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==Details== | ==Details== | ||
*'''Title:''' 모래시계 / Mo-rae-shi-gae | *'''Title:''' 모래시계 / Mo-rae-shi-gae | ||
*'''Also known as:''' Hourglass | *'''Also known as:''' Hourglass | ||
| − | *'''Genre:''' Drama, Romance, | + | *'''Genre:''' Epic, Drama, Romance, Action, Crime |
*'''Episodes:''' 24 | *'''Episodes:''' 24 | ||
*'''Broadcast network:''' SBS | *'''Broadcast network:''' SBS | ||
*'''Broadcast period:''' 1995-01-10 to 1995-02-16 | *'''Broadcast period:''' 1995-01-10 to 1995-02-16 | ||
| − | *'''Air time:''' Monday through Thursday | + | *'''Air time:''' Monday through Thursday 10:00 PM |
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
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*[http://thesandglass.wo.to Totuta's Sandglass Website] | *[http://thesandglass.wo.to Totuta's Sandglass Website] | ||
| + | *[http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/004524.html Review @ twitchfilm.net] | ||
[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama1995]][[Category:SBS]] | [[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama1995]][[Category:SBS]] | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 1 February 2006
Details
- Title: 모래시계 / Mo-rae-shi-gae
- Also known as: Hourglass
- Genre: Epic, Drama, Romance, Action, Crime
- Episodes: 24
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 1995-01-10 to 1995-02-16
- Air time: Monday through Thursday 10:00 PM
Synopsis
The Sandglass is a portrayal of two young men who are best friends and grow up during one of Korea's politically tumultuous periods, the 1970's up to the 1980's. Tae-soo (Choi Min Soo), tough and loyal, grows up to become a gangster and Woo-suk (Park Sang Won), smart with firm moral values, grows up to become a prosecutor. Hye-rin (Ko Hyun Jung), a beautiful and spirited daughter of a very wealthy casino owner, is a classmate of Woo-suk in college. Hye-rin is introduced to Tae-soo via Woo-suk and they subsequently fall in love.
One unforgettable subject that's dealt in the drama is the 1980 Kwangju rebellion when the head of the military junta that took over Korea after the assasination of President Park Chung-hee, General Chun Doo-hwan, sent paratroopers into Kwangju to put down the rebellion. What happened was the subsequent massacre of hundreds of innocent people. The horrific scenes based on true accounts, of those people being murdered, touched off a deep sense of shock and grief for the Koreans at that time (the mid 90's Korea still had not come to terms with what happened after governments muzzled the free speech). After this drama went on air, there were more films that were made dealing with this very subject, movies like "The Petal" (1996), the "Peppermint Candy" (2000). It also put ex-President Chun Doo-hwan who was responsible for the massacre, in jail. You can probably say that Moreshigae was the turning point for the young budding democracy in Korea.
Cast
- Choi Min Soo as Tae-soo
- Park Sang Won as Woo-suk
- Ko Hyun Jung as Hye-rin
- Lee Jung Jae as Jae-hee
Production Credits
- Writer: Song Ji Na
- Director: Kim Jong Hak
Trivia
- Traffic was visibly lighter and pubs reported slow business as government officials, students and office workers alike headed home early to watch The Sandglass, each Monday through Thursday evenings.
- The Sandglass is still one of the TV series with the highest ratings:
- 첫사랑 - First Love (65.8% / 1997-04-20 / KBS2)
- 사랑? ?길래 - What is Love? (64.9% / 1992-05-24 / MBC)
- 모래시계 - The Sandglass (64.5% / 1995-02-06 / SBS)
- 허준 - Huh Joon (63.8% / 2000-06-27 / MBC)
- 젊??? 양지 - Youth's Sunny Place (62.7% / 1995-11-12 / KBS2)
- 그대 그리고 나 - You and Me (62.4% / 1998-04-12 / MBC)
- 아들과 딸 - Son and Daughter (61.1% / 1993-03-21 / MBC)
- 태조왕건 - Emperor Wang Gun (60.2% / 2001-05-20 / KBS1)
- 여명? 눈?? - Dawn's Eyes (58.4% / 1992-02-06 / MBC)
- 대장금 - Dae Jang Geum (57.8% / 2004-03-23 / MBC)