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[[Image:Thorn Birds.jpg|thumb|250px|Thorn Birds]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 가시나무새 / Kashinamoosae
*'''Also known as:''' The Thorn Bush Bird
*'''Genre:''' Melodrama, romance
*'''Episodes:''' 20
*'''Broadcast network:''' KBS2
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2011-Mar-02 to TBA
*'''Air time:''' Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

==Synopsis==
This is the story of two women, Seo Jung Eun and Han Yoo Kyung, who walk very different paths to achieve their desires. Seo Jung Eun is a strong and courageous woman who has suffered a difficult life, having grown up in an orphanage, but continues to embrace people around her despite longing for affection herself. Jung Eun harbours the hope that she will meet her mother if she becomes a star, striving to reach her goal and overcome her suffering with her pure and innocent nature. In contrast, Han Yoo Kyung has a birth secret for which she is willing to throw away everything in order to get revenge. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung Eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

==Cast==
[[Image:Thorn Birds Correlation Chart.jpg|thumb|200px|Correlation Chart]]
*[[Han Hye Jin]] as '''Seo Jung Eun'''
**[[Kim So Hyun]] as young Jung Eun
*[[Joo Sang Wook]] as '''Lee Young Jo'''
**[[Lee Min Ho (1993)|Lee Min Ho]] as young Young Jo
*[[Kim Min Jung]] as '''Han Yoo Kyung'''
**[[Yoon Jung Eun]] as young Yoo Kyung
*[[Seo Do Young]] as '''Choi Kang Woo'''
'''Extended Cast'''
*[[Cha Hwa Yun]] as Yoon Myung Ja / Lee Ae Rin
*[[Kim Ha Eun]] as Yang Mi Ryun
*[[Song Ok Sook]] as Kim Kye Soon
*[[Choi Jae Won]] as Park Han Soo
**[[Kim Dong Young]] as young Han Soo
*[[Jung Ui Kap]] as Lee Young Gook
*[[Park Ji Il]] as Choi Jong Dal
*[[Ahn Seung Hoon]] (안승훈) as Yoon Myung Goo
*[[Lee Mi Young]] as Soon Geum
*[[Jung Eun Byul]] as Seo Jin
*[[Oh Hyun Kyung (1936)|Oh Hyun Kyung]] as Young Jo's grandfather
*[[Kim Soo Hyun (2006)|Kim Soo Hyun]] (김수현) as Han Byul
*[[Lee Won Jae (III)|Lee Won Jae]] (이원재) as Yoon Hak Goo
*[[Kim Ji Young]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Production Company:''' [http://www.gngpro.co.kr/ GnG Production]
*'''Chief Producer:''' [[Bae Kyung Soo]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Kim Jin Woo (producer)|Kim Jin Woo]] (김진우)
*'''Director:''' [[Kim Jong Chang]]
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Lee Sun Hee]]

==Episode Ratings==
''See [[Thorn Birds/Episode Ratings]]''

==External Links==
*[http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/gasi/ Official site]
*[http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/programs/programs_intro.html?no=742 KBS World]
*'''News articles:''' [http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=88414 (1)], [http://media.daum.net/entertain/broadcast/view.html?cateid=1032&newsid=20110211143221307&p=mydaily (2)], [http://media.daum.net/entertain/broadcast/view.html?cateid=1032&newsid=20110218154622826&p=mydaily (3)]

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