2025. 10. 19. 16:39ㆍDramas
In 1992, grade-schooler Eun-jung meets the new transfer student, Sang-yeon.
As jealousy, admiration, and love tangle together, their bond grows beyond simple friendship and ultimately shakes the course of their lives. Netflix’s original drama You and Everything Else(은정과 상연) delicately captures the dense, slow-growing emotions that can permeate a person’s entire life.
A Friendship You’d Stake Your Life On—the Depth of That Feeling
Eunjung and Sangyeon is a 15-episode romance drama that launched worldwide on Netflix on September 12, 2025. It’s directed by Cho Young-min with a screenplay by Song Hye-jin, renowned for her finely tuned psychological portraits. Their collaboration unfolds, with quiet intensity, the shifting relationship of two women from their teens into their forties.
The narrative moves through four ages—11, 21, 32, and 43—tracing growth, failure, and reunion. Sometimes closer than friends, sometimes painfully far apart, their story leaves viewers asking, “What is a real relationship?”
Characters & Outstanding Performances
The leads are Kim Go-eun(김고은) as Ryu Eun-jung(류은정) and Park Ji-hyun(박지현) as Cheon Sang-yeon(천상연). Eun-jung is the steady, observant type, yet inwardly wavers with inferiority and jealousy toward Sang-yeon. Sang-yeon, in turn, lives with both admiration and resentment toward Eun-jung. Thanks to the actors’ nuanced work, their emotional arcs feel strikingly truthful.
Kim Geon-woo appears as Kim Sang-hak, a pivotal presence who subtly disrupts the women’s relationship. Jang Hye-jin, Seo Jeong-yeon, Kim Jae-won, and Joo Min-kyung round out the ensemble with grounded, lived-in portrayals. Special appearances by Lee Sang-yoon and Lee Jong-won leave a brief yet vivid impression.
A Texture of Feelings That Mirrors Real Life
Midway through the series, Sang-yeon returns to Eun-jung after being diagnosed with cancer, and the two begin the difficult work of sorting through what can’t be easily forgotten. Confronted with mortality, they finally face each other’s truths—moments that linger long after the episode ends.
Warm lighting and camerawork set the overall tone, while time-hopping flashbacks intensify the emotional gradients. Period details—pagers, film cameras, pay phones—stir a cross-generational nostalgia.
Where to Watch & Viewing Details
Eunjung and Sangyeon is available exclusively on Netflix. Each episode runs about 60 minutes, and all 15 episodes dropped at once. It’s a heartfelt recommendation for viewers who want an intimate woman-centered story that also resonates across generations.
More than a drama about female friendship, Eunjung and Sangyeon portrays the imperfections of connection and the complexity of the human heart with unflinching honesty. It’s the kind of warm yet achingly tender story that makes you think, “I had someone like that in my life, too.”