"Man Who Dies to Live" teaser

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In this short 24-episode (12 hour-long episodes) MBC drama, Choi Min-soo plays a forlorn father who left home a long time ago to search for his fortune in a fictional Arabian kingdom and comes back years later to reconnect with his now-adult daughter, played by Kang Ye-won.

Choi Min-soo’s character Jang Dal-gu leaves Korea in the mid-1970s and reinvents himself as the billionaire CEO Sid Fard-Ali, a cool confident single wealthy playboy with a reputation for being the George Clooney of the East. Living luxuriously like a caliph with his oil tycoon status, he racks up many scandals with his romanticist nature. However, all the while, he yearns for his little girl Ji-young back home.

His daughter could be one of two vastly different women. Possible daughter Lee Ji-young A, played by Kang Ye-won, is an ordinary ajumma whose life goal is to create a happy family. She’s had to endure much loneliness and she’s toughened up to become a pragmatist, especially because her childish husband, a lowly bank clerk played by Shin Sung-rok , keeps waiting for his big break instead of steadily working hard to achieve success. Despite her hardships, she’s forged on toward her goal of making a happy family and her career aspiration of becoming a screenwriter.

On the other hand, Lee Ji-young B, played by Lee So-yeon , is a completely different character. She’s a chic careerwoman who doesn’t care about what anyone thinks of her.

#ManWhoDiestoLive releases main poster: pic.twitter.com/enTrTHASuB

— K-Drama News! (@kdrama_news) July 13, 2017

Man Who Dies to Live premieres Wednesday July 19.

Sources: HALLYU WORLD OFFICIAL | Dramabeans/iMBC | @kdrama_news

Comments

[lechuza-yoya.livejournal.com]

this could be very funny, Im gonna check it out.

[kristinl356.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I've been really interested in Choi Min Soo ever since I saw him on Strong Heart/ Running Man. He seemed so funny/slightly insane. I might need to check this out.