Empire of Gold

Details

Title: 황금의 제국 / Wanggeum-ui Jegook
Also known as: The Golden Empire
Genre: Political, thriller, melodrama, action, family, romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Jul-01 to 2013-Sep-17
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00
Original Soundtrack: Empire of Gold OST

Synopsis

A drama about the power struggle within a rich family living through Korea′s turbulent economy of the 1990s. It will cover a twenty-year span from 1990 to 2010, and follow the power struggle between three people for control of one chaebol empire.

Jang Tae Joo (Go Soo) is the man who will build up his so-called empire of gold from nothing and raises his little sister on his own after their father dies. He fall in love with Choi Seo Yoon (Lee Yo Won), an chaebol heiress. But his biggest rival is her cousin Choi Min Jae (Son Hyun Joo).--Koreandrama.org

Cast

Main Cast

Go Soo as Jang Tae Joo
Lee Yo Won as Choi Seo Yoon
Son Hyun Joo as Choi Min Jae
Ryu Seung Soo as Jo Pil Doo
Jang Shin Young as Yoon Sul Hee

Extended Cast

Lee Hyun Jin as Choi Sung Jae
Yoon Seung Ah as Jang Hee Joo
Kim Kang Hyun as Na Choon Ho

Sung Jin Group

Park Geun Hyung as Choi Dong Sung
Jung Han Yong as Choi Dong Jin
Kim Mi Sook as Han Jung Hee
Uhm Hyo Sup as Choi Won Jae
Go Eun Mi as Park Eun Jung
Shin Dong Mi as Choi Jung Yoon
Jung Wook as Son Dong Hwi
Kim Hyung Kyu (김형규) as Choi Yong Jae

People around Jang Tae Joo

Nam Il Woo as Jang Bong Ho
Sun Woo Eun Sook as Yoo Soon Ok
Kim Jung Hak as Shin Jong Ho

Others

Choi Yong Min as Park Jin Tae
Park Ji Il as Kang Ho Yun
Jin Seo Yun as Jung Yoo Jin
Kwon Tae Won as Jung Byung Gook
Lee Won Jae as Kim Kwang Se
Park Hwa Sung (박화성) as Oh Sang Goo
Lee Il Hwa as Im Yoon Hee (cameo)
Go In Bum as president - downtown landlord (cameo)

Production Credits

Chief Producer: Lee Hyun Jik
Producers: Kim Jin Geun (김진근), Lee Young Joon
Director: Jo Nam Kook
Screenwriter: Park Kyung Soo

Episode Ratings

See Empire of Gold/Episode Ratings

External Links

Official site
Daum movie site
News articles: (1), (2), (3), (2)

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