Hometown Legends (2008)

Title: 전설의고향 (傳說의 故鄕) / Hometown Legends (2008)

Chinese title : 传说中的故乡 2008

Also known as: Hometown Of Legend / Legendary Hometown

Genre: Fantasy, Horror

Episodes: 8

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-06 to 2008-Sep-3

Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Hometown Legends is 8 one-act dramas.

Episode 1

Title: 구미호의 귀환 / Return of the Gumiho

Also known as: Return of the Nine-Tailed Fox / The Tale of the Nine-Tailed Fox

Synopsis

Lee Myung Ok is the youngest daughter of the Lee family. She’s a bright child who brings light to the otherwise dark atmosphere of the family. Myung Ok is entangled in the rise and fall of a family. Myung Ok is brutally murdered by her own brother. After she is killed, she is reincarnated into the legendary nined-tailed fox and seeks revenge against those who wronged her.

Cast

Park Min Young as Lee Myung Ok

Kim Ha Eun as Lee Seo Ok

Kim Tae Ho as Lee Hyo Moon

Choi Dang Suk as Jung Myung

Park Woong as Lee Dae Gum

Jung Jae Soon as Lady Han (Lee Dae Gum’s wife)

Lee Yeon Doo as In Hong

Lee Dae Ro as the Elder

Nam Moon Chul as In Hong’s father

Lee Kan Hee as In Hong’s mother

Hong Yeo Jin as Hyo Moon’s mother

Episode 2

Title: 아가야 청산가자 / Baby, Let’s Go to Cheong Mountain

Also known as: Let’s Go to The Blue Mountains, My Love

Synopsis

Dang Gol Ne is a sorcerer who tells a noblewoman, Yoon, that in order to save her ill child, Young Hwa, she must find and kill a baby and feed that baby’s liver to Young Hwa. The mother does this but after her child recovers strange things happen around her.

Cast

Wang Hee Ji as Yoon (Young Hwa’s mother)

Go Jung Min as Kim

Jo Eun Sook as Dang Gol Ne

Ahn Suk Hwan as Chun Soo

Jo Yang Ja as (Han Jin Sa’s housemaid)

Park Hyung Jae as Han Jin Sa (Young Hwa’s father)

Kim So Hyun as Young Hwa

Episode 3

Title: 사진검 (四辰劍) 의 저주 / Curse of the Sajin Sword

Also known as: The Cursed Sword

Synopsis

This story portrays the holy ‘Sajin Sword’ which involves the royal family that has fell twice into war. Yoon In is a very resourceful detective who is sent to a village to investigate the death of the blacksmith who made the important Sajin Sword. Moo Ryung and Sung Goo accompany him on his journey but they soon start feeling uncomfortable because of the blackened corpses that they find.

Cast

Choi Soo Jong as Yoon In

Sa Kang as Moo Ryung

Lee Jung as Sung Goo

Park Ha Sun as Hyung Yi

Song Min Ji as Gae Hwa

Song Ok Sook as Gook Moo

Episode 4

Title: 귀서 (鬼書) / Ghost Letter

Also known as: Your Letter

Synopsis

The king, In Jong, suddenly dies only after ruling for nine months. After his death, a mysterious incident occurs where several deaths occur. Certain people believe that this incident is similar to a popular ghost story called “The Legend of Seol Gong Chan.” The former king’s childhood best friend, Sa Hyun, is a cold-hearted and righteous prosecutor who tries to figure out the matter of the mysterious deaths.

Cast

Ahn Jae Mo as Sa Hyun

Kim Young Jae as King In Jong

Kim Jin Tae as Sang Sun

Lee Han Wie as Duk Bae

Lee Duk Hee as Queen Munjeong

Sa Hyun Jin as court lady

Episode 5

Title: 오구도령 / Oh Goo the Exorcism

Also known as: Oh Gu Bachelor Ghost / Young Lord Oh Goo

Synopsis

Min Yoo Rim is a young girl who loves an exorcist, Yoon Ki Joo. But due to an unfortunate accident, she dies. As an exorcist, Ki Joo is able to distinguish between life and death. He arrives at a village in search of Yoo Rim’s soul but finds that the village is in need of his help. Just when Ki Joo thought he had lost Yoo Rim, he meets another girl, Lee Chae Ok, who resembles Yoo Rim.

Cast

Jae Hee as Yoon Ki Joo

Lee Young Eun as Min Yoo Rim / Lee Chae Ok

Jung Eun Pyo as Mak Suk

Kim Hak Chul as Ik Seon

Han Hye Kyung as Yeon Hwa

Episode 6

Title: 기방괴담 / Gisaeng House Ghost Story

Also known as: Ghost Story

Synopsis

Kim Won Ik and Lee Min Woo are aristocrats who cause the death of a Gesaen. In turn she comes back from the dead to seek revenge on them. The story about human greed and violence that emerges from the bottom of one person’s fears. .

Cast

Lee Duk Hwa as Kim Won Ik

Yoon Joo Hee as So Wol

Lee Min Woo as Hyo Rang

Kim Kyu Chul as Sa Ddo

Yoo Hye Jung as Mae Hwa

Min Ji Young as Hwa Ran

Jang Chae Woo as Ae Hyang

Ban So Young as Wook Seom

Episode 7

Title: 사신이야기 / Demon’s Story

Synopsis

The story about a messenger who loses a valuable list of names. These names decide who gets to live and who dies. The messenger only has until the gates of the underworld opens to find the list. He enlists the help of a thief to help him steal the list from the governor but things are not as easy as he thought they would be.

Cast

Lee Won Jong

Kim Roe Ha

Oh Yong

Episode 8

Title: 환향녀 / Returning Lady

Also known as: Loose Woman

Synopsis

Soo Yeon married Jung In but on their wedding day she was forced to go to Shimyang. After being held captive, she escapes from the enemies and returns to her hometown only to be ignored by her in-laws. Her mother-in-law fabricates a lie saying that Soo Yeon’s carrying another man’s child in order to throw Soo Yeon out of the house. Soo Yeon returns home only to be poisoned by her illegitimate half-brother and mistress. Soo Yeon and her sister-in-law become vengeful ghosts and seek revenge by seducing men and then killing them. Jung In has become a royal inspector who is assigned to find out the cause of the men’s mysterious deaths. However, on the mountain ridge where all these deaths occurred, he sees the ghost of Soo Yeon…

Cast

Lee Jin as Soo Yeon

Kang Sung Min as Jung In

Jung Soo Young as Yoon

Kim Hong Pyo as Yong Soo

Lee Ji Hyun

Jin Seo Yeon as Yeo Min

Production Credits

Director: Kwak Jung Hwan (ep1), Lee Min Hong (ep2,5), Kim Jung Min (ep3.7), Kim Yong Soo (ep4,8), Lee Jung Sub (ep6)

Screenwriter: Ha Hee Sun (ep1), Kim Jae Eun (ep1), Park Young Sook (ep2,5), Moon Eun Jung (ep3), Kim Jung Ae (ep4,8), Yoo Mi Kyung (ep6), Yoo Eun Ha (ep7)