Sunlight Pours Down

Sunlight Pours Down (Korean: 햇빛 쏟아지다; RR: Haetbit Ssodajida) is a 2004 South Korean television series starring Song Hye-kyo,^[1] Jo Hyun-jae,^[2] and Ryoo Seung-bum. It aired on SBS from February 11 to April 1, 2004, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. It received an average viewership rating of 11.9%, and a peak rating of 14.4%.

Sunlight Pours Down
Promotional poster
Also known as	Sunshine of Love Shining Days Rays of Sunshine Sunshine
Genre	Romance Drama
Written by	Jung Jung-hwa
Directed by	Kim Jong-hyuk
Starring	Song Hye-kyo Jo Hyun-jae Ryoo Seung-bum
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Gu Bon-geun
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Kim Jong-hak Production
Original release
Network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Release	February 11 (2004-02-11) – April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)

Synopsis

Yeon-woo grew up happy in a loving family. After her father dies of mysterious causes, her mother remarries a man 10 years younger. Misfortunes never come singly. Her mother dies of Wilson's disease and her stepfather runs away with all their money. Min-ho, an old friend of hers, is always there to comfort her. Min-ho decides to be a policeman to catch the murderer who killed Yeon-woo's father. Eun-sup comes back to Korea with the sole purpose of stopping his lover Soo-ah from getting married, but Soo-ah gives him a flat-out rejection. To make matters worse, his father sends people over to his hotel to catch him. He runs away from the hotel and accidentally falls into the subway tracks and gets knocked unconscious. Yeon-woo leaps from the platform and saves his life. Eun-sup asks her if he could stay at her place temporarily since he has no place to go. So Yeon-woo, Min-ho and Eun-sup all started living together in a same house...

Cast

Main characters

• Song Hye-kyo as Ji Yeon-woo
• Jo Hyun-jae as Jung Eun-sup
• Ryoo Seung-bum as Kim Min-ho
• Choi Yoo-jung as Lee Soo-ah

Supporting characters

• Song Jae-ho as Jung Seung-beom (Eun-sup's father)
• Kim Mi-kyung as Han Jung-do (Min-ho's mother)
• Kim Jung-hak as Jung Sang-gook
• Kang Shin-il as Detective Nam (Min-ho's boss)
• Oh Dae-gyu as Oh Dal-jae (Yeon-woo's stepfather)
• Lee Young-yoo as Oh Ye-kang
• Yeo Ho-min as loan shark
• Kim Byung-choon as police officer
• Park Hyo-joo as Seung-ok
• Kim So-yeon
• Choi Deok-moon
• Dokko Jun
• Kim Il-woo

References

1. "A Giant Leap for Song Hye-kyo?". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 December 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
2. Hong, Lucia (16 June 2010). "Jo Hyun-jae to be discharged from military on June 19". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

External links

• Sunlight Pours Down official SBS website (in Korean)
• Rays of Sunshine at HanCinema
• Shining Days at KoreanWiz