Acquainting viewers with the lead stars of Summer Strike, the Genie TV original series rolled out stills featuring Im Si Wan and Seolhyun.
Aiming to deliver messages about healing through taking a pause in life, the series is slated for a November release.
Adapted from Joo Young-Hyun’s romance webtoon series, “I Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything”, Summer Strike sees Seolhyun take on the role of protagonist Yeoreum, while Im Si Wan plays her love interest, Daebum. The series will be helmed by the Coffee Prince and Golden Time director.
Billed as a healing drama, it is based on a webtoon depicting a village that goes through life without doing anything. A perfect space for people who wants to leave a complicated city life.
Additionally, Summer Strike plans to present beautiful sceneries captured through filming in Gurye, Gokseong, and Namhae.
Summer Strike depicts the story of Yeo-reum, who suffers from burnout from her work and a series of unfortunate circumstances in her relationships. Desiring to do nothing, she takes a strike against life and moves from the cityscapes of Seoul to a small beach village known as Angok.
In Angok, she meets librarian Dae-bum, who suffered a similar life as Yeo-reum, and they grow close through numerous incidents that bond them together. This pulls them closer, with Yeo-reum finding her inner self through Dae-bum and healing her wounds of the past.
“Summer Strike” Invites Viewers To An Interesting Story About Taking A Break From Life
Yeo-reum’s Life Strike
Correspondingly, the unveiled character images show Seolhyun portraying Yeo-reum. After graduating from college, she secures a job as an office worker in a small company. While she has been struggling to keep up with others, she suddenly decides that she will not do anything.
Thus, she declares a life-long strike. She abandons her house, job and passion. Subsequently, she leaves the complex city life.
Armed with a backpack, she goes to Angok where she does not know anyone and everything is unfamiliar. However, she faces an unexpected event that changes her life strike plan.
Kim Seol-hyun, who has been building her filmography across dramas and movies, is planning to create a memorable character. She shares how after reading the script she was able to empathize with Yeo-reum.
Another Facet of Im Si Wan’s Acting Charm
Im Si Wan takes on the role of Ahn Dae-beom, a librarian with an innocent charm. Contrary to his bold name, Dae-beom is a shy person who can’t even respond well to anyone talking to him. He has lived in Angok village with a past story that adds to his enigmatic life.
In the published still cuts, you can see Im Si Wan perfectly synchronized as librarian Dae-beom. The production team tips on how the actor is set to traverse an interesting character. Dae-bum’s life deviates when Yeo-reum entered his life.
Summer Strike is scheduled to be released on Genie TV, seezn, and ENA channels in November. International fans can watch it on Viu!
Source: xportsnews
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Kristy
October 27, 2022 at 2:44 amHi! Would you happen to know in which specific countries will viu release summer strike? Thank you.
abbyinhallyuland
October 27, 2022 at 3:47 amHello Kristy, the PR I received was from Singapore. Viu usually runs it through its SEA regions. I will share it if I will have an update with Viu. : )