Jinyoung and Kim Minju star in JTBC's "Shining," a drama about first love and personal growth, airing in March 2024.
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GOT7's Jinyoung and former IZ*ONE's Kim Minju will play each other's 'first love.' The new JTBC drama 'Shining,' set to premiere in March in Korea, depicts the process of young people who shared a world of their own becoming the 'light' that illuminates each other's lives through trust. With Jinyoung and Kim Minju, who have established a solid position as icons of first love, confirmed to appear, it is attracting attention. Jinyoung will play the role of underground train driver Yong Taeso, who looks at the world calmly. Yong Taeso is a strong-willed person who lives faithfully to the given reality rather than to the future or dreams, with the goal of 'safely getting through today.' When he finally achieves independence and begins to stabilize his life, he reunites with his 'first love' Mo Una from when he was 19, creating quiet ripples in his daily life. Attention is focused on Jinyoung's performance, which depicts the inner side of Yong Taeso, a character who hides a painful sensitivity behind a calm expression. Kim Minju will play the role of Mo Una, Yong Taeso's 'first love.' Mo Una is a former hotel staff member and now the manager of a traditional house stay in Seoul. She is passionate about everything, thoughtful, and has an adorable charm. While setting goals of 'where, with whom, what to do, and how to live,' she lives through small achievements and big failures, and coincidentally reunites with her first love, Yong Taeso. Expectations are high for Kim Minju's new transformation as she expresses Mo Una's daily life as she struggles to find her lost first love and direction in life. Thus, 'Shining' is a story of two people who met during their summer vacation at 19, nurtured faint feelings, and reunited as adults, exchanging various emotions, which is expected to enrich the hearts of viewers. In particular, there is great interest in how the many memories shared only by the two will affect the current Yong Taeso and Mo Una and what changes it will bring. The story of Yong Taeso and Mo Una is expected to be depicted more richly through the synergy of reliable screenwriters, directors, and actors. Directed by Kim Yoon-jin, known for beautiful visuals in dramas like 'That Year, We,' and written by Lee Soo-kyung, who has shown depth in works like 'Spring Day Passes' and 'The Road to Airport,' 'Shining' is already raising expectations for its broadcast.
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