After the runaway success of Lovers in Prague and Lovers in Paris, PD Shin Woo Chul and writer Kim Eun Sook team up once more for the third and final installment in the Lovers franchise. While the previous two dramas were shot in Europe, Lovers stays a little closer to home with location shooting on China’s balmy, breezy Hainan Island. With a different backdrop but the same winning formula, the long-awaited drama slowly but surely pulled audiences in, recording ratings of over 25% for its final episode. Lovers stars Lovers in Paris heroine Kim Jung Eun and the ruggedly handsome Lee Seo Jin (Damo) as a conflicted couple, with notable supporting appearances from Kim Kyu Ri (The Immortal Lee Soon Shin), Jung Chan (Possible Changes), and Lee Han (No Regret). The drama is based on the Lee Man Hee play Turn Around and Leave, the same work that inspired the 1998 blockbuster film A Promise starring Jeon Do Yeon and Park Shin Yang. Read the rest of this entry »