Lee Jong-suk revealed his thoughts on returning to the small screen.

On the afternoon of the 1st, a production conference for tvN new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Seocho-dong’ (written by Lee Seung-hyun, directed by Park Seung-woo)was held at The Link Hotel Seoul in Guro-gu, Seoul.Actors Lee Jong-suk, Moon Ga-young, Kang Yoo-seok, Ryu Hye-young, Lim Sung-jae, and director Park Seung-woo attended the event.

Lee Jong-suk, who is returning to the small screen for the first time in three years since “Big Mouth,” said, “I always like genres that are either very dramatic or life-or-death dramas,” and added, “I thought about what kind of dramas I had never done before, and I thought of comfortable, everyday dramas.This time, I wanted to do a comfortable drama where I could act together.”

He explained, “Usually, courtroom dramas deal with defeating great evil and implementing justice, but ours deals with issues of making a living rather than life and death.”

‘Seocho-dong’ is a story of the joys and sorrows of five associate lawyers(lawyers employed by law firms and receiving a salary)who go to work at Seocho-dong Law Town every day.The drama will depict the process in which the lawyers with various characteristics meet clients with their own difficulties and grow while contemplating between dreams and reality, work and life.The lonely associate lawyers who used to meet in the building come together for meals and strengthen their friendship, while the various incidents and accidents presented in each episode will also present the joys and sorrows of life.

‘Seocho-dong’ will first air at 9:20 PM on the 5th.

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

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