Giant (TV series)

Giant
Promotional poster for Giant
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Jang Young-chul Jung Kyung-soon
Directed by	Yoo In-shik Lee Chang-min
Starring	Lee Beom-soo Park Jin-hee Joo Sang-wook Hwang Jung-eum Park Sang-min Jeong Bo-seok Lee Moon-sik
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	60
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST)
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release	10 May (2010-05-10) – 7 December 2010 (2010-12-07)
Chronology
Preceded by	Jejungwon
Followed by	Athena: Goddess of War
External links
Website

Giant (Hangul: 자이언트; RR: Jaieonteu) is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.^[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The plot revolves around the lives of the three Lee children: Kang-mo, Sung-mo, and Mi-joo. Their father was killed by Hwang Tae-seob and Jo Pil-yeon, and their mother died in an accident. As a result, the children were separated. Ironically for Kang-mo and Sung-mo, they were both raised by their father's killers: Kang-mo helped Hwang Tae-seob avoid bankruptcy by advocating the use of a different landfill material, and was later adopted by Tae-seob, and Sung-mo was raised by Jo Pil-yeon, who is a KCIA official. After growing up and knowing the truth, the brothers set off on a quest for revenge. Mi-joo and Jo Pil-yeon's son, Min-woo, fall in love but cannot be allowed together because their families are enemies. Mi-joo becomes pregnant and goes into hiding while Min-woo desperately searches for her. The whole series revolves around the brothers trying to bring down Jo Pil-yeon, who is also cunning and slippery in his political tactics. Later, Sung-mo is shot in the head by an agent of Jo Pil-yeon. Miraculously, he survived, and had to hide from the KCIA. Jo Pil-yeon tries to work in the government by making false papers. Kang-mo finds out that Sung-mo has knowledge of the contents of the real papers, and finds him. They release the papers, and Jo Pil-yeon fails his objective. He runs away, but is later found and arrested. Sung-mo undergoes surgery to take the bullet out of his head, but tragically dies. Many years later, a now-insane Jo Pil-yeon breaks out of prison to try to murder Kang-mo, but fails, and he commits suicide afterwards. The last scene shows Kang-mo receiving word from his wife Hwang Jung-yeon (Hwang Tae-seob's daughter) that his long-lost brother (a fourth sibling who was adopted by an American couple many years ago) has come to visit him....

Cast

Main characters

• Lee Beom-soo as Lee Kang-Mo
  • Yeo Jin-goo as young Kang-mo^[5]
• Park Jin-hee as Hwang Jung-yeon^[6]
  • Nam Ji-hyun as young Jung-yeon
• Joo Sang-wook as Jo Min-woo
  • Noh Young-hak as young Min-woo
• Hwang Jung-eum as Lee Mi-joo^[7]
  • Park Ha-young as young Mi-joo
• Park Sang-min as Lee Sung-Mo
  • Kim Soo-hyun as young Sung-mo
• Jeong Bo-seok as Jo Pil-yeon
• Lee Deok-hwa as Hwang Tae-seob
• Kim Seo-hyung as Yoo Kyung-ok
• Lee Moon-sik as Park So-tae
  • Seo Ji-won as young So-tae

Supporting characters

Ratings

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

Country	Network
Vietnam	HTV2 HTV3 SET
Japan	Fuji Satellite TV
Taiwan	GTV Next TV
Hong Kong	ATV Home
Indonesia	LBS TV K-Drama
United States	Zhong Want TV
Philippines	TV5

References

External links

• Giant official SBS website (Korean)
• Giant at HanCinema
• Giant at the Internet Movie Database