Something in the Rain
Something in the Rain () is a 2018 South Korean television series directed by Ahn Pan-seok and starring Son Ye-jin, Jung Hae-in and Jang So-yeon. The series marks Son Ye-jin's small screen comeback after five years. It was broadcast on JTBC every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST) from March 30 to May 19, 2018. It is available for streaming on Netflix, and on Disney+ in Japan starting February 2022. Plot. The series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple". Jin -ah (Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her 30s at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay (an actual Korean chain) and Joon-hee (Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his early 30s at video game developer Smilegate Entertainment. When he returns from working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah — who also happens to be best friends with Joon-hee's sister since childhood. The episodes give an intimate look into how they fall in love, struggle with their age differences (considered to be Taboo in some circles), and find the courage to go public with their relationship to  everyone around them. A secondary storyline is about the struggles female employees face in the company Jin-ah where she is employed as they try to climb the corporate ladder amidst severe sexual harassment, mistreatment, discrimination, and career sabotage from their male managers. A culture considered to be normal but unspoken among South Korean companies about sexism. Themes of Taboos. The driving narrative around the story centers around South Korean taboos concerning relationships. Production. The first script reading of the cast was held on January 25, 2018, at JTBC building in Sangam-dong. As a result of the drama's  commercial success, a three-day reward vacation to Japan was awarded to the cast and the crew which was scheduled from May 29–31, 2018. Original soundtrack. "Stand by Your Man" sung by Carla Bruni, and "Save the Last Dance for Me" by Bruce Willis are played frequently in the series. Remake. In February 2022, it was confirmed that "Something in the Rain" is set for an Indian remake. On March 3, 2022, it was announced that iQIYI will release a Chinese remake of the series in May 2022. The platform also gained the rights to exclusively air the show in  China, marking it the first South Korean TV show to be approved for streaming in the country since the Korean content ban.