'Tae Hye-ji' Troika comeback

A nostalgic legend returns. Also known as ‘Taehyeji’. The people who started the Troika of Actresses are making a comeback with a new work.

Kim Tae-hee returns to the small screen through ENA's new drama 'House with a Yard' (directed by Jeong Ji-hyun). Playing the role of a housewife in the play, she depicts the anxiety and confusion she feels as she begins to suspect her husband of being a murderer. This is Kim Tae-hee's first time challenging the thriller genre.

Yeonjin and Lim Ji-yeon of ‘The Glory’ join Kim Tae-hee. Lim Ji-yeon plays the woman next door who suffers domestic violence in ‘House with a Yard’. Expectations are growing for the meeting between Kim Tae-hee, the beautiful actress representing 'Tae' in 'Tae Hye-ji', and Lim Ji-yeon, the most talked-about person.

Song Hye-kyo, who gained worldwide popularity with 'The Glory', works hard without a break. What she chose was the drama ‘The Price of Confession’. Song Hye-kyo was offered the role of art teacher Ahn Yun-soo in the play. Yunsu is a character whose life changes completely when he dreams of a little happiness but gets caught up in an unexpected murder case. Han So-hee is scheduled to play the role of 'Mo-eun', a mysterious woman whose identity is unknown. Although she is a woman that everyone fears, she reaches out to ‘Yoonsu’ (Song Hye-kyo) and shows her a new world.

What is particularly attractive is that Song Hye-kyo this time chose a junior actress instead of a younger man with an age difference. Meanwhile, there has been a large age gap between Song Hye-kyo and her male counterparts, including Park Bo-gum, Jang Ki-yong, and Lee Do-hyun. However, this time, I got to work with Han So-hee, who was famous as ‘Ulsan Song Hye-kyo’ even before her debut.

Unlike Kim Tae-hee and Song Hye-kyo, who took on challenges, Jeon Ji-hyun chose to do what she could do best. It is a spy melodrama. Long limbs and cool features. She is the actress who can portray a mother-in-law romance in the sexiest and most attractive way.

Jeon Ji-hyun is scheduled to return with 'North Star' (working title) two years after the drama 'Jiri Mountain'. ‘North Star’ is a drama that tells the story of spies who lost their identities and find themselves. In particular, it is raising expectations as a work in which writer Jeong Seo-kyung and director Kim Hee-won of 'Little Women' collaborate again.

Kang Dong-won was mentioned as another lead actor. If Kang Dong-won appears in 'North Star', he will appear in a drama for the first time in about 20 years since 'Magic', which aired in 2004.

For those in their early 40s, age is just a number. With her solid acting skills and beautiful beauty, she is still at the center of the industry. It has become synonymous with the so-called ‘long run’ in marriage and childbirth.

Three actors who are sweeping the Korean entertainment industry by their mere presence. Past the time when she was only noticed for her pretty looks, she is showing off her venerable acting skills. Therefore, expectations are already rising as to what kind of appearance he will show in the new work.

Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr