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- Drama: Descendants of the Sun (English & literal title)
- Revised romanization: Taeyangui Hooye
- Hangul: 태양의 후예
- Director: Lee Eung-Bok, Baek Sang-Hoon, Yoo Jong-Sun
- Writer: Kim Eun-Sook, Kim Won-Suk
- Network: KBS2
- Episodes: 16
- Release Date: February 24 - April 14, 2016
- Runtime: Weds. & Thurs. 22:00
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Shi-Jin (Song Joong-Ki) is the captain of the special forces. He catches a motorcycle thief with Sergeant Major Dae-Young (Jin Goo). The thief is injured during his capture and is sent to the hospital. Dae-Young realises his cellphone was stolen by the thief and goes to the hospital to retrieve his cellphone.
In the emergency room, Shi-Jin meets Dr. Mo-Yeon (Song Hye-Kyo) for the first time. He falls in love with her immediately. Mo-Yeon mistakenly assumes Shi-Jin is part of thief's criminal gang. He proves to her that he is a soldier with the help of army doctor Myeong-Joo (Kim Ji-Won).
Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon begin to date, but due to their jobs their dates don't go well. Shi-Jin takes an order to lead his soldiers on a peacekeeping mission to the country of Uruk. Meanwhile, Mo-Yeon becomes upset that she fails to become a professor due to a colleague's privileged background. When Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon meet again, they talk about their views on life and realise how different they are. Shi-Jin, as a soldier, kills to protect lives and Mo-Yeon, as a doctor, tries to save all lives. They say their goodbyes.
Eight months later, Mo-Yeon rebuffs the sexual advances of hospital chairman Suk-Won (Tae In-Ho) and as retribution is assigned to lead a medical team in Uruk. There, Shi-Jin and Mo-Yeon meet again.
Notes
- Takes over the KBS2 Wed. & Thur. 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "The Merchant: Gaekju 2015" and followed by "The Master of Revenge" April 27, 2016.
- First script reading took place on May 28, 2015 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea. Song Joong-Ki and Song Hye-Kyo read scripts for ep.8 and ep.9 at the first script reading.
- Drama series is actor Song Joong-Ki's first acting role since being discharged from the South Korean military on May 26, 2015.
- Story is set in the fictional place of "Wooreukeu" with war and disease raging.
- Filming began June 12, 2015 and Song Joong-Ki began filming July, 2015.
- Filming took place in Greece for about a month from September 28, 2015. Main characters played by Song Joong-Ki and Song Hye-Kyo meet for the first time in Greece.
- Filming finished in the early morning of December 30, 2015.
- First drama series for KBS where filming will be completed prior to airing the drama series.
- KBS2 will air a three-part special of the "Descendants of the Sun" from April 20-22, 2016 after the completion of the drama series. The three-part special will consist of highlights from the drama series on April 20th and 21st, while the April 22nd episode will feature making of videos and an epilogue clip.
- On July 5, 2017, management companies Blossom Entertainment & United Artists Agency announced that Song Joong-Ki and Song Hye-Kyo will marry on October 31, 2017.
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Date
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Episode
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TNmS
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AGB
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Nationwide
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Seoul
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Nationwide
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Seoul
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2016-02-24 |
1 |
12.6% (7th) |
12.7% (4th) |
14.3% (4th) |
14.4% (4th)
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2016-02-25 |
2 |
13.5% (6th) |
14.5% (4th) |
15.5% (3rd) |
16.0% (4th)
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2016-03-02 |
3 |
21.8% (2nd) |
22.7% (1st) |
23.4% (2nd) |
24.6% (2nd)
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2016-03-03 |
4 |
22.9% (2nd) |
23.5% (2nd) |
24.1% (2nd) |
25.1% (2nd)
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2016-03-09 |
5 |
24.6% (2nd) |
26.3% (1st) |
27.4% (1st) |
29.2% (1st)
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2016-03-10 |
6 |
25.4% (2nd) |
27.6% (1st) |
28.5% (1st) |
29.8% (1st)
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2016-03-16 |
7 |
27.0% (2nd) |
28.9% (1st) |
28.3% (1st) |
30.1% (1st)
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2016-03-17 |
8 |
25.9% (2nd) |
28.7% (1st) |
28.8% (1st) |
30.5% (1st)
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2016-03-23 |
9 |
29.7% (1st) |
32.3% (1st) |
30.4% (1st) |
31.0% (1st)
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2016-03-24 |
10 |
28.8% (1st) |
31.0% (1st) |
31.6% (1st) |
33.3% (1st)
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2016-03-30 |
11 |
29.1% (2nd) |
31.3% (1st) |
31.9% (1st) |
33.5% (1st)
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2016-03-31 |
12 |
31.1% (1st) |
33.9% (1st) |
33.0% (1st) |
34.3% (1st)
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2016-04-06 |
13 |
30.4% (1st) |
33.7% (1st) |
33.5% (1st) |
35.0% (1st)
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2016-04-07 |
14 |
31.1% (1st) |
33.5% (1st) |
33.0% (1st) |
35.6% (1st)
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2016-04-13 |
15 |
31.1% (1st) |
35.6% (1st) |
34.8% (1st) |
37.5% (1st)
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2016-04-14 |
16 |
35.3% (1st) |
40.5% (1st) |
38.8% (1st) |
41.6% (1st)
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Source: TNS Media Korea & AGB Nielson
- NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson.
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