Into the Flames

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Into the Flames
Promotional poster
Also known as Into the Fire
Genre Period drama
Created by TV Chosun
Written by Jung Sung-hee
Lee Han-ho
Directed by Kim Sang-rae
Starring Choi Soo-jong
Ryu Jin
Son Tae-young
Lee In-hye
Country of origin South Korea
Original language Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer Choi Byung-hwa
Producers Jung Hoe-seok
Lee Kyung-seon
Jung Hyung-seo
Production location Korea
Running time Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 ( KST )
Production company Kangho Production
Original release
Network TV Chosun
Release April 25  ( 2014-04-25 )  ?
June 28, 2014  ( 2014-06-28 )

Into the Flames ( Korean 불꽃 속으로 ; RR Bulkkot Sogeuro ) is a 2014 South Korean television series . It aired on cable channel TV Chosun on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes from April 25 to June 28, 2014. [1] [2]

Synopsis [ edit ]

Based on the life of Park Tae-joon , founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel -making company POSCO , [3] [4] this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the colonial era and the Korean War with a relentless pursuit of economic innovation, and the choices they made in the name of love, loyalty and sacrifice. Park worked tirelessly to build a mill that produced steel, which became pivotal to Korea's modernization. [5]

The early working title was Park's moniker Steel King ( Korean 鋼鐵王 ). [6] [7]

Cast [ edit ]

Main characters [ edit ]

Supporting characters [ edit ]

Yeongil Bay Steel Mill
  • Hong Il-kwon as Hwang Joon-suk
  • Park Sang-myun as Park Jong-yeol
  • Lee Ki-chan as Ahn Seung-joo
  • Kim Jin-keun as Kim Byung-hoon
  • Lee Won-seok as Yeon Bong-chool
  • Gong Jeong-hwan as Jung Sang-ho
  • Lee Jong-soo as Kim Sang-chul
  • Lee Jeong-yong as Choi Dal-ho
  • Choi Kyu-hwan as Chae Ki-joo
  • Hong Ah-reum as Ha Cheo-soon
Shinsekai Trading Company
  • Lee Chul-min as Takeda
    • Kim Hyun-joon as young Takeda
  • Go Myung-hwan as Abe
    • Kim Min-ho as young Abe
Extended cast
  • Lee Young-hoo as Yasuoka
  • Jeon Soo-kyeong as Yang Hwa-ja
  • Cho Young-seo Mrs. Seoul
  • Hyun Suk as Tae-hyung's father
  • Kim Min-kyung as Tae-hyung's mother
  • Park Yong-soo as Kohei
  • Jung Myung-hwan as Yamamoto
  • Kim Ki-doo

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Lee, Sun-min (4 January 2014). "Posco story coming to TV" . Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .
  2. ^ Kim, Gwang-kuk (9 April 2014). 고(故) 최태준 一代記 그린 ‘불꽃 속으로’, 歷史 論難 避해갈까 . TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2014-04-13 . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .
  3. ^ Kang, Seung-woo (13 December 2011). " Steel King Park Tae-joon dies" . The Korea Times . Archived from the original on April 13, 2014 . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .
  4. ^ Childs, Martin (22 December 2011). "Park Tae-Joon: Steel magnate who transformed South Korean fortunes" . The Independent . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .
  5. ^ "Choi Su-jong headlines cable period drama Into the Fire" . Dramabeans . 3 January 2014 . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .
  6. ^ Cho, Hye-gyung; Seo, Ji-eun (16 June 2012). "Posco's Park to be subject of 24-part TV series" . Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .
  7. ^ " Into The Fire TV Chosun Finalized Featuring The Late Park Tae Jun" . KDramaStars . 6 November 2013 . Retrieved 2014-04-13 .

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