Sandglass
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Also Known As: 모래시계 / Mo Rae Shi Gae / Hourglass
Writer: Song Ji Na
Director: Kim Jong Hak
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
Episodes: 24
(SBS, 1995)
Synopsis
The Sandglass is a portrayal of two young men who are best friends and who grow up during Korea's tumultuous history of the 1970's and up to the 1980's. One turns into a bad guy gangster (Choi Min Soo) and one who is the good guy lawyer (Park Sang Won).
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 Park Chung Hee, General Chun Doo Hwan, sent the 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.
Trivia
- Traffic has been 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%)
- 허준 - Huh Joon (65.6%)
- 사랑? ?길래 - What is love? (64.9%)
- 모래시계 - The Sandglass (64.5%)
- 젊??? 양지 - Youth's Sunny Place (62.7%)
- 그대 그리고 나 - You and me (62.4%)
- 아들과 딸 - Son and Daughter (61.1%)
- 여명? 눈?? - Dawn's Eyes (58.4%)
- 보고 ? 보고 - Look and look again / Can't take my eyes off you (57.3%)