Yoon Kye-sang and Han Ji-hye in Full Sun
by girlfriday
This show is being rather stingy with the stills, but here’s a peek at KBS’s new melodrama Full Sun, starring Yoon Kye-sang (Best Love) and Han Ji-hye (I Summon You, Gold), that’s getting ready to premiere next month as a Monday-Tuesday drama. The production is currently shooting the show’s early segment in Thailand, where the hero will be spending his innocent years before his life takes a massive downturn (it is a melodrama after all).
The show comes from the PD of Wild Romance and Women of the Sun and the writer of Dream High 2, and stars Yoon Kye-sang as a hardworking young man who works multiple part-time jobs while studying for the foreign civil service exam. His father is a petty criminal and a con man, and they live in Thailand for a while because of Dad’s deals.
It’s there that the hero will get caught up in an incident where he accidentally kills a man, leading him to give up his dreams and become a con man just like his father. Jo Jin-woong (Tree With Deep Roots) will play the man responsible for turning him into a criminal, and the hero will join his ring of jewel smugglers. Han Ji-hye is the heiress to a jewelry brand, who loses both her mother and her fiancé (the fiancé is the person the hero kills), leaving her and her younger brother Sohn Ho-joon (Answer Me 1994) with an evil stepmother.
The leads will have one of those hate-love-hate relationships due to “a cruel fate that will not end.” The plot sounds like your standard melo fare (because yunno, throw a stone in dramaland, hit someone falling in love with the girlfriend/boyfriend of the person they killed), but hopefully the performances and the execution will do something to set it apart. The true tragedy would be if Yoon Kye-sang’s drama comeback was wasted.
Full Sun follows Prime Minister and I and premieres February 10.
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1 RenaLoh
January 11, 2014 at 4:13 AM
hm somehow he looks older in those stills (maybe because of the beard?)
but still looking forward to him acting again!
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2 fab
January 11, 2014 at 4:16 AM
Yoon Kye-sang! I hope that he won't be wasted! Fingerscrossed
How many episodes is this?
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Carol
January 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Probably 20 episodes, i guess.
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3 houstontwin
January 11, 2014 at 4:20 AM
Why should such a wonderful (and handsome) actor have to make a "comeback" drama?
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4 Kaybee
January 11, 2014 at 4:38 AM
Yoon Kye Sang is LOVE <3
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5 Jennerz
January 11, 2014 at 5:01 AM
ooooo I love the picture where yoon kye sang kisses her hand! He looks good >=)
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6 Emaan
January 11, 2014 at 5:07 AM
song Jong ho!
Yay :)
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7 apqaria
January 11, 2014 at 5:07 AM
While the story is the same old traditional melodrama story and actually similar to YKS own drama "Crazy for You" but I am really happy that he is again taking a drama lead and hope this will be a good drama.
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Khaada
January 11, 2014 at 5:21 AM
Sounds really similar to crazy for love but feel like this could be great. With modernise it a bit and we get to see some great actors.
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8 Skye
January 11, 2014 at 5:08 AM
Yoon Kye Sang reprising his role in Crazy in Love (2007)
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9 eny
January 11, 2014 at 5:27 AM
never see this actor before, the story seems typical melodrama, but i will see the comment about this drama after airing to decided
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10 mary
January 11, 2014 at 5:43 AM
Mu-yeol! ♥
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11 lima
January 11, 2014 at 5:47 AM
Haitai and Tae Woong ♥ My reply bias
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12 ht
January 11, 2014 at 6:37 AM
I can't wait for this! I love the cast.
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13 Mandy
January 11, 2014 at 6:48 AM
I have this inexplicable love for melodramas even if every single one of them have usually the same premise. I want revenge from your father, or you, or someone in your family, or your dog/cat/horse, but I end up falling for you. Somehow I fall for the drama instead when I promise myself I won't. I give up. I'm watching this, so I just hope it's good.
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Haru
January 11, 2014 at 1:33 PM
LMAO that horse part killed me!!! xD
I know exactly what you mean~ but I mostly end up enjoying the time i spend cursing and screaming at a show than the actual show at times :p
I really hope this show does well for Yoon Kye-sang~<3 He is a fine actor :3 I really love the cast of veteran actors also ~ so i'm all in :)
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pandaren
January 12, 2014 at 12:43 AM
same here @Mandy! For some reason ... I like to watch dramas with an ill-fated love story or similar stuff ..
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14 noanao
January 11, 2014 at 7:53 AM
Damn YKS looks soo fine!! I might watch this just so I can stare at his face. Will FF the evil stepmom thingy coz that's what I've been doing when I watch any melodrama with aggravating characters. That is the only way I can survive a melo without killing myself over
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15 crazedlu
January 11, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Omgosh, they look good together. I like Han Jihye, but I hope she turns the screaming down a notch. Impossible really, since this is a melo. Ugh. Still, hope the execution from everyone delivers.
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16 john
January 11, 2014 at 8:18 AM
Han Ji-hye in another melo? I'll probably watch it even though I should know better.
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17 Waiting
January 11, 2014 at 8:52 AM
I'll watch but three criticisms...
1. She looks the same as she did in ISYG - same hairstyle.
2. Jewelry business for her AGAIN?? Same as ISUG.
3. She lost the guy she loved in ISUG - well, he didn't die but she was the only one in that drama that ended up with no one. Everyone else had a loving partner.
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18 kittycat
January 11, 2014 at 9:11 AM
I put off Korean dramas years ago because of all the melodramas with the same plot and all the crying, but Reply 1997 dragged me back into the K-drama world. I did enjoy Secret so I might give this genre one more chance....I need more dramas to watch during the week while I wait for YFAS and In A Good Way (TW-drama)
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19 Saah
January 11, 2014 at 9:43 AM
Guys why does this show remind me of That Winter, The Wind Blows? The still even the synopsis is similar to That Winter... I'm not saying it's going to an epic like That Winter but there's similarities.
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dearly
January 11, 2014 at 5:31 PM
Not really. In TWTWB, the lead guy pretended to be a lost long brother. The only similarity is the con-man part. When I read the synopsis, I didn't think of TWTWB but 'Crazy For You'. I love 'Crazy for You'. Such a beautiful and raw drama. :D
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20 canxi
January 11, 2014 at 12:38 PM
The stills look pretty! Yoon Kye Sang kissing Han Ji Hye's hand *sigh* *swoon*
I do like melos, lol. This sounds like the type I like and Han Ji Hye...I think I like her in more dramatic things, so I think this will be good. I really hope Yoon Kye Sang's comeback won't be wasted as well. I was really waiting for it.
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21 eunchans
January 11, 2014 at 4:12 PM
Oh dear, looks like I'm gonna have to watch this - the leads look so pretty together (that still of him kissing her hand!!!) and I really, really like Yoon Kye Sang. I actually prefer him in darker roles rather his comical, nerdy ones (though I love those too).
The PD and writer aren't that great (the directing of Wild Romance was horrid and the writing of DH 2 even worse) but fingers crossed they'll somehow do a good job this time.
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dearly
January 11, 2014 at 7:54 PM
He does really well in darker roles. One of my favorite is "Poongsan".
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22 jyyjc
January 11, 2014 at 10:06 PM
Two reasons I won't be watching: 1. Sonds like your typical melo, 2. Dream High 2 writer
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23 emma
January 11, 2014 at 11:15 PM
i love yoon kye sang n i hope this drama will be good to revive his career.
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24 byuldreamer
January 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM
it has to be goood...cuz it's yoon kye-sung. Even though I don't want to get all depressed watching a melo...but I might give it a go cuz...IT'S YOON KYE-SUNG! ^^
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25 aX
January 13, 2014 at 12:10 AM
This sounds a LOT like CRAZY FOR LOVE/YOU which by the way I LOVEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD for the most part. Hmm, but definitely in for a melodrama if done right. Oh, and if I may, I approve of the pairing! :)
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