Mr. Sunshine
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Details
- Title: 미스터 션샤인 / Miseuteo Syeonsyain
- Genre: Historical, military, romance
- Episodes: 24
- Broadcast network: tvN
- Broadcast period: 2018-Jul-07 to 2018-Sep-30
- Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
- Original Soundtrack: Mr. Sunshine OST
Synopsis
During the United States expedition to Joseon (South Korea) in 1871, a boy from Joseon boards an American warship and goes to America. As an adult, he returns to his home country as an American soldier stationed in the country. --AsianWiki
Cast
- Main Cast
- Lee Byung Hun as Choi Yoo Jin / Eugene Choi
- Kim Kang Hoon as 9-year-old Yoo Jin
- Jun Jin Seo as teen Eugene
- Kim Tae Ri as Go Ae Shin
- Heo Jung Eun as young Ae Shin
- Yoo Yun Suk as Goo Dong Mae
- Choi Min Young as young Dong Mae
- Kim Min Jung as Kudo Hina / Lee Yang Hwa
- Byun Yo Han as Kim Hee Sung
- People around Eugene
- Jo Woo Jin as Im Kwan Soo
- David McInnis as Kyle Moore
- Jason Nelson as Joseph Stenson
- Go Woo Rim as Do Mi
- Kim Min Jae as adult Do Mi
- People around Ae Shin
- Choi Moo Sung as Jang Seung Goo
- Sung Yoo Bin as young Jang Seung Goo
- Kim Gab Soo as Hwang Eun San
- Lee Ho Jae as Go Sa Hong (Ae Shin's grandfather)
- Kim Na Woon as Madam Jo (Ae Shin's aunt)
- Park Ah In as Go Ae Soon (Ae Shin's cousin)
- People around Hee Sung
- Kim Dong Gyoon as Kim Ahn Pyung (Hee Sung's father)
- Kim Hye Eun as Kang Ho Sun (Hee Sung's mother)
- Haedeurio Pawnshop
- Bae Jung Nam as Choon Shik
- Kim Byung Chul as Il Shik
- Royal Family & Joseon Court
- Lee Seung Joon as King Gojong
- Choi Jong Won as Heungseon Daewongun
- Kang Shin Il as Lee Jung Moon
- Choi Jin Ho as Lee Se Hoon
- Others
- Kim Eui Sung as Lee Wan Ik
- Kim Joong Hee (김중희) as Lee Duk Moon
- Kim Yong Ji (김용지) as Hotaru (mute fortune teller)
- Kim Nam Hee (김남희) as Mori Takashi
- Park Bo Mi as Yoon Nam Jong
- Oh Ah Yun (오아연) as So Ah
- Jang Dong Yoon as Joon Young
- Yoon Kyung Ho as Jang Seung Goo's father
- Jin Sun Kyu as Dong Mae's father
- Ariane Desgagnés-Leclerc as Stella (English teacher)
- Kim In Woo (김인우) as Ito Hirobumi
- Fabien as Leo (fencing instructor)
- Guests
- Kim Eung Soo as Kim Pan Suh (Hee Sung's grandfather)
- Lee Shi Ah as Yoo Jin's mother
- Jin Goo as Ae Shin's father
- Kim Ji Won as Ae Shin's mother
- Im Se Mi as Dong Mae's mother
Production Credits
- Production Company: Studio Dragon
- Chief Producer: Yoon Ha Rim (윤하림)
- Director: Lee Eung Bok
- Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
Episode Ratings
See Mr. Sunshine/Episode Ratings
Recognitions
- 2019 55th Baeksang Arts Awards
- Best Actor (TV): Lee Byung Hun
- 2018 3rd Asia Artist Awards:
- Grand Prize - Television / Film (Lee Byung Hun)
- 2018 2nd Seoul Awards:
- Best Actor (Lee Byung Hun)
- Best Supporting Actor (Yoo Yun Suk)
- 2018 6th APAN Star Awards:
- Daesang (Grand Prize) Awards (Lee Byung Hun)
- Drama of the Year
- Best New Actress (Kim Tae Ri)
- Best Supporting Actress (Kim Min Jung)
Notes
- This is a pre-produced drama.
- Screenwriter Kim Eun Sook and director Lee Eung Bok previously worked together in 2016 tvN drama series Goblin and 2016 KBS2 drama series Descendants of the Sun.
- The drama was first pitched by Studio Dragon to SBS, but the latter rejected it due to financial and advertising constraints.
- Lee Byung Hun makes a tv comeback through this drama after 9 years.
- This is film actress Kim Tae Ri's first TV drama role.
- Filming began November 2017.
- The production cost for this drama is reported to be ₩43 billion (approximately $38.5 million).
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