Birthday Letter | |
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Genre | Period drama War Action Thriller Romance |
Written by | Bae Soo-young[1] |
Screenplay by | Bae Soo-young[1] |
Directed by | Kim Jung-kyoo[2][3] |
Starring | Song Geon-hee Jo Soo-min Jeon Moo-song Jung Young-sook [4] |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Ham Young-hoon |
Running time | 32 minutes |
Production company | Ace Factory |
Original release | |
Network | KBS2 |
Release | September 11 September 12, 2019 | –
Birthday Letter (Korean: 생일편지; RR: Saengil Pyeonji; MR: Sa'engil Pyŏnch'i) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Song Geon-hee and Jo Soo-min, along with Jeon Moo-song and Jung Young-sook.[5] It aired on KBS2 from 11–12 September 2019 on Wednesday at 22:00 until 23:10 and Thursday at 21:55 until 23:10 for 4 episodes.[6]
This series is set during the Korean Independence War in 1945 and celebrates the Chuseok Party.[7]
During the Japanese colonial rule era, Kim Moo-gil (Song Geon-hee) and Yeo Il-ae (Jo Soo-min) are childhood friends who each other's first love. Against their wills, both Moo-gil and Il-ae are forced to leave Hapcheon, South Korea and go to Hiroshima, Japan for conscription. In there, they are separated from each other and suffered an atomic bomb. Later, in 2019, they finally returned home alive and Moo-gil (now Jeon Moo-song) receive a birthday letter from his first love Il-ae (now Jung Young-sook). [8][9]
Episode | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |
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TNmS | Nielsen | ||
1 | September 11, 2019 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
2 | — | 2.8% | |
3 | September 12, 2019 | 1.4% | 0.9% |
4 | — | 1.4% | |
Average | % | 2.0% |