# Where Stars Land

Where Stars Land (Korean: 여우각시별; RR: Yeougaksibyeol) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Je-hoon and Chae Soo-bin. It aired on SBS from October 1 to November 26, 2018, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST) for 32 episodes.

## Synopsis

It follows the lives of employees at Incheon International Airport.

## Cast
### Main

* Lee Je-hoon as Lee Soo-yeon (29 years old)
** Nam Da-reum as young Lee Soo-yeon
    A first-year member of the Passenger Services team. He graduated from the prestigious KAIST and dreamed of becoming a pilot, but due to an accident he could not fulfill his dream. A mysterious man who harbors a secret that causes him to keep his distance from his coworkers.
* Chae Soo-bin as Han Yeo-reum (27 years old)
    A first-year member of the Passenger Services team. She strives to be a perfectionist but makes many mistakes due to clumsiness and a tendency to let her emotions get the better of her.
* Lee Dong-gun as Seo In-woo (37 years old)
    Team manager of Airport Planning and Operation. His father and Lee Soo-yeon's mother were remarried, making him the step-brother of Lee Soo-yeon.
* Kim Ji-soo as Yang Seo-koon (41 years old)
    Team manager of Passenger Services. She knows everything about Lee Soo-yeon from the beginning. She thinks of Lee Soo-yeon as her brother because Soo-yeon often reminds her of her younger brother Yang Ji-hoon.

### Supporting
#### Passenger Service Team

* Jang Hyun-sung as Kwon Hee-seung
    Director of Terminal 2 (T2) of Incheon International Airport.
* Ahn Sang-woo as Gong Seung-cheol (40 years old)
    Manager of Passenger Service Team. He is married and has a teenage daughter.

#### Security Service Team

* Lee Sung-wook as Choi Moo-ja
    Manager of Security Service Team. He is also the husband of Passenger Services team manager Yang Seo-koon.
* Kim Kyung-nam as Oh Dae-ki (31 years old)
    Head Officer at Security Service Team. He is kind and soft-hearted though he appears as rough and tough. Dae-ki has a one-sided love for his team junior, Na Young-joo.
* Lee Soo-kyung as Na Young-joo (28 years old)
    She is Oh Dae-ki's assistant. Young-joo is a former judo athlete. She is hard-working and ambitious. She and Han Yeo-Reum become roommates.

#### Mooring Management Team

* Kim Won-hae as Park Tae-hee
    Manager of Airport Mooring Management Team.
* Rowoon as Ko Eun-sub (29 years old)
    Han Yeo-reum's close friend. He has a one-sided love for Yeo-reum and supports her in every way.
* Ha Ji-eun as Si Jae-in

#### Staff of Incheon Airport

* Jeong Jae-sung as Lee Woo-taek
    Team Manager of Transportation Services.
* Hong Ji-min as Heo Young-ran
    Team Manager of Commercial Facilities.
* Kim Joon-won as Mo Jeong-hoon
    Team Manager of Incheon International Airport Integrated Operations (IOC).

#### Others

* Park Hyuk-kwon as Mister Zhang
    Owner of Fox Bride Star cafe. He is also a doctor who is trying to cure Lee Soo-yeon.
* Choi Won-young as Han Jae-young
    Han Yeo-reum's father. He is the former owner of Fox Bride Star cafe.
* Kim Yeo-jin as Yoon Hye-won
    Han Yeo-reum's mother. She used to live in Nigeria.
* Lee Seul-a
* Park Ji-il as homeless man (Seo In-woo's father)

### Special appearances

* Yoon Kyung-ho as unreasonable customer (ep. 1)
* Ejay Falcon as Ian Santos (ep. 7–8)
* Yoon Ji-on as Security check employee
* Lauren Young as Mari (ep. 7–8)
* Im Won-hee as gift shop employee (ep. 17)
* Ahn Chang-hwan as husband of airport employee (ep. 22)

## Production

* The series is the second collaboration between screenwriter Kang Eun-kyung and director Shin Woo-cheol after the 2013 series Gu Family Book.
* The early working title of the series is Incheon Airport People (인천공항 사람들; Incheongonghang Saramdeul).
* The lead roles were first offered to Hyun Bin and Park Shin-hye, then to Park Bo-gum and Bae Suzy, but they all declined.
* The first script reading took place on July 28, 2018, at SBS Ilsan Production Studios in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

## Viewership

| Episodes | Episodes | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Episodes | Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| | 1–16 | 0.998 | 1.224 | 0.999 | 1.461 | 1.088 | 1.475 | 1.242 | 1.582 | 1.121 | 1.288 | 1.180 | 1.441 | 1.048 | 1.340 | 1.143 | 1.434 |
| | 17–32 | 1.052 | 1.383 | 1.121 | 1.591 | 1.164 | 1.590 | 1.138 | 1.431 | 1.204 | 1.517 | 1.175 | 1.506 | 1.262 | 1.615 | 1.605 | 1.740 |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | October 1, 2018 | 5.9% (18th) | 7.0% (15th) | 5.6% |
| 2 | October 1, 2018 | 7.2% (12th) | 8.4% (7th) | 6.6% |
| 3 | October 2, 2018 | 6.3% (13th) | 7.4% (8th) | 5.5% |
| 4 | October 2, 2018 | 8.6% (6th) | 9.6% (4th) | 7.7% |
| 5 | October 8, 2018 | 6.7% (15th) | 7.5% (11th) | 6.3% |
| 6 | October 8, 2018 | 9.1% (7th) | 10.2% (4th) | 7.7% |
| 7 | October 9, 2018 | 7.2% (13th) | 7.5% (12th) | 6.5% |
| 8 | October 9, 2018 | 9.0% (5th) | 9.6% (4th) | 8.2% |
| 9 | October 15, 2018 | 6.9% (13th) | 7.7% (8th) | 6.6% |
| 10 | October 15, 2018 | 8.0% (8th) | 8.7% (6th) | 8.0% |
| 11 | October 16, 2018 | 7.4% (9th) | 8.0% (8th) | 7.1% |
| 12 | October 16, 2018 | 9.2% (7th) | 9.9% (5th) | 8.7% |
| 13 | October 23, 2018 | 6.7% (12th) | 7.5% (10th) | 6.6% |
| 14 | October 23, 2018 | 8.6% (6th) | 9.7% (4th) | 8.6% |
| 15 | October 29, 2018 | 6.8% (17th) | 6.8% (16th) | 6.1% |
| 16 | October 29, 2018 | 8.2% (10th) | 8.3% (8th) | 7.8% |
| 17 | October 30, 2018 | 6.7% (13th) | 7.2% (10th) | 6.4% |
| 18 | October 30, 2018 | 8.6% (7th) | 9.2% (5th) | 8.1% |
| 19 | November 5, 2018 | 7.2% (15th) | 7.5% (13th) | 6.7% |
| 20 | November 5, 2018 | 9.5% (7th) | 10.1% (4th) | 8.2% |
| 21 | November 6, 2018 | 7.5% (11th) | 8.6% (9th) | 6.5% |
| 22 | November 6, 2018 | 9.6% (7th) | 10.4% (4th) | 8.9% |
| 23 | November 12, 2018 | 7.3% (13th) | 8.2% (9th) | 6.5% |
| 24 | November 12, 2018 | 8.4% (8th) | 9.2% (4th) | 7.8% |
| 25 | November 13, 2018 | 7.7% (10th) | 7.9% (10th) | 7.8% |
| 26 | November 13, 2018 | 9.3% (8th) | 9.5% (6th) | 9.1% |
| 27 | November 19, 2018 | 7.2% (14th) | 7.3% (16th) | 7.2% |
| 28 | November 19, 2018 | 8.6% (10th) | 9.1% (7th) | 8.6% |
| 29 | November 20, 2018 | 8.3% (10th) | 9.0% (8th) | 8.3% |
| 30 | November 20, 2018 | 9.7% (7th) | 10.8% (5th) | 9.7% |
| 31 | November 26, 2018 | 9.3% (8th) | 10.4% (6th) | 9.3% |
| 32 | November 26, 2018 | 9.7% (7th) | 10.6% (5th) | 9.7% |
| Average | Average | 8.0% | 8.7% | 7.6% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Drama | Where Stars Land | Won |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Lee Je-hoon | Won |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Lee Dong-gun | Nominated |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Chae Soo-bin | Won |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Kim Ji-soo | Nominated |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Kim Kyung-nam | Nominated |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Ro-woon | Nominated |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Soo-kyung | Nominated |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award | Lee Je-hoon and Chae Soo-bin | Nominated |