South Korean heiress Sohn Ye-jin meets North Korean soldier Hyun Bin in Crash Landing on You
by tineybeanie
The character teaser is out for romance drama Crash Landing on You, starring Hyun Bin (Memories of the Alhambra), Sohn Ye-jin (Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food), Seo Ji-hye (Heart Surgeons), and Kim Jung-hyun (Time). This drama starts off with a strange wind that carries paragliding heiress Sohn Ye-jin off course, and she accidentally lands in North Korean territory.
Hyun Bin plays the North Korean officer who discovers her, and somehow ends up hiding her for the time being. Whilst protecting Sohn Ye-jin from his own country, he ends up falling in love with her.
In the newly released teaser, we get a quick introduction to each of our main players.
A determined Hyun Bin, introduced as a special tactics officer, salutes another North Korean officer as we hear him say he wants to protect something (or someone?). A smiling Sohn Ye-jin is introduced as a South Korean heiress of the top 1%, and she tells Hyun Bin that she’s so famous person that he would keel over if he knew. We get a quick shot of her at the grand opening of a fancy store before we’re introduced to Pyongyang beauty and North Korean one-percenter Seo Ji-hye. She rocks a pair of sunglasses as she strolls through a marketplace and we hear her say she’s been told to grow a close relationship with Hyun Bin.
Then appears Kim Jung-hyun, a young-and-rich South Korean scammer who is targeting North Koreans on some “business.” He disembarks from a train in North Korea and we hear him threaten someone by saying, “If even a hair on my head is damaged, your source of money will disappear.”
This cast has so much potential! I think we may be in for a fun ride either way, but I’m a little worried about how they’ll handle the North Korean aspect of the plot. We only need to wait a few more weeks to know for sure however, as tvN’s upcoming weekend drama Crash Landing on You will begin airing on December 14.
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Tags: Crash Landing on You, Hyun Bin, Kim Jung-hyun, Seo Ji-hye, Sohn Ye-jin
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1 Kurama
November 19, 2019 at 1:04 PM
I don't know for the story, but they're slaying with their visuals.
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2 larelle79
November 19, 2019 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, this stills reads like a mess.
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3 Kairoskat 💐
November 19, 2019 at 1:15 PM
I'm excited for Kim Jung Hyun's return! I forgot he was in this until I watched the teaser. He's looking great 😎!
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4 yayabean
November 19, 2019 at 1:32 PM
The plot sounds meh.
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5 welh
November 19, 2019 at 1:40 PM
We can suspend belief to watch entertainment dramas. But for fiction to work needs some basis in fact. The more information that leaks out, the more off-the-rails the story gets.
The idea of a South Korean scammer targeting North Koreans is a ludicrous idea. North Korea is under international sanctions. It has no cash reserves. It is run by a totalitarian dictatorship. Outside travel is restricted to diplomatic channels. Who is he going to scam in a poor country?
I really wonder if this is a bad attempt to modernize the Wizard of Oz film as a fantasy rom-com: SYJ is Dorothy blown off course into an imaginary world. Is HB the tin man looking for a heart?
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candycane
November 19, 2019 at 1:56 PM
SYJ has Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS). lol.
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oppafangirl
November 19, 2019 at 3:55 PM
Since they were shooting in Switzerland they forgot the original plot was about North Korea! They just assumed it will be like this, lol!
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bbstl 🧹
November 19, 2019 at 4:25 PM
He's scamming the NK 1%. But it still seems implausible to me, can SK citizens even go to NK? I suppose it would take a con man to make that happen.
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candycane
November 19, 2019 at 5:30 PM
it just takes a parachute. lol.
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latebloomer
November 19, 2019 at 5:31 PM
OK, even more unbelievable is how this love story is going to work out. Is Little Miss Rich Girl going to settle for life in N. Korea. Mm, don't think so. Is Captain Life-Saver going to be corrupted by her capitalist values? Maybe not? But somehow he gets to Switzerland? Just a little suspension of disbelief required there.... Wouldn't it have even more interesting if instead of a North Korean officer, he had just been someone who lived off the grid because he had turned his back on wealth and had no use for a rich and spoiled socialite?
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Sib
November 20, 2019 at 7:05 AM
But then we wouldn’t get HyunBin in a uniform....
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Fiction
November 20, 2019 at 3:05 AM
Just like the truth is told by many fiction are. These stories arent suppose to inform rather entertain them. Just with what we got we cannot accompany another idea just by a fraction of a plot summary.
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bomibeans
November 23, 2019 at 10:18 PM
Actually, NK has a thriving black market. Money and goods move, just under the table. I was raised in communist country. It’s 100% not like it seems from outside. It’s somewhere in the middle. Of course corruption thrives in such a country, which to me even seems MORE plausible that scams persist. In a lawless, black market country, precisely everything is possible.
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6 seoul_searcher
November 19, 2019 at 2:00 PM
this seems like so much fun and the cast is definitely worth staying for. Excited about KJH's return to dramaland!
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7 shach
November 19, 2019 at 2:01 PM
It seems like the writers lack even basic knowledge of North Korea, like it is some exotic fictional country made up just for the drama.
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8 dragonfly
November 19, 2019 at 2:02 PM
I’m “meh” about both actors and don’t watch their works usually, but considering that everyone is already hating it... I expect it to do well lol I noticed, that the more drama is hated before premiere, the more popular it would become at the end)))
btw, why there is no news about Itaewon Class script reading? Kim Da Mi looked so good with short hair.
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9 Nani
November 19, 2019 at 4:31 PM
I don’t understand this plot. There’s nothing funny about landing in In In North Korea people get torture and killed. A soldier falling in love with a heiress and trying to hide PLEASE. A scammer trying to scam a North Korean that’s also not believable. They should have picked a different country or setting. There’s nothing appealing about this drama except the main leads.
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10 bbstl 🧹
November 19, 2019 at 4:31 PM
I think the con man is doing something with sunglasses. The kind that are so old-looking that they seem modern again, except that in NK theyre still wearing the original old ones. That's it, he's running some kind of sunglasses-export biz from NK.
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Ms. Rabbit 🐇
November 19, 2019 at 5:37 PM
I've always love beanies creative minds. :)
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mugyuljoie is preciousss
November 20, 2019 at 12:13 AM
😎
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
November 20, 2019 at 4:38 AM
🕶🕶🕶🕶
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
November 20, 2019 at 4:35 AM
What I'm looking at is that pic of Hyun bin smiling across the flickering fire. I need me some good ol' sunglasses to protect me from the dazzle.😎😎😎😎
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tsutsuloo
November 20, 2019 at 2:27 PM
😂
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11 Kiara
November 19, 2019 at 6:01 PM
The plot it's looks like going to be a mess.
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12 kiara
November 19, 2019 at 9:11 PM
Don't waste my girls show. I will never forgive you.
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13 Aidualc
November 20, 2019 at 3:22 AM
The premise does sound a bit like this could be a mess but then again the writers other dramas also had quirky setups and they turned out good so I wont make an assumption before seeing it. Maybe it does have a fantasy element and that could somehow make things work.
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14 YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
November 20, 2019 at 4:30 AM
"This drama starts off with a strange wind that carries paragliding heiress Sohn Ye-jin off course, and she accidentally lands in North Korean territory."
@pakalanapikake @wishfultoki @hebang @bbstl
Guess who's playing "the strange wind"?
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FlyingTool
November 20, 2019 at 6:25 AM
Ooh, the strange wind! Looking forward to how you will play the wind mischievous, dastardly, soft caresses, hard snapping blows, hot, cold, ... so many possibilities, such potential!
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PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 7:46 AM
@hebang,
All I know is that @yyishere is going to give us the full range of aeolian expressiveness. I'm not being a blowhard about her acting, either. From dust devils to zephyrs, she's going to blow us away with her delivery. This isn't just hot air from a fangirl. ;-)
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mugyuljoie is preciousss
November 20, 2019 at 1:12 PM
I love a good dust devil. They're even better when they've picked up a few tumbleweeds.
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WishfulToki
November 20, 2019 at 6:42 AM
Love it! We don’t know if you’ll play a villain or fairy godmother.
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PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 7:27 AM
Omo! @yyishere, you've made my day! You started out portraying geographical features (salutes Cliff Of Non-Doom) and have become a force of nature!
*holds onto hat*
It figures you would be a "strange wind." Which is infinitely better than an ill wind. ;-)
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
November 20, 2019 at 7:42 AM
*holds onto hat* Laughed my head off, omg, still laughing, can't stop...
it was the "strange" that did it for me. Glad you know me so well. Though "blustery" would be appealing, as well.
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PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 7:57 AM
@yyishere,
I'm sure you'll do just fine as a "whispering wind," as long as you carry a big stick. Alas, the 1952 Patti Page song casts a foreboding shadow on the aftermath of that treetop landing.
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bbstl 🧹
November 20, 2019 at 9:46 AM
Oh, we'll have to pay close attention to see all your work! Congratulations on being responsible for starting the plot! 🌪
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PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 9:54 AM
Wait! @yyishere, you've already committed to portraying Hyun Bin's dogtags!
http://www.dramabeans.com/2019/05/hyun-bin-sohn-ye-jin-team-up-with-legend-of-the-blue-sea-writer-for-tvn-romance/#comment-3464950
Knowing you, you can easily handle dual roles. It will be a breeze for you to do both, as that errant zephyr will not last long. Here's hoping we get to actually see you as the dog tags (hint, hint), otherwise we'll have to content ourselves with only hearing their metallic clinking as Hyun Bin's chest heaves while scampering around in the DMZ.
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PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 10:04 AM
Here's a little something to get you in the mood for your "strange wind" role.
http://www.dramabeans.com/members/pakalanapikake/activity/930222/
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mugyuljoie is preciousss
November 20, 2019 at 1:16 PM
OMG! I can't wait to watch the dual roles! Strange wind (but I'm going to assume this will include many other wind nuances) and dog tags both in the same drama. Now I have to watch. Is it too much to hope for sunglasses too? 🌬💨🕶😎
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15 Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
November 20, 2019 at 4:55 AM
Everything about this drama sounds unbelievable, and idk if it's a good thing that we already need to suspend our disbelief before it's even aired.
Some of this writer's past works (You From Another Star, Legend of the Blue Sea) have been the good kind of wacky, fun and sometimes cracktastic... but I think the fantasy element in those helped.
Great cast though.
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mugyuljoie is preciousss
November 20, 2019 at 1:19 PM
If it's good wacky I'm in. If it's bad wacky, it can replace the hole left by Vagabond (the laughter is good for my abs).
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16 blessingwind
November 20, 2019 at 9:14 AM
My Hyun Bin is back! Yay! and he is back with gorgeous Sohn Ye Jin.
There will be many cliches in this drama, but i think i am gonna like it. This show will receive higher ratings even with a loosely woven plot.
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17 PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 10:30 AM
Thanks for the heads-up, @tineybeanie! I've been looking forward to this drama since it was first announced. I'm glad that Kim Jung-hyun (Mo-ri!!!) is back in action.
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WishfulToki
November 20, 2019 at 2:40 PM
Mo-ri!! *heart eyes* (That's basically my Pavlovian response to any mention of him).
I'm so glad to see him again, and in a lighter role too, thank goodness.
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PakalanaPikake
November 20, 2019 at 5:15 PM
@wishfultoki,
LOL! I'm hoping his chaebol in this drama is a lot happier than the guy in TIME. Here's hoping we get to see him in another sageuk before too long. ;-)
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18 ekchidya
November 20, 2019 at 11:17 PM
ok cant wait! i hope it wont disappoint us!
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19 ninjabolt
November 20, 2019 at 11:44 PM
Waiting for this!! Hyun Bin!!
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ekchidya
November 20, 2019 at 11:47 PM
i cudnt watch chronicles i dont know why ...so i hope this wont disappoint
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20 PakalanaPikake
November 21, 2019 at 7:27 AM
I've gotten so revved up by the prospect of CRASH LANDING ON YOU that this morning I rewatched Sohn Ye-jin's 2003 film THE CLASSIC, with Cho Seung-woo, Zo In-sung, and Lee Ki-woo. Imagine my surprise to learn that the vaguely-familiar actress who plays one of the leading lady's school chums is Seo Young-hee, alias Baek Yi-kang's mom Yoo-wol in NOKDU FLOWER. She wants to be an announcer, and constantly flaunts her elocution at the drop of a hat. LOL!
If you liked LOVE RAIN, there's a good chance you'll enjoy THE CLASSIC.
This movie has terrific music, including some classical pieces. I've posted a couple of tracks on my fan wall:
http://www.dramabeans.com/members/pakalanapikake/activity/930844/
http://www.dramabeans.com/members/pakalanapikake/activity/930846/
http://www.dramabeans.com/members/pakalanapikake/activity/930856/
Enjoy while you tide yourself over until CRASH LANDING ON YOU takes off in 3 weeks. ;-)
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21 jetsetlag
November 22, 2019 at 7:16 AM
I don't really get the popular opinion that this is going to flop/ be a mess? A lot of dramas have horrible a synopsis before they premier...maybe they're just leaving the rest of the plot out because it's a spoiler? They do that sometimes.
...Or maybe I'm just being blindly optimistic cause it's Hyunbin and Sohn Yejin🤷🏻♀️
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22 bomibeans
November 23, 2019 at 10:14 PM
Hunky North Korean conservative male falling for legally-blondish rich spunky South Korean haired? Oh yeah, PLEASE! Honestly, the very first drama of 2019 I can’t wait to watch. The rest of the offering had tons of “red flags” even before I watched them, and almost everyone fulfilled them. Camellia is a bright spot in 2019 arena. Haven’t watched One Spring Night or Sky Castle but eagerly wait to watch them once I have time. Her Private Life, 100 Days My Prince, Rookie Historian, Touch Your Heart were all dramas I finished watching live. Dropped Hotel Del Luna but I’ll try to pick it up later. All other offerings I either don’t remember even starting or not remember at all or were too bad to mention. Feels like a dismal year. But really no drama I ever anticipated to watch this year than Crash Landing On You. Hope it rights the wrong for forgetful 2019.
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bomibeans
November 23, 2019 at 10:24 PM
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23 Eve
November 23, 2019 at 10:38 PM
Hyun bin oppa!!! 😀 사랑해요
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