[Drama 2008] Iljimae 일지매

[Drama 2008] Iljimae 일지매 [SBS] Lee Jun Ki, Park Shi Hoo, Lee Moon Sik, Han Hyo Joo

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Posted 11 October 2007 - 11:44 PM

SBS drama scheduled to debut on 21 May 2008 as Wed & Thur drama. Shooting started Nov 2007 at locations in China.

PD : Lee Yong Suk 이용석
Scriptwriter : Choi Ran 최란

Cast :
Lee Jun Ki
Lee Moon Sik
Park Si Ho
Han Hyo Joo 한효주
Lee Yung Ah 이영아
Lee Moon Sik 이문식

2008 SBS Drama Awards :
MALE TOP EXCELLENCE AWARD (남자 최우수연기상)
Lee Joon-Ki 이준기 (Iljimae 일지매)

MALE SUPPORTING AWARD - SPECIAL DRAMA (남자 드라마 스페셜 조연상)
Lee Moon-Shik 이원종 (Iljimae 일지매)

MALE YOUNG STAR AWARD (남자 아역상)
Yeo Jin-Goo 여진구 (Iljimae 일지매, Tazza 타자, Gourmet 식객)

TOP 10 STAR AWARD (10대 스타상)
Lee Joon-Ki 이준기 (Iljimae 일지매)

NEW STAR AWARD (뉴스타상)
Han Hyo-Joo 한효주 (Iljimae 일지매)

NETIZEN HIGHEST POPULARITY AWARD (네티즌 최고 인기상)
Lee Joon-Ki 이준기 (Iljimae 일지매)

FRIENDSHIP AWARD (우정상)
Do Ki-Seok 도기석 (Iljimae 일지매)

Official site : http://tv.sbs.co.kr/iljimae
Official English site : http://global.sbs.co.kr/English/AboutSBSPr..._id=V0000330637

SBS free to watch site with English subtitles : http://www.mycreo.com/vod/vodDetail.aspx?p...p;menuid=100001

Episodic preview : http://wizard2.sbs.co.kr/resource/template...vMenuId=1008683

Other SBS video links :
http://wizard2.sbs.co.kr/resource/template...vMenuId=1008681

Photo gallery : http://wizard2.sbs.co.kr/resource/template...vMenuId=1008851

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SYNOPSIS:
On a night when the apricot tree blossoms were in full bloom, young Gyum (actor Yeo Jin-gu) witnessed the death of his father. The black emblem engraved on the sword shined under the moonlight... His father’s blood was splattered on the apricot tree blossoms... After that night, Gyeom’s life became a wretched existence. He changed his name to Yong, living as a beggar in the city streets.
One day, Yong (actor Lee Joon-ki) remembered his past when he was being chased by a group 13 years ago (1644. 22nd year of King In-jo’s reign). Thoughts of revenge didn’t occur to him. His dreams were to be reunited with his mother and sister, recover his family home, and live with his family again. But when he finally met his sister again, she was executed in front of him. Revenge was all he wanted after that. Yong has a tattoo of the black emblem, which he saw on the sword that killed his father, engraved on his chest.
With the skills he learned from his foster father, who was a small-time thief, he obtained information from the nobles by committing his first break-in. But he left behind a red apricot tree blossom by accident. When the officials found this evidence, people began calling him the “Iljimae” robber. Yong discovered the existence of a secret list, with the names of all the members of the secret Chunwoo Association while slipping into a nobleman’s home in search of the sword with the black emblem. Yong recalled that his father was a member of the secret Chunwoo association. He then decided to use Eun-chae (actress Han Hyo-ju) to obtain the full list. Under his meticulous plan, Iljimae approached Eun-chae. Eun-chae fell into love with Iljimae and the feelings became mutual but he kept his focus on getting revenge and holding back on telling the truth to Eun-chae.
The royal court was deploying all their forces to capture Iljimae. Shi-hoo (actor Park Shi-hoo) failed to capture Iljimae twice during a stakeout. But Iljimae suffered a deep gash from Shi-hoo’s sword.
Bong-soon (actress Lee Young-ae) discovered Yong lying half-unconscious from his wound and she took him to her foster father Gonggal, who saves Yong’s life. After learning that Yong is Iljimae, Gonggal became Yong’s martial arts teacher.
The stories of various incidents involving Iljimae spread among the people who began to revere him as the hero of the commoners. Iljimae robbed more noblemen to the delight of the people!
Sometimes, Iljimae fought like Zorro, or used his brains like MacGyver... Royal palace prosecutor Shi-hoo became obsessed with catching Iljimae. King In-jo felt threaten by the growing reputation of Iljimae as the king of the commoners and wanted him captured at all cost.
Mysterious deaths kept occurring after the death of his father. Small nail scratches are found on the dead bodies that keep turning up. The shocking truth emerged... Who wielded the sword with the black emblem? Iljimae then bravely embarked on his final mission!

OST album at http://listen.daum.net/info/albuminfo.asp?...mp;albumNo=4148

http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView.do?clipid=7294507 (26 Mar 2008, offering prayers)

22 May 2008 about ratings for Ep 1
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shel...mp;newssetid=92

29 May 2008
http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_re..._id=N1000422663

4 July 2008
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shel...d=487&nav=1
and
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shel...070416135855675

21 July 2008
http://news.naver.com/hotissue/ranking_rea...35183&seq=5

24 July 2008 screening of last episode at Yongsan CGV
http://news.naver.com/tv/read.php?mode=LSS...section_id2=286

http://news.naver.com/tv/read.php?mode=LSS...section_id2=286

and something about x-files
http://news.naver.com/tv/read.php?mode=LSS...section_id2=286

and on the reasons Iljimae stayed at No. 1 spot
http://news.naver.com/tv/read.php?mode=LSS...section_id2=286

post-production party
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shel...0728221601171e3
http://search.pandora.tv/frame/outSearch.h...%B4%EC%3F%EA%B8

Jovi75's Creativity Music Video

Iljimae MV #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EtKqVAhmE0

Iljimae MV #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onumd3wKTMo

Iljimae MV #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKw5aq-6zO8

Iljimae MV #4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=585DTvxljok

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 12:08 AM

The 8-volume comic book series of Iljimae can be purchased at Korean bookshops for about 55,000 won and looks like this.

More about Iljimae :
This is one of those print to screen drama based on a Korean comic book series by Ko Woo Yung (고우영).
Seems that in 1993, there was an earlier drama version of iljimae acted by Jang Dong Gun.

source : http://www.seoulselection.com/weekly_book_...ew.html?bid=231 (8 sample pages available)

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"Iljimae" is the first complete version of a comic series by Go U-yeong that had been published in a local sports newspaper from 1975 to 1977.
The story line is familiar to every child. A chivalrous bandit during the Joseon Dynasty robs corrupt government officials to feed the poor. Iljime, the hero, leaves a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of each robbery to take responsibility for the robberies and to protect others.
Indeed, the book has a timeless quality even though the original comic series was written 30 years ago. The dialogue, characters, and the author's style creates stories that are more than a superficial story about a hero and his struggle with good and evil. The characters' exaggerated personalities and the humor of their situations save the story from falling into a didactic tale of morality or commentary on social conflict.
This work is considered an excellent example of social parody. Go was a veteran Korean cartoonist who broke with social conventions in his story. He also is known for using characters and stories from ancient folk tales or novels as metaphors for contemporary Korean society.

Going by the Chinese characters, the meaning suggests 'a stalk of plum'. Iljimae seems to have been called 'A Blossom'.

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 12:08 AM

O.o Jun Ki in a new drama?

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 12:11 AM

OMG.. the best thing I heard today

.. I can't wait till 2008 & GoodLuck Junki in ur new drama & hope to be as good as TBD&W..

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 01:21 AM

This is a 20 episode drama will be on SBS.

News from: http://broasia.com/lwboard/lwboard.php?act...pg=1&no=411

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Lee Jun Ki who rose to stardom with his feminine clown role in "The King and the Clown" is returning to a historical drama series in an opposite persona.

Lee Jun Ki has been cast as the leading role in "Iljimae" a 20 episode historical drama series to be aired on SBS. He will display his strong charisma through 'Iljimae' who is considered a chivalrous robber of the time.

Lee Jun Ki's manager Kim Woo Jin commented, "He has selected characters that emphasized his manliness since 'The King and the Clown' and this character seems to be at the peak of his efforts."

In the drama series "Iljimae," Lee Jun Ki will play a character who acts as a usless gangster in the marketplace by day and a chivalrous robber by night.

The series will start filming in November with a location shoot in China as well.

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 06:02 AM

wow!!! another drama for ljk so soon? he acted so well in time of dog and wolf...i know for sure he will do the role well in this drama...i just hope there would be more romance here than in TODAW...

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 07:14 PM

cast members aside, they better make the 2008 version worthwhile - plot development wise, and technically. it's a pretty well-known story in korea. and hope this news isn't one of those hype things, or when news is made about the cast members only to find that they change by the time the show airs.

if anyone's curious, here's a little clip of an ending for the MBC 1993 Iljimae with Jang Donggun (8 episodes). it's been such a long time since i've seen the 1993 version.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1nLdpnI81iQ

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 07:26 PM

cool!!i heard about this character from watching legend of hyang dan and im very curious about it.he seemed somewhat similar to hong gil dong. but i wasnt sure.but i heard he was also a well known korean folk character so i wanted to know more.ah wow jang dong gun was in the previous!interesting interesting!!i cant wait!!another fun character!cool!!i heard about this character from watching legend of hyang dan and im very curious about it.he seemed somewhat similar to hong gil dong. but i wasnt sure.but i heard he was also a well known korean folk character so i wanted to know more.ah wow jang dong gun was in the previous!interesting interesting!!i cant wait!!another fun character!

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 07:48 PM

^ yeah... iljimae and hong gildong are similar in the robin hood sort-of-way and they are both fictional characters. i guess the biggest difference would be the time period the stories were written. like huangsy wrote, iljimae was written in more recent south korean history (1975-1977), but hong gildong was written during the joseon dynasty, couple hundreds of years of ago. lol. oh, i guess another difference is that iljimae leaves a plant/flower behind after robbing the rich. lol.

here's a little english description from wiki about hong gildong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Gil_Dong
maybe reading it will help better separate out the two characters? O_o

^ author of Iljimae, Go Wuyeong (고우영). Born Sept. 27, 1938. He passed away on April 25th, 2005.

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i just hope there would be more romance here than in TODAW...

^ about this. i wouldn't say there would be more romance, but should i say there is 'tension' between iljimae and a female character. from what i can remember, in iljimae there's a female character who plays an important role in helping iljimae. i hope sbs can get an actress who can Act. not a pretty face with awkward acting. only saying that since that character is important. (of course, who knows how this version will turn out. personally, i would like it to be as close as possible to the original story while making it fun). ^^V

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 09:54 PM

YAY JUNKI SSHI. in another drama (:
can't wait for this one to come out~~

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 09:57 PM

OMG I HEARD ABOUT THIS DRAMA!

I can't believe that Lee JunKi was casted!
I'M ECSTATIC! XD

I will SO be watching this! I can't wait!

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 10:28 PM

2008? i smell soompi king 2008 ... even if that doesn't happen, i've missed Lee Junki very much!

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 11:00 PM

I'm very excited. It sounds like a perfect role for Junki. And I loved Lee Moon-shik in Damo where he played the thief who could run faster than the wind. I like LMS better in a period role. He had great chemistry with Junki in Fly Daddy too. Great pairing!

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 12:22 AM

Junki and Goong director?
I'll surely keep watch of this drama XD
I'm sure he'll bring the role of Iljimae to life

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 01:50 AM

I'M NOT ECSTATIC! FOR THIS DRAMA

I HATE THIS TAPE OF DRAME

I'M SO SAD ... WHY JUN KI ACTE IN DRAMA LIKE THIS ><

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 06:43 AM

Actually, MBC have a plan to making this drama from long time ago with director Hwang of Goong,and this photo above is the one they are relased, but don't know why SBS says they are going to making is with Jun Ki as lead actor ...
Now, I think they got some proplem between SBS and MBC ...

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 11:24 AM

^ hmm... that was true. wonder what's going on between SBS and MBC. hope it doesn't drag down making the story.

edit -
okay, i've been reading around and it seems SBS and MBC will be both airing Iljimae next year... but don't quote me on this since who knows what will happen until then. supposedly, MBC's version will follow Go's original work more and SBS is a slightly different rendition????

i dunno, to have 2 versions of Iljimae airing in the same year (which if it does happen would be a little too much, no?)? of course, who knows what's gonna happen as 2008 is still couple months away. also, there could possibly be an Iljimae movie in the making too. O_o.

maybe jun_bin is right, there might be something going on between SBS and MBC .

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 11:39 AM

QUOTE(cute girl @ Oct 12 2007, 02:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

OMG.. the best thing I heard today

.. I can't wait till 2008 & GoodLuck Junki in ur new drama & hope to be as good as TBD&W..

LOl exactly what im thinking too

i cant wait to see Junki in it! i thought he would do a couple more movies before staring in another drama.
good thing we`ll get to see him for 20 eps.

i hope the lead actress is a good match.

ahhhh i cant wait

awwww i hope nuthing`s wrong between MBC n SBS. >.>
& faswa i hope you`ll give this a chance. you never know. maybe you`ll like it

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 02:04 PM

OMOO!! this is the greatest new ever since i finished watching TBDW... am soo exited too.. i hope the time will pass fast so we can watch the drama ^^
and yeah i was wondering about he female lead too... not sure who is she but hopefully she will be someone with a great chemistry with junki so nothing would spoil the drama ... junki fighting !!!!!