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Friday, April 2, 2021

Netflix Original: Korean Drama TV Series: Mr. Sunshine (2018)

You would probably not think that a series with a title like “Mr. Sunshine” would be a Korean drama, would you? But it is! It is a Netflix Original and it is intense!

The lead actor is Lee Byung-hun and he is the reason this series caught my eye. He's Korean but the first time I saw him was in one of the Terminator movies. He was one of the terminators: T-1000 in “Terminator Genisys” (2015). He was awesome! So when I saw he was the main character in “Mr.Sunshine”, I had to watch! I was not disappointed.


It is an historical period war drama which depicts conflicts involving the Americans, the Japanese, and the Koreans. His character starts off as a young child who was a slave but he escaped to America. The name given to him by the kind-hearted and generous American who saved his life was Eugene Choi. His Korean name was Choi Yoo-jin. He grew up and became a high-ranking officer in the American military and they sent him back to Korea on a special assignment. He was not exactly thrilled about being sent back home to a country where he was never treated like it was his home. Nevertheless, when you're a soldier you obey orders.

Not only was this series entertaining, but it was also very educational and emotional. I got caught up in the lives of each of the main characters listed below.

~ Lee Byung-hun as Eugene Choi / Choi Yoo-jin who became a Captain in the United States Marine Corps.

~ Kim Tae-ri as Go Ae-shin, a Joseon noblewoman, a skilled sniper and loyal member the Righteous Army.

~ Yoo Yeon-seok as Goo Dong-mae (his Korean name) / Ishida Sho (his Japanese name), whose father was killed fighting in the war and he fled to Japan. He joined a Japanese criminal organization and when he returned to Korea, he wanted revenge!

~ Kim Min-jung as Lee Yang-hwa (her Korean name) / Kudo Hina (her name when her father forced her to marry a rich Japanese man so he could get at his money). She became a widow and returned to Korea to run the "Glory Hotel", a property she inherited after her husband's death.

~ Byun Yo-han as Kim Hee-sung, an extremely wealthy Joseon nobleman who was supposed to marry Go Ae-shin, only she fell in love with Eugene Choi. But that didn't stop him from loving her anyway.

Korean dramas always have to have a love triangle.

I fell in love with each one of these characters. They were so real to me.

I will have to do follow-up research to find out if there was a group called the Righteous Army.

A one-word description for this Netflix Original Series? Outstanding!





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