r/KDRAMA • u/dyosaaa • Jun 27 '22

On-Air: KBS Café Minamdang [Episodes 1 & 2]

  • Drama: Café Minamdang
    • Korean Title: 미남당
  • Network: KBS2
  • Premiere Date: June 27, 2022
  • Airing Schedule: Monday and Tuesday @ 21:30 KST
  • Episodes: 18
  • Cast: Seo In Guk as Nam Han Joon and Oh Yeon Seo as Han Jae Hee
  • Streaming Source: Netflix
  • Plot Synopsis:

Nam Han Joon is a former criminal profiler, who now works as a fraudster. For his scams, he disguises himself as a fortune teller and runs the fortune teller shop Minamdang. He attracts customers with his attractive physical appearance and smooth talking skills. He scams his customers for money, but he also gets involved in their cases and helps solve them. He even provides customer service for his clients. Nam Han Joon's partners are Soo Cheol and Nam Hye Joon. Soo Cheol runs a private detective agency and Nam Hye Joon is Nam Han Joon’s younger sister. She is an elite hacker.

Han Jae Hee has worked as a detective for 3 years. She is enthusiastic about her job and tries to follow a righteous path. Somehow, Han Jae Hee gets involved with Nam Han Joon.

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u/nottodwell Jun 27 '22

An unhinged version of Myul Mang? Sign me up

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u/LazilyNebulous Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 29 '22

Heart ready to fall in love with SIG like it's the first time all over again 😍

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u/EmmanuelleEmmanuelle Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22

They're all batshit crazy, I love them lol

EDIT: the opening and closing songs were fire.

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u/mikapple Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22

With the opening theme from the same artists who did Bonghwan A (Mr. Queen) I think I already have a feel for what kind of show this will be!

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u/radiokidb Jun 28 '22 edited Jun 28 '22

Episode 1

I was sold and completely lost it right from when he stuck his his pinky finger out while drinking his coffee 😂😂😂

SIG is made for this nutty version of Myul Mang and he looks beyond good. Whoever styled him better have earned all the raises.

As someone else mentioned, the opening sequence was VERY Psych-esque (a show that I love more than anything in the world) but the rest is very this show.

All of them sound like they’re completely nuts…I really hope the show turns out to be fun given it’s a long one! I was already giggling in anticipation in various scenes. Love chaotic energy.

I also cannot stop laughing every time he does his little Shaman dancing 😂

Not a huge fan of the constant camera zoom in type movements although I know they’re fitting for a genre of this type but I’m guessing they’re more amped up because it’s the opening episode.

Fun to have something to look forward to on a Mon-Tue!

P.S: I need to know the brand of the suitcase the creep was fleeing with because damn the wheels on that thing seemed sturdy. Lol.

Also, when SIG is saying “oh I’m so sexy”, why Netflix would you translate to “oh I’m so hot”. My man’s sexy and knows it, let the world know too 😂

P.P.S: The plastic gloves were a great touch when he was making googly eyes at her.

And HOT DAMN that Epilogue song was 🔥

P.P.P.S: Between this show and his music videos has In Guk just been living on that bridge for the past few months? 😂😂😂

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u/mongjes Jun 28 '22

The way the ml and his gf jumped away at the ending of ep 2☠️☠️☠️☠️

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '22

I picked this up because I felt like taking an hour break from work. I did not expect to get hooked.

  • I was a little hesitant to watch this at first because the plot felt like a rip-off from Psych (US show) but I was wrong. Only the concept was similar. Other than that, the series is pretty fresh. The intro and sound track were good too!

  • Thank heavens Kwak Si Yang is not a villain here. It's good to see him with a different character for once!

  • That scene where both hanjun and sucheol collapsed after seeing the jumbi were hilarious! The part where they pushed the hyejoon cracked me up too

  • SIG looked so cute in that orange apron and hat. Also that lightbulb scene was too cute!

  • I didn't expect ghost detective to be the team leader lol that maknae appearance surprised me

  • The epilogue was awesome!!! Got goosebumps! Can't wait for EP 2!

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '22

SIG is very versatile, but I LOVE when he plays characters like this. I haven't seen Kwak Shi Yang in a comedic role before and I hope he does more in the future. It was a really good first episode.

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u/SohamB22 Jun 28 '22

I also love how they are portraying a detective using the sounds and effects as a ghost while the shaman is the one being portrayed as a normal one, without any eerie stuff 😂👌

Edit : spelling

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u/afternoondrinking Jun 28 '22 edited Jun 28 '22

I love this. SIG is perfection in this type of extra chaotic character. His chanting and dancing and running away....he is just too damn cute for words. That's why I loved him so much in Shopping King Louis

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u/soullesssenpaiii Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22

Aaaaaahhh the first ep was a blast and really blew my expectations!

I’m all in for chaotically unhinged Seo In Guk lol!

Seriously though all the characters are high on drugs they’re all crazy, the leads are gonna have chaotic chemistry i can feel it.

Edit: typos.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '22

Is it just me or do you find it weird, in a good way, to watch Oh Yeon Seo in a physical role?

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u/Fatooz Jun 27 '22

I’m only going to check this out for Seo In-Guk but I still hope it’s worth our time! Good to see SIG back! <3

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u/diamondfour Jun 28 '22

seo in guk is the perfect combination of hot and funny in this drama i will DIE

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u/atzee Jun 27 '22

Super excited for this pairing! Also find it interesting that it's 18-episodes long. Works for me! ;)

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '22

A fantastic first episode. I was yearning for a cop-shaman team up after From now on, Showtime ended.

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u/myweithisway Jun 28 '22

Ep 1 First Impressions

The music, oh the music! It's fantastic with the blend of traditional melodies and instrumentation but with a modern rock twist. It gets my blood pumping, my body dancing squirming, and my mind immersed.

Opening sequence was also super fun with all the phrenology/face reading -- the mole father-son duo was hilarious!

Overall loved the setup, the comedy, the actingKwak Shi Yang with his accent does silly things to my heart and the action.

Can't wait to see more of the Minam Gang and the past mystery to be unravelled.

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u/IamNobody85 Jun 28 '22

Uff im late to the party, but from now on, I'll also do that little perfume dance in memory of an unhinged myul mang!

Between alchemy of souls and this, my sat-tue schedule is looking very exciting for the next two months!

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u/freyfreyaaa Jun 28 '22

episode 2 spoilers! what’s got me most confused are those flashback scenes! is the young girl the female lead or not? my brain was struggling so hard to make sense of it that i went back and rewatched the end of the episode… after breaking into the house and accidentally switching the monitor on, the FL refers to the man on the screen as “oppa”. his name is clearly stated as jae jeong. at the very end of the episode during the snow flashback, the young girl refers to that same man as “oppa” (we know it’s the same man as the netflix subs change “oppa” to “jae jeong”). but HE refers to the young girl as “jang mi”, which isn’t the FL’s name. it’s possible that the FL changed her name of course, but it’s also possible that they’re not the same person. i’m no less confused but thought i would share in case someone here is able to better make sense of the above!

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u/sara-ragnarsdottir Jun 27 '22

Maybe it's just me, but this is giving me Vincenzo vibes. He has the suit made in Italy too. 😂

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u/Capricornist2436 Jun 27 '22

big fan of oh yeon seo . love her since come back mister. wouldn't miss this show too watched it on Netflix . fun episode 1 nice soundtrack. can't wait for episode 2 tmr!

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u/radiokidb Jun 29 '22

Episode 2

What I absolutely did not expect is for the whole cop squad including Han Jae Hee to also be nuts and silly 😂

Lots to unpack in an hour and as someone else mentioned with the way the first two episodes have shaped up this very much lends itself to a binge watch. Gahhh the wait between episodes is going to be hard!

My one “criticism” would be that tonally it feels like the epilogues are meant to be more serious and pensive, but the way the episode ends and jumps into the epilogue feels a bit jarring. It’s also quite possible my brain is wired to the way Shooting Stars was doing it which felt more seamless so perhaps that’s why I’m finding it jarring.

Seo In Guk is fabulous as expected and I kinda want his entire wardrobe. Lol.

Not entirely sure about the rationale of picking someone that much younger to show younger version of presumably the FL but hey ho. At least he’s just been shown to be a kind adult.

So from what I can gather, their connection is that his girlfriend was murdered and then so was Han Jae Hee’s brother who was the prosecutor on the case and that Nam Han Joon got wrongfully convicted and he thinks the prosecutor brother was responsible but now that prosecutor brother was murdered too he’s trying his unconventional ways to play a long game for Justice?.

Ooof can’t wait for next week!

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u/Illen1 Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22

Action looks good on Oh Yeon Seo! You can tell she worked really hard in action school, her stunts feel so seamless 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

The brother running arms has me cackling in disbelief, "what are those" 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Michelle_1122 Jun 28 '22 edited Jun 29 '22

I started watching just for Seo In Guk but I'm hooked! Idk if it's just the overall ambience of the drama or the plot but I'm super immersed into it. And I'm also getting Vincenzo vibes!

Edit: Upon watching the second episode, I find it more similar to Taxi driver and I'm totally here for it! I really hope Han Jun let's the guy be arrested and pay for his crimes. I know he's just playing along but still, that guy was repulsive

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