Song Hye-kyo to star in screenwriter Kim Eun-sook's Netflix series "The Glory"

Korean film and TV star Song Hye-kyo will lead the cast of “The Glory,” an epic revenge drama series produced for Netflix.

The series is a change of direction for Kim Eun-sook, a screenwriter billed as the queen of Korean romance.

The project is also a kind of reunion for the duo. Six years ago, Song starred in Kim-penned “Descendants of the Sun,” a lush KBS series about a wartime romance between an army surgeon and a special forces office that also starred on Netflix.

The Korean Glory Netflix series. Netflix

In "The Glory", Song portrays a woman who takes revenge on a group of school bullies who destroyed her childhood and bystanders who failed to prevent the trauma.

Song has been a mainstay of Korean TV drama series, including “That Winter The Wind Blows,” “Full House,” and “Encounter,” as well as internationally produced films, including “The Grandmaster " by Wong Kar-wai and the two films by John Woo. -part "The Crossing."

"The Glory" is produced by Hwa & Dam as a Netflix Original. It will be directed by Ahn Gil-ho, known for his thrillers such as "Happiness", "Record of Youth", "Watcher", "Memories of the Alhambra" and "Stranger". No production schedule or release date has been disclosed.

The supporting cast is led by Lee Do-hyun (“Sweet Home,” “Melancholia”) portraying a character with her own secret past. Other artists announced include Lim Ji-yeon ("Tazza: One-Eyed Jack"), Yeom Hye-ran ("When The Camelia Blooms", "The Uncanny Counter"), Park Sung-hoon ("Psychopath Diary") and Jung Sung-il ("When Flowers Bloom", "Stranger").

Netflix is ​​Korea's leading streaming platform and has enjoyed international success with Korean-produced shows including 'Squid Game', 'All of Us Are Dead' and 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo'.

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