSn=1). TBS's international program catalog markets *He is Beautiful* (美男ですね, 原來是美男) as a remake of the 2009 Korean drama that produced a large response across Asian countries[13](https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/heisbeautiful).
**Taiwan and China.** The Taiwanese remake *Yuan Lai Shi Mei Nan* (原來是美男) was produced in 2013 and aired as a romance drama rated for viewers 15 and older[5](https://m.kinolights.com/title/84398). A Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange report on remake performance records the 2013 Taiwanese version as a remake of *You're Beautiful* and states that, after Taiwan and Japan, a Chinese remake was also confirmed[14](https://www.fbc.or.kr/misc/file/download/?dir=NoticeMng&down=%EC%9D%B4%EB%AC%B8%ED%96%89.pdf&origin=11549a13-469d-434b-9972-eda6cf19b4c1.pdf). Park Shin-hye made a guest appearance in the Taiwanese version's opening[15](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20121108_0011588838).
**Musical.** In December 2011 the production company Shincicompany announced its 2012 musical lineup, scheduling a stage musical of *You're Beautiful* at the Sejong Cultural Center M Theater from July 31 to September 11, 2012[6](https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2011121416010804384). The same report summarizes the original premise, in which Go Mi Nyu (Park Shin-hye) disguises herself as her twin brother Go Mi Nam and joins A.N.JELL, led by Hwang Tae-kyung (Jang Geun Suk), in his place[6](https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2011121416010804384) • [16](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/youre-beautiful/season/1).
## References
1. [You're Beautiful – DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/You%27re_Beautiful)
2. [미남이시네요 (You're Beautiful, 2009) – Cine21 TV database](https://cine21.com/tv/info/?tv_id=1685)
3. ['미남이시네요', '인생은 아름다워'… 드라마 재방영 열풍 왜? – SBS 연예뉴스 (2013)](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/amp/article.do?article_id=E10002345199)
4. [일본 콘텐츠산업동향 (2018년 11호), KOCCA](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%20%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5%282018%EB%85%84%2011%ED%98%B8%29_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_c54cf2ad-2919-4803-bc97-84b48c5588b3&fileSn=1)
5. [미남이시네요 (2013, 대만 리메이크) – 키노라이츠](https://m.kinolights.com/title/84398)
6. [SBS <미남이시네요>, 내년 7월에 뮤지컬로 제작 – 아시아경제](https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2011121416010804384)
7. [The Korean Wave: Korean Dramas, 미남이시네요 (2009) – CALPER, Penn State](https://calper.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/CALPER_KoreanWave_YoureBeautiful.pdf)
8. [인터뷰: SBS '미남이시네요' 홍정은·홍미란 작가 – PD저널 (2009)](https://www.pdjournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=25222)
9. [SBS <미남이시네요> 현장 인터뷰 – 네이트 연예 (2009)](https://news.nate.com/view/20091013n21291)
10. [2009년의 발견 '미남이시네요' – 동아일보 (2009)](https://www.donga.com/news/List/article/all/20091231/25143774/1)
11. [미남이시네요 – 나무위키](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EB%AF%B8%EB%82%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8B%9C%EB%84%A4%EC%9A%94)
12. [위클리 공감 제99호 – 대한민국 정책브리핑 (2011)](https://www.korea.kr/goNewsRes/attaches/2019.05/23/392_20110228_144371843.pdf)
13. [He is Beautiful 美男ですね – TBS Program Catalog](https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/heisbeautiful)
14. [한국방송콘텐츠포맷수출현황 및 리메이크제작성과 – 한국국제문화교류진흥원](https://www.fbc.or.kr/misc/file/download/?dir=NoticeMng&down=%EC%9D%B4%EB%AC%B8%ED%96%89.pdf&origin=11549a13-469d-434b-9972-eda6cf19b4c1.pdf)
15. [박신혜, 대만 리메이크 '미남이시네요' 액선트 – 뉴시스 (2012)](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20121108_0011588838)
16. [watch.plex.tv](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/youre-beautiful/season/1)
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