At first, there is not much to draw younger audiences into the show because the stars are more mature and admittedly not of the K-pop variety. The plot of The Master’s Sun is very interesting, although it abides by the damsel in distress formula found in most Korean dramas. After much discussion, the two finally agree on helping each other out - Joong Won in being Gong Shil’s protective shield against the spirits and Gong Shil in becoming Joong Won’s supernatural radar in getting his ex-girlfriend to confess where the ransom for his kidnapping is hidden. When he accidentally meets Tae Gong Shil (Gyo Hyo Jin), a woman who has reluctantly acquired the ability to see ghosts after her own accident, the two immediately share a connection reinforced by the discovery that Joong Won can send away the spirits scaring Gong Shil with a single touch, a fact that Gong Shil finds herself desperately clinging to in order to avoid seeing the ghosts who follow her around everywhere she goes.
As a result, he has become cold and calculating, relying on logic rather than emotions in his dealings with business partners and with family. I didn’t originally plan on watching The Master’s Sun but because it was being shown on local TV every night and I kept catching glances of episodes, I was drawn to the plot and the easy chemistry of its two lead stars Jo Ji Sub and Gyo Hyo Jin, in a story that could best be described as the Korean version of Ghost Whisperer.įifteen years after a traumatic kidnapping incident which involved Kingdom Mall President Joo Joong Won (Jo Ji Sub) and his first love Cha Hee Joo (Han Bo Reum) where the latter died, Joong Won is still carrying the scars of the tragedy.