''The Universe's Star'' () is a South Korean television drama starring

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(EXO) and

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. The drama is one of the "

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" drama trilogy by MBC and

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. The drama's color is ''White'' and it will be followed by ''

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'' (''Green''). It is airing on Naver TV Cast every weekday at 23:59 ( KST) starting from January 23 and on MBC every Thursday at 23:10 ( KST) starting from January 26, 2017.

Plot

The Universe's Star is a love story between a gifted singer-songwriter Woo-joo ( Kim Jun-myeon) and Byul (

), a 19-year-old student who becomes the

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after dying in an accident.

Cast

Main

* Kim Jun-myeon as Woo-joo *

as Byul

Supporting

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as Koo Se-joo *

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as Dr. Yoon So-ri * Yoon Jin-sol as Gak-shi * Go Gyu-pil as Manager Ko, Woo-joo's manager *

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as grim reaper * Lee Ji-hoon as Uhm Dae-pyong

Special appearance

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as Manager Ko *

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as Woo-joo's father * Lady Jane as Jo Yi-na

Production

The drama is pre-produced as a co-production between

and

iMBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. ''Munhwa'' is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. ...

. The drama is written and directed by Kim Ji-hyun who's known for ''

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'' which won an award at the 20th AsiaTV Awards as the best short drama. First script reading took place in September, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam,

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Original soundtrack

Ratings

* In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. * NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Universe's Star, The 2017 South Korean television series debuts MBC TV television dramas South Korean romantic fantasy television series Korean-language television shows Naver TV original programming 2017 South Korean television series endings