Underplayed Gems

The Return of Iljimae (2009)

The Return of Iljimae poster
Original title
돌아온 일지매
Directed by
Hwang In Roe, Kim Soo Young
Cast
Jung Il Woo, Yoon Jin Seo, Kim Min Jong, Jung Hye Young, Lee Kye In, Park Geun Hyung, Park Chul Min, Oh Young Soo
Genre
drama television series, sageuk
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 24 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A masked vigilante fights injustice in the Joseon era. Based on a Chinese folklore and a Korean comic strip, this series follows a hero who steals from the rich to help the poor.

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What happens

The Return of Iljimae (Korean: 돌아온 일지매) is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series, starring Jung Il-woo in the title role of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. The series is based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-young which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era. MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, which was to star Lee Seung-gi in the title role of Iljimae. However he pulled out and was replaced by Jung, which makes him the third Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun (MBC, 1993) and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae (SBS, 2008). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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