The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (TV series)

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes^[3] (Korean: 하늘에서 내리는 일억개의 별) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Seo In-guk, Jung So-min and Park Sung-woong. It is a remake of the 2002 Japanese television series Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi. It aired on tvN from October 3 to November 22, 2018 every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:30 (KST).^[4][5]

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Promotional poster
Also known as	Falling Stars[1]
Hangul	하늘에서 내리는 일억개의 별
Literal meaning	Hundred Million Stars From the Sky
Revised Romanization	Haneur-eseo Naerineun Ir-eokgaeui Byeol
Genre	Mystery Thriller
Based on	Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi by Eriko Kitagawa
Developed by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Song Hye-jin
Directed by	Yoo Je-won
Starring	Seo In-guk Jung So-min Park Sung-woong
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Choi Jin-hee Kim Jin-yi Satoshi Kubota[2] Park Ji-young
Producers	Kim Seong-min Lee Se-hee
Production companies	Fuji Television[2] Studio Dragon[2] The Unicorn
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	October 3 (2018-10-03) – November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22)

Synopsis

This 2018 Korean drama revolves around Kim Moo-young - a complex, mysterious man with a forgotten past. He meets and falls in love with Yoo Jin-kang, and although her initial impression of him is pretty negative, later she discovers that Moo-young is innocent and struggling to recognize about his past life. However, her older brother, Yoo Jin-gook, a homicide detective, suspects that Moo-young is more sinister than he lets on, oblivious to the fact that he is the key to both Moo-young and Jin-kang's intertwined history. The situation becomes more complicated when Moo-young regains his memories which leads him to find the truth about his father's death and more.^[6]

Cast

Main

• Seo In-guk as Kim Moo-young^[7][8]

An assistant in a craft microbrewery. He is indifferent on the surface, yet has a childlike innocence in him.

• Jung So-min as Yoo Jin-kang^[9]

An advertisement designer who lost her parents in an accident when she was young, and underwent diverse growing pains.

• Park Sung-woong as Yoo Jin-gook^[10]

Yoo Jin-kang's brother who has been a homicide detective for 27 years.

Supporting

People around Kim Moo-young

• Go Min-si as Im Yoo-ri^[11]

A girl whose suicide was prevented by Moo-young.

• Yoo Jae-myung as Yang Kyung-mo^[12]

A psychiatrist.

• Kim Ji-hyun as Jang Se-ran

People around Yoo Jin-kang

• Seo Eun-soo as Baek Seung-ah^[13]

A daughter of a rich family involved in the distribution industry.

• Do Sang-woo as Jang Woo-sung^[14]

Baek Seung-ah's boyfriend.

People around Yoo Jin-gook

• Jang Young-nam as Tak So-jung^[15]
• Kwon Soo-hyun as Eom Cho-rong

People of Arts Brewery

• Lee Hong-bin as No Hee-joon^[16]
• Min Woo-hyuk as CEO Jung Sang-yoon
• Kim Kyung-il as Brew Master / Kil Hyung-joo

Won Young Police Station

• Choi Byung-mo as Lee Kyung-cheol^[17]
• Kim Seo-kyung as Hwang Gun^[18]
•  ?? as Jo Ki-joo
• Han Sa-myung as Lee Jae-min^[19]

People of Design lux

• Park Min-jung as CEO Hwang^[20]
• Lee Ji-min as Assistant Manager Im^[21]

Others

• Lee Ji-ha as Nun Lucy
• Han Da-sol as Shin Yoo-jin^[22]

Production

In April 2017, it was reported that tvN will be including a Korean remake of Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi as part of its drama lineup for the second half of 2017.^[23] In May 2017, tvN confirmed the production of the remake, which will be directed by Yoo Je-won.^[24]

Seo and Jung were announced as the leads in June 2018,^[25] and Park's casting was confirmed in July 2018.^[26]

The first script reading took place in early July 2018 at Sangam DDMC, Sangam-dong, Seoul.^[5]

The series was originally scheduled to premiere on September 26, 2018 but was delayed by a week.^[27]

Original soundtrack

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Recorded	2018
Studio	TONE Studio
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Genie Music

Part 1

Released on October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artists	Length
1.	"Someday"	Ha Hyun-sang	Ha Hyun-sang	Yi Sung-yol	4:26
2.	"Someday" (Inst.)		Ha Hyun-sang		4:26
Total length:					8:52

Part 2

Released on November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artists	Length
1.	"Star (별, 우리)"	Seo In-guk, Jung So-min	UK, Jung Su-min	Seo In-guk, Jung So-min	4:15
2.	"Star" (Inst.)		UK, Jung Su-min		4:15
Total length:					8:30

Part 3

Released on November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artists	Length
1.	"Lost"	Lee Rae-eon, Realmeee	Lee Rae-eon, Realmeee	Ahn Ji-yeon	4:31
2.	"Lost" (Inst.)		Lee Rae-eon, Realmeee		4:31
Total length:					9:02

Part 4

Released on November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artists	Length
1.	"Moonlight"	Kako, Curtis F	Kako, Curtis F	Gu Yoon-hoe	3:47
2.	"Moonlight" (Inst.)		Kako, Curtis F		3:47
Total length:					7:34

Viewership

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	896	656	674	690	804	600	590	582	583	427	525	505	478	495	569	656	608

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[28]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[28]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	October 3, 2018	3.996% (2nd)	4.839% (1st)
2	October 4, 2018	3.212% (1st)	3.717% (1st)
3	October 10, 2018	2.988% (2nd)	3.407% (2nd)
4	October 11, 2018	3.046% (3rd)	3.644% (2nd)
5	October 17, 2018	3.410% (2nd)	4.064% (2nd)
6	October 18, 2018	2.803% (3rd)	3.324% (3rd)
7	October 24, 2018	2.812% (5th)	3.160% (5th)
8	October 25, 2018	2.661% (3rd)	2.902% (3rd)
9	October 31, 2018	2.556% (3rd)	3.188% (3rd)
10	November 1, 2018	2.289% (4th)	2.758% (3rd)
11	November 7, 2018	2.693% (2nd)	2.945% (2nd)
12	November 8, 2018	2.602% (2nd)	3.268% (2nd)
13	November 14, 2018	2.346% (2nd)	2.750% (2nd)
14	November 15, 2018	2.387% (3rd)	2.999% (3rd)
15	November 21, 2018	2.841% (2nd)	3.378% (2nd)
16	November 22, 2018	3.375% (2nd)	4.202% (1st)
Average		2.876%	3.409%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).