Sunwoo Jae-deok, Yoon Da-hoon and Jung Ho-bin, three high school classmates, evoke poignancy as they assume positions of superior and subordinate that transcend time.
The new KBS 1TV daily drama "Gippeun Woori Joheun Nal," which is scheduled to premiere on March 30 (directed by Lee Jae-sang, written by Nam Sun-hye), is an edge-of-the-seat life-and-death struggle between the world's most perfect man and a clumsy woman! It is a romantic family drama created by various generations, each wanting to be "the protagonist of my life."
Sunwoo Jae-deok, Yoon Da-hoon and Jung Ho-bin play Jo Seong-jun, Go Dae-chi and Seo Kwon-sik, respectively, who built a friendship in high school. Past memories are brief, and when the three men unexpectedly meet, a tense atmosphere as if fire could start at any moment flows between them. Expectations are rising about what vitality the tangled narratives of the three characters will bring to the drama.
"Gippeun Woori Joheun Nal" released on the 5th (today) images of Sunwoo Jae-deok, Yoon Da-hoon and Jung Ho-bin, who will firmly hold the center of the drama, teasing curiosity about the stories that will unfold as these high school classmates and heads of their households, each carrying their own burdens, become entangled.
In the stills, Sunwoo Jae-deok meets viewers as Jo Seong-jun, a hands-on father grounded in reality, with a kindly smile and unpretentious demeanor befitting a "gentle soul." As the father of three—Jo Eun-ae (played by Eom Hyun-kyung), Jo Eun-hyung (played by Choi Sungwon), and Jo Eun-nim (played by Kim Na-ri)—he alone bears the heavy secret of being the "unemployed breadwinner" he cannot bring himself to tell his family. As the pressure of repeated job-search failures tightens around Jo Seong-jun, he faces fierce waves of life after meeting Go Dae-chi and Seo Kwon-sik, who had drifted apart from him 25 years earlier because of an unexpected incident. Sunwoo Jae-deok is expected to deliver a deep portrayal of a husband and father enduring life solely out of responsibility to his family, bringing a weighty resonance to home viewers.
Yoon Da-hoon plays Go Dae-chi, president of Gangsu Construction and father of Go Gyeol (played by Yoon Jong-hoon) and Go Min-ho (played by Jung Yoon). With a tall, handsome face and even a suit fit to match, Go Dae-chi appears to be the perfect middle-aged charmer on the surface, but he is a man who carries complex inner turmoil. Repressed by his father, Gangsu Group chairman Go Kang-su (played by Lee Ho-jae), Go Dae-chi expresses a warped sense of superiority between his friend Jo Seong-jun, who cleans buildings, and his friend Seo Kwon-sik, who is the chief secretary to Chairman Go Kang-su, injecting tension into the drama.
Jung Ho-bin, who plays the meticulous perfectionist Seo Kwon-sik, is fully immersed in the character with tightly pressed lips and an unwavering posture. When his family's livelihood was on the line in the past, he had to protect his beloved children Seo Seung-ri (played by Yoon Da-young) and Seo Seung-woo (played by Yoo Jin-seok). With the mindset of grasping at a lifeline, he went to Go Dae-chi, and from that day he became Chairman Go Kang-su's right-hand man. Jung Ho-bin is expected to convincingly portray Seo Kwon-sik's story of setting aside his pride for his family's livelihood, further increasing the work's pull.
The loyalty and conflicts the three childhood friends Jo Seong-jun, Go Dae-chi and Seo Kwon-sik will experience as they face each other from different social positions will be another viewing point of the drama. Sunwoo Jae-deok, Yoon Da-hoon and Jung Ho-bin, who portray these roles, are expected to add weight to the drama with their seasoned, nuanced acting.
Meanwhile, director Lee Jae-sang, recognized for warm and meticulous direction in "Once Again" and "My Father Is Strange," and writer Nam Sun-hye, who showcased trendy writing in "Suji-mat-eun Woori" and "Amor Fati - Love Now," have teamed up for the KBS 1TV new daily drama "Gippeun Woori Joheun Nal," which will follow "Marie and Her Three Daddies" and premiere on March 30 (Mon).
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