Son Seok-gu begins a special melodrama.

The production team of JTBC‘s new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ (directed by Kim Seok-yoon, written by Lee Nam-gyu and Kim Soo-jin) released a still cut of Son Seok-gu, who is heralding the birth of a new life character following ‘Mr. Goo’, on the 3rd.

‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ is a romance that transcends the present life as Lee Hae-sook (played by Kim Hye-ja), who arrives in heaven in her 80s, reunites with her husband Go Nak-joon (played by Son Seok-gu) who has become younger in his 30s. Lee Hae-sook’s life in heaven, who starts a second life at the end of life called death, plans to present warm emotions beyond pleasant laughter.

Kim Hye-ja and Son Seok-gu‘s meeting as a couple who reunite in heaven is attracting attention. Above all, attention is focused on Son Seok-gu’s acting transformation as he reunites with director Kim Seok-yoon for the first time in about 3 years since ‘My Liberation Diary’. Son Seok-gu plays the role of ‘Go Nak-jun’, Lee Hae-sook‘s younger husband and heavenly postman.

In the photos released by the production team, the heavenly house of Go Nak-jun and Lee Hae-sook catches the eye. The house and garden that he built and decorated with his own hands while waiting for his wife to meet him again in heaven are filled with the heart of Go Nak-jun, the ‘heavenly lover’. Although it looks like an ordinary space that could be found somewhere in the reality we live in now, Go Nak-jun’s happy smile and relaxed appearance make us look forward to his life that will begin again in heaven after death.

In another photo, Go Nak-jun is on his long commute from heaven to earth. The important mission given to Go Nak-jun, the heavenly postman, is to deliver ‘letters of wishes’. As a communication channel connecting heaven and earth, curiosity grows as to what kind of people and stories he will meet.


Son Seok-gu said, “I have deep trust in director Kim Seok-yoon due to our relationship with ‘My Liberation Diary,’ and I decided to appear in the drama right away because I heard I could act in a romance with teacher Kim Hye-ja.” He also introduced the character as, “Go Nak-jun is a character who loves Lee Hae-sook. Everything he does is for his wife, Hae-sook.”

On what makes ‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ different, he said, “The heaven in this drama is not the rigid world that some people present, but a world decorated with very everyday imagination that everyone can relate to. More importantly, our drama is looking for something more beautiful than heaven, something beyond heaven,” he said.

‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ will premiere at 10:40 p.m. on the 19th.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com

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