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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

• Kim Jung Hyun
• Ahn Shin Woo  credited as 성민 
• Jung Si Ah
• Uhm Sung Mo
• Go Doo Shim
• Kim In Tae
• Lee Won Yong
• Hwang In Woo (황인우)
• Lee Chul Min
• Kim Bong Geun (김봉근)
• Kim Byung Gi
• Yun Woon Kyung
• Nam Il Woo
• Seo Ho Chul

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

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

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

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

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

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
• News articles: (1)

Love In Spring

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

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

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
• 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