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Merchant Kim Man Deok

Details

  • Title: Merchant Kim Man Deok / 거상 김만덕
  • Also known as: Colossus Kim Man Deok / The Great Merchant
  • Genre: Historical
  • Episodes: 30
  • Network: KBS1
  • First episode: March 6, 2010
  • Final episode: June 13, 2010
  • Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40

Synopsis

This drama depicts the life of Kim Man Deok, a woman born on Jeju Island who transcended her lowly status as a gisaeng as well as the restraints of her birthplace, considered at the time to be a remote place of exile, to become a successful female merchant in the Joseon Era. She later became a famous model of virtue and nobility when she donated all her assets to aid the residents of Jeju during a famine, saving countless lives.

Cast

  • Lee Mi Yeon as Kim Man Deok
             – Shim Eun Kyung as Man Deok (young)
  • Han Jae Suk as Jung Hong Soo
             – Do Ji Han as Hong Soo (young)
  • Park Sol Mi as Oh Moon Seon
             – Joo Da Young as Moon Seon (young)

Main Role

Supporting Role

  • Ha Suk Jin as Kang Yoo Ji
  • Go Doo Shim as Hal Mae
  • Kim Gab Soo as Kang Kye Man
  • Kim Chul Ki as Dong Ah
  • Song Yong Tae as Go Seok Joo
  • Jun Ye Seo as Baek So Rye
  • Jo Jae Wan as Deok Pal
  • Lee Mi Ji as Deok Pal's mother
  • Oh Yeon Seo as Lee Eun
  • Lee Byung Wook as Kim Pan Sul
  • Kim Myung Kook as Choi Nam Gu
  • Kim Gyu Chul as Steward Oh
  • Lee Dal Hyung as Kim Dong Joo
  • Jung Soo Young as Kim Seo Joo
  • Jo Byung Ki as Lee Bang
  • Jung Jong Joon as Mu Maeng Dal
  • Kim Sun Kyung as Myo Hyang
  • Shim Eun Jin as Yo Hwa
  • Jo Yang Ja as Mother Chok Sae
  • Park Soon Chun as Yeong Cheon Daek
  • Jung Joo Hee as Holjjugi
  • Choi Jae Sung as Kim Eung Ryul
  • Kim Byung Gi as Jung Do Woong
  • Choo So Young as Eun Hong
  • Lee Duk Hee as Jung Hong Soo's mother
  • Kang Min Suk as Chil Bok
  • Maeng Ho Rim as Minister Chae
  • Yoo Yeon Mi as young Kkot Nim
  • Kim Sung Hoon as Wal Pae
  • Im Hyuk
  • Lee Joo Yeon as Myeong Hee

Production

  • Directors: Kang Byung Taek, Kim Sung Yoon
  • Screenwriters: Kim Jin Sook, Kang Da Young
  • Producers: Park Ki Ho, Yoo Gun Shik
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