What Comes After Love will be available on Coupang Play on September 27 at 8 PM. The drama, featuring Lee Se-young and Kentaro Sakaguchi, is based on a best-selling book by Japanese author Tsuji Hitonari and Korean writer Gong Ji-yeong.
Written by Jung Hae-sim and directed by Hyun-seong Moon, the series is a tragic melodrama. Coupang Play has released stills showing the actors exchanging hazy glances, sparking fans' interest in the story.
What Comes After Love: Plot and cast
The poignant melodrama What Comes After Love tells the post-love tale of Jungo, played by Kentaro Sakaguchi, a man filled with regrets, and Hong, played by Lee Se-young, a lady who has forgotten everything since her tragic love ended.
Choi Hong is a Korean student in Japan. She meets Aoki Jungo there and the two fall in love with each other. However, they split up because of divergent views on love and pragmatic issues. In Korea, five years later, Hong and Jungo crossed paths.
In the posters, the two are seen looking at each other softly. Coupang Play released three pictures of the leads in the drama for fans to get a glimpse of what is to come.
Fans are intrigued by the kind of story Se-young Lee and Kentaro Sakaguchi would tell from their misty looks.
More about Kentaro Sakaguchi and Lee Se-young
In 2010, Kentaro Sakagushi made his modeling debut in Men's Non-no magazine, and in 2014 he signed with Tristone Entertainment as an actor. Since then, he has acted in movies including Color Me True and The 100th Love with You, as well as television shows Tokyo Tarareba Musume and Signal. One of his most recent works includes the Netflix show, The Parades where he plays the role of Akira.
Lee Se-young made her acting debut as a kid in 1997. Her most well-known parts were in When I Turned Nine, Lovely Rivals, and The Wonder Years. Her starring parts in The Law Cafe, The Red Sleeve, and The Crowned Clown are what made her most famous.
Recently, she made an appearance in the time-traveling historical fantasy drama Story of Park's Marriage Contract in November 2023 where she played the role of Park Yeon-woo.