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Iljimae

6.9/10
TMDB28 votes
2008Original: Korean1 seasons

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves behind a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of the robbery to take responsibility for the robbery. The poor citizens only know him as Iljimae. Bong Soon is a hilarious girl with good martial art skills and lives as a swindler. She only loves Ryung and sacrifices her whole life for him. Eun Chae is a government official's daughter and is good in nature and usually helps miserable people. She meets Iljimae once by chance, and their sweet love story begins. However, her love puts Iljimae in a dangerous situation because an Imperial Guard also loves her.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
Cast: Lee Joon-gi, Han Hyo-joo, Park Si-hoo, Lee Young-ah, Kim Sung-ryung

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Iljimae

Peasant by day, Hero by night, Iljimae.

Iljimae (2008) is a TV series in the action & adventure, drama genres. Directed by Lee Yong-seok. The cast includes Lee Joon-gi, Han Hyo-joo, Park Si-hoo, Lee Young-ah.

Released
2008-05-21
Original language
Korean
Seasons
1
Episodes
20
Status
Ended
Production countries
South Korea
Production companies
Chorokbaem Media
Directors
Lee Yong-seok
Writers
Choi Ran

Iljimae cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.9/10 from 28 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

ParkMin

TMDB member review

Aside from the obvious writing problems, the story itself felt like it was dragging its feet endlessly. Everything became tiring and dull after episode 4. The male lead was on a life mission to become more and more pathetic with each passing episode. Romance? A pale imitation. There was no spark, no cosmic alignment of hearts, just a void where chemistry should have ignited. And then, to compound matters, they…

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Aside from the obvious writing problems, the story itself felt like it was dragging its feet endlessly. Everything became tiring and dull after episode 4. The male lead was on a life mission to become more and more pathetic with each passing episode. Romance? A pale imitation. There was no spark, no cosmic alignment of hearts, just a void where chemistry should have ignited. And then, to compound matters, they slapped in a love square (pentagon?) that was infested with poorly written love interests between any and every one of them. The ending was a weak attempt at redemption. It rushed to tie up loose ends but ended up creating even more problems, leaving major gaps to what could have been a very simple wrap up.

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What is Iljimae about?

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves behind a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of the robbery to take responsibility for the robbery. The poor citizens only know him as Iljimae. Bong Soon is a hilarious girl with good martial art skills and lives as a swindler. She only loves Ryung and sacrifices her whole life for him. Eun Chae is a government official's daughter and is good in nature and usually helps miserable people. She meets Iljimae once by chance, and their sweet love story begins. However, her love puts Iljimae in a dangerous situation because an Imperial Guard also loves her.

Who stars in Iljimae?

Lee Joon-gi, Han Hyo-joo, Park Si-hoo, Lee Young-ah, Kim Sung-ryung, Ahn Kil-kang. See the cast cards above for character names.

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