Iljimae
| 일지매 | |
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Promotional poster for Iljimae
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| Also known as | Iljimae: The Phantom Thief |
| Genre | Historical, Action, Romance |
| Based on |
Iljimae by Ko Woo-young |
| Written by | Choi Ran |
| Directed by | Lee Yong-suk |
| Starring |
Lee Joon-gi Han Hyo-joo Lee Young-ah Park Si-hoo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Lee Yong-suk |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Production company(s) | Chorokbaem Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 21 May – 24 July 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | On Air |
| Followed by | Working Mom |
| Related shows |
The Return of Iljimae The Vigilantes in Masks |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 일지매 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Il Ji-mae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Il Chi-mae |
Iljimae (Hangul: 일지매; Hanja: 一枝梅; RR: Iljimae; literally "One blossom branch") is a 2008 South Korean period-action television series, starring Lee Joon-gi in the title role of Iljimae. It is loosely based on the comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, written by Ko Woo-young based on Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era.
It is directed by Lee Yong-suk, and produced by Chorokbaem Media. It aired on SBS from 21 May to 24 July 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
There have been several versions of this story, which first appeared in two Ming dynasty novels, including a 1994 Hong Kong film, a 2005 TVB series and a 2011 Chinese television series, called The Vigilantes in Masks.
MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, hence the SBS version features an original storyline. Lee is the second Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun in 1993 and followed by Jung Il-woo for MBC's The Return of Iljimae in 2009.
Joseon, around 1633. Lee Gyeom (Lee Joon-gi) is the son of the virtuous nobleman Lee Won-ho, who is the king's trustworthy supporter and brother, and a central member of the secret organization Cheonwoohoe, composed of other five important nobles with the king as their leader. When a blind fortune teller, looking at Lee Won-ho's home, refers to the king that he sees a person as bright as the sun who would be adored by the people, the king killed Lee Won-ho as he believed that 'two suns cannot exist on the same sky'. Gyeom, from the inside of a safe, manages to survive and witnesses the murder; later, when he is forced to throw a rock at his mother's head to prove that he isn't her son, he loses his memory for the shock and is adopted by a retired thief, Soe-dol, who renames him "Yong". Thirteen years later, Yong regains his memories and begins to search for his older sister Yeon, only to see her being sentenced and hanged.
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