The poster for campus romance drama From A Distance, A Green Spring features its six main characters lying together on the grass on a sunny day. Although college life seems like a brilliant time, full of potential, this drama depicts the harsh, cold realities of university students. The title refers to youth (chung-choon in Korean). The characters that make up the hanja for youth mean green spring.
The teaser begins with a famous Charlie Chaplin quote:
“Life is a comedy in the long-shot, but a tragedy when seen in closeup.”
Enter Park Ji-hoon (Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency) playing the part of Yeo Joon, a freshman that is beloved by everyone but hides a darkness inside. In the teaser, he’s shown being admired by a ton of girls on campus, and he has even more followers on Instagram. He boasts that after he went to orientation, he gained a fan club. The hashtags that introduce him roughly translate to: “#Face-restaurant,” “#Handsomeguy,” #MyungilUniversityGod.”
On the other hand, Nam Soo-hyun, played by Bae In-hyuk (My Roommate Is a Gumiho), is shown pitifully. He barely catches his much-needed sleep standing up on buses and works endless part-time jobs in the rain to pay for his tuition. In his voiceover, he sounds defeated, “Dating? Leisure? A guy like me can’t afford to do that.” The hashtags around him say: “#Nationalchampionofdirtspoons,” “#Alwayslackingsleep,” “#Unrivaledpsycho.”
Kang Min-ah (Beyond Evil) plays Kim So-bin, who works extremely hard but is devastated by the gap between her expectations of the fruits of her labor and reality. As she spends yet another night at the library, she ponders to herself, “For me whose only strength is working hard, I don’t think I can endure with only that.” She’s described by the hashtags: “#Earnestandtimid,” “#Zeropresence,” “#14yearonesidedlove.”
In the final scenes, these three characters are shown at some of their lowpoints, and Park Ji-hoon’s voiceover says, “Green chung and spring choon [referring to chung-choon]. Don’t make me laugh. It’s probably a just green dream from afar.”
In this teaser, the character descriptions for the other characters played by Kwon Eun-bin (Dear M, Youth of May), Woo Da-bi (Dear M, Live On), and Choi Jung-woo were not released. Hopefully, the next round of promos will contain some juicy details and shots of these three.
KBS Monday-Tuesday drama From A Distance, A Green Spring, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Go Yeon-soo, will begin airing on June 14.
