The Return Of Iljimae

Profile:

DRAMA: Moon River (English title) / The Return of Il Ji-Mae (literal title)
REVISED ROMANIZATION: Dolahon Il Ji-Mae
HANGUL:돌아온 일지매
DIRECTOR: Hwang In-Roe, Kim Do-Hyung
WRITER: Kim Kwang-Sik, Woo-yeong Ko (comic)
NETWORK: MBC
EPISODES: 24
RELEASE DATE: January 21 - April 9, 2009
LANGUAGE: Korean
COUNTRY: South Korea

Plot:

He was born out of wedlock and his father was a high-ranking Champan official while his mother was a lowly servant. To protect the honor of his father’s family, he was abandoned as a baby and tucked underneath an apricot tree. He was given the name Iljimae (A branch of Apricot Tree).

Iljimae was adopted by a family who lived in the Qing Kingdom. After tracing his roots back to Korea, his father rejects him once more.

With a heavy heart, he returns to his country and unleashes his anger upon the ruling class to fight their injustice and tyranny for the sake of the commoners. Wherever he appears to uphold justice, he leaves behind a single branch of an apricot tree...

Wol-hee is the one woman in Iljimae’s life who reconnects him to the world as he lives an isolated existence and hides his face behind a mask to be a hero to the people.

Cast:

• Jung Il Woo - Il Ji Mae
• Yoon Jin Seo - Dal Yi/Wol Hee
• Kim Min Jung - Gu Ja Myeong
• Jung Hye Young - Baek Mae

Additional Cast:

• Kang Nam Gil - Bae Seon Dal
• Lee Hyun Woo - Cha Dol Yi
• Park Geun Hyeong - Kim Ja Jeom
• Lee Hye In - Gul Chi
• Park Chul Min - Wang Hweng Bo
• Oh Yeong Su - Monk Yeol Gong
• Kim Yoo Hyun - Princess Mo Ran
• Lee Kye In - Jeol Ch
• Sandara Park - Rie
• Jun Soo Yeon - Soo Ryun
• Lee Ho Jae - Kim Joong Hwan
• Jung Joon - Kim Joon Seo
• Seo Hye Won - Choon Wol
• Hwang Jang Yi - Miyamoto Musashi
• Harisu - Ki Seon Nyeo
• Kwak Min Suk - Cham Mo
• Yoon Yoo Sun 
• Park Chan Hwan
• Lee Ga Hyun 
• Jun Hae Ryong