PRAISE OF DEATH

Praise of Death
Also known as: Hymn of Death / Death Song
Genre: Romance, Historical, Music
Episodes: 6
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2018-Nov-27 to 2019-Dec-04
Air time: Monday & Tuesday at 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)


Synopsis

The short drama is a TV adaptation of the award-winning 1991 film "Death Song" which is based on the true story of Kim Woo Jin and Yoon Shim Duk.

It’s tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin (Lee Jong Suk), a married stage drama writer, and Yoon Shim Duk (Shin Hye Sun), Korea’s first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk’s recording of “Death Song” became the first Korean pop song in 1926.

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Jong Suk as Kim Woo Jin
Shin Hye Sun as Yoon Shim Duk
Lee Ji Hoon as Hong Nan Pa
Lee Sang Yeob as Kim Hong Ki

Supporting Cast

Park Sun Im as Kim Woo Jin’s wife
Han Eun Seo as Han Ki Joo
Kim Kang Hyun as Lee Suh Koo

Production Credits

Director: Park Soo Jin
Screenwriter: Jo Soo Jin