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)
