Top actor Lee Byung-hun, 51, is set to make his small-screen return in tvN’s new Saturday-Sunday drama Our Blues scheduled to premiere April 9.
Playing Jeju-born salesman Lee Dong-suk, he travels the island in a truck selling all kinds of household goods and clothing. Lee’s new role is a stark contrast to his previous role as a charismatic US Marine in period drama Mr. Sunshine released in 2018.
Our Blues is one of the most anticipated drama series of the year with a star-studded cast that includes Shin Min-a, Kim Woo-bin, Han Ji-min, Cha Seoung-won, Uhm Jeong-hwa, Kim Hye-ja, Ko Doo-shim and Lee Jung-eun.
The series will present the warm, sweet and bitter life stories of the diverse characters living on Jeju Island.
Shin reprises the role of a woman who arrives at a seaside village once again -- she starred as a dentist who moves to a small seaside village in her most recent drama series Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021).
While Han plays a young “haenyeo, Jeju female divers who collect seafood underwater, Kim Woo-bin - who is making his drama comeback in six years after recovering from nasopharyngeal cancer - portrays a captain of a fishing boat.
The series is penned by star screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung, who was behind numerous hit dramas, including That Winter, The Wind Blows (2013), It’s Okay, That’s Love (2014), Dear My Friends (2016) and Live (2018).
Veteran actors Kim Hye-ja and Ko Doo-shim are reuniting with the writer, having co-starred in Dear My Friends (2016), a family drama portraying the life story of those in their twilight years.
The omnibus-style drama will also feature the first original soundtrack song by Jimin of K-pop supergroup BTS. – The Korea Herald/Asia News Network
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