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Night Light (TV series)

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Genre
  
Melodrama

Directed by
  
Lee Jae-dong

Country of origin
  
South Korea

Written by
  
Han Ji-hoon

Starring
  
Lee Yo-won Jin Goo Uee

Also known as
  
Illumination White Nights

Night Light (Hangul: 불야성; RR: Boolyasung) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won, Jin Goo and Uee. It aired on MBC every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) starting from November 21, 2016.

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Plot

Story of three individuals propelled by their undying greed as they clamor for wealth and power in order to reign supreme at the top of the food chain. Seo Yi-kyung (Lee Yo-won), a cold crystal of a woman who is willing to do anything for her ambitions and she doesn't believe that greed is a sin. Park Gun-woo (Jin Goo), a warm-hearted, free-spirited man of integrity and the heir of a big company who got betrayed by his love, Yi-kyung, 12 years ago. Lee Se-jin (Uee) is a hired persona and comes from a poor family, she lost her parents when she was young, and desperately wants to escape from her situation.

Main

  • Lee Yo-won as Seo Yi-kyung
    • A cold woman and the embodiment of heated passion who wants to be the queen of her own enterprise.
  • Jin Goo as Park Gun-woo
    • A chaebol's son with a free-spirited personality, and initially decides to put aside his status to pursue music.
  • Uee as Lee Se-jin
    • A poor woman who works multiple jobs to turn her life around.

    S Finance

  • Choi Il-hwa as Seo Bong-soo
  • Choi Min as Jo Seong-mook
  • Shim Yi-young as Writer Kim
  • Jung Hae-in as Tak

    • Sejin's family

  • Yoon Bok-in as Kim Hwa-sook
  • Kim Go-eun as Shin Song-mi

    • Mujin Group

  • Jung Han-yong as Park Moo-il
  • Lee Jae-yong as Park Moo-sam
  • Nam Gi-ae as Moon Hee-jeong

    • Tianjin Finance

  • Jun Gook-hwan as Son Ee-sung
  • Park Seon-woo as Son Gi-tae
  • Lee Ho-jung as Son Ma-ri

    • BaekSong Foundation

  • Jung Dong-hwan as Jang Tae-joon
  • Song Yeong-kyu as Nam Jong-kyu

    • Special appearance

  • Kim Kang-hyun
  • Jung Seung-gil
  • Oh Jung-se

    • Production

    The first script reading took place September 27, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea and filming began on October 4 in Seoul. The cast started filming in Fukuoka, Japan on October 16. The filming then moved to Nagoya on October 30.

    Ratings

  • In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date

    • International broadcast

    Netflix acquired the international rights for the drama and is using the name White Nights for it.

    References

    Night Light (TV series) Wikipedia
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