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​The Immortal Yi Soon Shin

Details

  • Title: The Immortal Yi Soon Shin / 불멸의 이순신
  • Also known as: The Immortal Lee Soon-shin / Immortal Admiral Yi Soon-shin / Immortal Yi Soon-shin
  • Genre: Historical, Action
  • Episodes: 104 + 2 specials
  • Network: KBS1
  • First episode: September 4, 2004
  • Final episode: August 28, 2005
  • Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:45

Synopsis

It is late 1598, shortly before the Battle of Noryang, the final confrontation of the Imjin War. The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home, but are also driven by personal motivation to beat their greatest adversary, Admiral Yi Sun-sin, once and for all. Self-serving Ming generals and Joseon officials also fear Yi's growing popularity and its impact on their personal base of power. These incidentally combining ambitions fan King Seonjo's paranoia and make him eventually fear that Yi might come after his throne, and after a series of what he calls acts of high treason, he decides to have Yi arrested.
Yi, on the other hand, is determined to teach the Japanese a lesson for the atrocities they committed on the Korean people, and despite orders to remain quiet while the Japanese are to pull out without anymore bloodshed, he rallies his naval force and prepares for the upcoming battle. The battle commences and the Japanese are dealt a crippling blow, but Yi is fatally wounded by an arquebuse bullet. As he lies dying, the plot backtracks on the important events of Yi's life, from his boyhood to his military career, his efforts before and during the Japanese invasion, his disgrace at the hands of his king, and his reinstatement, back to the battle of Noryang, where he succumbs to his wound just as victory is declared.

Cast

  • Kim Myung Min as Yi Soon Shin
             - Jun Hyun as Yi Soon Shin (young)
             - Yoo Seung Ho as Yi Soon Shin (child)
  • Lee Jae Ryong as Yoo Sung Ryong
  •              - Oh Seung Yoon as Yoo Sung Ryong (child)
  • Choi Chul Ho as King Seonjo
             - Jo Min Ki as King Senjo (ep 1-5)
  • Choi Jae Sung as Won Gyun
             - Kim Hak Joon as Won Gyun (child)
  • Ahn Yeon Hong as Hong Yi
  • Kim Gyu Chul as Im Chun Soo

Main Role

Supporting Role

  • Kim Jin Tae as Eo Young Dam
  • Choi Yoo Jung
  • Kim Kyu Ri
  • Park Dong Bin as Han Ho
  • Jun Ye Seo as Chung Hyang
  • Lee Han Wi as Chun Moo Jik
  • Jung Ae Ri as Ms. Byun (Yi Sun Shin's mother)
  • Lee Han Gal
  • Choi Chul Ho
  • Lee Joon as Prince Gwang Hae
  • Ki Joo Bong as Yoon Hwan Shi
  • Jung Dong Hwan as Yun Doo Su
  • Park Chan Hwan as Kwon Jun
  • Park Chul Min as Kim Wan
  • Kim Myung Kook as Song Hee Rib
  • Kim Hong Pyo as Jo Soo Chang
  • Song Geum Sik as Hwang Se Deuk
  • Lee Jung Sung as Heo Sung
  • Lee Doo Il
  • Park Won Sook
  • Choi Joon Yong as Yi Un Ryong
  • Ahn Dae Yong
  • Yoo Tae Woong as Lee Young Nam
  • Jung Seung Ho as Konishi Yukinaga
  • Jung Wook as Sen no Rikyū
  • Kim Ha Kyoon as Chen Lin
  • Kim Jong Kyul as Shotai
  • Min Ji
  • Kim Young Im
  • Jung Eun Pyo Jeong Dae Man
  • Kim Sang Sik
  • Lee Bong Gyu as Yo Shi Ra
  • Lee Chang Min
  • Hwang Bum Shik as Bae Seol
  • Kim Duk Hyun as Eon Bok
  • Seo Bum Yul
  • Yeo Jae Goo
  • Jung Jin Mo
  • Kim Bo Kyung
  • Jo Jae Wan as Lee Jang Pyeong
  • Joo Min Soo
  • Kim Young Joon as Im Yeon
  • Lee Hyo Jung as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  • Ahn Hong Jin as Lee Wan
  • Lee Sang In
  • Son Jong Bum as So Eun Woo
  • Park Hye Sook as Neob Chool Nye
  • Lee Jae Hoon
  • Kwon Hyuk
  • Yoo In Suk
  • Son Ho Gyun as Yoo Jung
  • Jung Jin Gak as Shin Ho
  • Kim Eung Suk
  • Im Byung Ki as Hwang Yoon Kil
  • Kim Myung Soo as Wakisaka Yasuharu
  • Lee Jung Ho as Jun Woo Song
  • Jo Kyung Hwan as Nam Gung Doo
  • Bang Kil Seung as Ankokuji Ekei
  • Jo Byung Ki as Byung Ki
  • Kim Hye Jin as Yododono
  • Kim Mi Ra
  • Lee Jae Po as Woo Chi Jeok
  • Im Dae Ho as Oh Hyeong
  • Kim So Yi as Bo Reum
  • Go Kyu Pil as Dol Soe
  • Kim Dong Hyun as Bang Jin
  • Hwang Joon Won as Yoshidoshi Soo
  • Lee Kan Hee as Queen Insun

Production

  • Producer: Jung Young Chul
  • Directors: Lee Sung Joo, Kim Jung Gyu
  • Original writing: Kim Tak Hwan, novel The Immortal Yi Sun-sin
  • Screenwriter: Yoon Sun Joo
  • Assistant Directors: Han Joon Seo, Lee So Yun, Song Hyun Wook, Kim Won Suk
  • Assistant Screenwriters: Park Young Suk, Yoon Young Soo, Jang Ki Chang
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