‘It’s Okay Not To Be Okay,’ the popular K-drama that recently was released in 2020 with a fantastic cast and storyline. Also, the filming locations of ‘It’s Okay Not to be okay are worth watching. The genre of the drama is a romantic love story of two opposite people who accidentally cross paths with each other. The audience especially praised the cast as they did some amazing performances. Not only this, the series appear eight times in nominations at the 57th Baeksang Art Awards with two wins. The broadcast was on tvN for Korean viewers and Netflix for worldwide viewers. One more thing which caught viewers’ attention is the fashion sense followed by the female lead ‘Seo Ye Ji.’
This sensational drama has lots of beautiful places for the viewers to visit and also they praise it a lot. Let’s look at the storyline and reviews of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be okay’ filming locations.
Synopsis Of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be Okay
In this drama, the lead actor Moon Gang-Tae lives with his older brother Moon Sang Tae who has autism. We also saw that Sang Tae was a witness to their mother’s murder. That’s why they have to move from town to town frequently, and as a caregiver, Gang Tae works in the psychiatric ward. Then he meets with the famous children’s book writer Ko Moon Young who has an antisocial personality disorder. Although it was a rumor, she seems to look like one. Sang Tae was a fan of her books and always read them.
Later, when he met her, he took the time to become a friend of her because of her scary personality. Meanwhile, after Moon Young met with Gang Tae, she felled for him and followed him to the Okay Psychiatric Hospital. After so many rejections, the love story begins between the two leads, and all three end up in Seongjin city. The place which they never wanted to go. Now let’s tour the famous filming locations of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be Okay.
Casts And Reviews Of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be Okay’
The cast includes some of the celebrities in K-Pop culture, which have given fantastic performances in this drama. The principal leads are ‘Kim Soo-Hyun as ‘Moon Gang Tae’ an orphaned caregiver, ‘Seo Yea-Ji as ‘Go Moon Young’ a popular children’s book author, and ‘Oh Jung-se’ as ‘Moon Sang Tae’ an illustrator artist. Some supporting roles were ‘Park Gyu- young’ as ‘Nam Joo Ri’ ‘Kim Ju Hun’ ‘Lee Sang In,’ and Kim Chang Wan as ‘Oh Ji Wang.’ Each artist very well played the characters. Even the viewers praised the acting skills of the cast. Moreover, the filming locations of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be okay’ K-drama consist of famous South Korean places. Further, you will get to relive those beautiful places in this drama.
Filming Locations Of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be Okay’
Most of the filming locations of ‘It’s Okay Not To Be okay’ are in South Korea. The viewers also like the places in the drama and gave positive reviews. Let’s see some of the visuals of the famous cafes, restaurants, and hospitals.
Cafe Sanida
This setting of this place is at the top of beautiful mountains in Wonju City in Gongwon Province of South Korea. This well-known cafe is a coffee shop and bakery named ‘Sanida Cafe.’ One of the most popular places in the filming locations of ‘Its okay not to be okay’ K-drama.
This cafe was the mansion of Moon Young and is known as ‘The Cursed Castle‘ in the drama. The drastic change in the cafe’s setting into a mansion was terrific for the viewers. Also, they use it as background complete with CGI effects. The shooting of the sixth episode was over here only, where Moon Young, Sang Tae, and Gang Tae have breakfast together.
Secret Blue Cafe
Another filming location of ‘It’s okay not to be okay was this cafe used as the ‘Okay Psychiatric Hospital’ where Gang Tae works as a caregiver. This place is in Goseong country, Gangwon, and real life is a bakery. Surprisingly, the makers’ transformations were so impressive in this drama.
Okjeong Jungang Park
This beautiful park is in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi Province, where Moon young and Gang take walks on the sideway path. It is also known as Okjeong Lake, where every night fountain show occurs.
Some more places include the streets and beaches in Goseong, Yangju, and Incheon. This series got the highest ratings from viewers worldwide.
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