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Song Seung-heon to Pair with Lee Young-ae in Upcoming Drama

Lee Young-ae (left) and Song Seung-heon

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Actor Song Seung-heon will be paired with actress Lee Young-ae who will return to acting after a more than 10 years of hiatus.

Production company Group Eight said in a press release on Tuesday that Song and Lee will get together for the drama "Saimdang: Light's Diary" which is set to air on terrestrial broadcaster SBS in the first half of 2016.

The drama tells the biography of Shin Saimdang (1504-1551), who was a renowned artist, writer and calligrapher during the Chosun Dynasty

Lee plays both Shin Saimdang and a present-day art historian, with time shifting to the past and back as the mysteries of Shin's diaries and paintings are unraveled.

Song plays a free spirit raised in a strict family, and his life changes after an encounter with Shin.

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