Pinocchio
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Details
- Title: 피노키오 / Pinocchio
- Genre: Fantasy, romance, family
- Episodes: 20
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 2014-Nov-12 to 2015-Jan-15
- Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
- Original Soundtrack: Pinocchio OST
Synopsis
A drama depicts love, frustration, growth and the competitive process of young people in their 20s becoming reporters as they cry and get hurt by truth but realize that as reporters, they must tell the truth. It will center the story of a man who hides a special talent living under a fake name and a woman who cannot lie due to ‘Pinocchio Syndrome’.
The story starts with a fire incident and all the firemen who entered the building in the blaze were killed by the fire. The fire incident news report was focused on the story of Kim Ha Myung's father, chief of the fire brigade sent his men in the blaze and caused them all to die and then he fled the scene as an error of his misjudgement as reported by the news reporter, Song Cha Ok. This caused a chaotic situation for Ha Myung's family and end up causing his mother to commit suicide with him and his brother ends up in jail over night due to Song Cha Ok's untruth story. However, the led to Ha Myung growing up with hatred for reporters especially Cha Ok. Fatefully, as he is growing up he meets with Cha Ok's ex-husband and daughter, Choi In Ha and takes on a new identity as Choi Dal Po. In Ha is someone with Pinocchio Syndrome hence she cannot lie.
The story is about how important news reporting the truth. It revolves about how life's at stakes if lies are reported as news.
Cast
- Hangang Line Reporters
- Lee Jong Suk as Choi Dal Po / Ki Ha Myung
- Nam Da Reum as young Dal Po / Ha Myung
- Park Shin Hye as Choi In Ha
- Noh Jung Ui as young In Ha
- Kim Young Kwang as Seo Bum Jo
- Lee Yoo Bi as Yoon Yoo Rae
- YGN Newsroom
- Lee Pil Mo as Hwang Gyo Dong
- Min Sung Wook as Jang Hyun Kyu
- Kang Shin Il as Lee Young Tak
- ?? as Jo Won Goo
- Choo Soo Hyun (추수현) as Im Jae Hwan
- MSC Newsroom
- Jin Kyung as Song Cha Ok
- Kim Kwang Kyu as Kim Gong Joo
- Kim Young Hoon as Lee Il Joo
- ?? as Yun Doo Young
- ?? as Lee Joo Ho
- Hangang Line Reporters' Family
- Byun Hee Bong as Choi Gong Pil
- Shin Jung Geun as Choi Dal Pyung
- Kim Hae Sook as Park Ro Sa
- Yoon Kyun Sang as Ki Jae Myung
- Shin Jae Ha as young Ki Jae Myung
- Jung In Ki as Ki Ho Sang
- Jang Young Nam as Ha Myung's mother
- Others
- Lee Joo Seung as Ahn Chan Soo
- Cameos
- Im Sung Hoon (임성훈) as quiz program MC (ep 1,2)
- Jung Woong In as Min Joon Gook (ep 2)
- Jo Soo Won as movie director (ep 2)
- Lee Bo Young as voice navigation Hye Sung (voice only, ep 3)
- Yoon Sang Hyun as Cha Gwan Woo (ep 12)
Production Credits
- Production Company: IHQ
- Chief Producer: Choi Moon Suk
- Producer: Park Chang Yong (박창용)
- Director: Jo Soo Won, Shin Seung Woo (신승우)
- Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun
Episode Ratings
Recognitions
- 2014 SBS Drama Awards
- Top Excellence Actress for Mid-Length Drama (Park Shin Hye)
- Special Award (Lee Jong Suk)
- Best Couple Award (Lee Jong Suk and Park Shin Hye)
- Top 10 Stars Award (Lee Jong Suk)
- Top 10 Stars Award (Park Shin Hye)
- New Star Award (Lee Yoo Bi)
- New Star Award (Kim Young Kwang)
External Links
- Official site
- Korean Wikipedia
- News articles: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)