'Bogeom Magical' Park Bo Gum, Lee Sang Yi, Kwak Dong- yeon's magical journey has come to an end.
On the 3rd (Friday) the final episode of tvN 'Bogeom Magical' (directed by Son Su-jeong) featured Park Bo Gum, Lee Sang Yi and Kwak Dong- yeon, who ran a barbershop in a rural village and tended not only to customers' hair but also to their hearts, delivering laughter and emotion as they conveyed their sincerity to residents who had become as close as family.
Facing a bittersweet farewell, Lee Sang Yi filled picture frames with photos taken with the customers who had visited the barbershop and hung them to cover the guest room wall with memories. The three brothers, who prepared photos to give to the customers, also carefully wrote handwritten notes on the back and handed them to each person, amplifying the warmth.
In particular, the heartfelt farewell between the three barbers and their regular customers brought tears to viewers' eyes. Park Bo Gum provided aftercare to the neighbor grandmother who was his first customer at the barbershop and the first to have her hair dyed, showing a more relaxed demeanor and making it clear he had grown into a respectable barber.
Kwak Dong- yeon presented a loving spread that included cream pasta favored by the regular elementary school students as well as fish cake tailored for the kids who like fish cake. The three brothers also gifted books and toys they had chosen themselves, creating storybook scenes of happy children and proud uncles that brought warm smiles. The children, too, moved the brothers and viewers to tears with handwritten notes full of pure sincerity.
The regular grandmother to whom Kwak Dong- yeon showed special affection brought stir-fried peppers that the three brothers liked, and the lifelong learner grandmother who learned Korean and English from Lee Sang Yi packed gochujang to give him; even at the moment of parting, the warm affection between the three brothers and the residents raised the temperature. In addition, the mural completed together with the villagers and the sight of residents continuing to use the barbershop like a guest room after the three brothers left warmed the heart.
Like a warm stove in a cold winter, 'Bogeom Magical' brought harmless joy each episode through episodes of the three barbers naturally woven into the daily lives of the villagers beyond simple barbershop management. Barber Park Bo Gum, nail and customer relations lead Lee Sang Yi, and cooking lead Kwak Dong- yeon sincerely communicated with visiting customers and residents they met along the way, building bonds. The magically charming chemistry between the three brothers and the residents, whose emotional distance had grown closer and whose presence had become special to each other, offered gentle emotion and long-lasting healing.
Accordingly, 'Bogeom Magical' ranked first in its time slot across all channels including terrestrial broadcasters in the tvN target women and men 2049 ratings for seven consecutive weeks, and achieved the feat of ranking first in its time slot among cable and general programming channels in household ratings for six consecutive weeks. (Based on paid platforms including cable, IPTV and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)
In the TV non-drama buzz category released by FunDex of Good Data Corporation, the show entered the top 10 for nine consecutive weeks, and online video cumulative views surpassed about 260 million, demonstrating its popularity. In addition, it is meeting global fans in about 200 countries and regions including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, Europe and Oceania, and has a rating of 9.5 on IMDB, where global content reviews can be seen, receiving enthusiastic responses at home and abroad.
Since the broadcast began, the barbershop filming site in Muju, North Jeolla, has attracted many tourists and rapidly emerged as a new tourist attraction, giving meaning to regional coexistence. About 200 visitors on average during weekdays and more than about 500 on weekends visit, adding vitality to the village.
Leaving behind laughter, emotion and regional coexistence and the warmth that will be remembered for a long time, the wholesome healing variety show tvN 'Bogeom Magical' ended on the 3rd (Friday). <
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