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The Return of Shim Chung

 

Details

• Title: 심청의 귀환 / Shimcheongui Gwihwan
• Genre: Historical, period
• Episodes: 2
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast date: 2007-Feb-18
• Air time: Sunday 9:55 AM

Synopsis

This drama is a retelling of the classic folk tale of Shim Chung, a girl who moved the hearts of both the gods and the King through her filial piety. In her desperation to restore the sight of her blind father, Shim Chung was tricked into sacrificing herself to the sea god. The exiled Prince Hong found her body washed up on the shore and saved her, later falling in love with her bravery and determination and deciding to risk the King's wrath at his return by aiding Chung on her quest to reach the palace and find her father.

Cast

• Lee Young Eun as Shim Chung
• Im Joo Hwan as Hong
• Im Hyun Sik as Shim Bong Sa (Shim Hak Kyu)
• Ahn Nae Sang as Magistrate Hwang
• Kim Gyu Chul as Deputy Baek
• Kim Sun Hwa as Ppaeng Duk
• Hyun Jung Eun as Kkot Bun (Chung's friend)
• Park Jung Eun (박정은) as Kkot Bun's mother
• Park Kwi Soon as Hwa Joo Seung
• Yang Jae Sung as King
• Moon Hyuk as Chil Deuk
• Yoo In Suk as prisoner
• Lee Jong Goo as old man
• Yoo Tae Woong as Hwang Bong Sa (cameo)