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Japanese fans’ love for Crash Landing on You leaves K-drama’s star Son Ye-jin feeling ‘overwhelmed’
- South Korean actress Son Ye-jin plays an heiress who falls in love with a North Korean soldier after her paraglider crash lands over the border
- Son thinks the drama’s ‘warm atmosphere and sense of comfort’ offers viewers ‘inspiration and happiness in the face of the global threat’ of the coronavirus
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South Korean actress Son Ye-jin, who plays a wealthy heiress who lands in North Korea in a paragliding accident in smash hit drama Crash Landing on You, says she is “overwhelmed” by the immense popularity of the romantic comedy in Japan.
“It has been a while since the series ended [in South Korea], but I’m surprised that people have continued to express their interest and love for it,” Son says.
The 16-episode melodrama – a love story between the South Korean heiress of a conglomerate-owning family and a North Korean military officer – has taken Japan and other parts of Asia by storm since it premiered on Netflix at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has forced people to stay at home.
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“I think the warm atmosphere and sense of comfort surrounding the drama have offered [viewers] inspiration and happiness in the face of the global threat of the spread of the novel coronavirus,” she says.
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The 38-year-old actress also says she is overwhelmed to hear that the series “played a role in raising interest in South Korean dramas” in Japan.
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