“Sometimes I look at you and wonder how I got to be so lucky.”
Following a chance encounter overseas, a woman with much to lose and a man with little to his name meet again as employer and employee.
Song Hye-kyo
Cha Su-hyeon
Park Bo-gum
Kim Jin-hyeok
Jang Seung-jo
Jung U-seok
Ko Chang-seok
Nam Myeong-sik
Shin Jung-keun
Kim Jang-su
Nam Kee-ae
Jin Mi-ok
Baek Ji-won
Ju Yeon-ja
Pyo Ji-hoon
Kim Jin-myeong
Moon Sung-keun
Congressman Cha Jong-hyeon
Kwak Sun-young
Jang Mi-jin
Encounter is a drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of cuba, photography, rich woman poor man, romance, business, older woman younger man relationship. Created by Yu Young-ah, it stars Song Hye-kyo, Park Bo-gum, Jang Seung-jo. Following a chance encounter overseas, a woman with much to lose and a man with little to his name meet again as employer and employee.
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