Descendants of the Sun Cast and Characters

Descendants of the Sun Cast and Characters



Yoo Shi-jin (Song Joong-ki) is the captain of a South Korean Special Forces unit. He catches a motorcycle thief, Kim Gi-beom (Kim Min-seok), with Master Sergeant Seo Dae-young (Jin Goo). The thief is injured during his capture and therefore sent to the hospital. Dae-young realizes his cellphone was stolen by the thief and goes to the hospital along with Shi-jin to retrieve his cellphone.

In the emergency room, Shi-jin meets Dr. Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye-kyo) for the first time, and is instantly attracted to her. Mo-yeon mistakenly assumes Shi-jin is part of the thief's criminal gang, due to his nickname "Big Boss", which is actually his call sign. He proves to her that he is a soldier with the help of army surgeon Yoon Myeong-ju (Kim Ji-won).

Shi-jin and Mo-yeon begin to date, but due to their jobs, their dates are often interrupted halfway. Shi-jin receives orders to lead his soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in the fictional country of Uruk. Meanwhile, Mo-yeon is upset because she failed to become a professor due to a colleague's privileged background. When Shi-jin and Mo-yeon meet again, they talk about their views on life and realize how different they are. Shi-jin, as a soldier, kills to protect lives while Mo-yeon, as a doctor, honors the Hippocratic Oath and tries to save lives. Due to this difference in viewpoints on life, they agree to part ways. Dae-young, on the other hand, faces a dilemma on whether to continue with his relationship with Myeong-ju or risk being removed from the army by Myeong-ju's father.

Eight months later, Mo-yeon rebuffs the sexual advances of the hospital director and as a result is assigned to lead a medical team to Uruk. There, Shi-jin and Mo-yeon meet again. Through their encounters in Uruk—an earthquake and an epidemic—their love for each other grows stronger. While in Uruk, Mo-yeon accidentally confesses her feelings (much to the amusement of their respective teams) and the two officially start dating.

Back in Korea, the two of them continue their dates until Shi-jin and Dae-young are sent on an operation in which they disappear and are assumed to be dead. Months pass, and Mo-yeon mourns his death, deciding to commemorate his passing with a volunteer trip to Albania. This is where Shi-jin eventually finds her after he and Dae-young are rescued from captivity by "a friend from afar", a soldier from North Korea whom Shi-jin had helped save earlier. Shi-jin and Mo-yeon along with Myeong-ju and Dae-young are all happily reunited with each other.



Song Joong-ki as Captain Yoo Shi-jin (a.k.a. Big Boss)
The team leader of Alpha Team, an elite special forces unit in South Korea. He is a soldier from a family with a military background, and highly respects his father, who is honorably discharged as a Sergeant Major. Possessing outstanding academic and physical abilities, he graduated from the Korea Military Academy and is currently a Captain in the army. Shi-jin is a loyal soldier who goes all out to defend his country's honor but in life, he is an easy-going and witty man who likes to joke around. At the end of the series, he was promoted to Major.




Song Hye-kyo as Doctor Kang Mo-yeon (a.k.a. Beauty)
A cardiothoracic specialist who works at Haesung Hospital. She is an assertive woman who believes that competence overrules connections but is hit by the harsh reality that she cannot go anywhere without any connections. She stands firmly by her principles and doesn't fall prey easily to her emotions, though she is not afraid to admit her mistakes.




Jin Goo as Master Sergeant Seo Dae-young (a.k.a. Wolf)
A loyal soldier who takes pride in protecting his family and his homeland with his own two hands. He possesses extensive experience in dealing with disasters, and often uses this knowledge to protect his comrades. Since heavy actions are more comfortable for him than lighthearted conversations, he has a hard time expressing his feelings. However, within the shell of this hardcore soldier is a good heart that is deeper than anyone else's.




Kim Ji-won as First Lieutenant Yoon Myeong-ju
An army doctor who is also the daughter of Lieutenant General Yoon, commander of the South Korean Special Forces Brigade. She follows her father's footsteps and graduates from the Korea Military Academy before doing an internship at Haesung Hospital. At her first assignment she meets Dae-young, a non-commissioned soldier. She is determined and does not hesitate to pursue what she desires.





Kang Shin-Il as Lieutenant General Yoon





Kim Byung-Chul as Park Byung-Soo





Park Hoon as Choi Woo-Geun





Choi Woong as Kong Chul-Ho





Ahn Bo-Hyun as Im Gwang-Nam





Kim Min-Suk as Kim Gi-Bum





Lee Seung-Joon as Song Sang-Hyun





Seo Jung-Yeon as Ha Ja-Ae





Onew as Lee Chi-Hoon





Park Hwan-Hee as Choi Min-Ji





Hyun Jyu-Ni as Pyo Ji-Soo





Tae In-Ho as Han Suk-Won





Park Ah-In as Kim Eun-Ji





Jo Woo-Ri as Jang Hee-Eun





Cho Tae-Kwan as Daniel Spencer





Jeon Soo-Jin as Ri Ye-Hwa





David McInnis as Agus




Lee Yi-Kyung - Kang Min-Jae





Jo Jae-Yun - Jin Young-Soo





Park Jun-Keum - Chi-Hoon's mother





Kwak In-Joon - Lee Han-Soo





Ji Seung-Hyun - An Jung-Joon





Jeon In-Taek - Yoo Young-Geun





Seo Woo-Jin - doctor