Like Flowers in Sand: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kim Bae Doo is the youngest born of a prestigious ssireum family and competes on the ssireum team for the Geosan County Office. Despite his extraordinary talent, Baek Doo is thinking of retiring from the sport altogether. However, when childhood friend Oh Yoo Kyung walks back into his life and becomes the leader of the ssireum team, he u-turns on his plans to retire.

Series details

• Title: Like Flowers in Sand
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Sports
• Premiere date: 2023-12-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-01-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ENA
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 70 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 72960
• IMDb ID: tt26924748
• TVDB ID: 431498

Cast and credited roles

• Jang Dong Yoon — Kim Baek Doo
• Lee Joo Myung — Oh Yoo Kyung
• Yoon Jong Suk — Min Hyun Wook
• Kim Bo Ra — Joo Mi Ran
• Lee Jae Joon — Kwak Jin Soo
• Lee Ju Seung — Jo Suk Hee

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-12-20; final listed air date 2024-01-31; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Like Flowers in Sand on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.