stroppyse Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 When Flowers Bloom, Think of the Moon 꽃 피면 달 생각하고 Director: Hwang In Hyuk Writer: Kim Joo Hee Episodes: 16 First Air Date: December 20th, 2021 Cast: Yoo Seung Ho - Nam Young Hyeri - Kang Ro Seo Byeon Woo Seok - Lee Pyo Kang Mi Na - Han Ye Jin Summary: Drama is set in the late Joseon period when a strict prohibition of alcohol has been enacted. Nam Young works as a government officer who tracks down people who break the alcohol prohibition. He is originally from the countryside, but came to Hanyang (the capital) to find success. He is a man of principles. Then he meets Kang Ro Seo who causes him to question himself. Kang Ro Seo is the daughter of a noble family who has fallen onto hard times. Despite being the daughter, she is actually the breadwinner of her family, and doesn't mind doing even manual labor for money. In order to pay off her family debts, she starts brewing alcohol despite the strict prohibition. cr: AsianWiki.com, MyDramaList.com 1 Link to comment
stroppyse Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Just realized that this is going to be a fusion sageuk. I already know that YSH will be amazing, but I think that this will be Hyeri's first sageuk? I'm being cautiously hopeful that it will be entertaining. Haven't seen Byeon Woo Seok since Record of Youth where I thought he was pretty decent. Kang Mi Na is completely unfamiliar to me though. 1 Link to comment
Cel140 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 excited to see seung ho in sageuk dramaland again! hope that there will be some behind the scenes or other news soon <3 1 2 Link to comment
Tofu Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Casting update from awhile ago: There's been little update on this drama, but KBS posted on their instagram the other day that it'll air in December! 2 Link to comment
Tofu Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 They also wrapped up filming recently too. Spoiler Close up on Yoo Seung Ho... Photo of Yoo Seung Ho and Hyeri filming: 2 Link to comment
abs-oluteM Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 @Cel140Hello & welcome to JangHaven ! Oh I finally see some update on this show 1 Mon-Tues: - DongJae Wed-Thurs: - Fri-Sat: The Judge From Hell Sat-Sun: - Daily: - C-drama: - Link to comment
Tofu Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Confirmed to air on Dec. 20th. =) 1 Link to comment
stroppyse Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Hmm, I don't think they've released a trailer yet, which I was hoping they would have if they've wrapped up filming. 1 Link to comment
Tofu Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 @stroppyse Maybe soon? These photos are from the script reading video that was released today. Spoiler Spoiler 1 Link to comment
Tofu Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 The first teaser: This drama is confirmed to follow The King's Affection. It seems like Q4 in K-Dramaworld is majority sageuks. Haha! 1 Link to comment
Tofu Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 They changed the English name to Moonshine. I don't know, I think I like the overly long name better. Some more videos released. Link to comment
Tofu Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Character posters. Spoiler Poster Link to comment
stroppyse Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 On 12/5/2021 at 4:20 PM, Tofu said: They changed the English name to Moonshine. I don't know, I think I like the overly long name better. The name "Moonshine" kind of makes sense since it's about selling alcohol, homemade or otherwise, during a time of prohibition. I caught the first episode of this, and I'm not sure how much I'm grooving to the story. It's trying for a very comedic tone which unfortunately falls flat a number of times. Yoo Seung Ho's character Nam Young is very smart and very principled, and despite not having the backing of anyone in power, he manages to be the only one to pass the royal government exam. He does so by pointing out the discrepancy between having the country be in prohibition and yet being served a drink of alcohol by the king upon finishing the exam, and thus he assumed that it was yet another test of the candidates steadfastness to the king's edicts and thus worthiness. While that had not been the reason for the drink, the king is pleased with the answer and appoints NY to be a government official. However, this clearly displeases everyone else at the palace. NY is thus charged with arresting and bringing in the biggest alcohol sellers if he is to receive acknowledgement as being worthy of his appointment. Hyeri's character Kang Ro Seo is the daughter of a noble family who has fallen on hard times, and even harder times since they invested everything including what they didn't have into the son of the family, trying to make him a government official. Unfortunately, he failed the same exam that NY passed. KRS has turned to doing anything for money, and finally ends up providing illegal alcohol as a means of making money. Through various coincidences, however, NY ends up renting lodgings at KRS' house, and thus the OTP start interacting. As with all sageuks, there is a lot of political machinations going on for power and control. Comedy and political intrigue during the Joseon era isn't something that hasn't been done, and perhaps this drama series will grow on me if I keep watching it? However, both parts are a bit weak. The comedy isn't the funniest and the politics isn't the most intriguing. However, Yoo Seung Ho looks darn good in this drama and I just wish the drama was better to allow him to flex his acting chops. As it is, it feels as if YSH has done this role many times since he's returned from the military since it keeps insisting on trying to be a lightweight rom-com. Link to comment
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