A building on this set appears as the ‘Soonyang Theater’ in Gwangju run by Oh Jung-shin’s (Seol In-ah) father and later by her (after her father’s death) in episodes 1-2 of Oasis (Oasiseu/오아시스) (KBS2, 2023) [Spoiler] until Jung-shin is forced to sell it to her aunt at the end of episode 2.

Scenes from Kim Hye-ja’s (Kim Hye-ja/Han Ji-min) past in The Light in Your Eyes/Eyes Are Dazzling (눈이 부시게) (JTBC, 2019) were filmed here, which also featured Lee Hyun-joo (Kim Ga-eun) and Yoon Sang-eun (Song Sang-eun).

A younger Kim Yoon-hee (Im Yoon-a) lives here in the 1970s in Love Rain (사랑비) (KBS2, 2012). We see her house in episode 4, for instance, when Seo In-ha (Jang Geun-seok) apologises for having read her diary; while she, listening from inside, is coughing blood because of her tuberculosis.

This film set was also seen in episode 1 of Curtain Call (커튼콜/Keoteunkol) (KBS2, 2022 — Source); Youth of May (오월의 청춘) (KBS2, 2021);  Different Dreams (이몽) (MBC, 2019); Happy Home (가화만사성) (MBC, 2016); Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean (나청렴의원납치사건) (SBS, 2016); Inspiring Generation/Age of Feeling (감격시대 : 투신의 탄생) (KBS2, 2014); Light and Shadow (빛과 그림자) (MBC, 2011-12); King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo/Gu /Baker King, Kim Tak Goo/ Bread, Love and Dreams (제빵왕 김탁구) (KBS2, 2009-10); Giant (Jaieonteu/자이언트) (SBS, 2010); East of Eden (에덴의동쪽) (MBC, 2008-09); Love and Ambition (사랑과 야망) (SBS, 2006); Seoul 1945 (서울 1945) (KBS1, 2006).

— Boston 1947 (보스턴 1947) (2020)
— MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission (말모이) (2019)
— Seven Years of Night (7년의 밤) (2018)
— The Drug King (마약왕) (2018)
— V.I.P. (브이아이피) (2017)
— Memoir of A Murderer (살인자의 기억법) (2017)
— Love, Lies (해어화) (2016)
— Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (허삼관) (2015)
— Obsessed (인간중독) (2014)
— Hot Young Bloods (피끓는 청춘) (2014)
— Gangnam Blues/Gangnam 1970 (강남 1970) (2015)
— Late Spring (봄)
— A Werewolf Boy (늑대소년) (2012) (market scenes)
— Bloody Shake (블러디 쉐이크) (2010)
— Sunny (님은 먼곳에) (2008)
— Mapado 2: Back to the Island (마파도2) (2007)
— Once In A Summer (그해여름)

— Running Man (런닝맨) (SBS, 2012 October 21 – episode 116)

— MONSTA X [몬스타엑스]: ‘All In’ (걸어) (2016)

Suncheon Open Film Set/Suncheon Open Film Location [순천 드라마촬영장], the largest film set in South Korea, is made up of three villages that each represent a different time period from the 1950s to the 1970s.

It is located in the Suncheon’s neighborhood Wangjo 2(i)-dong [왕조2동], around 3hrs by Seoul by public transport. This location is open to the public, and an admission fee is required to enter the set. More information can be found in English here.

Address
24 Biryegol-gil, Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
전남 순천시 비례골길 24
(조례동 23)
Geolocation: 34.957729, 127.538320

— submitted by Mich KDL; last updated 11/03/2023
— Photos taken by © Mich KDL, November 2017
— Different Dreams added by Marion KDL