Lee Byung-hun to play traveling salesman in star-studded ‘Our Blues’

Lee Byung-hun, 51, is poised to return to television in tvN’s upcoming Saturday-Sunday drama “Our Blues,” which will premiere on April 9.

He plays Lee Dong-suk, a Jeju-born salesperson who travels the island in a truck selling a variety of household items and clothing. Lee’s current role contrasts sharply with his previous portrayal as a gregarious US Marine in the historical drama “Mr. Sunshine,” which was published in 2018.

Shin Min-a, Kim Woo-bin, Han Ji-min, Cha Seoung-won, Uhm Jeong-hwa, Kim Hye-ja, Ko Doo-shim, and Lee Jung-eun feature in “Our Blues,” one of the most anticipated drama series of the year.

The series will present the warm, sweet and bitter life stories of the diverse characters living on Jeju Island.

Shin reprises the role of a woman who arrives at a seaside village once again — she starred as a dentist who moves to a small seaside village in her most recent drama series “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” (2021).

While Han plays a young “haenyeo,” Jeju female divers who collect seafood underwater, Kim Woo-bin — who is making his drama comeback in six years after recovering from nasopharyngeal cancer — portrays a captain of a fishing boat.

The series is penned by star screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung, who was behind numerous hit dramas, including “That Winter, the Wind Blows” (2013), “It’s Okay, That’s Love” (2014), “Dear My Friends” (2016) and “Live” (2018).

Veteran actors Kim Hye-ja and Ko Doo-shim are reuniting with the writer, having co-starred in “Dear My Friends” (2016), a family drama portraying the life story of those in their twilight years.

The omnibus-style drama will also feature the first original soundtrack song by Jimin of K-pop supergroup BTS.