Pinocchio (2014 TV series)

Pinocchio
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Genre	Romance Drama Comedy Family
Written by	Park Hye-ryun
Directed by	Jo Soo-won Shin Seung-woo
Starring	Park Shin-hye Lee Jong-suk Kim Young-kwang
Opening theme	"Non-Fiction" by Every Single Day
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	Choi Moon-suk
Producer(s)	Park Chang-yong
Production company(s)	iHQ
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12) – January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
External links
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Pinocchio (Hangul: 피노키오; RR: Pinokio) is a 2014–2015 South Korean television series starring Park Shin-hye, Lee Jong-suk and Kim Young-kwang. It aired on SBS from November 12, 2014 to January 15, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (12:55 UTC) for 20 episodes.

In the year 2000, Ki Ha-myung is leading a happy life with his parents and older brother Jae-myung, until his father Ki Ho-sang, the captain of the firefighting squad, dies in a factory explosion during a rescue attempt along with several of his men. When Ho-sang's body is initially missing, the media sensationalizes the case by scapegoating him. In a battle for ratings, cold and calculating MSC reporter Song Cha-ok alleges that Ho-sang survived the blast, and is currently in hiding because he was responsible for the deaths of his men. This causes the Ki family to become outcasts in their neighborhood and objects of national scorn. Ki Ho-sang's wife kills herself and her younger son (Ha-myung) by jumping off a cliff, and Jae-myung blames their deaths on the media, particularly Cha-ok.

But Ha-myung is alive, having been rescued from the water by Choi Gong-pil, a kind elderly man who lives on Hyangri Island. Gong-pil, who may either have Alzheimer's disease or trauma-induced memory loss, believes that Ha-myung is his older son Choi Dal-po, a simpleton who had died thirty years earlier. Ha-myung, who has no one else in the world, embraces the deception and treats Gong-pil as his father. Gong-pil officially adopts Ha-myung, now named Dal-po, and places him in the family register as his eldest son. Five months later, when Gong-pil's younger son Choi Dal-pyung moves to the island with his daughter Choi In-ha, they are flabbergasted to be told by Gong-pil to address a mere boy as their "older brother" and "uncle," respectively. In-ha has "Pinocchio syndrome," which causes her to hiccup whenever she tells a lie. She idolizes her mother, and hates living on the island after her parents' divorce. The fledgling friendship between Dal-po and In-ha is dashed, however, when he learns that In-ha's mother is none other than Song Cha-ok.