The Thorn Birds (2011 TV series)
| The Thorn Birds | |
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Promotional poster for The Thorn Birds
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| Genre | Melodrama, Romance |
| Written by | Lee Sun-hee |
| Directed by | Kim Jong-chang |
| Starring |
Han Hye-jin Kim Min-jung Joo Sang-wook Seo Do-young |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kim Jin-woo |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 |
| Production company(s) | GNG Production |
| Release | |
| Original network | Korean Broadcasting System (KBS2) |
| Original release | 2 March – 5 May 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | President |
| Followed by | Romance Town |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 가시나무새 |
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| Revised Romanization | Gasinamusae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kasinamusae |
The Thorn Birds (Hangul: 가시나무새; RR: Gasinamusae) is a 2011 South Korean television series shown on KBS2, where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun (played by Han Hye-jin) and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung (played by Kim Min-jung) who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress.
The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.
Source: TNS Media Korea
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