Amnok River Flows
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Details
- Title: 압록강은 흐른다 / Amnokgangeun Heureunda
- English title: Amnok River Flows / Yalu River Flows
- German title: Der Yalu fließt
- Genre: Period, Biographical
- Episodes: 3
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast date: 2008-Nov-14
- Air time: Friday 20:50
- Viewership rating: peak: 8.6% Korea / 8.4% Seoul (Episode 2)
Synopsis
This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo, during the period when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. He fled to China and eventually settled in Germany.
Cast
- Woo Byuk Song (우벽송) as Lee Mi Reuk
- Choi Sung Ho as Lee Mi Reuk (young man)
- No Min Woo (노민우) as Lee Mi Reuk (adolescent)
- Jung Yoon Suk as Lee Mi Reuk (child)
- Na Moon Hee as Mi Reuk's mother
- Shin Goo as Mi Reuk's father
- Kwon Oh Min (권오민) as Su Am
- Cha Jae Tol (차재톨) as young Su Am
- Kim Yeo Jin as Choi Mun Ho
- Ha Seung Ri as young Choi Mun Ho
- Park Hye Sook as Gu Wol Yi
- Hwang Bo Ra as young Gu Wol Yi
- Kim Bo Yun as Seon Yeo In
- Seo Kwon Soon as Dae Won's mother
- Jung Woon Taek as Won Shik
- Kim Woon Ki (김운기) as Ui Won
- Jun Noh Min as Ahn Bong Geun
- Ute Kampowsky as Eva (Mi Reuk's girlfriend)
- Olga Brügmann as Rosa (Mi Reuk's study friend)
- Roland Pfaus as Professor Kurt Huber
- Anja Klawun as Mrs. Huber
- Lee Cham as Professor Seyler
- Daniela März as Mrs. Alice Seyler
- Yvonne Kristina Hotz as Lina (housekeeper)
- Han Bo Bae as Mu Deon
- Shim Hyun Sup
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Der Yalu fließt by Lee Mi Reuk
- Screenwriter: Lee Hye Sun
- Director: Lee Jong Han
Notes
- This drama is based on the original autobiographical novel, "Der Yalu fließt" (Yalu River Flows) written by Lee Mi Reuk, and is co-produced by SBS (Korea) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (Germany).
- The Amnok River (more commonly known by its Chinese name, the Yalu River) is situated on the border of China and North Korea.
- A 120 minute theatrical version was released in South Korea in June 2009
- In Germany the TV version will air on Das Erste in spring 2010