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Mr. Sunshine

★ 8.7 14K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 24 episodes Ended tvN
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lee Byung-hunKim Tae-riYoo Yeon-seokKim Si-eunNam Sang-jiKim Min-jung
Starring
Lee Byung-hunKim Tae-riYoo Yeon-seokKim Si-eunNam Sang-jiKim Min-jung
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A doomed romance wrapped around a nation's fight"

Set in the final years of the Joseon dynasty, this Korean historical drama follows a boy who flees to America after tragedy strikes his family, then returns decades later as a U.S. Marine officer just as Japan tightens its grip on Korea. There he becomes entangled with a noblewoman secretly fighting for independence. It's a sweeping, romantic melodrama with lavish period detail, unhurried pacing, and genuine emotional weight, carried by strong performances and a tragic love story set against real historical upheaval.

Watch it for

the aching central romance set against a vividly recreated, turbulent moment in Korean history.

Maybe skip if

you want fast pacing rather than a slow-building, melancholy epic.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12018
8.66K2427h 46m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.8
370—
▶2Episode #1.28.3
30270 min
▶3Episode #1.38.4
27369 min
▶4Episode #1.48.4
24768 min
▶5Episode #1.58.2
23474 min
▶6Episode #1.68.4
22670 min
▶7Episode #1.78.5
22473 min
▶8Episode #1.88.7
23068 min
▶9Episode #1.98.7
22473 min
▶10Episode #1.108.5
21874 min
▶11Episode #1.118.4
21174 min
▶12Episode #1.128.5
21174 min
▶13Episode #1.138.5
205—
▶14Episode #1.148.8
21475 min
▶15Episode #1.158.6
19978 min
▶16Episode #1.168.2
19677 min
▶17Episode #1.178.6
19777 min
▶18Episode #1.188.6
19577 min
▶19Episode #1.199.1
25877 min
▶20Episode #1.208.8
19781 min
▶21Episode #1.218.9
21477 min
▶22Episode #1.229.1
24381 min
▶23Episode #1.239.0
21581 min
▶24Episode #1.248.9
24698 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Byung-hun Eugene Choi, Choi Yoo-jin
Kim Tae-ri Go Ae-shin
Yoo Yeon-seok Goo Dong Mae
Kim Si-eun Gwi-dan
Nam Sang-ji Lee Deok-moon's second wife
Kim Min-jung Kudo Hina
Byun Yo-han Kim Hee-seong
Lee Jeong-eun Woman from Haman
Kim Byeong-cheol Il-sik
Shin Jeong-geun Ah-beom

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