The Return of Iljimae

The Return of Iljimae is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series, starring Jung Il-woo in the title role of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. The series is based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era. MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, which was to star Lee Seung-gi in the title role of Iljimae. However he pulled out and was replaced by Jung, which makes him the third Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae.

CAST

Jung Il-wooIljimae

Yoon Jin-seoDal-yi / Wol-hee

Kim Min-jongKoo Ja-myung

Jeong Hye-youngBaek-mae

Cheon Ho-jinHong Taiji

Lee Hyun-wooCha Dol-yi

Oh Young-sooYeol-gong

Kim Dong-seok

Lee Yoon-jeong[Han family's daughter]