Meet Hae-won and Eun-seob

Based on a novel of the same name by Lee Do-woo, the new drama tells the tale of a cello teacher, Mok Hae-won, who goes back to her tiny countryside hometown after being rejected by the big city.

Hae-won has been playing since she was a child, starting off in her hometown in Bukhyun county. After an unsuccessful stint in Seoul, she quits and moves back in with her aunt, who runs the local inn. While in the tiny town, she runs into her high school friend, Im Eun-seob, who runs the nearby bookstore.

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Eun-seob has named it Goodnight Bookstore, in hope that people around him will sleep at ease. His daily routine is peaceful and content, if rather mundane – wake up, make tea, man the store, run his book club and update his blog. Hae-won’s re-entry to the town shakes this up as she asks for a job at the bookstore.

Join the pair as Eun-seob helps Hae-won heal and learn to trust people again, while she is forced to face people from her dreaded and mysterious past. The quaint town setting and the knee-deep winter snow gives the drama a tinge of melodrama, but when Eun-seob’s book club meets, the stories and legends are recited in an almost fairy tale-like manner, with animations allowing the plot to play out in quirky way that relates back to the tales.

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Familiar faces, new roles

When the Weather is Fine is a far cry from both leads’ usual repertoire – Seo Kang-joon, who plays Eun-seob, is most known for his role as the spunky rebel Baek In-ho from Cheese in the Trap. It is delightful to see both actors challenge themselves and push the envelope of what the public sees in them.

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