“Guns. Glory. Sad endings.”
Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.
Lee Byung-hun
Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
Kim Tae-ri
Go Ae-shin
Yoo Yeon-seok
Gu Dong-mae
Kim Min-joung
Kudo Hina
Byun Yo-han
Kim Hui-seong
Kim Kap-soo
Hwang Eun-san
Choi Moo-seong
Jang Seung-gu
Lee Ho-jae
Go Sa-hong
Kim Eui-sung
Lee Wan-ik
Kim Nam-hee
Takashi Mori
Mr. Sunshine is a drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of romance, historical fiction, japanese invasion of korea, korean resistance, korean empire, japanese occupation of korea. Created by Kim Eun-sook, it stars Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-seok. Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.
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