Rustic Period

Rustic Period
Hangul
야인시대
Hanja
野人時代
Literal meaningThe Age of Wild Men[1]
Revised RomanizationYainsidae
GenrePeriod drama
Written byLee Hwan-kyeong
StarringAhn Jae-mo
Kim Yeong-cheol
Choi Cheol-ho
Lee Won-jong
Lee Chang-hoon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes124
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companySBS Drama Division
Original release
NetworkSBS
ReleaseJuly 29, 2002 (2002-07-29) –
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
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Rustic Period (Korean야인시대) is a South Korean television series aired from July 29, 2002, to September 30, 2003, on SBS. It focused on the life of historical figure Kim Du-han, a former mob leader turned politician, and the tumultuous modern history of Korea from the Japanese occupation to Park Chung-hee regime.

The show aired on SBS on Mondays to Tuesdays at 22:00 for 124 episodes beginning July 29, 2002, and still remains as one of the highest-rated television shows in Korean broadcast history.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Dramatic 1.5 - The Age of Wild Men OST Special - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  2. ^ Lee, Seung-jae (12 May 2003). "Action and Love Story, Ahn Takes on New Character". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  3. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (2 December 2013). "Ahn relives gangster episode". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-11-13.