The Universe's Star
| The Universe's Star | |
|---|---|
 Official Poster | |
| Genre | Romance Fantasy |
| Written by | Kim Ji-hyun |
| Directed by | Kim Ji-hyun |
| Starring | Kim Jun-myeon Ji Woo |
| Theme music composer | Jung Ji-chan |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes |
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| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kim Tae-wook |
| Producer | Kim Ho-joon |
| Cinematography | Kim Sun-chul |
| Editor | Baek Kyung-hwa |
| Running time |
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| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | January 23 – February 10, 2017 |
| Related | |
| Three Color Fantasy | |
The Universe's Star (Korean: 우주의 별이; Hanja: 宇宙의 별이; RR: Uju-ui Byeoli) is a South Korean television drama starring Kim Jun-myeon and Ji Woo. The drama is one of the "Three Color Fantasy" drama trilogy by MBC and Naver. The drama's color is White and it will be followed by Romance Full of Life (Green). It is airing on Naver TV Cast every weekday at 23:59 (KST) starting from January 23 and on MBC every Thursday at 23:10 (KST) starting from January 26, 2017.[1][2][3]
Plot
The Universe's Star is a love story between a gifted singer-songwriter Woo-joo (Kim Jun-myeon) and Byul (Ji Woo), a 19-year-old student who becomes the Grim Reaper after dying in an accident.[4]
Cast
Main
- Kim Jun-myeon as Woo-joo[5]
- Ji Woo as Byul[6]
Supporting
- Shin Hyun-soo as Koo Se-joo[7]
- Na Hae-ryung as Dr. Yoon So-ri
- Yoon Jin-sol as Gak-shi
- Go Gyu-pil as Manager Ko, Woo-joo's manager
- Lee Si-eon as grim reaper
- Lee Ji-hoon as Uhm Dae-pyong
Special appearance
- Joo Jin-mo as Manager Ko
- Lee Dae-yeon as Woo-joo's father
- Lady Jane as Jo Yi-na
Production
The drama is pre-produced as a co-production between Naver and iMBC.[8]
The drama is written and directed by Kim Ji-hyun who's known for Splash Splash Love which won an award at the 20th AsiaTV Awards as the best short drama.[9]
First script reading took place in September, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.[10]
Original soundtrack
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| No. | Title | Artists | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" (낮에 뜨는 별) | Suho (EXO) feat. Remi | 03:08 |
| 2. | "The Moment I First Saw" (처음 본 순간) | Remi | 03:19 |
| 3. | "Starlight" (Inst.) | 03:08 | |
| 4. | "The Moment I First Saw" (Inst.) | 03:19 | |
| Total length: | 12:54 | ||
Ratings
- In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
- NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
| Episode # | Date | Average audience share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[11] | AGB Nielsen[12] | ||
| Nationwide | Nationwide | ||
| MBC | |||
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| Average | 1.5% | 1.4% | |
References
- ^ "[단독] 엑소 수호, MBC 단막극 주연 물망…'퐁당퐁당 러브' PD 신작". mk.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "Ji Woo, Shin Hyun Soon join EXO's Suho for upcoming drama 'The Universe's Star'". AsiaStarz. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "[브레이크뉴스] '우주의 별이' 엑소 수호, 촬영현장 공개..우수에 찬 눈빛+완벽 비주얼 '시선집중'". 브레이크뉴스. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ^ koreaportal (2016-10-03). "EXO Suho to Play an Idol Role in 'The Universe's Star'". koreaportal. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "엑소 수호 새 드라마 스틸컷 ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ - 인스티즈(instiz) 인티포털". www.instiz.net. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "[단독]"디오 이어 수호…" 지우, ´우주의 별이´ 주인공". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "'청춘시대' 신현수 '우주의 별이' 캐스팅 "수호·지우와 호흡"". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "[단독] 엑소 수호, MBC 단막극 주연 물망…'퐁당퐁당 러브' PD 신작". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "EXO's Suho To Star In A New Drama By The Producing Director Of "Splash Splash Love" ⋆ latest kpop news and music | Officially Kmusic". latest kpop news and music | Officially Kmusic. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "[세가지색 판타지] 1편 '우주의 별이' 수호(EXO)-지우-신현수-해령 첫 대본 리딩 현장 공개!". www.anewsa.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-01-24.
