The Thorn Birds

Title: 가시나무새 / Kashinamoosae /
Chinese Title : 荆棘鸟 / 刺鳥
Also known as: The Thorn Bush Bird
Genre: Melodrama, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Mar-02 to 2011-May-05
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

This is the story of two women, Seo Jung Eun and Han Yoo Kyung, who walk very different paths to achijavascript:void(0)eve their desires. Seo Jung Eun is a strong and courageous woman who has suffered a difficult life, having grown up in an orphanage, but continues to embrace people around her despite longing for affection herself. Jung Eun harbours the hope that she will meet her mother if she becomes a star, striving to reach her goal and overcome her suffering with her pure and innocent nature. In contrast, Han Yoo Kyung has a birth secret for which she is willing to throw away everything in order to get revenge. The “thorn birds” of the title refers to Jung Eun’s character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

Cast

Han Hye Jin as Seo Jung Eun
- Kim So Hyun as young Jung Eun
Joo Sang Wook as Lee Young Jo
- Lee Min Ho as young Young Jo
Kim Min Jung as Han Yoo Kyung
- Yoon Jung Eun as young Yoo Kyung
Seo Do Young as Choi Kang Woo
Cha Hwa Yun as Yoon Myung Ja
Kim Ha Eun as Yang Mi Ryun
Song Ok Sook as Kim Kye Soon
Choi Jae Won as Park Han Soo
- Kim Dong Young as young Han Soo
Jung Ui Kap as Lee Young Gook
Park Ji Il as Choi Jong Dal
Ahn Seung Hoon (안승훈) as Yoon Myung Goo
Lee Mi Young as Soon Geum
Jung Eun Byul as Seo Jin
Oh Hyun Kyung as Young Jo’s grandfather
?? as Han Byul
?? as Yoon Hak Goo

Production Credits

Production Company: GnG Production
Chief Producer: Bae Kyung Soo
Producer: Kim Jin Woo (김진우)
Director: Kim Jong Chang
Screenwriter: Lee Sun Hee

The Reputable Family

Title: 명가 / Myeongga / The Reputable Family
Chinese Title : 名家
Also known as: Great Family
Genre: Drama, historical, period
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-02 to 2010-Feb-21
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40


Synopsis

The story deals with one noble family who believes in its obligation and social responsibility towards the poor.

Cast

Cha In Pyo as Choi Gook Sun 최국선
Han Go Eun as Han Dan Yi
Kim Sung Min as Kim Won Il

Extended Cast

Lee Hui Do as Kim Ja Chun
Jung Dong Hwan as Jang Kil Taek
Kim Myung Soo as Kim Soo Man
Kim Young Chul as Choi Jin Lip
Choi Il Hwa as
Ahn Hye Sook
Ahn Jung Hoon
Lee Han Soo
Go Jung Min

Pick the Stars

Title: 별을 따다 줘 / Byeoreul Ttada Jwo / Pick the Stars
Chinese Title : 请摘星星给我
Also known as: Stars Falling From the Sky / Pick Up the Stars / Picking the Stars
Genre: Drama, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-04 to 2010-Mar-09
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:55


Synopsis

The drama draws a love story between two co-workers at an insurance company, with Kim playing the company’s whip-smart lawyer. Because he carries the hurt of having been abandoned by his birth mother, he doesn’t easily open his heart to others. The female lead is a 25-year-old employee of the company who becomes responsible for her five younger adopted siblings after her parents meet with sudden deaths.

Cast

Jin family

Choi Jung Won as Jin Pal Kang
Park Ji Bin as Shin Joo Hwang
Joo Ji Won (주지원) as Shin Cho Rok
Chun Bo Geun (천보근) as Shin Pa Rang
Lee Yoo Ri (이유리) as Shin No Rang
Lee Young Bum as Shin Sae Yoon
Yoo Ji In as Na Joo Soon
?? as Shin Nam Yi

Won family

Kim Ji Hoon as Won Kang Ha
Shin Dong Wook as Won Joon Ha

Jung family

Chae Young In as Jung Jae Young
Lee Soon Jae as Jung Gook
Kim Gyu Chul as Jung In Goo
Jung Ae Ri as Lee Min Kyung

Other people

Lee Kyun as Woo Tae Gyu
Lee Doo Il as Kim Jang Soo
Park Hyun Sook as Han Jin Joo
Kim Ji Young as Choi Eun Mal

Production Credits

Director: Go Kyung Hee (고경희)
Screenwriter: Jung Ji Woo