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21/01/2009 Drama 1h 10m
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Overview

The Return of 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. 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-yung 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 and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae.

Top billed cast

  1. Jung Il-woo

    Iljimae

  2. Yoon Jin-seo

    Dal-yi / Wol-hee

  3. Kim Min-jong

    Koo Ja-myung

  4. Jeong Hye-young

    Baek-mae

  5. Cheon Ho-jin

    Hong Taiji

  6. Lee Hyun-woo

    Cha Dol-yi

  7. Oh Young-soo

    Yeol-gong

  8. Kim Dong-seok

  9. Lee Yoon-jeong

    [Han family's daughter]

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 2009 | 24 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by ParkMin
Written by ParkMin on 2024-01-05
Watching a drama with so much narration was kind of weird. It didn't help it case when the leads were whispering all the time with this monotone voice, almost like they were just reading lines off a script. Moreover, both of their performance was quite poor in general, I know they have the talent but not in this drama. The story itself felt like it was dragging its feet endlessly. The ending was a weak attempt at redemption. It rushed major sections with too many skips to rush progression and conclusion but ended up creating even more problems, leaving major gaps to what could have been a very...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
Korean

Original Name
돌아온 일지매

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