(Tvn-2018) Tale of Gyeryong Fairy - Moon Chae Won, Yoon Hyun Min

Lorra2411 · Post time 1-3-2018 08:46 AM

Edited by Lorra2411 at 7-8-2018 04:32 PM

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Drama: Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter (English title) / Tale of Gyeryong Fairy (literal title)
Revised romanization:Gyeryongsunnyeojeon
Hangul: 계룡선녀전
Director: Kim Yun-Cheol
Writer: Dol Bae (webcomic), Yoo Kyung-Sun
Network: tvN
Episodes:
Release Date: November 5, 2018 --
Runtime: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:30
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

In the Goryeo period, Sun Ok-Nam was a fairy. She came down to this world and took a bath at a waterfall on Gyeryong Mountain. While she took the bath, a woodcutter took her fairy clothes and hid them. Because of this, Sun Ok-Nam could not go back to Heaven. She then married the woodcutter and they had two children together, but her husband died from falling off of a cliff. Sun Ok-Nam tried to find her fairy clothes, but she still could not locate it. Needing her fairy clothes, she decides to wait for husband to be reincarnated.

Now in the present day, she makes coffee at a cafe on Gyeryong Mountain and waits for her reincarnated husband. Finally, after 699 years, she gets a feeling that one of the two men visiting her cafe from Seoul is her reincarnated husband. Sun Ok-Nam is not sure which one of the two men is her husband. She deicides to follow them to Seoul to find out.

Notes

"Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter" takes over tvN's Monday & Tuesday 21:30 time slot previously occupied by "100 Days My Prince.”
Based on webcomic "Gyeryongsunnyeojeon” by Dol Bae (first published from March 1, 2017 via comic.naver.com/webtoon/)
Kang So-Ra was first cast to play lead female role Sun Ok-Nam, but dropped out of the series prior to the start of production due to scheduling conflicts.
First script reading took place May 27, 2018 in Sangamdong, Seoul, South Korea.

Cast

Moon Chae-Won - Sun Ok-Nam
Yoon Hyun-Min - Jung Yi-Hyun
Seo Ji-Hoon - Kim Geum
Ko Du-Shim - Sun Ok-Nam
Kang Mi-Na - Jeom-Soon
Ahn Kil-Kang - Teacher Goo
Hwang Young-Hee - Fairy Oh
Kim Min-Kyu - Mountain God Park
Jeon Soo-Jin - Lee Ham-Sook

Lorra2411 · Post time 1-3-2018 08:54 AM

Kang Sora In Talks For Upcoming Drama Based On WebtoonK. Lew February 19, 2018

Kang Sora is reportedly in talks for a role in webtoon-based fantasy-romance drama “Gyeryong Goddess” (working title). The webtoon started in March 2017 and is still be updating on a weekly basis.

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On February 19, a source from her agency stated, “Kang Sora has received an offer for ‘Gyeryong Goddess’ and is reviewing the part.” It was revealed that the actress received an offer for the lead role Sun Ok Nam, a fairy who waits for her husband to be reincarnated while also searching for her lost clothes.

“Gyeryong Goddess” is based on a webtoon of the same name. The story follows a fairy who after losing her clothes while bathing, meets a woodcutter and marries him. After her husband’s accidental death, she waits for him to be reincarnated. She is a 699-year-old barista and to ordinary people appears very old, but to special people she appears young, and also has the ability to converse with plants.

The drama will be produced by JS Pictures and helmed by Producing Director Kim Yoon Chul and writer Yoo Kyung Sun. It is currently in talks to air on tvN.

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