Sandglass
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- Title: 모래시계 / Mo-rae-shi-gae
- Also known as: Hourglass
- Genre: Epic, drama, romance, action, crime
- Episodes: 24
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 1995-Jan-10 to 1995-Feb-16
- Air time: Monday to Thursday 22:00
- Viewership Rating: peak=64.5% average=46.3%
Synopsis
Tae-soo is a tough and loyal man who grows up to become a gangster meanwhile Woo-suk is a smart guy with firm moral values, who grows up to become a prosecutor. Hye-rin who is a beautiful and spirited daughter of a very wealthy casino owner, is a classmate of Woo-suk in college. She was introduced to Tae-soo via Woo-suk and they subsequently fall in love.
This drama was the turning point for the young budding democracy in Korea as it dealt with the Kwangju rebellion in 1980. What happened was the subsequent massacre of hundreds of innocent people. The horrific scenes of those people being murdered touched off a deep sense of shock and grief for the Koreans at that time. After this drama went on air, there were more films that were made dealing with this very subject, such as The Petal (1996) and Peppermint Candy (2000). It also put ex-President Chun Doo-hwan who was responsible for the massacre, into jail.
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Cast
- Choi Min Soo as Tae Soo
- Kim Jung Hyun as young Tae Soo
- Park Sang Won as Woo Suk
- Hong Kyung In as young Woo Suk
- Ko Hyun Jung as Hye Rin
- Lee Jung Jae as Jae Hee
- Park Geun Hyung as President Yoon (Hye Rin's father)
- Jung Sung Mo as Lee Jong Do
- Kim Jung Hak as young Jong Do
- Jo Min Soo as Jung Sun Young
- Lee Seung Yun as Reporter Shin
- Kim Jong Gyul as Lawyer Min
- Kim Byung Gi as Kang Dong Hwan
- Jo Hyung Ki as Sergeant Ma
- Lee Doo Il as Detective Baek
- Kim In Moon as Kang Man Suk (Woo Suk's father)
- Jang Hang Sun as Detective Jang
- Kim Young Ae as Tae Soo's mother
- Im Hyun Sik as Assistant Prosecutor
- Seo Won as Hye Rin's brother's fiancee
- Lee Hee Do as Park Sung Bum
- Maeng Sang Hoon as Woo Suk's co-worker
- Park Young Ji as chief prosecutor
- Son Hyun Joo as Jung In Young
- Jung Myung Hwan as Kim Jung Geun
- Nam Sung Hoon as Jang Do Shik
- Im Dae Ho as Il Do
- Jo Kyung Hwan
- Han Kyung Sun
- Kim Ki Hyun
- Choi Jae Ho
- Kim Myung Kook
- Park Sang Jo
- Huh Jung Min
- Park Young Tae
- Yoon Dong Won
- Jung Dae Hong
Production Credits
- Writer: Song Ji Na
- Director: Kim Jong Hak
Awards
- 1996 8th Producers Association Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize)
- 1996 8th Producers Association Awards: Best Drama Award
- 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize)
- 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Drama Award
- 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Director Award (Kim Jong Hak)
- 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Screenplay Award (Song Ji Na)
- 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actor Award (Choi Min Soo)
- 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actor Award (Lee Jung Jae)
- 1995 22nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Drama Award
- 1995 22nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Writer Award (Song Ji Na)
- 1995 22nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Actor Award (Choi Min Soo)
External Links
- Official Website
- Review @ twitchfilm.net
- DVD Review @ twitchfilm.net
- Review @ KoreanFilm.org
- DVD Review @ DVDTalk.com
- 'History Cast Ashore' (UCLA Asia Institute)