가시나무 새 / The Thorn Birds

Title: 가시나무새 / Kashinamoosae / The Thorn Birds Chinese Title : 荆棘鸟 / 刺鳥 Also known as: The Thorn Bush Bird Genre: Melodrama, romance Episodes: 20 Broadcast network: KBS World Broadcast period: 2011-Apr-13 Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 20:45 Synopsis This is the story of two women, Seo Jung Eun and Han Yoo Kyung, who walk very different paths to achieve their desires. Seo Jung Eun is a strong and courageous woman who has suffered a difficult life, having grown up in an orphanage, but continues to embrace people around her despite longing for affection herself. Jung Eun harbours the hope that she will meet her mother if she becomes a star, striving to reach her goal and overcome her suffering with her pure and innocent nature. In contrast, Han Yoo Kyung has a birth secret for which she is willing to throw away everything in order to get revenge. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung Eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard. Cast Han Hye Jin as Seo Jung Eun - Kim So Hyun as young Jung Eun Joo Sang Wook as Lee Young Jo - Lee Min Ho as young Young Jo Kim Min Jung as Han Yoo Kyung - Yoon Jung Eun as young Yoo Kyung Seo Do Young as Choi Kang Woo Cha Hwa Yun as Yoon Myung Ja Kim Ha Eun as Yang Mi Ryun Song Ok Sook as Kim Kye Soon Choi Jae Won as Park Han Soo - Kim Dong Young as young Han Soo Jung Ui Kap as Lee Young Gook Park Ji Il as Choi Jong Dal Ahn Seung Hoon (안승훈) as Yoon Myung Goo Lee Mi Young as Soon Geum Jung Eun Byul as Seo Jin Oh Hyun Kyung as Young Jo's grandfather ?? as Han Byul ?? as Yoon Hak Goo Production Credits Production Company: GnG Production Chief Producer: Bae Kyung Soo Producer: Kim Jin Woo (김진우) Director: Kim Jong Chang Screenwriter: Lee Sun Hee