The Return of Iljimae

For the other TV series with the same title, see Iljimae (1993 TV series) and Iljimae.

The Return of Iljimae
Promotional poster for The Return of Iljimae
(Left to right: Koo Ja-myung, Baek-mae, Dal-yi / Wol-hee, Iljimae)
Also known asMoon River
Genre
Written by
Directed by
  • Hwang In-roi
  • Kim Soo-young
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes24
Production
ProducerJaemoon Yoon MBC
Production locations
  • South Korea
  • Japan
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesGreen Pig Workshop
Roiworks
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseJanuary 21 (2009-01-21) –
April 9, 2009 (2009-04-09)
Related
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Korean name
Hangul
돌아온 일지매
Hanja
돌아온 一枝梅
Revised RomanizationDoraon Iljimae
McCune–ReischauerToraon Iljimae

The Return of Iljimae (Korean: 돌아온 일지매; Hanja: 돌아온 一枝梅; RR: Doraon 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.[1][2][3][4] 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-young 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 (MBC, 1993) and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae (SBS, 2008).[5]

  1. ^ Han, Sang-hee (January 13, 2009). "Young Star Jung il-woo Returns With Iljimae". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "Moon River Interview with Jung Il-woo". MBC Global Media. January 29, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Choi, Ji-eun (October 30, 2009). "INTERVIEW: Actor Jung Il-woo - Part 1". TenAsia. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Choi, Ji-eun (October 30, 2009). "INTERVIEW: Actor Jung Il-woo - Part 2". TenAsia. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Garcia, Cathy Rose A. (July 11, 2008). "Retrospective on Comic Artist Ko Woo-young". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 4, 2013.