Kim Hye-ja has announced a dazzling return.

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 character still cuts of Kim Hye-ja undergoing an acting transformation on the 28th.

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


‘Dazzling’ Director Kim Seok-yoon, writers Lee Nam-gyu and Kim Soo-jin, and Kim Hye-ja have teamed up again after 6 years for this drama. Son Seok-goo, Han Ji-min, Lee Jung-eun, Chun Ho-jin, and Ryu Deok-hwan also star.

Kim Hye-ja plays the role of ‘Lee Hae-sook’, an 80-year-old wife who reunites with her husband who returned to his 30s in heaven. While alive, she is a veteran fighter who rules the bottom of the rankings. After death, she becomes a ‘unique and cheeky troublemaker’ who turns heaven upside down. Having died at the age of 80 and returning to her husband‘s side, unlike others, she gets to live a second life in heaven at her true age.

In the photos released that day, Lee Hae-sook draws attention with her ‘two faces’ of this world and heaven. First, a rather solemn atmosphere hangs over Lee Hae-sook, who went to the market to stamp her daily attendance card as usual. Lee Hae-sook treats daily attendance customers with extraordinary force and gentle charisma. She too was once a tearful and tender-hearted girl, but now she is an experienced person who has endured all kinds of hardships in life.


In the following photo, Lee Hae-sook finally enters heaven. Lee Hae-sook’s ecstatic and thrilled expression upon encountering heaven, which she had only imagined would exist, catches the eye. In particular, the booklet titled ‘Heaven User Manual’ in her hand adds to the curiosity about Lee Hae-sook‘s life in heaven that will unfold in the future. The sight of her chatting with excitement and thrill like a girl on a spring picnic toward her new husband, Ko Nak-joon, draws attention.

Director Kim Seok-yoon said, “In fact, this production was created with Kim Hye-ja as the main character,” and “I gave her a lovable but quirky character in the hopes that many viewers of various ages would enjoy it.”


He continued, “As always, it was an exciting but nervous project,” and added, “When Kim Hye-ja did ‘I Live in Cheongdam-dong’, she was unfamiliar with comedy acting, but when she did ‘The Light in Your Eyes’, she found that kind of comedy acting fun. He said, “In this ‘More Beautiful Than Heaven,’ you did a great job, almost to the point of playing with comedy.”

‘More Beautiful Than Heaven’ will premiere on April 19 at 10:40 p.m. It will air every Saturday at 10:40 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 p.m. Thereafter.

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

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