Gu Family Book
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Promotional poster for Gu Family Book
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| Written by | Kang Eun-kyung |
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| Composer(s) | Park Se-jun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Lee Chang-seop |
| Producer(s) | Park Tae-young |
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| Editor(s) | Lee Taek-joo |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Samhwa Networks |
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| Original network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original release | April 8 – June 25, 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The King's Doctor |
| Followed by | Goddess of Fire |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 구가의 서 |
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| Revised Romanization | Guga-ui Seo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kukaŭi Sŏ |
| Gu Family Book: Original Sound Track |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Genre | Pop, K-pop, soundtrack, R&B, teen pop |
| Label | Samhwa Networks, LOEN Entertainment |
Gu Family Book (Hangul: 구가의 서; RR: Guga-ui Seo; also known as Kang Chi, the Beginning) is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Seung-gi and Bae Suzy. The fusion martial arts action historical drama is about a half man-half monster who is searching for a centuries-old book that according to gumiho legend, contains the secret to becoming human.
Filmed at MBC Dramia in Gyeonggi Province, the series aired on MBC from April 8 to June 25, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
After their nobleman father is unfairly accused of being a traitor and killed, Yoon Seo-hwa (Lee Yeon-hee), her younger brother Jung-yoon (Lee David) and their maid Dam (Kim Bo-mi) are sent to a gisaeng house. Seo-hwa's first "patron" will be Jo Gwan-woong (Lee Sung-jae), the man who betrayed and killed her father. Before Jo Gwan-woong arrives, Dam swaps clothes with Seo-hwa so that she can run away, chased by Gwan-woong's men. Gu Wol-ryung (Choi Jin-hyuk), a mystical forest protector and gumiho, finds Seo-hwa unconscious and, as he had fallen in love with her, protects her. When Seo-hwa wakes up, she too falls in love with him and marries him after he tells her that both Dam and Jung-yoon were able to run away and are safe. In actuality, Jung-yoon has been hanged, whereas Dam has committed suicide. Wol-ryung, unable to tell her the truth, lied to her and did not tell her that he is a gumiho.
Wol-ryung decides to become human in order to be with Seo-hwa. To do so, he must live 100 days without showing his true form to a human, without taking a life, and must help anyone that needs aid. But if he fails, he'll lose any chance of ever becoming human, and will become a demon for the next thousand years. Wol-ryung successfully lives most of these days following these rules, but one day, Gwan-woong's men find Seo-hwa alone in the forest. Wol-ryung rushes to help her and reveals his true form, massacring the soldiers. Seo-hwa, horrified, leaves him, and he is later killed by the righteous soldier Dam Pyeong-joon (Jo Sung-ha), who had been told that the gumiho was murdering innocents. Seo-hwa soon discovers that she is pregnant with Wol-ryung's child and gives birth to a son. Realizing that the baby isn't a monster and regretting her betrayal to Wol-ryung, Seo-hwa entrusts the baby in the care of a monk, So-jung (Kim Hee-won). She then confronts Gwan-woong, but is killed.
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