The Return of Iljimae

Title: 돌아온 일지매 / Dolanon Iljimae / The Return of Iljimae

Chinese Title : 一枝梅归来

Also known as: Iljimae Returns / Moon River

Previously known as 일지매 / Iljimae

Genre: Historical, romance

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-21 to 2009-April-09

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis

The story is about a man fighting against the selfish and corrupt government to save the ordinary peasants. Iljimae was abandoned by his birth father and adopted by a Chinese couple. He returns to Korea to find his birth family and realizes how unjust the world really is. He watched as his first love, Dal Yi, was wrongfully put to death. Iljimae then vows to help the commoners from the corrupt government officials.

Cast

Jung Il Woo as Il Ji Mae

Yoon Jin Suh as Dal Yi / Wal Hee

Kim Min Jong as Goo Ja Myeong

Jung Hye Young as Baek Mae

Extended Cast

Lee Kye In as Jeol Chi

Park Geun Hyung as Kim Ja Jeom

Park Chul Min as Wang Hyeong Bo

Oh Young Soo as Monk Yeol Gong

Kang Nam Gil as Bae Seon Dal

Kim Yoo Hyun as Princess Mo Ran

Lee Hyun Woo as Cha Dol Yi

Sandara Park as Rie

Jun Soo Yeon as Soo Ryun

Lee Ho Jae as Kim Joong Hwan (Iljimae’s biological father)

Jung Joon as Kim Joon Seo (Iljimae’s half brother)

Seo Hye Won as Choon Wol

Hwang Jung Ri as Miyamoto Masai

Harisu as Ki Seon Nyeo

Yoon Yoo Sun

Park Chan Hwan

Production Credits

Original work: Comic by Ko Young Woo

Production Company: Group Eight

Director: Hwang In Roe & Kim Soo Young

Screenwriter: Kim Kwang Sik & Do Young Myung

Notes

- Both MBC & SBS will air their own version of Iljimae in 2008 & 2009.

- MBC has the copyrights to the original comic book.

- The director of this drama is Hwang In Roe, who directed both Goong and Goong S.

- The title was changed from “Iljimae” to “The Return of Iljimae” to avoid confusion with the SBS version.

- Drama will be filmed in Japan.

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