| Like Flowers in Sand | |
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Promotional poster
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| Also known as | Sand Flower[1] |
| Hangul | 모래에도 꽃이 핀다 |
| Literal meaning | Flowers Bloom Even in the Sand |
| Revised Romanization | Moraeedo kkoch-i pinda |
| McCune–Reischauer | Moraeedo kkoch'i p'inda |
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| Developed by | KT Studio Genie (planning)[4] |
| Written by | Won Yoo-jung[5] |
| Directed by | Kim Jin-woo[5] |
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| Music by | Choi Cheol-ho[6] |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kwak Hyun-jeong[6] |
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| Running time | 60 minutes[7] |
| Production company | AStory[8] |
| Original release | |
| Network | ENA |
| Release | December 20, 2023 (2023-12-20) – January 31, 2024 (2024-01-31) |
Like Flowers in Sand[9] (Korean: 모래에도 꽃이 핀다) is a 2023–2024 South Korean television series starring Jang Dong-yoon, Lee Ju-myoung, Yoon Jong-seok, Kim Bo-ra, Lee Jae-joon, and Lee Joo-seung. It follows the story of young people who are struggling to bloom in their lives against the backdrop of ssireum city of Geosan.[10] It aired on ENA from December 20, 2023 to January 31, 2024, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:00 (KST).[4] It is also available for streamingonNetflix in selected regions.[11]
Kim Baek-doo (Jang Dong-yoon) is a ssireum player considering to retire from the sport. However, his life takes a turn when he reunites with his childhood friend Oh Yoo-kyung (Lee Ju-myoung), who becomes the management team leader for his ssireum team. The team is on the verge of disbanding, but with the help of people like Min Hyun-wook (Yoon Jong-seok) and Joo Mi-ran (Kim Bo-ra), as well as the new coach Kwak Jin-soo (Lee Jae-joon) and Baek-doo's best friend Jo Seok-hee (Lee Joo-seung), they work together to save the team.[10][12]
Filming began soon after the script reading of the cast, which was held in May 2023.[2]
In June 2023, production company AStory announced that it had signed a license supply contract with Netflix for the overseas broadcasting rights of the series.[25]
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| Season | Episode number | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 449 | 484 | 488 | 584 | 521 | 559 | 611 | 625 | |
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[26]
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[26][27] | |
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| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | December 20, 2023 | 1.483% (5th) | N/A |
| 2 | December 21, 2023 | 1.413% (9th) | |
| 3 | December 27, 2023 | 1.473% (7th) | |
| 4 | December 28, 2023 | 1.428% (5th) | |
| 5 | January 3, 2024 | 1.855% (3rd) | 1.673% (4th) |
| 6 | January 4, 2024 | 2.148% (2nd) | 1.752% (2nd) |
| 7 | January 10, 2024 | 2.023% (3rd) | 1.824% (3rd) |
| 8 | January 11, 2024 | 2.396% (2nd) | 2.356% (2nd) |
| 9 | January 17, 2024 | 2.358% (3rd) | 2.242% (3rd) |
| 10 | January 18, 2024 | 2.778% (2nd) | 2.690% (2nd) |
| 11 | January 24, 2024 | 2.758% (2nd) | 2.804% (2nd) |
| 12 | January 31, 2024l | 2.835% (4th) | 2.728% (6th) |
| Average | 2.079% | —[a] | |
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