'First, for love' has promised a cheerful and warm life healing drama.
The new tvN Monday-Tuesday drama 'First, for love' (directed by Yoo Jae-won, written by Seong Woo-jin, planned and produced by Studio Dragon and Showrunners), which is set to premiere on Aug. 4, released a highlight video on the 30th, just five days before the first broadcast, providing a brief yet profound resonance that evokes the tender emotions and thrilling memories associated with 'first love' that anyone might experience.
'First, for love' depicts the story of a single mother and her medical student daughter, who, facing an unexpectedly new chapter in life, decide to live for today's happiness rather than tomorrow. The drama is a collaboration of director Yoo Jae-won, known for hits such as 'Mom's Friend's Son,' 'Crash Course in Romance,' and 'Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,' and writer Seong Woo-jin, who has a solid and fresh writing style. With a strong cast that includes Yum Jung-ah, Park Hae-jun, Choi Yoon-ji, and Kim Min-kyu, along with prominent actors such as Kim Sun-young, Yang Kyung-won, Kim Mi-kyung, Kang Ae-sim, Jung Young-joo, and Park Soo-young, the anticipation among drama fans continues to rise.
The highlight video released on that day includes the curious voice of daughter Lee Hyori (played by Choi Yoon-ji) regarding her mother Lee Ji-an (played by Yum Jung-ah), who is seen reminiscing about her 'first love' during her lively youth. The story of the mother and daughter confronting 'first love' in the place named 'Cheongha,' rather than an ending, begins amid their daily lives filled with no moment of quiet. While Lee Ji-an is grateful and proud that her daughter, whom she raised alone, is growing well, Lee Hyori struggles to understand her mother, who has never hidden the fact that she is a single mother since childhood. This budding conflict intensifies uncontrollably with Lee Hyori's dropout and runaway.
Amid Lee Hyori's late wanderings and deviations, Lee Ji-an, feeling restless, sets out to find her daughter, where she unexpectedly encounters her first love, Ryu Jung-seok (played by Park Hae-jun). The moment of their first meeting, which seems to replicate the magic of their initial encounter, captures attention as a fateful reunion. Ryu Jung-seok's stoic response, saying 'It's not fate, it's coincidence,' and Lee Ji-an's instinctive excitement, 'This is a heart-throbbing moment,' remain as consistent as they were back then. Additionally, the subtle dialogues between the two stimulate the imaginations of Cheongha's residents, triggering unexpected laughter.
The youthful pair, Lee Hyori and Ryu Bo-hyun (played by Kim Min-kyu), resembling the freshness of midsummer, are thrilling in themselves. Although their start was awkward and clumsy, a refreshing smile blooms between them like the scent of flowers. Lee Hyori's change, as she pretends to be indifferent while remembering every little detail about Ryu Bo-hyun and chattering about it, is both unfamiliar and fascinating to Lee Ji-an.
However, the atmosphere soon shifts. For some reason, Lee Hyori's uncertain and incomplete appearance heightens the sense of crisis. In response to Lee Hyori's resentful complaint, 'Do you know how I endured there?' Lee Ji-an bursts out her pent-up frustration, saying, 'How did I endure that time!' At the end of the video, Lee Hyori's comforting words, 'It's good and admirable to live hard, but let's live beautifully' and Lee Ji-an's determination, 'I will fill the days given to me and live beautifully,' elicit a poignant emotional response. As Lee Ji-an says in her final line, 'What is a miracle? It's letting each other live, even for a moment—that's a miracle,' anticipation grows for the story of these two women who will become each other's 'miracle.'
Meanwhile, the new tvN Monday-Tuesday drama 'First, for love' is scheduled to premiere on Aug. 4 at 8:50 p.m.
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