The Return of Iljimae

The Return of Iljimae 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-yung 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 and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae.

Cast

Jung Il-woo Iljimae Yoon Jin-seo Dal-yi / Wol-hee Kim Min-jong Koo Ja-myung Jeong Hye-young Baek-mae Cheon Ho-jin Hong Taiji Lee Hyun-woo Cha Dol-yi

Oh Young-soo Yeol-gong

Kim Dong-seok Lee Yoon-jeong [Han family's daughter] Cha Jun-hwan Young-yi

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