Grandpas Over Flowers
Grandpas Over Flowers (Korean: 꽃보다 할배; RR: Kkotboda Halbae) is a South Korean travel-reality show that airs on tvN. The title is a word play/parody of Boys Over Flowers (花より男子, Hana Yori Dango), a popular Japanese manga about four handsome young men (Boys Over Flowers also refers to the 2009 adaptation of the manga from South Korea).
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| Also known as | Grandfathers Over Flowers Halbae Over Flowers |
| Hangul | 꽃보다 할배 |
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| Revised Romanization | Kkotboda Halbae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kkotpoda Halbae |
| Genre | Variety show |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 38 |
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| Executive producer | Lee Myung-han |
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| Running time | 70 minutes |
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| Network | tvN |
| Release | July 5, 2013 – August 24, 2018 |
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| Sisters Over Flowers Youth Over Flowers | |
The series stars four veteran actors in their seventies — Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob — as they go on a backpacking tour to overseas travel destinations alongside Lee Seo-jin, an actor in his forties.
Grandpas Over Flowers became a cultural phenomenon, receiving high ratings for a Korean cable program and spawning several spin-offs and remakes.
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