The Return of Iljimae
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- Title: 돌아온 일지매 / Doranon Iljimae
- Also known as: The Return of Iljimae / Iljimae Returns / Moon River
- Previously known as 일지매 / Iljimae
- Genre: Historical, romance
- Episodes: 24
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-21 to 2009-Apr-09
- Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
- Original Soundtrack: The Return of Iljimae OST
- Related Series: Iljimae, Il-Ji-Mae
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.
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Cast
- Jung Il Woo as Il Ji Mae
- Yoon Jin Seo 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 (서혜원) as Choon Wol
- Hwang Jung Ri (황정리) as Miyamoto Musashi
- Harisu as Ki Seon Nyeo
- Kwak In Joon as Cham Mo
- Kim Min Ha as Soon Yi
- Noh Tae Yub as kid
- Jung Sung Il as Kotaro
- Yoon Yoo Sun
- Park Chan Hwan
- Lee Ga Hyun
- Jun Hae Ryong
- Byun Shin Ho
- Park Kwi Soon
- Lee Jung Sung
- Jung Yoo Chan
- Choi Suk Jin
- Jun Hae Ryong
- Son Young Soon
- Jung Young Geum
- Jung Hee Tae
- Choi Young
- Seo Chan Ho
- Kim Dong Suk
- Song Seung Yong
- Hong Seung Bum
- Goo Jung Rim
- Ji Dae Han
Production Credits
- Original work: Comic by Ko Woo Young
- Production Company: Group Eight
- Director: Hwang In Roe, Kim Soo Young (김수영)
- Screenwriter: Kim Kwang Sik (김광식), Do Young Myung (도영명)
- Chief Producer: Oh Kyung Hoon, Yoon Jae Moon
Notes
- Both MBC and SBS will air their own version of Iljimae in 2008 and 2009.
- MBC has the copyrights to the original comic book.
- Drama will be filmed in Japan.
- The title was changed from "Iljimae" to "The Return of Iljimae" to avoid confusion with the SBS version.
Episode Ratings
See The Return of Iljimae/Episode Ratings
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