Iljimae

Iljimae

"Peasant by day, Hero by night, Iljimae."

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2008πŸ“Ί 1 Season🎞 20 Episodes⏱ 65m / epTV Series
Action & AdventureDrama

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.

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First Aired

2008-05-21

Status

Ended

Network

SBS

Seasons

Season 1 Episodes

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E1. Episode 1

Il Ji Mae is a Chosun Dynasty outlaw who steals from corrupt officials and gives back to the poor. But the masked outlaw didn't start out trying to be the hero of the common folk. The young man wants to track down a sword that was used to kill his father and bring the sword's owner to justice.

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E2. Episode 2

Geom is frightened inside the closet. Geom and Yong Jae's eye contacts, but Yong Jae tells that there is nothing in the closet. Soon after, Swe Dol finds someone in the closet and brings the closet to home. The next day Dani finds out that the boy in the closet is Lee Won Ho's son and is shocked by the fact. Meanwhile, Geom returns to his ruined house and pledges that he will never forget what they did to his family.

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E3. Episode 3

On the frozen river, Yong is drowning. The stone attached to his feet is pulling him down. Meanwhile, Swe Dol searches for Yong and finds out that Shi Wan tried to kill his son. Yong wakes up in a stranger's house, where a strange lord asks him that whether Yong is the Geom or not. Yong says that he doesn't remember anything and that he is not the person that the lord is looking for.

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E4. Episode 4

In an arena, Yong is knocked down on the floor and bleeding. Shi Hoo begs him to surrender before he kills Yong, but Yong refuses and tells Shi Hoo that if he loses the fight, his father will lose his hand. On the way back, Yong is attacked by the gangs and get caught, but he struggles out and runs. Unfortunately, Yong bumps his head on the stone while fighting and starts to remember his childhood. Meanwhile, Swe Dol saves his hand but instead loses his teeth.

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E5. Episode 5

Bong Soon and her father continue their scheme, but Yong finds them and takes back the money he was scammed for. While he asks Slick to find back his mother and sister, Bong Soon overhears him and decides to scam him again for that. On the other hand, Hunter Jang is on to something and is sure that Yong is the son of a traitor. He wants to catch him, denounce him, and get the compensation money to pay off his debt to Slick. Bong Soon tries to get some documents that might help him find his mother and sister, but these documents are sealed in a secret vault. While Yong...

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E6. Episode 6

Shi Hoo is hurt while stopping Sa Cheon's man from killing the man who had the message from Kwon Doo Hyun, which makes him difficult to train for the civil service exam. Bong Soon and her father get scammed by a woman and her son and lose all their money. But Yong finds them and decides to gather their wages from the inn to compensate for his loss. He also asks Slick to find his sister. Slick finds her, but she is accused of running away after hitting a guard and the reunion doesn't happen. Yong, who had even given up his civil service exam to look for his sister, is ...

Cast

Lee Joon-gi

Lee Joon-gi

Geom / Yong / Iljimae

Han Hyo-joo

Han Hyo-joo

Byun Eun Chae

Park Si-hoo

Park Si-hoo

Shi Hoo / Ja Dol

Lee Young-ah

Lee Young-ah

Bong Soon

Kim Sung-ryung

Kim Sung-ryung

Dani

Ahn Kil-kang

Ahn Kil-kang

Kongkal A Je

Kim Chang-wan

Kim Chang-wan

King Do Po Hui

Lee Won-jong

Lee Won-jong

Byeon Sik

Yeo Jin-goo

Yeo Jin-goo

Lee Gyeom (young)

Kim You-jung

Kim You-jung

Eun Chae (young)

David Lee

David Lee

Cha-dol / Shi-hoo (young)

Jung Da-bin

Jung Da-bin

Bong Soon (young)

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