Master's Sun

Bright, mature and interesting characters, lovely cinematography and music, a good plot

This show did feel like the Hong sisters were back on their game with the witty wordplay, the double entendre, and the overarching mythology that backed its internal logic. 

No big twists or major angst, just fun and flirty and happy


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Drama: Master's Sun
Revised romanization: Joogoonui Taeyang
Hangul: 주군의 태양
Director: Jin Hyeok
Writer: Hong Jung-Eun, Hong Mi-Ran
Network: SBS
Episodes: 17
Release Date: August 7 - October 3, 2013
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea


Cast

Gong Hyo-jin as Tae Gong-shil
Gong-shil was once bright and sunny. But after a mysterious accident, she suddenly gains the ability to see ghosts. They continually haunt her, some wanting her to fulfill their last wishes, others merely scaring her. Gong-shil becomes an outcast, unable to hold down a job and suffering from insomnia. Now gloomy and easily moved to tears, she works as a cleaning lady at Kingdom shopping mall. Then she discovers that the ghosts are banished whenever she touches the company president, Joong-won, the most selfish man she's ever known. She begins working for him as his secretary (in name only), and because of Joong-won, she slowly opens herself up to the world.

So Ji-sub as Joo Jоong-won
President of the Kingdom Group. A self-centered, haughty, ambitious, and money-driven businessman, Joong-won puts a price on every relationship. The trauma of a kidnapping incident when he was younger has rendered him extremely mercenary and distrustful, as well as dyslexic. Upon learning of Gong-shil's supernatural ability, he keeps her near him, hoping to use her to communicate with his dead girlfriend Hee-joo in tracking down the ₩10 billion ransom paid in the form of Joong-won's mother's diamond necklace (the case's statute of limitations is almost up). But as he grows closer to Gong-shil, Joong-won comes to learn the more important things in life. (His first name joong-won literally means "ruling position" or "supremacy.")

Seo In-guk as Kang Woo
A former soldier who served in the Zaytun Division of the South Korean Army, which was deployed to Iraq in the mid-2000s. After his discharge, he uses that experience and skill set in pursuing a job in the private sector, thus leading him to become hired as the head of security of Joong-won's shopping mall company. He mysteriously keeps tabs on Joong-won, and notes the latter's interest in Gong-shil, who is his neighbor at the apartment building he'd recently moved into. As part of his plan, Kang Woo confesses that he likes Gong-shil, but his feelings soon begin to turn real

Kim Yoo-ri as Tae Yi-ryung
A top star and the model of Joong-won's shopping mall. Yi-ryung's wedding to a soccer player is inadvertently wrecked by Gong-shil, whom she considered her high school rival. Though not related, they share the same surname and in high school they were given the following nicknames: the then-more popular Gong-shil was called "Big Sun," while the homely Yi-ryung, who wore braces and glasses, was called "Little Sun." Wanting revenge against Gong-shil for her bitter high school experiences and ruined wedding, Yi-ryung plans on seducing Joong-won, but finds herself falling for Kang Woo instead.




Plot
Joo Joong-won (So Ji-sub) is the stingy and greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a major department store and hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong-shil (Gong Hyo-jin), who started seeing ghosts after an accident. Their lives take a new turn as they work together to deal with the terror and sadness brought about by the spirits, while delving into a kidnapping incident in Joong-won's past.