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"Love in the Moonlight", the growing up story of Joseon youth

It's going to be a historical party later this year. Starting off with "Love in the Moonlight", "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo" and "Saimdang: Light's Diary" are just waiting for release. Park Bo-gum, Kim You-jung, Lee Joon-gi, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Yeong-ae and Song Seung-heon are going to entertain the viewers. We take a look at these historical dramas.

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The new KBS 2TV drama "Love in the Moonlight" starts off first. It the growth story of youths from the Joseon times starring Park Bo-gum, Kim You-jung, Jin Young, Chae Soo-bin, Lee Seo-won and others.

"Love in the Moonlight" is based on an original web-novel that was popular online. The drama is pre-produced. There have been many dramas based on web-toons but not on web-novels. "Mr. Back" last year starring Shin Ha-kyun and Jang Nara was the first web-novel based drama.

Some are worried that "Love in the Moonlight" won't be as much of a hit as "Uncontrollably Fond" hasn't been doing too well lately but viewers are anticipating it. Many show a lot of interest in the drama that hasn't even come out yet.

The chemistry between Park Bo-gum and Kim You-jung is one thing to look forward to. Park Bo-gum takes on the role of Lee Yeong, a prince. He's only nineteen and he can be solemn, cheerful and bad-tempered. He puts on a romantic show with Kim You-jung in the role of Hong Ra-on.

Kim You-jung takes on the role of Hong Ra-on, a woman disguised as an eunuch. Kim You-jung is a guaranteed actress who has played many impressive roles until now. She becomes an eunuch and meets the prince in the palace.

A third party in the romance is Jin Young from B1A4. Chae Soo-bin who plays Princess Jo Ha-yeon will stand in conflict with Kim You-jung. Rookie Lee Seo-won plays Kim Byeong-yeon, Lee Yeong's best friend.

"Love in the Moonlight" will be released on the 22nd at 10PM.

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