Kdrama 2022
Shooting Stars (Kdrama Review & Summary)
Shooting Stars poster
- Genre: Modern Romance, Entertainment Business
- Release Date: 22 April 2022
- Origin: South Korea
- Kdrama: 16 Episodes
Cast
- Lee Sung Kyung as Oh Han Byul
- Kim Young Dae as Gong Tae Sung
- Yoon Jong Hoon as Kang Yoo Sung
- Kim Yoon Hye as Park Ho Yeong
- Park So Jin as Jo Ki Peom
- Lee Jung Shin as Do Soo Hyuk
- Ha Do Kwon as Choi Ji Hoon
- Kim Dae Gon as Han Dae Soo
- Jang Hee Ryung
Episode 1
Oh Han Byul is the head of the PR Department at Starforce, which is an enterntainment agency.
Their number client is the actor Gong Tae Sung who was on a year sabbatical in Africa doing charity work.
Despite being away from the country, Gong Tae Sung’s popularity could only go up.
What most people did not know was that Oh Han Byul and Gong Tae Sung were in a secret almost relationship.
Actually, Gong Tae Sung was really more into Oh Han Byul than her to him.
In fact, to get away from him she started going on blind dates. Unfortunately, because the nature of her work is being available 24/7, her dates do not come to any fruition.
But then, just before Gong Tae Sung left for Africa, he secretly whispered to her that when he returns he will never let her go.
At the end of this first episode, Gong Tae Sung surprised Han Byul in the office kitchen.
I am loving this drama already. Love the cast.
It is very enlightening about the entertainment industry. When actors deny they were dating, then it seems their denial should be taken with a pinch of salt because the agency does the denial and the press release for them.
Episode 2
Love this drama.
The office were agog with excitement on the return of Gong Tae Sung from Africa. He started turning up at Starforce just to sit next to Oh Han Byul.
Because of it, they were thought of as in a secret relationship by Han Byul’s team.
Episode 3
Gong Tae Sung blames Han Byul for sending him to Africa and then upset with her for not calling him even once.
Han Byul being the most productive member of staff was tasked by the CEO to handle the psychological questionnaires for all staff and artists.
At that point, Gong Tae Sung was having a bad time especially when he found out that Eun Si Woo (who is she in his life?) was getting a divorce from her French husband.
The questionnaire he completed marked him on the scale of 100 percent stress level.
Han Byul knowing this and having found out about Eun Si Woo’s news saw Gong Tae Sung having almost fainted during his fan meeting. She quickly tried to get to him but she accidentally fell to her knees and slid between the legs of Gong Tae Sung and the Emcee.
It was such a caricature, she trended.
Episode 4
Her clip on youtube made Gong Tae Sung laugh to no end.
But then he did not have much to laugh about later when the newbie and rather a hopeless manager assigned to him kept making mistakes that were bringing him humiliation.
So Oh Han Byul had to take over to pacify Gong Tae Sung as he refused to do any more shooting for his new film.
Oh Han Byul brought in Fan trucks for Gong Tae Sung. A couple of elderlies came to ask for coffee but the now cheerful Gong Tae Sung offered them Citroen Tea instead because of the lateness of the night.
The oldies were very grateful but the man suddenly passed out.
The newbie manager, who used to be an ambulance driver take over and impressed Gong Tae Sung.
The company lawyer showed his interest in Oh Han Byul which immediately made Gong Tae Sung jealous.
Episode 5
It turned out that Oh Han Byul and Gong Tae Sung never dated in college. They were just asked together to pose for the school brochure.
Han Byul initially was envied by the girls at school and they started spreading nasty rumours about her so Gong Tae Sung begged the school admin to shelve the brochure. He promised that he will pose for photos alone every year including when he had left the university.
Han Byul started to realise that Gong Tae Sung was really into her.
Episode 6
But then Han Byul cast the thought away from her brain. She remembered that she was at his beck and call at one point. She supported him with everything she’s got. She was there for him at university during graduation, when he became an actor, she was there when he won his first award, and even there to send him off to Africa.
He flirted outrageously with her and she started to believe that there was something between them and then she found out that he was dating an actress.
He admitted it and poor Han Byul cried her eyes out while she was writing the press news confirming Gong Tae Sung was dating a popular young actress.
Episode 7
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Episode 9
So cute. Gong Tae Sung and Han Byul are finally together and are secretly loved up.
But it got complicated when Gong Tae Sung was rumoured to be having a boy love with Lawyer Do.
Eun Shi Woo turned up at Gong Tae Sung which shocked Tae Sung so much. But then Shi Woo saw Tae Sung’s housekeeper and promptly pulled the housekeeper’s hair.
Episode 10
Han Byul rushed to be with Gong Tae Sung who was really traumatised at seeing Eun Shi Woo at his house.
Eun Shi Woo told Kang Yoo Shung that the housekeeper was not what she was cracked up to me. She said that she saw the housekeeper in a high end department store who kicked a salesgirl for giving the limited edition watch, the only one in the shop, to Eun Shi Woo.
Yoo Shung started investigating the housekeeper who turned out to be a super rich lady, Hwang Myung Hee.
Hwang Myung Hee used to send Gong Tae Sung really expensive presents which he always turned down as he does not accept expensive gifts.
Hwang Myung Hee was a sasaeng fan who got so annoyed being thwarted. So she pretended to be a housekeeper and worked at Gong Tae Sung’s apartment and feeding him really salty meals.
Cute Park Ho Yeoung could not hold back her feelings towards Kang Yoo Shung anymore so she confessed to him and then promptly ran away.
Her charge, Kang Shi Deok, who Ho Yeong renamed Kang Yoo Shung has a secret crush on her.