Into the Flames

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Into the Flames

Details

• Title: 불꽃 속으로 / Bulkkot Sogeuro
• Also known as: Into the Fire
• Genre: Period, human, melodrama, romance
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: TV Chosun
• Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-18 to 2014-Jun-21
• Air time: Friday & Saturday 23:00
• Original Soundtrack: Into the Flames OST

Synopsis

A human story based on true life of the late Park Tae Joon, founder and honorary chairman of POSCO, about the love, loyalty and sacrifice among people who create success overcoming despair and poverty after colonial era and the Korean War.

Cast

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Main Cast

• Choi Soo Jong as Park Tae Hyung (hero; the man of steel)
  • Kim Kwon (김권) as young Tae Hyung
• Ryu Jin as Shin Dae Chul (manager of Shinsekai's Korean branch / Tae Hyung's friend in youth)
  • Yoon Hong Bin as young Dae Chul
• Son Tae Young as Kumiko (lobbyist / Tae Hyung's first love)
  • Kim Ye Won as young Kumiko
• Choi Chul Ho as Choi Jong Ho (deputy department head of Korean Central Intelligence Agency)
• Lee In Hye as Jang Ok Sun (purser of orphanage / Tae Hyung's wife)
• Dok Go Young Jae as the President (the President of Korean Republic)
• Jung Ho Bin as Alan Kissinger (lobbyist of international steel bussiness)

Yeongil Bay Steel Mill

• Hong Il Kwon as Hwang Joon Suk (Tae Hyung's right-hand man)
• Park Sang Myun as Park Jong Yul (on-site engineer)
• Lee Ki Chan (이기찬) as Ahn Seung Joo (person in charge of foreign capital attraction)
• Kim Jin Geun as Kim Byung Hoon (blast furnace engineer)
• Lee Won Suk (이원석) as Yeon Bong Chool (public works engineer)
• Gong Jung Hwan as Jung Sang Ho (chef of New Korea Hotel)
• Lee Jong Soo as Kim Sang Chul (the Vietnam War veteran)
• Lee Jung Yong as Choi Dal Ho (former bully)
• Choi Kyu Hwan as Chae Ki Joo (Japanese bond man)
• ??? as Ha Cheo Soon (telephone operator)

Shinsekai Trading Company

• Park Yong Soo as Kohei (Chairman of Shinsekai / Kumiko's father)
• Jung Myung Hwan as Yamamoto (Kohei's secretary)
• Lee Chul Min as Takeda (section chief of secretary office)
  • Kim Hyun Joon (김현준) as young Takeda
• Go Myung Hwan as Abe (subsection chief of secretary office)
  • Kim Min Ho (김민호) as young Abe

Others

• Lee Young Hoo as Yasuoka (Tae Hyung's savior)
• Jun Soo Kyung as Yang Hwa Ja (host of restaurant in construction sites)
• Jo Young Seo (조영서) as Mrs. Seoul (Hwa Ja's elder sister)
• Hyun Suk as Tae Hyung's father
• Kim Min Kyung as Tae Hyung's mother

Production Credits

• Production Company: Kangho Production (강호프로덕션)
• Chief Producer: Choi Byung Hwa (최병화)
• Producers: Jung Hoe Suk (정회석), Lee Kyung Sun (이경선), Jung Hyung Seo (정형서)
• Director: Kim Sang Rae (김상래)
• Screenwriter: Jung Sung Hee, Lee Han Ho

Episode Ratings

Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free-to-air TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS).

Date	Episode	Nationwide
2014-04-18	01	-
2014-04-19	02	-
2014-04-25	03	-
2014-04-26	04	-
2014-05-02	05	-
2014-05-03	06	-
2014-05-09	07	-
2014-05-10	08	-
2014-05-16	09	-
2014-05-17	10	-
2014-05-23	11	-
2014-05-24	12	-
2014-05-30	13	-
2014-05-31	14	-
2014-06-06	15	-
2014-06-07	16	-
2014-06-13	17	-
2014-06-14	18	-
2014-06-20	19	-
2014-06-21	20	-
Average		-

Source: AGB Nielsen Korea (general programming standard ratings)

External Links

• Official site
• News articles: (1)

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