Where Stars Land () 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 from heart though he appears as rough and tough. Dae-ki has 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 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. Early working title of the series is Incheon Airport People (). 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.