Thursday, December 31, 2009

Chuno



Title: 추노 / Chuno
Chinese title : 推奴
Also known as: Pursuing Servants / Slave Hunter
Genre: Historical, fusion
Episodes: 24
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-06 to 2010-Mar-25
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 9:55 PM

Plot

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, "Chuno" revolves around the world of slave hunters (known as "Chuno Ggun") and slaves (known as "Nobi"). The slaves were sometimes born into the system of servitude and other times became slaves as a punishment for a crime. In the drama series "Chuno," a slave hunter (played by Jang Hyuk) attempts to track down one such runaway slave (playd by Ji-ho Oh). The runaway slave became a nobi after being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. While the slave hunter tracks down the runaway slave, he also seeks out the woman he loves (played by Hyo-ju Han).
Cast


Jang Hyuk Ji-ho Oh Da-hae Lee Hyeong-jin Kong Jong-hyeok Lee
Dae Kil Tae-ha Seol-hwa Eop-bok Cheol-woong Hwang
Additional Cast Members:
Jeong-su Han - Jang-jun Choi
Ji-seok Kim - King Son
Danny Ahn - Baek Ho
Jae-wan Jo - Seong-hwan Kim
Dong-hwan Yun - Kol-dae Yong
Da-yeong Ju - Euns-il
Ha-eun Kim
Ki-won Yun
Ji-min Yun
Yeong-ae Kim
Ha-yun Kim - Kang-bin
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Will it Snow for Christmas?

Title: 크리스마스에 눈이 올까요? / Keuriseumaseue Nooni Olkkayo / Will it Snow for Christmas?
Chinese Title : 聖誕節會下雪嗎 ?
Genre: Melodrama, romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Dec-02 to 2010-Jan-21
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

Go Soo plays a man who was brought up by his grandmother in difficult circumstances and shows an “intelligent, masculine appeal.” His character had shared a young love with the girl played by Han Ye-seul, but through “sad circumstances,” they were forced to separate. She is the daughter of a famed doctor of Oriental medicine in a small village, although she’s always being compared to and passed over for her smarter, brighter older brother. She and Go Soo eventually reunite in their fateful love as adults.

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Cast

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Swallow the Sun

Title: 태양을 삼켜라 / Swallow the Sun
Chinese Title : 吞没太阳
Also known as: All In 2
Previously known as: 히든 / Hidden, 꾼들의 나라 / The Land of Professionals / All In 2
Genre: Romance, Action
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2009-July-08 to 2009-Oct-01
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

"Swallow the Sun" revolves around three young people in Jeju Island and how they develop Seogwipo, Jeju into a world city.

Jeong-woo Kim (Ji Seong) is the illegitimate child of a gangster father and a haenyeo (a traditional freediver) mother. He was raised in an orphanage and soon developed a rebellious temperament.

Su-hyeon Lee (Yu-ri Seong) has a strong will and is focused on achieving her goals. She overcame many unfortunate situations in her life to first study overseas and then become the organizer for a world famous performance team.

Tae-hyeok (Lee Wan) was raised without ever knowing his father. After he entered adulthood, Tae-hyeok meets Min-ho Jeong, a wealthy businessman, who claims to be his father. This changes Tae-hyeok's life entirely as he now works to excel in business management.

Notes

  1. All scenes shot in Korea took place on Jeju Island, while overseas scenes were filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  2. A shooting site of 6,417 square meters was especially constructed in Seoguipo, Jeju for this drama.
  3. Canadian circus troupe "Cirque du Soleil" appears in the drama. The circus troupe appeared without any royalties, as they consider Korea a potential market. [1]
  4. Director Cheol-yong Yu, screenwriter Wan-kyu Choi, and actor Ji Seong previously worked together in the 2003 SBS drama "All In," which was also filmed on Jeju Island.
  5. Four crew members were diagnosed with the human swine flu virus after flying in from the U.S. in early July, 2009. One crew member tested positive on July 2nd and three more crew members were diagnosed & quarantined on July 6th, 2009. Because of this the premiere date was pushed back a day to June 9th, 2009.

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Episode ratings for the SBS drama Swallow the Sun

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2009-07-08 Special 7.8 (20th) 8.6 (18th)
2009-07-09 1 14.8 (7th) 15.5 (6th)
2009-07-15 2 16.5 (2nd) 17.3 (2nd)
2009-07-16 3 18.5 (2nd) 19.9 (1st)
2009-07-22 4 16.2 (3rd) 16.5 (3rd)
2008-07-23 5 16.8 (3rd) 17.0 (3rd)
2009-07-29 6 17.3 (2nd) 17.8 (2nd)
2009-07-30 7 18.7 (1st) 18.9 (1st)
2009-08-05 8 16.7 (3rd) 16.9 (3rd)
2009-08-06 9 16.9 (3rd) 17.4 (2nd)
2009-08-12 10 17.3 (1st) 17.4 (2nd)
2009-08-13 11 17.3 (1st) 17.3 (1st)
2009-08-19 12 15.3 (6th) 15.6 (6th)
2009-08-20 13 17.6 (3rd) 17.7 (3rd)
2009-08-26 14 14.8 (6th) 15.3 (7th)
2009-08-27 15 15.0 (7th) 14.7 (7th)
2009-09-02 16 15.0 (4th) 14.8 (5th)
2009-09-03 17 18.0 (2nd) 18.4 (1st)
2009-09-09 18 15.5 (5th) 15.6 (5th)
2009-09-10 19 17.8 (2nd) 17.9 (1st)
2009-09-16 20 16.3 (2nd) 15.9 (4th)
2009-09-17 21 17.1 (3rd) 17.0 (1st)
2009-09-23 22 17.5 (2nd) 17.4 (2nd)
2009-09-24 23 17.4 (2nd) 17.1 (1st)
2009-09-30 24 16.4 (3rd) 16.4 (4th)
2009-10-01 25 18.8 (2nd) 18.4 (3rd)
Average 16.8% 17.0%

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