It all started with an encounter between a young, ordinary man and a woman whose life has been designed by her influential parents. May it be fate or sheer coincidence, it was a picturesque sunset-lit evening in Cuba that brought them together. And as if they were put under a spell, they were drawn to each other despite the hardships and agony that they were meant to face inevitably. To those around them, the man’s actions and words may seem like nothing but of a young, foolish man’s youthful infatuation, but to them, it is love.

特战警备队大尉柳时镇（宋仲基 饰）与上士徐大荣（晋久 饰）休假之时遭遇激斗事件，送小偷去医院的时候，被主任医师姜暮烟（宋慧乔 饰）误会，也引得徐大荣的前女友尹明珠（金智媛 饰）突然出现，姜暮烟因此与柳时镇结缘，可是由于立场不同最终不欢而散。一次意外派遣，姜暮烟又与柳时镇相遇在战火频发的乌鲁克，作为海外医疗派遣队队长的姜暮烟与柳时镇无数次并肩作战，感情得到了升华。可是回国后姜暮烟面对柳时镇出生入死的工作又开始了新一轮担忧，与此同时，徐大荣与尹明珠的爱情也再次遇到了威胁。 《太阳的后裔》是韩国KBS电视台于2016年2月24日起播出的水木迷你连续剧，本剧为第一部中国与韩国同步播出的韩剧。