How to Buy a Friend (2020): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2020, How to Buy a Friend is a drama and action & adventure series.

What it’s about. Park Chan-Hong is an ordinary high school student. He has talent for writing and he gets pressured by his parents about his studies. Park Chan-Hong doesn't have any specific dreams. He is friends with Eom Se-Yoon, who attends the same high school. She is popular at school. Meanwhile, Heo Don-Hyeok is classmates with Park Chan-Hong. Heo Don-Hyeok is not interested in studying and he works to pay for his living expenses. One day, Heo Don-Hyeok saves Park Chan-Hong from a school bully. To pay for his rent, Heo Don-Hyeok asks to borrow 300,000 won ($270 USD) from Park Chan-Hong. Park Chan-Hong lends him the money, but that money was supposed to pay for his private institute tuition fee. After school, Park Chan-Hong now doesn't have a place to go. He begins to spend time with Heo Don-Hyeok.

Who’s in it. How to Buy a Friend stars Lee Sin-young as Park Chan-Hong, Oh Hee-jun as Oh Kyung-Pyo, Jang Hye-jin as Jo Pyeong-Sub and Kim Do-wan as Kwak Sang-Pil, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.5/10, How to Buy a Friend has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on OnDemandKorea, Kocowa Amazon Channel and Kocowa. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch How to Buy a Friend page.

If you liked it. Fans of How to Buy a Friend tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.