The Return of Iljimae (series)
돌아온 일지매- User score: 4.4
- Production country: South Korea
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1/21/2009
- Release date of last episode: 4/9/2009
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 24
- Run time: 70 min.
Series description
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.
