Clockwise from left: Kam Woo-sung, Kim Haneul, Kim Sung-chul, Kim Ga-eun
JTBC has confirmed the main cast for their new upcoming melodrama The Wind Blows. Kam Woo-sung (Should We Kiss First) and Kim Haneul (On the Way to the Airport) will costar and the supporting cast will include Kim Ga-eun (The Light in Your Eyes), and Kim Sung-chul (Smart Prison Living).
The drama is a romance melo that revolves around Kam Woo-sung and Kim Haneul’s relationship. In their youth, the pair were in love, but the relationship fell apart. However, a few years on, the two cross paths again and begin to fall in love all over again. The premise is about cherishing both the past and the future that is yet to be.
Kam Woo-sung will be taking the lead role of Do-hoon, a man who’s fallen in love with the same woman twice. While Kim Haneul will play the other lead role, Soo-jin, and she’s described as someone who finds love again after a break-up.
In the supporting roles, Kim Ga-eun’s character is described as a young optimist. Kim Sung-chul will play a young and charming CEO of a special effects company. In other casting news, Lee Joon-hyuk (Doctor Prisoner) and Yoon Ji-hye (Come Here and Hug Me) will be playing an izakaya restaurant owner and chef respectively.
Kam Woo-sung and Kim Haneul are masters of melo but this is the first time the two actors have worked on a project together. The cast recently held the script reading and commenced filming. Directing for the drama will be done by PD Jung Jung-hwa, (Absolute Boyfriend) with writer Hwang Joo-ha handling the script. Hwang previously wrote both seasons one and two of Mrs. Cop.
The Wind Blows will be airing Mondays and Tuesdays on JTBC, and is currently set to premiere in May after Woohoo Waikiki 2 concludes its run.