The newest story teaser and stills for ENA’s upcoming drama Longing for You reveal its main mystery and its hero’s motivation for chasing down a serial killer. Played by Na In-woo (Jinxed at First), Detective Oh Jin-sung is a loving brother to Ren (from NU’EST), but a turn of events changes their dynamic and irrevocably alters their relationship.
The teaser opens to Jin-sung bragging to his younger brother that he is the great Detective Oh, but his brother reminds him that he is not Superman. Along with his best friend Prosecutor Go Young-joo, played by Kim Ji-eun (One Dollar Lawyer), Jin-sung appears to have a blast, celebrating and singing karaoke, but then, the tone shifts to police sirens and a roped-off crime scene.
Jin-sung’s brother becomes a suspect, and our hero asks if he has been living these past thirty years with a serial killer. In response, Prosecutor Cha Young-woon — played by Kwon Yul (Mental Coach Jegal) — tells Jin-sung that the facts will determine it, and Jin-sung grabs the prosecutor in anger.
Hinting at a starting point — a day from hell — the teaser shows a dead body hanging over a banister and cuts to Jin-sung confronting his brother. In the final scene, Jin-sung appears in mourning attire, and with tears streaming down his face, he vows to go until the end.
The rest of the cast in Longing for You also have their own agendas and include Bae Jong-ok (Secret Royal Inspector and Joy) as Young-woon’s devoted mother and hospital director Yoo Jung-sook, Lee Kyu-han (Happiness Battle) as tenacious correspondent Park Ki-young, and Jung Sang-hoon (The Witch is Alive) as ruthless dentist Bae Min-kyu. My money is on one of them holding the key to this mystery, but we will have to wait and see who exactly is the murderer hiding in their midst.
Written by Kwon Min-soo (Graceful Family) and directed by the team behind Again My Life — PDs Han Chul-soo and Kim Yong-min — ENA’s Longing for You is slated to premiere on July 26 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot.
