Dating Agency: Cyrano

Plot

This drama is about a dating agency that orchestrates romantic scenarios for paying clients, all in an effort to raise enough money to save an old theater. After Seo Byung Hoon (Lee Jong Hyuk) loses his best friend in an accident, the once-renowned theater director suffers from guilt and decides to save his late friend’s theater troupe. Using his masterful stage skills, he forms the Cyrano Dating

Cast

Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Byung-hoon

After he loses his best friend in an accident, the once-renowned theater director suffers from guilt and decides to save his late friend's theatre troupe. Using his masterful stage skills, he forms the Cyrano Dating Agency.

Choi Sooyoung as Gong Min-young

A romantic, and one of the members of the dating agency. She believes the true feelings of her clients are more important than profit for the agency and is attracted to Byung-hoon.

Lee Chun-hee as Cha "Master" Seung-pyo

The chef of the restaurant that's next door to the theater where the dating agency is housed. He is the loan shark who originally lent the money to Do-il for the Cyrano theater, and is later revealed to be Do-il's younger brother. He is attracted to Min-young.

Hong Jong-hyun as Moo-jin

Recruited into the dating agency because of his genius engineering skills, he is the brains behind all hi-tech gadgets used by the agency in the field. He becomes Hye Ri's boyfriend in episode 14.

Cho Yoon-woo as Do Arang

A 19-year-old high schooler who dreams of becoming a theater actor.

Bae Seong-woo as Lee Min-shik

Kim Min-kyo as Go Young-dal

Min-shik and Young-dal are Seung-pyo's loan shark goons, who intimidate Byung-hoon into paying his debt, and occasionally join in the agency's missions. Both of them eventually become Cyrano's prominent actors.

Ha Yeon-joo as Hye-ri

A waitress at Cha Seung-pyo's restaurant. She is attracted to Moo-jin and later starts dating him.

Kim Jung-hwa as Yoon Yi-seol

Byung-hoon's first love from high school, who ended up marrying Do-il. She was the one driving during Do-il's accident, which causes numbness to her right hand at times.

Lee Min-woo as Go Do-il

Do-il, Yi-seol and Byung-hoon were best friends in high school and founders of the Cyrano Theater Troupe. He later married Yi-seol, and died in a car accident.

Guest appearances

Ji Jin-hee as Seon Jung-nam, Min-young's F-ranked client at her old agency (ep 1)

Lee Chung-ah as ballerina Seol Yoo-jin, the A-ranked client Jung-nam likes (ep 1)

Choi Won-young as the sommelier Yoo-jin likes (ep 1)

Im Hyung-joon as veterinarian Jin Joon-hyuk (ep 1-3)

Lee Yoon-ji as librarian Ma Jae-in (ep 1-3)

Lee Taemin as idol singer Ray/Yang Ho-yeol (ep 3-5)

Yoon Seo as Min Se-kyung, the girl Ho-yeol has a crush on, but who likes Arang (ep 3-5)

Lee Kwang-soo as Choi Dal-in, a baker who's a masochist in love (ep 6-8)

Goo Eun-ae as Dokgo Mi-jin, a chef and Dal-in's former rival in a cooking competition (ep 6-8, 14)

Lee Yong-joo as Yeom Chi-moo, Mi-jin's chef ex-boyfriend who betrayed her (ep 8)

Jung Yu-mi as Bong Soo-ah, a creepy-looking "Ghost Girl" who hides behind her hair and can't look men in the eye (ep 8-9)

Gong Yoo as the magician Soo-ah likes (ep 9)

Ye Ji-won as nurse Lee Hae-shim (ep 10-12)

Im Won-hee as firefighter Kim Chul-soo (ep 10-12)

Yoon So-jung as Madam Hwang, Moo-jin's grandmother and a dementia patient (ep 10-12)

Ratings

Source: AGB Nielsen Korea (tvN+OnStyle combined ratings)

Original soundtrack

1. Chance! - Peppertones
2. In the Same Storm - Big Baby Driver
3. 어떤 설레임 (A Certain Heart Fluttering) - Ra.D
4. 그대라는 한 사람 (The One Like You) - Jessica Jung
5. Take My Hands Tonight - Big Baby Driver
6. Chance! (Bossanova Ver.) - Peppertones
7. Say Hello to the World - Big Baby Driver
8. 그대라는 한 사람 (The One Like You) (Inst.) - Various Artists
9. 어떤 설레임 (A Certain Heart Fluttering) (Inst.) - Various Artists
10. Chance! (Guitar Ver.) - Peppertones
11. 연애조작단; 시라노 (Dating Agency; Cyrano) - Various Artists
12. 수상한 연인 (Suspicious Lover) - Various Artists
13. 작전 시작 (Operation Starts) - Various Artists
14. Miss Operation - Various Artists
15. 꿈속을 걷다 (Walk My Dreams) - Various Artists
16. Dark Spy - Various Artists
17. Missing You A Lot - Various Artists
18. 무언의 대화 (The Unspoken Dialogue) - Various Artists
19. 나른할 시간 (Relaxing Time) - Various Artists
20. 기다리는 마음 (Waiting for the Heart) - Various Artists
21. I Am Here - Various Artists
22. Supernova - Various Artists
23. Psychedelic - Various Artists