Hometown Legends
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- Title: 전설의고향 (傳說의 故鄕) / Hometown Legends
- Also known as: Hometown Of Legend / Legendary Hometown / Korean Ghost Stories
- Genre: Fantasy, Horror
- Episodes: 8
- Broadcast network: KBS2
- Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-06 to 2008-Sept-03
- Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
Synopsis
Hometown Legends is 8 one-act dramas which first started airing on KBS in 1977. This marks the return of the series after nine years.
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. There is a mystery surrounding the females in the Lee family. When a female is married off, they are never seen or heard from ever again. Myung Ok is brutally stabbed by her own brother and left to die in a well. After she dies, 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 / Child, Let's Go to Cheong Mountain
Synopsis
Dang Gol Ne is a sorceress who tells a noblewoman, Yoon, that in order to save her ill child, Young Hwa, she must feed a baby's liver to Young Hwa. She hires Chun Soo, a man who digs up dead corpses to help her find the liver. The baby's mother realizes that she was tricked and goes in search of her baby only to find her child is died. Devastated, she commits suicide. After Young Hwa recovers, strange things start happening. All the while, the mother's ghost is still searching for her baby.
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. Together they try to figure out what is behind the mysterious deaths in the village.
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 Hyo Rang are aristocrats who cause the death of a Gisaeng. In turn she comes back from the dead to seek revenge on them. The story is 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
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
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Subtitle | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-06 | 1 | Return of the Nine-Tailed Fox | 20.1 (2nd) | 20.7 (2nd) |
| 2008-08-07 | 2 | Baby, Let's Go to Cheong Mountain | 17.3 (3rd) | 17.2 (3rd) |
| 2008-08-13 | 3 | Curse of the Sajin Sword | 19.8 (4th) | 20.3 (5th) |
| 2008-08-14 | 4 | Ghost Letter | 15.0 (7th) | 15.7 (5th) |
| 2008-08-21 | 5 | Oh Goo the Exorcism | 16.8 (5th) | 17.2 (3rd) |
| 2008-08-27 | 6 | Gisaeng House Ghost Story | 15.0 (5th) | 15.5 (5th) |
| 2008-08-28 | 7 | Demon's Story | 17.5 (2nd) | 18.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-03 | 8 | Returning Lady | 16.3 (4th) | 16.8 (3rd) |
| Average | 17.2 | 17.7 | ||
Source: TNS Media Korea (http://www.tnsmk.co.kr)
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)
External Links
- Official site (http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/gohayng/)
- Guhimo News (http://www.kbs.co.kr/dmz/news/1532518_14820.html)
- Sword News (http://www.kbs.co.kr/dmz/news/1531136_14820.html)
- MyDaily News (http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=200807011142201111&ext=na)
- Yahoo Korea News (http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?linkid=4&articleid=20080705080000999f3&newssetid=1352/)
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