Into the Flames |
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Title: 불꽃속으로 ( Boolkkotsokeuro), Into the Flames aka Into the Fire
Genre: Melodrama-historical
Episodes: 20
Director: Kim Sang-Rae (김상래) (Immortal Classic)
Screenwriters: Jeong Seong-Hee (정성희) - (Seoul 1945, Princess Ja Myung-Go, King Geunchogo)
Lee Han-Ho (이한호) (Seoul 1945, Mun Hee, Navy)
Broadcast network: CSTV (TV Chosun)
Runtime: Friday + Saturday 23:00 KST
Broadcast period: 2014 April 18 to June 21nd.
Official Live Streaming: http://vod.tv.chosun.com/onair/index_onair.cstv
Official Website: http://tv.chosun.com/drama/flame/sub/menu_0.html
Synopsis:
A Story about love, loyalty, and sacrifice among people who create success overcoming despair and poverty after the colonial era and the Korean War.
The true story of Chairman Park Tae-Joon who lead the impossible to success along with various fictional stories that show the financial growth of Korea. This story is based on real person Park Tae-Joon who built Steel Company PSCO in South Korea.
Cast
Main Cast
Choi Soo Jong as Park Tae Hyung
Kim Kwon (김권) as young Tae Hyung
Ryu Jin as Shin Dae Chul (manager of Shinsekai's Korean branch / Tae Hyung's youthhood friend)
Yoon Hong Bin as young Dae Chul
Son Tae Young as Kumiko (lobbyist / Tae Hyung's first love)
Kim Ye Won as young Kumiko
Choi Chul Ho as Choi Jong Ho (deputy department head of Korean Central Intelligence Agency)
Lee In Hye as Jang Ok Sun (purser of orphanage / Tae Hyung's wife)
Dok Go Young Jae as the President (the President of Republic of Korea)
Jung Ho Bin as Alan Kissinger (lobbyist of international steel bussiness)
People around Tae Hyung
Hyun Suk as Tae Hyung's father
Kim Min Kyung as Tae Hyung's mother
People around Kumiko
Park Yong Soo as Kohei (Chairman of Shinsekai / Kumiko's father)
Jung Myung Hwan as Yamamoto (Kohei's secretary)
Yeongil Bay Steel Mill
Hong Il Kwon as Hwang Joon Suk (Tae Hyung's right-hand man)
Park Sang Myun as Park Jong Yul (on-site engineer)
Lee Ki Chan as Ahn Seung Joo (person in charge of foreign capital attraction)
Kim Jin Geun as Kim Byung Hoon (blast furnace engineer)
Lee Won Suk (이원석) as Yeon Bong Chool (public works engineer)
Lee Jong Soo as Kim Sang Chul (the Vietnam War veteran)
Lee Jung Yong as Choi Dal Ho (former bully)
Choi Kyu Hwan as Chae Ki Joo (Japanese bond man)
Gong Jung Hwan as Jung Sang Ho (chef of New Korea Hotel)
Hong Ah Reum as Ha Cheo Soon (telephone operator)
Shinsekai Trading Company
Lee Chul Min as Takeda (section chief of secretary office)
Kim Hyun Joon (김현준) as young Takeda
Go Myung Hwan as Abe (subsection chief of secretary office)
Kim Min Ho (김민호) as young Abe
Others
Lee Young Hoo as Yasuoka (Tae Hyung's savior)
Jun Soo Kyung as Yang Hwa Ja (host of restaurant in construction sites)
Jo Young Seo (조영서) as Mrs. Seoul (Hwa Ja's elder sister)