Details
- Title: 돌아온 일지매 / Dolanon Iljimae
- Also known as: The Return of Iljimae / Iljimae Returns / Moon River
- Previously known as 일지매 / Iljimae
- Genre: Historical, romance
- Episodes: 24
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-21 to 2009-Apr-09
- Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
- Related Series: Iljimae, Il-Ji-Mae
Synopsis
The story is about a man fighting against the selfish and corrupt government to save the ordinary peasants. Iljimae was abandoned by his birth father and adopted by a Chinese couple. He returns to Korea to find his birth family and realizes how unjust the world really is. He watched as his first love, Dal Yi, was wrongfully put to death. Iljimae then vows to help the commoners from the corrupt government officials.
Cast
- Jung Il Woo as Il Ji Mae
- Yoon Jin Seo as Dal Yi / Wal Hee
- Kim Min Jong as Goo Ja Myeong
- Jung Hye Young as Baek Mae
Extended Cast
- Lee Kye In as Jeol Chi
- Park Geun Hyung as Kim Ja Jeom
- Park Chul Min as Wang Hyeong Bo
- Oh Young Soo as Monk Yeol Gong
- Kang Nam Gil as Bae Seon Dal
- Kim Yoo Hyun as Princess Mo Ran
- Lee Hyun Woo as Cha Dol Yi
- Sandara Park as Rie
- Jun Soo Yeon as Soo Ryun
- Lee Ho Jae as Kim Joong Hwan (Iljimae's biological father)
- Jung Joon as Kim Joon Seo (Iljimae's half brother)
- Seo Hye Won as Choon Wol
- Hwang Jung Ri as Miyamoto Musashi
- Harisu as Ki Seon Nyeo
- Kwak Min Suk as Cham Mo
- Yoon Yoo Sun
- Park Chan Hwan
- Lee Ga Hyun
- Jun Hae Ryong
- Park Kwi Soon
- Lee Jung Sung
Production Credits
- Original work: Comic by Ko Young Woo
- Production Company: Group Eight
- Director: Hwang In Roe & Kim Soo Young
- Screenwriter: Kim Kwang Sik (writer) & Do Young Myung
- Producer: