The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (Korean: 하늘에서 내리는 일억개의 별) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Seo In-guk, Jung So-min and Park Sung-woong. It is a remake of the 2002 Japanese television series Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi. It aired on tvN from October 3 to November 22, 2018 every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:30 (KST).
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Synopsis
This 2018 Korean drama revolves around Kim Moo-young - a complex, mysterious man with a forgotten past. He meets and falls in love with Yoo Jin-kang, and although her initial impression of him is pretty negative, later she discovers that Moo-young is innocent and struggling to recognize about his past life. However, her older brother, Yoo Jin-gook, a homicide detective, suspects that Moo-young is more sinister than he lets on, oblivious to the fact that he is the key to both Moo-young and Jin-kang's intertwined history. The situation becomes more complicated when Moo-young regains his memories which leads him to find the truth about his father's death and more.
Cast
Main
Seo In-guk as Kim Moo-young
An assistant in a craft microbrewery. He is indifferent on the surface, yet has a childlike innocence in him.
Jung So-min as Yoo Jin-kang
An advertisement designer who lost her parents in an accident when she was young, and underwent diverse growing pains.
Park Sung-woong as Yoo Jin-gook
Yoo Jin-kang's brother who has been a homicide detective for 27 years.
Supporting
Go Min-si as Im Yoo-ri
A girl whose suicide was prevented by Moo-young.
Yoo Jae-myung as Yang Kyung-mo
A psychiatrist.
Kim Ji-hyun as Jang Se-ran
Seo Eun-soo as Baek Seung-ah
A daughter of a rich family involved in the distribution industry.
Do Sang-woo as Jang Woo-sung
Baek Seung-ah's boyfriend.
Jang Young-nam as Tak So-jung
Kwon Soo-hyun as Eom Cho-rong
Lee Hong-bin as No Hee-joon
Min Woo-hyuk as CEO Jung Sang-yoon
Kim Kyung-il as Brew Master / Kil Hyung-joo
Choi Byung-mo as Lee Kyung-cheol
Kim Seo-kyung as Hwang Gun
?? as Jo Ki-joo
Han Sa-myung as Lee Jae-min
Park Min-jung as CEO Hwang
Lee Ji-min as Assistant Manager Im
Others
Lee Ji-ha as Nun Lucy
Han Da-sol as Shin Yoo-jin
Production
In April 2017, it was reported that tvN will be including a Korean remake of Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi as part of its drama lineup for the second half of 2017. In May 2017, tvN confirmed the production of the remake, which will be directed by Yoo Je-won.
Seo and Jung were announced as the leads in June 2018, and Park's casting was confirmed in July 2018.
The first script reading took place in early July 2018 at Sangam DDMC, Sangam-dong, Seoul.
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on September 26, 2018 but was delayed by a week.