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| KBS Wed/Thurs drama (2006) - 24 episodes (plus a Hwang Jini Special) For KBS homepages for this drama, go to: www.kbs.co.kr/drama/hwangjiny/ index.html/ (in Korean). Aired on KBS2 in Korea: October 11, 2006 to Dec. 28, 2006 Wednesday & Thursday nights at 9:55. Aired with English subtitles on KBFD-TV in Hawaii: Feb. 27, 2009 to May 16, 2009 Friday & Saturday nights at 9:25 p.m.; repeats next day at 1:15 p.m. (replaced Eternal Love). Cast: Hwang Jin-i (aka Myeongwol): Ha Ji Won (Damo) Baek-mu: Kim Young Ae (Love Letter) Boo-yong: Wang Bit Na (My Love Fool) Kim Jung-han: Kim Jae Won (Wonderful Life/Romance) Byuk Kye-soo: Yoo Tae Joon (Crazy for Love/Really Like You) Kim Eun-ho: Jang Geun Suk (Lovers in Prague) Jin Hyun-geum (blind kiseang): Jun Mi Sun Eom-soo: Jo Sung Ha Mae-hyang: Kim Bo Yeon (Snow Flower) Gae-ttong (aka Danshim): Lee In Hye (Golden Apple) Geum-choon: Jung Kyung Soon Aeng-mo: Song Yi Woo Sum-sum: Yoo Yeon Ji Gae-ttong maid: Kim Sun Hwa Hyang-rim: Jo Ye Na Aeng-rang: Mi Se Geum-hong: Lee Ji Eun Chui-sun: Kim Young Ae Wol-hyang: Hwang Eun Ha Lee-saeng: Lee Si Hwan Sung Ik-hwan: Hyun Suk (All About Eve) Jung Ga-eun: Suh Hyun Jin Jang Soo-man: Kim Seung Wook Hwang Jin-sa: ___ Joo-ji: Lee Dae Ro (On the Green Prairie) Jang-i: Jo Jae Wan Kim Cham-pan (Eun-ho's dad): Lee Hee Do (Dae Jang-geum) Ms. Cha (Eun-ho's mom): Ahn Hae Sook Duk-pal (Eun-ho's slave): Moon Chun Sik (Oh! Pil-seung) Sang-soo (Eun-ho's friend): Jung Sang Hoon Jung-chook: Choi Sang Hoon Yeon-heung (Ga-eun's younger sibling): Yoon Jae Ryang King: Park Chan Hwan (Dae Jang-geum/Palace) Jini's dad: Oh Dae Gyu (Love & Hate) For more info on the cast, go to: www.kbs.co .kr/drama/hwangjiny/about/cast/index.html (in Korean). For KBS Global Marketing summary of this drama & cast info (in English), click here (warning: contains spoilers). Read about the difficulty Ha Ji Won had in making this drama, in a 9/22/06 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.com/w21data/ html/news/200609/200609220018.html. Read about the talents of a kisaeng in a 10/21/06 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/ 200610/200610210002.html. Read about the kisaeng as a pop icon, in a 10/24/06 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.w21data/html/ news/200610/200610240001.html. Learn more about the kiseang, in a 10/25/06 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200610/kt 2006102516554811690.htm. |
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| Shopping: For info about the OST for this drama, click here or on the OST photo above. Orders submitted to YesAsia using these specially coded links will benefit the KoreanWiz website at no additional cost to you. Learn Korean: Hwang = the surname of the main character Jin-i = the given name of the main character kisaeng (ki-saeng) is also spelled gisaeng. Variations of drama name: Hwang Jin-i Hwang Jin Yi Staff: Screenwriter: Yoon Sun Joo (Immortal Yi Soon-shin) P.D.: Kim Chul Kyu (More Beautiful Than a Flower) For KBS Videos on Demand (VODs) in Korean, go to: www.kbs.co.kr/drama/hwangjiny/view/vod/index.html. For KBS photos from this drama, go to: www.kbs.co.kr/drama/hwangjiny/report/photo/index.html. For KBS wallpaper for this drama, go to: www.kbs.co.kr/drama/hwangjiny/report/paper/index.html. Read about the broadcast of this drama in Japan, in a 1/30/08 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1504722_11858.html. Factoid: Yoo Tae Joon also goes by the name of Ryu Tai Joon. Return to Lisitng of Korean TV Dramas |
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| Original Sound Track (OST) CD for this drama |
| Read about the award Ha Ji Won won for this drama, in a 1/1/07 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/ lpage/culture/200701/kt2007010119430011700.htm. Read about how this drama surpassed one writer's expectations, in a 1/2/07 JoongAng Daily article at: joongangdaily.joins.com/200701/01/2007010121210 40939900091009101.html. |