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*[[Song Hye Kyo]] was coached by real-life doctors to aid her in giving an accurate authenticity to her performance as a doctor.
 
*[[Song Hye Kyo]] was coached by real-life doctors to aid her in giving an accurate authenticity to her performance as a doctor.
 
*SBS was originally going to air the drama, It didn't end up happening for a few reasons, no agreement was reached while the production was being discussed, SBS was also worried about the themes of war and disaster, and there was some concern of wardrobe sponsorship.
 
*SBS was originally going to air the drama, It didn't end up happening for a few reasons, no agreement was reached while the production was being discussed, SBS was also worried about the themes of war and disaster, and there was some concern of wardrobe sponsorship.
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==Reviews==
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=== Review by [[User:Nova984]] ===
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This Korean drama was a huge rating crusher for SBS at the moment it came out, After all, it had Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo as the double protagonist, the drama boasted an enormous budget to have gorgeous and lush cinematography, a  large cast of actors in top form, and even special effects that would make the VFX artists over at Hollywood blush.
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I confess it's not the best drama I've ever seen, but it's not at all the worst drama I've ever seen. It's an amazing drama, and I think it really has more than deserved much of its worldwide recognition and popularity. The drama has its weaknesses as well as its strengths and it is up to me to make them stand out for you to judge for yourselves whether the drama is worth it or not.
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Song Joong Ki has a character who lives up to his acting skills, his charisma is completely overwhelming. She has a youthful charm but also a mature vitality and strength that would make any woman fall head over heels in love with him. (There are several scenes of him being completely shirtless, OMG!)
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Song Hye Kyo, on the other hand, has a very adequate performance, nothing noteworthy, although the dialogue its certainly very cringeworthy, (more on that later) but still for me her performance didn't feel to me at least vibrant or full at life at the very least, quite a shame if I'm being honest. While Song Joong Ki is overflowing with charisma she's a bit bland, but she is still adequate in her role, while she managed to actually be engaging by asserting her characters intelligence, beauty, independence and resourcefulness in several dramatic scenes and in other scenes alongside Song Joong Ki.
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One thing I really like about the Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo character's is how much straightforward they are in communicating their feelings and how direct their actions are. Kudos for that! That was refreshing for once to see that in a drama!
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Jin Goo's character over the course of the drama managed to change from being a stiff and stubborn character into a full-fledged character capable of showing a softer side, as for Kim Ji Woon's character she started as brash and abrasive with her interactions with Jin Goo's character, but over time quite like  Jin Goo's character she gradually revealed a softer and endearing side of herself, apart from being a woman who fights for what she wants, what a good role model! The rest of the cast is also quite good and excellent in some cases for managing to bring their characters to life, Kim Min Suk giving a very particularly moving performance in a supporting turn is one clear standout and I must not leave out David McInnis in his role as the intense (and rather hammy) central villain of the drama.
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Descendants of the Sun clearly knew how to keep things interesting and also letting the audience guessing where would the plot go next and to keep them at the edge of their seats. Those first few episodes, oh my, are quite the treat, overblown action set pieces everywhere, sadly that also means that the drama at its final episodes does, in fact, lose quite a bit of steam.
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As for the storytelling... erm, not something to brag about, so much CHEESINESS and dialogue that truly was CRINGEWORTHY, I didn't know how to feel at any given scene if bad or to crack out loud. This drama has a very interesting take on is tone, is funny sometimes and others just plain ol' serious action with a keen flair for the melodramatic. Fortunately, the drama's tone is not uneven, but a little bit of restrained from [[Kim Eun Sook]] and [[Kim Won Suk (1977)|Kim Won Suk]] during the development of the script would had worked wonders in some key scenes.
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The soundtrack was not in fact very well choose for this drama, some of them are in fact good, but not fitting for this drama at all, and as for the musical cues, just like I wrote before restrained would have worked wonders or just letting moments of silence. Subtlety sometimes is fitting.
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At the end of the day it's a drama, and it's a perfect case of a drama that entertains and more than one will be able to find something they like and make them want to talk about it with others. It has everything, drama, action, comedy, breathtaking and exotic locations and sexy Oppas! What more could you ask for?! My rating is 7.0/10!
  
 
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Revision as of 18:25, 23 September 2018

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
  • Viewership ratings: Peak rating
    • Nielsen Korea : Nationwide=38.8%, Seoul=41.6%
      • Seoul Peak Rating=46.6%
    • TNmS: Nationwide=35.3%, Seoul=40.5%
  • 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
Haesung Hospital Medical Services Team
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)
Others
Cameos

Production Credits

Recognitions

2016 KBS Drama Awards:

2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards:

2016 Scene Stealer Festival:

2016 1st Indonesian Television Awards:

2016 43rd Korean Broadcasting Grand Prize:

  • Best Drama

2016 11th Seoul International Drama Awards:

2016 9th Korea Drama Awards:

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.
  • Filming started June 12, 2015, with Song Joong Ki joining in July, and finished in the early morning of December 30, 2015.
  • Filming took place in Greece for about a month from September 28, 2015.
  • Descendants of the Sun was the first drama of Song Joong Ki after being discharged from the army.
  • The show’s filming schedule was heavily delayed for several reasons, a couple of it being the 2015 MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea and Song Joong Ki who in the middle of filming a scene, suffered from multiple injuries (his injuries were a fractured wrist and a damaged ligament).
  • The drama has been exported to 32 countries, achieving success in Latin America, Europe and the rest of Asia.

Trivia

  • The drama is responsible of inspiring a great number of young men in wanting to join the South Korean Special Forces Unit for their mandatory military service.
  • Thanks in part of the success of this drama it has been spread into the popular consciousness a Korean speaking only used in the military known as "soldier talk."
  • Descendants of the Sun was not originally written as a love story between a soldier and a doctor, it was initially planned to be based on an award-winning and popular short story by Kim Won Seok called "Medecins Sans Frontieres" (Doctors Without Borders). The story was going to be centered around a male emergency responder who ended up dedicating his life to humanitarian work. Kim Eun Sook was brought unto the project and she rewrote the whole story changing the lead characters and adding more romance to engage audiences with the drama.
  • Song Hye Kyo was coached by real-life doctors to aid her in giving an accurate authenticity to her performance as a doctor.
  • SBS was originally going to air the drama, It didn't end up happening for a few reasons, no agreement was reached while the production was being discussed, SBS was also worried about the themes of war and disaster, and there was some concern of wardrobe sponsorship.

Reviews

Review by User:Nova984

This Korean drama was a huge rating crusher for SBS at the moment it came out, After all, it had Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo as the double protagonist, the drama boasted an enormous budget to have gorgeous and lush cinematography, a large cast of actors in top form, and even special effects that would make the VFX artists over at Hollywood blush.

I confess it's not the best drama I've ever seen, but it's not at all the worst drama I've ever seen. It's an amazing drama, and I think it really has more than deserved much of its worldwide recognition and popularity. The drama has its weaknesses as well as its strengths and it is up to me to make them stand out for you to judge for yourselves whether the drama is worth it or not.

Song Joong Ki has a character who lives up to his acting skills, his charisma is completely overwhelming. She has a youthful charm but also a mature vitality and strength that would make any woman fall head over heels in love with him. (There are several scenes of him being completely shirtless, OMG!)

Song Hye Kyo, on the other hand, has a very adequate performance, nothing noteworthy, although the dialogue its certainly very cringeworthy, (more on that later) but still for me her performance didn't feel to me at least vibrant or full at life at the very least, quite a shame if I'm being honest. While Song Joong Ki is overflowing with charisma she's a bit bland, but she is still adequate in her role, while she managed to actually be engaging by asserting her characters intelligence, beauty, independence and resourcefulness in several dramatic scenes and in other scenes alongside Song Joong Ki.

One thing I really like about the Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo character's is how much straightforward they are in communicating their feelings and how direct their actions are. Kudos for that! That was refreshing for once to see that in a drama!

Jin Goo's character over the course of the drama managed to change from being a stiff and stubborn character into a full-fledged character capable of showing a softer side, as for Kim Ji Woon's character she started as brash and abrasive with her interactions with Jin Goo's character, but over time quite like Jin Goo's character she gradually revealed a softer and endearing side of herself, apart from being a woman who fights for what she wants, what a good role model! The rest of the cast is also quite good and excellent in some cases for managing to bring their characters to life, Kim Min Suk giving a very particularly moving performance in a supporting turn is one clear standout and I must not leave out David McInnis in his role as the intense (and rather hammy) central villain of the drama.

Descendants of the Sun clearly knew how to keep things interesting and also letting the audience guessing where would the plot go next and to keep them at the edge of their seats. Those first few episodes, oh my, are quite the treat, overblown action set pieces everywhere, sadly that also means that the drama at its final episodes does, in fact, lose quite a bit of steam.

As for the storytelling... erm, not something to brag about, so much CHEESINESS and dialogue that truly was CRINGEWORTHY, I didn't know how to feel at any given scene if bad or to crack out loud. This drama has a very interesting take on is tone, is funny sometimes and others just plain ol' serious action with a keen flair for the melodramatic. Fortunately, the drama's tone is not uneven, but a little bit of restrained from Kim Eun Sook and Kim Won Suk during the development of the script would had worked wonders in some key scenes.

The soundtrack was not in fact very well choose for this drama, some of them are in fact good, but not fitting for this drama at all, and as for the musical cues, just like I wrote before restrained would have worked wonders or just letting moments of silence. Subtlety sometimes is fitting.

At the end of the day it's a drama, and it's a perfect case of a drama that entertains and more than one will be able to find something they like and make them want to talk about it with others. It has everything, drama, action, comedy, breathtaking and exotic locations and sexy Oppas! What more could you ask for?! My rating is 7.0/10!

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