HDTV Feature series (2005-2009)

HDTV Feature (2005-2009)

The KBS HDTV Feature series produced made-for-TV adaptations of Korean short stories and novels.

Details

Title: HDTV 문학관 / HDTV Munhakgwan
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS1 (except for Sister's Menopause, which aired on KBS2)
Broadcast period: 2005-May-08 to 2009-Dec-30
Air time: variable; see specific episodes for details

Sonaki

Title: 소나기 / Sonagi
Also known as: Rain Shower
Genre: Romance, drama
Broadcast date: 2005-May-08
Air time: Sunday

Synopsis

An adaptation of the classic short story Sonaki by Hwang Soon Won, originally published in 1959.

Cast

Lee Jae Eung (이재응) as the boy
Lee Se Young as the girl
Shin Goo as the girl's great-grandfather
Park Chul Ho as the boy's father
Park Soon Chun as the boy's mother
Lee Dong Ho as the boy's younger brother
Shin Shin Ae
Kim Ga Young
Ahn Byung Kyung

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Producer: Lee Won Ik
Director: Go Young Tak
Assistant Director: Yoo Hyun Ki
Original writing: Hwang Soon Won
Screenwriter: Yum Il Ho

External Links

Official site

The Hard Goodbye

Title: 내가 살았던 집 / Naega Saratdeon Jip
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2005-May-15
Air time: Sunday

Synopsis

Cast

Bae Jong Ok as Lee Yoo Jung
Jang Hyun Sung as Jo Byung Woon
Kim Hee Jung as Lee Ji Won (Lee Yoo Jung's daughter)
Son Sook as Lee Yoo Jung's mother
Oh Ji Hye as Hyun Sook
Kim Hye Ok as editor-in-chief

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Producer: Shin Chang Suk
Director: Lee Yoon Ki (이윤기)
Assistant Director: Kim Jin Won
Original writing: Eun Hee Kyung
Screenwriter: Kim Joon (김준)

External Links

Official site

The Post Horse Curse

Title: 역마 / Yeongma
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2005-May-22
Air time: Sunday 23:15

Synopsis

Cast

Jung Ae Ri as Ok Hwa
Sun Woo Yong Yeo as Myung Rye
Lee Ji Hoon as Sung Ki
Choi Ja Hye as Kye Yun
Lee Soon Jae as Che Jang Soo
Sun Eun Jung (선은정) as Kil Soon

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Producer: Shin Chang Suk
Director: Lee Young Gook
Assistant Director: Kim Jin Won
Original writing: Kim Tong-ni
Screenwriters: Hong Yoon Jung (홍윤정), Dong Hee Sun

External Links

Official site

The Outdoor Lamp

Title: 외등 / Oedeung
Also known as:
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2005-May-29
Air time: Sunday

Synopsis

Cast

Ki Tae Young as Young Woo
Jung So Young as Sang Kyu
Hong Soo Hyun as Hye Joo
Seo Young Hee as Jae Hee
Park Joon Hyuk credited as 박형재 as Soo Bin
Kim Dong Joo as Seo San Daek

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Producer: Shin Chang Suk
Director: Choi Ji Young
Assistant Director: Yoo Hyun Ki
Original writing: Park Bum Shin
Screenwriter: Ryu Gap Yul (류갑열)

External Links

Official site

Who Murdered Kurt Cobain?

Title: 누가 커트코베인을 죽였는가 / Nuga Keoteukobeineul Jugyeonneunga
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2005-Dec-22
Air time: Thursday

Synopsis

Cast

Min Ji Ah credited as 김민주 as Chae Eun Young / Jang Mi
Choi Chul Ho as Song In Hoo
Jang Hyun Sung as Kang Jae Seo
Uhm Soo Jung as Go Soo Jin

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Director: Choi Ji Young
Assistant Director: Baek Sang Hoon
Original writing: Kim Kyung Wook
Screenwriter: Ryu Gap Yul (류갑열)

External Links

Official site

Sad, To Be Forgotten

Title: 서러워라 잊혀진다는것은 / Seoreowora Ityeojindaneungeoseun
Genre: Historical
Broadcast date: 2005-Dec-23
Air time: Friday

Synopsis

Cast

Ahn Hong Jin as Mo Dok
Im Yoo Jin as Baek Neung Pa
Park Ji Il as Kim Man Jong
Lee Jae Eun as Jang Hee Bin
Ahn Byung Kyung as Jo Sung Ki
Heo Hyun Ho
Lee Gook Ho (이국호)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Director: Kim Choong Gil (김충길)
Assistant Director: Yoo Hyun Ki, Baek Sang Hoon
Original writing: Kim Tak Hwan, novel Sad, To Be Forgotten
Screenwriter: Kim Yi Hyun (김이현)

External Links

Official site

Säya Säya

Title: 새야새야 / Saeyasaeya
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2005-Dec-24
Air time: Saturday

Synopsis

Cast

Yun Woon Kyung as mother
Jung Chan as big brother
- Joo Min Soo as big brother (young)
Jin Goo as little brother
- Park Gun Tae as little brother (young)
Park In Hwan as Mr. Na
Lee Yeon Soo as sister-in-law (big brother's wife)
Ban Min Jung as woman

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young, Lee Won Ik
Director: Go Young Tak
Assistant Director: Yoo Hyun Ki, Hwang In Hyuk
Original writing: Shin Kyung Sook, based on a short story from Where the Harmonium Once Stood
Screenwriter: Lee Eun Sang

External Links

Official site

The Buckwheat Season

Title: 메밀꽃 필 무렵 / Memilkkon Pil Muryeop
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2005-Dec-25
Air time: Sunday

Synopsis

Cast

Ahn Dae Yong as Heo Saeng Won
Kim Gyu Chul as Kyung Soon
Yoo Seung Bong as Jo Sun Dal
- Son Jong Bum as young Jo Sun Dal
Lee Ji Hoon as Dong Yi
Go Eun Mi as Hae Yun
Kwon Sung Hyun (권성현) as Geum Nyeo
Ban Hyo Jung as Kyung Soon's mother
Lee Mi Ji

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Director: Lee Young Gook
Assistant Director: Kim Jin Won, Hwang In Hyuk
Original writing: Lee Hyo Suk, The Buckwheat Season (1936)
Screenwriter: Hong Yoon Jung (홍윤정), Dong Hee Sun

External Links

Official site

The Flag

Title: 깃발 / Gitbal
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2006-Mar-04
Air time: Saturday 23:00

Synopsis

Cast

Jo Jae Wan as Yoon Sung Won
Kim Hong Pyo as Han Kyu Ho
Oh Yoon Ah as Lee Min Jae
Jo Sung Ha as Director Kim

Production Credits

Director: Kim Chul Kyu
Original writing: Ha Sung Ran
Screenwriter: Hwang Da Eun

External Links

Official site

The Last Song!

Title: 노래여! 마지막 노래여! / Noraeyeo! Majimang Noraeyeo!
Genre: Period
Broadcast date: 2006-Mar-05
Air time: Sunday

Synopsis

Cast

Joo Sung Hwan (주성환) as Nam Yun
- Kim Jong Yup (김종엽) as older Nam Yun
Lee Dae Ro as Mae Hun
Yoon Ji Sook as Chae Sun
Bae Do Hwan as Choon Bong
- Ahn Byung Kyung as older Choon Bong
Im Dong Jin as Nam Dae Kap
Ahn Hae Sook as Nam Yun's mother
Shin Choong Shik as grandfather
Jung Sung Mo as uncle

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Director: Jang Gi Oh (장기오)
Original writing: Yoo Ik Seo (유익서)
Screenwriter: Kim Byung Soo (김병수)

External Links

Official site

Deungsinbul

Title: 등신불 / Deungsinbul
Also known as: A Life-sized Figure of the Buddha
Genre: Period
Broadcast date: 2006-Oct-06
Air time: Friday 22:00

Synopsis

A Korean soldier forced to serve in the Japanese army deserts his unit and stumbles upon a monastery with a very unusual statue.

Cast

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Producer: Choi Ji Young
Director: Jang Hyung Il
Assistant Director: Baek Sang Hoon
Original writing: Kim Tong-ni, short story Deungsinbul
Screenwriter: Lee Eun Sung (이은성), Kim Yi Hyun (김이현)

External Links

Official site

Bad Story

Title: 나쁜 소설 / Nappeun Soseol
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2006-Oct-07
Air time: Saturday 22:20

Synopsis

Cast

Kim Jae Man as Jae Sun
- Lee Jae Eung (이재응) as Jae Sun (young)
Go Joon Hee credited as 김은주 as Young Ja
- Jo Eun Ji (조은지) as Young Ja (young)
Lee Won Jong as Man Geun
Bang Eun Hee as Soon Bok
Ahn Suk Hwan as Officer Hoon
Ji Sang Ryul as In Young
- Ryu Jong Won as In Young (young)
Park Mi Sook (박미숙) as Mi Ok

Production Credits

Producer: Lee Nok Young
Director: Kim Yong Soo
Assistant Director: Lee Eung Bok
Original writing: Lee Kiho
Screenwriter: Kim Hee Yun (김희연)

External Links

Official site

Moon Altar

Title: 달의 제단 / Darui Jedan
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2006-Oct-08
Air time: Sunday 22:20

Synopsis

Cast

Kim Young Jae as Sang Ryong
Oh Young Soo (오영수) as grandfather
Hwang Jung Min as Jung Shil
Sa Mi Ja
Kim Hyun Joo
Heo Yoon Jung as Sang Ryong's mother
Lee Yun Kyung
Kim Sung Won
Jo Yang Ja
Kim Gil Ho

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Nok Young
Director: Lee Won Ik
Assistant Director: Baek Sang Hoon
Original writing: Shim Yoon Kyung, novel Moon Altar (2004)
Screenwriter: Yoo Hyun Mi

External Links

Official site

Castella

Title: 카스테라 / Kaseutera
Genre: Drama
Broadcast date: 2007-Mar-02
Air time: Friday 22:00

Synopsis

Castella consists of three separate but overlapping stories. Seung Il, a student, struggles to pay the bills when his father's job is not enough to pay his family's medical debt, so he takes a second job pushing people onto the subway with his friend, Jung Hwan. Jung Hwan meets and develops a crush on Mi Ryung, who recently arrived from China. She has purchased an insurance policy from Hyun Woo, an intern fighting for a permanent position, who works with Suk Hyun, a middle manager who is nevertheless not even invited to most meetings. To keep moving forward, they all must make their own compromises and sacrifices.

Cast

Park Ki Woong as Seung Il
Lee Dong Gyu as Jung Hwan
Son Yeo Eun credited as 한나연 as Mi Ryung
Jo Hee Bong as Suk Hyun
Kang Sung Min as Hyun Woo
Jung In Ki
Son Young Soon
Maeng Bong Hak

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Hong Sung Duk
Director: Kim Yong Soo
Original writing: Park Min Kyu, adapted from short stories Is That So? I'm a Giraffe and Raccoon World
Screenwriter: Go Eun Sun

External Links

Official site
Raccoon World, translated by Jenny Wang Medina

A Dwarf Launches a Small Ball

Title: 난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공 / Nanjangiga Ssoaollin Jageun Gong
Genre: Period
Broadcast date: 2007-Mar-03
Air time: Saturday 22:50

Synopsis

Cast

Kang Sung Hae (강성해) as the dwarf (father)
Go Doo Shim as mother
Park Jin Hyung (박진형) as Young Soo (older son)
Kwak Seung Nam credited as 서한 as Young Ho (younger son)
Yoo Ho Rin credited as 유주희 as Young Hee (daughter)
Kim Won Bae
Baek Yoon Heum

Production Credits

Producer: Hong Sung Duk
Director: Kim Hyung Il
Assistant Director: Mo Wan Il
Original writing: Jo Se Hee, novel The Dwarf (1978)
Screenwriter: Park Jin Sook

External Links

Official site

A Time Enjoying Lobster

Title: 랍스터를 먹는 시간 / Rapseuteoreul Meongneun Sigan
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2007-Mar-04
Air time: Sunday 22:20

Synopsis

Two stories in omnibus format about Korea-Vietnam relations

Cast

Bang Joong Hyun credited as 문수 as Gun Suk
Lee Kyung Jin as woman
Lee Duk Yoon (이덕윤) as uncle
??? (꾸억 트리) credited as Quec Trp

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Hong Sung Duk
Director: Lee Won Ik
Assistant Director: Baek Sang Hoon, Han Sang Woo
Original writing: Bang Hyun Suk, short story collection Time to Eat Lobster (2003); Kim Mi Ra (김미라), 터널을 벗어나며
Screenwriter: Kwon Min Soo

Awards

2007 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama (꾸억 트리/Quec Trp)

External Links

Official site
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Love In Spring

Title: 봄,봄봄 / Bom, Bombom
Also known as: Spring Spring
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2008-Mar-03
Air time: Monday 22:00

Synopsis

Cast

Park Geun Hyung as Duk Bae
Yoon Hee Suk as Byung Soo
- Kim Woo Suk as young Byung Soo
Lee Kyung Jin as Jum Soon
Lee Yoon Ji as Hye Eun
Jung Eun Pyo as Young Gil
Seo Do Young as Kyung Ho
Lee Min Hee

Production Credits

Producer: Jun San
Director: Lee Gun Joon
Assistant Director: Cha Young Hoon
Original writing: Kim Yoo Jung, Spring, Spring (1935)
Screenwriter: Park Ji Sook, Lee Soo In (이수인), Jo Na Dan (조나단)

External Links

Official site

My Bloody Valentine

My Bloody Valentine: Nude Photo

My Bloody Valentine: Love Virus

My Bloody Valentine: My Bloody Lover

Title: 나의 피투성이 연인 / Naui Pituseongi Yeonin
Also known as: My Bloody Lover
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2008-Mar-04
Air time: Tuesday 22:00

Synopsis

Three stories presented in omnibus format

Cast

Episode 1: Nude Photo

Bang Joong Hyun credited as 문수 as Lee Sung Min
Lee Sun Jin as Kim Yoon Mi

Episode 2: Love Virus

Lee Joo Hyun as Jae Young
Woo Hee Jin as Hye Young
Kim Hong Pyo as Sang Woo

Episode 3: My Bloody Lover

Choi Soo Rin as Yoo Sun
Lee Ji Hoon as Moo Sung
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Kim Joo Hyun
Yoon Sung Ah (윤성아) as M

Production Credits

Producer: Jun San
Director: Lee Eung Jin
Original writing: Jung Mi Kyung, adapted from short story collection Bloodstained Lover (2004)
Screenwriter: Lee Yoon Young (이윤영), Kim Soon Duk (김순덕) (co-writer, My Bloody Lover), Bae Chang Jik (배창직) (co-writer, Nude Photo)

External Links

Official site

Sister's Menopause

Title: 언니의 폐경 / Eonniui Pyegyeong
Genre:
Broadcast date: 2009-Mar-01
Air time: Sunday 23:20 (KBS2)

Synopsis

Cast

Jung Ae Ri as Eun Sook, younger sister
Kim Yong Sun as Hae Sook, older sister
Park Chul Ho as Yoon Shik, Eun Sook's husband
Nam Myung Ryul as Soon Gil

Production Credits

Director: Kim Hyung Il
Original writing: Kim Hoon, short story The Menopause of My Older Sister (2005)
Screenwriter: Ho Young Ok (호영옥)

External Links

Official site

Son of Man

Title: 사람의 아들 / Saramui Adeul
Also known as: The Son of Man
Genre: Drama
Broadcast date: 2009-Dec-30
Air time: Wednesday 23:10

Synopsis

Cast

Jang Hyun Sung as Min Yo Sub
Lee Won (이원) as Jo Dong Pal
Choi Il Hwa as Sergeant Nam
Lee Ho Young (이호영)
Song Ok Sook as Dong Pal's mother
Hong Soon Chang as Dong Pal's father
Kim Yoon Tae as Detective Park/Jesus
Kim Kyung Sook
Lee Jin Hee (이진희) as Kim Soon Ja
Yoo Jung (유정) as Yoon Hyang Soon

Production Credits

Producer: Bae Kyung Soo, Jun San
Director: Lee Won Ik
Assistant Director: Ahn Joon Yong, Im Se Joon, Lee Na Jung
Original writing: Lee Moon Yul, The Son of Man (1979)
Screenwriter: Park Kyung Sun, Lee Yoon Sook (이윤숙), Kim Jin Hee (김진희), Park Ye Kyung

External Links

Official site