Iljimae

Peasant by day, Hero by night, Iljimae.

6.9 / 1020081 Seasons

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama

Status: Ended

Creator: N/A

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Main Cast

Lee Joon-gi

Geom / Yong / Iljimae

Han Hyo-joo

Byun Eun Chae

Park Si-hoo

Shi Hoo / Ja Dol

Lee Young-ah

Bong Soon

Kim Sung-ryung

Dani

An Kil-kang

Kongkal A Je

Kim Chang-wan

King Do Po Hui

Lee Won-jong

Byeon Sik

Yeo Jin-goo

Lee Gyeom (young)

Kim Yoo-jung

Eun Chae (young)

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User Reviews

ParkMin

Aside from the obvious writing problems, the story itself felt like it was dragging its feet endlessly. Everything became tiring and dull after episode 4. The male lead was on a life mission to become more and more pathetic with each passing episode. Romance? A pale imitation. There was no spark, no cosmic alignment of hearts, just a void where chemistry should have ignited. And then, to compound matters, they slapped in a love square (pentagon?) that was infested with poorly written love interests between any and every one of them. The ending was a weak attempt at redemption. It rushed to tie up loose ends but ended up creating even more problems, leaving major gaps to what could have been a very simple wrap up.

(2010)