Descendants of the Sun

Descendants of the Sun

Details

• Title: 태양의 후예 / Taeyangui Huye
• Genre: Romance, melodrama, comedy
• Episodes: 16 + 3 Special Episodes
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2016-Feb-24 to 2016-Apr-22
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
• Original Soundtrack: Descendants of the Sun OST

Synopsis

This story tells of doctors stationed in the fictional war zone of Urk (Uruk), and follows the love story that develops between a surgeon (Kang Mo-yeon) and a special forces officer (Yoo Shi-jin), both elite in their respective fields. The story will track both their personal and professional struggles while exploring issues about the value of life.

--Dramabeans

Cast

Main Cast

• Song Joong Ki as Captain Yoo Shi Jin of the Alpha Team (aka Big Boss)
• Song Hye Kyo as Professor Kang Mo Yun (aka Beauty)
• Jin Goo as Chief Master Sergeant Seo Dae Young (aka Wolf)
• Kim Ji Won as Lieutenant Yoon Myung Joo (Orthopedic Surgeon)
• Kang Shin Il as Lieutenant General Yoon (Myung Joo's father) (aka Yellow Tiger)

Alpha Team

• Kim Byung Chul as Colonel Park Byung Soo
• Park Hoon as Sergeant Choi Woo Geun (aka Snoopy)
• Choi Woong as Staff Sergeant Gong Chul Ho (aka Harry Potter)
• Ahn Bo Hyun (안보현) as Sergeant Im Kwang Nam (aka Piccolo)
• Kim Min Suk as Private Kim Ki Bum

Haesung Hospital Medical Services Team

• Lee Seung Joon as Song Sang Hyun (General Surgeon)
• Seo Jung Yeon as Ha Ja Ae (ER Nursing Team)
• Onew as Lee Chi Hoon (1st year Resident of Thoracic Surgery)
• Park Hwan Hee as Choi Min Ji (ER Nurse)

People at Haesung Hospital

• Hyun Jyu Ni as Pyo Ji Soo (Pathology Specialist)
• Tae In Ho as Han Suk Won (Chairman of Haesung Hospital)
• Park Ah In as Kim Eun Ji (Thoracic Surgery Specialist)
• Jo Woo Ri as Jang Hee Eun (1st Year Resident of Anesthesiology)

People in Urk (Uruk)

• Cho Jasper (재스퍼 조) as Daniel Spencer (Peacemaker Emergency Doctor Team)
• Jun Soo Jin as Ri Ye Hwa (Peacemaker Emergency Nurse Team)
• David McInnis as David Argus (black market boss)
• Zyon Barreto as Fatima

Others

• Kwak In Joon as Lee Han Soo
• Jo Jae Yoon as Jin Young Soo
• Lee Yi Kyung as Kang Min Jae
• Jun In Taek as Yoo Young Geun (Yoo Shi Jin's father)
• Nam Moon Chul as Manager Go
• Matthew Douma as US Army Delta Force Captain Jordan
• Joey Albright as US Army Delta Force member
• Ji Seung Hyun (지승현) as Ahn Jung Joon
• Lee Jae Yong as Choi Ji Ho
• Sung Gi Yoon (성기윤) as the President
• Kim Kyul (김결) as Chairman Han's assistant

Cameos

• Lee Kwang Soo as shooting arcade operator (ep 1)
• Lee Jong Hyuk as Captain Kim Jin Suk (ep 2, 5, 10, 15)
• Jung Ji Won (정지원) as TV announcer (ep 2)
• Park Tae Won (박태원) as TV announcer (ep 2)
• Ryu Hwa Young as Seo Dae Young's ex-girlfriend (ep 3)
• Park Joon Geum as Chi Hoon's mother (ep 7, ep 11)
• Yoo Ah In as banker (ep 13)
• Nam Ki Ae (남기애) as Mo Yun's mother (ep 13)
• Red Velvet as themselves (ep 16)

Production Credits

• Chief Producer: Bae Kyung Soo
• Producer: Ham Young Hoon, Yoo Jong Sun, Park Woo Ram (박우람)
• Director: Lee Eung Bok, Baek Sang Hoon
• Assistant Director: Kim Hyung Joon (김형준), Yoo Young Eun (유영은)
• Screenwriters: Kim Eun Sook and Kim Won Suk

Episode Ratings

See Descendants of the Sun/Episode Ratings

Notes

• First drama series for KBS where filming will be completed prior to airing the drama series.
• First script reading took place on May 28, 2015 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea.
• Story is set in the fictional place of "Wooreukeu" with war and disease raging.
• Filming began June 12, 2015 without Song Joong Ki. Song Joong Ki began filming July, 2015.
• Filming took place in Greece for about a month from September 28, 2015.
• Filming finished in the early morning of December 30, 2015.

External Links

• Official site
• Daum movie site
• Korean Wikipedia

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