# Beyond the Clouds (TV series)

Beyond the Clouds (Korean: 태양은 가득히; Hanja: 太陽은 가득히; RR: Taeyangeun Gadeukhi; MR: T'aeyang'ŭn Kadŭkhi; lit. The Full Sun) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Yoon Kye-sang, Han Ji-hye and Cho Jin-woong. It aired on KBS2 from February 17 to April 14, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

## Plot

Jung Se-ro (Yoon Kye-sang) is a hardworking young man who works multiple part-time jobs while studying for the foreign civil service exam. His father is a petty criminal and a con man, and their family lives a transient life because of his deals, currently staying in Thailand.
Despite wanting an honest life for himself, Se-ro's dreams are shattered on the night of a glamorous jewel exhibition opening in Bangkok. His father dies in an incident involving stolen diamonds, and because Se-ro was at the scene when another man was shot, he is accused and arrested for murder. After spending five years in a Thai prison, upon his release he takes up a new identity and becomes a con man just like his father. He joins a ring of jewel smugglers led by Park Kang-jae (Cho Jin-woong), with whom he shares a brotherly bond. Kang-Jae was raised like a son by Se-ro's father, who taught him all the tricks of the trade. But Kang-Jae has harbored a lifelong jealousy towards the real son, which is stoked further when the woman he loves, smuggling accomplice Seo Jae-in (Kim Yoo-ri) also falls for Se-ro.
Then Se-ro meets Han Young-won (Han Ji-hye), the cold-hearted heiress to a jewelry brand. She was madly in love with her fiancé Gong Woo-jin (Song Jong-ho), and had closed herself off after his death. But Se-ro draws her out into the world, while Young-won gives him a reason to live when he had all but given up. They fall in love, not knowing that the man Se-ro was accused of killing had been Young-won's fiancé. His love for her becomes his punishment, but also his salvation.

## Cast

* Yoon Kye-sang as Jung Se-ro
* Han Ji-hye as Han Young-won
* Cho Jin-woong as Park Kang-jae
** Park Joon-mok as young Kang-jae
* Kim Yoo-ri as Seo Jae-in
* Lee Dae-yeon as Jung Do-joon, Se-ro's father
* Jung Won-joong as Shin Pil-do
* Kim Young-ok as Hong Soon-ok
* Lee Jae-won as Hong
* Woo Hyun as Hama
* Kim Yoon-sung as Cha Pyo
* Song Jong-ho as Gong Woo-jin, Young-won's fiancé
* Kim Yeong-cheol as Han Tae-oh, Young-won's father
* Jeon Mi-seon as Baek Nan-joo, Young-won's stepmother
* Son Ho-jun as Han Young-joon, Young-won's half brother
* Kim Sun-kyung as Section chief Min
* Ahn Ji-hyun as Kang Han-na
* Song Young-kyu as Kang Hak-soo
* Lee Sang-hoon as Secretary Ahn
* Cho Seung-hee as Jewelry saleswoman (cameo)

## Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | 17 February 2014 | 4.0% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.8% |
| 2 | 17 February 2014 | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.9% |
| 3 | 24 February 2014 | 3.5% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 4.6% |
| 4 | 25 February 2014 | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 6.1% |
| 5 | 3 March 2014 | 3.7% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| 6 | 4 March 2014 | 4.2% | 4.8% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
| 7 | 10 March 2014 | 3.0% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| 8 | 11 March 2014 | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.3% |
| 9 | 17 March 2014 | 3.1% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 3.6% |
| 10 | 18 March 2014 | 3.6% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| 11 | 24 March 2014 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 12 | 25 March 2014 | 2.6% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| 13 | 31 March 2014 | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| 14 | 1 April 2014 | 2.0% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 15 | 7 April 2014 | 2.7% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| 16 | 8 April 2014 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Average | Average | 3.3% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.7% |