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Giant (Korean: 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, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:55 (KST) 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.[2][3][4][5]
| Giant | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 자이언트 |
| Revised Romanization | Jaieonteu |
| Genre | Period drama |
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| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Oh Se-jang |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production company | JS Pictures |
| Budget | ₩10 billion[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | May 10 – December 7, 2010 |
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The plot revolves around the lives of the three Lee children: Kang-mo (Lee Beom-soo), Sung-mo (Park Sang-min), and Mi-joo (Hwang Jung-eum). Their father is killed by Hwang Tae-seob (Lee Deok-hwa) and Jo Pil-yeon (Jeong Bo-seok), and their mother dies in an accident. As a result, the children are separated.
Kang-mo and Sung-mo are raised by their father's killers. Kang-mo helps Hwang Tae-seob avoid bankruptcy by advocating the use of a different landfill material, and is later adopted by Tae-seob. Meanwhile, Sung-mo is raised by Jo Pil-yeon, who is a KCIA official. After growing up and finding out 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 to be 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 cunning and slippery in his political tactics. Later, Sung-mo is shot in the head by an agent of Jo Pil-yeon. Miraculously, he survives and has to hide from the KCIA. Jo Pil-yeon tries to work in the government by making false papers, but 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 have the bullet taken out of his head, but he tragically dies.
Many years later, a now-insane Jo Pil-yeon breaks out of prison to try to murder Kang-mo, but he fails and 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.
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Main
- Lee Beom-soo as Lee Kang-mo
- Yeo Jin-goo as young Kang-mo[6]
- Park Jin-hee as Hwang Jung-yeon[7]
- 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[8]
- 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
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Jung Young-sun, Kang-mo's mother
- Yoon Hyung-kwan as Yeom Jae-soo
- Shin Seung-hwan as Yeom Shi-deok
- Jung Seung-won as young Shi-deok
- Choi Ha-na as Yeom Kyung-ja
- Han Kyung-sun as Lee Bok-ja
- Im Jong-yoon as Yoon Ki-hoon
- Moon Hee-kyung as Oh Nam-sook
- Kim Jung-hyun as Hwang Jung-shik
- Jang Soon-gook as Joo Young-gook
- Lee Seung-hyung as Moon Sung-joong
- Park No-shik as Park Choong-kwon
- Song Kyung-chul as Nam Young-chul
- Bang Kil-seung as drill instructor
- Hong Yeo-jin as Yang Myung-ja
- Yoon Yong-hyun as Go Jae-choon
- Hwang Taek-ha as Yoo Chan-sung
- Lee Hyo-jung as Han Myung-seok
- Kim Hak-chul as Oh Byung-tak
- Lee Ki-young as Min Hong-ki
- Im Hyuk as Baek Pa
- Jung Gyu-soo as Lee Dae-soo
- Son Byong-ho as Hong Ki-pyo
- Lee Eun-jung as Ji-na
- Jeon Jin-gi as detective lieutenant
- Kim Sung-oh as Cha Bu-chul
- Han Da-min as Cheon Soo-yeon
- Kim Eui-jin as Woo-joo
- Choi Gun-woo as Lee Joon-mo
- Lee Won-il as young Joon-mo
- Lee Soo-jin as Nurse Kim
- Yoo Ho-rin as Ji Yeon-soo
- Kim Young-sun as Yoon Ki-hoon's wife
- Moon Ji-in as female employee at Manbo Construction
- Choi Min as gang boss
- Min Joon-hyun
- Kim Ga-eun
- Ji-yoo
- Qri as Bunny Girls (cameo)
- Park So-yeon as Bunny Girls (cameo)
- Shin Shin-ae as Inn's hostess (cameo)
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| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | May 10, 2010 | 10.0% | 12.1% |
| 2 | 13.5% | ||
| 3 | May 11, 2010 | 11.6% | 12.4% |
| 4 | May 17, 2010 | 11.0% | 10.4% |
| 5 | May 18, 2010 | 13.3% | 13.1% |
| 6 | May 24, 2010 | 13.9% | 14.8% |
| 7 | May 25, 2010 | 14.7% | 14.7% |
| 8 | May 31, 2010 | 14.8% | 14.8% |
| 9 | June 1, 2010 | 15.4% | 16.3% |
| 10 | June 7, 2010 | 13.8% | 13.8% |
| 11 | June 8, 2010 | 14.9% | 14.6% |
| 12 | June 22, 2010 | 12.4% | 12.5% |
| 13 | June 28, 2010 | 12.8% | 12.9% |
| 14 | June 29, 2010 | 14.4% | 15.2% |
| 15 | July 5, 2010 | 14.3% | 14.4% |
| 16 | July 6, 2010 | 14.8% | 14.7% |
| 17 | July 12, 2010 | 16.4% | 17.6% |
| 18 | July 13, 2010 | 18.2% | 18.4% |
| 19 | July 19, 2010 | 16.4% | 16.6% |
| 20 | July 20, 2010 | 18.9% | 19.6% |
| 21 | July 26, 2010 | 17.4% | 18.4% |
| 22 | July 27, 2010 | 19.1% | 20.7% |
| 23 | August 2, 2010 | 19.2% | 20.2% |
| 24 | August 3, 2010 | 20.7% | 20.8% |
| 25 | August 9, 2010 | 21.4% | 22.2% |
| 26 | August 10, 2010 | 22.9% | 23.7% |
| 27 | August 16, 2010 | 22.4% | 22.2% |
| 28 | August 17, 2010 | 24.9% | 25.3% |
| 29 | August 23, 2010 | 22.4% | 23.4% |
| 30 | August 24, 2010 | 21.0% | 21.2% |
| 31 | August 30, 2010 | 20.9% | 21.4% |
| 32 | August 31, 2010 | 22.2% | 22.8% |
| 33 | September 6, 2010 | 22.6% | 23.1% |
| 34 | September 7, 2010 | 24.2% | 23.9% |
| 35 | September 13, 2010 | 23.6% | 23.8% |
| 36 | September 14, 2010 | 24.2% | 24.5% |
| 37 | September 20, 2010 | 20.6% | 19.9% |
| 38 | September 21, 2010 | 17.6% | 17.6% |
| 39 | September 27, 2010 | 22.3% | 22.1% |
| 40 | September 28, 2010 | 23.1% | 23.0% |
| 41 | October 4, 2010 | 22.5% | 22.3% |
| 42 | October 5, 2010 | 24.7% | 25.1% |
| 43 | October 11, 2010 | 27.9% | 28.3% |
| 44 | October 12, 2010 | 24.0% | 23.9% |
| 45 | October 18, 2010 | 28.9% | 30.4% |
| 46 | October 19, 2010 | 28.5% | 28.8% |
| 47 | October 25, 2010 | 28.1% | 29.3% |
| 48 | October 26, 2010 | 29.2% | 30.9% |
| 49 | November 1, 2010 | 28.0% | 28.7% |
| 50 | November 2, 2010 | 29.8% | 30.2% |
| 51 | November 8, 2010 | 29.5% | 30.3% |
| 52 | November 9, 2010 | 29.7% | 30.0% |
| 53 | November 15, 2010 | 29.2% | 29.3% |
| 54 | November 16, 2010 | 29.7% | 29.8% |
| 55 | November 22, 2010 | 30.7% | 30.2% |
| 56 | November 23, 2010 | 29.1% | 29.1% |
| 57 | November 29, 2010 | 31.4% | 32.3% |
| 58 | November 30, 2010 | 32.7% | 32.8% |
| 59 | December 6, 2010 | 32.7% | 33.2% |
| 60 | December 7, 2010 | 38.2% | 38.6% |
| Average | 21.7% | 22.0% | |
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| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Actor | Lee Beom-soo | Nominated | ||
23rd Grimae Awards | Best Actress | Hwang Jung-eum | Won | ||
| Drama of the Year | Giant | Won | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama | Lee Beom-soo | Won | |||
| Park Sang-min | Nominated | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama | Jeong Bo-seok | Won | |||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama | Park Jin-hee | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Special Planning Drama | Lee Deok-hwa | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama | Hwang Jung-eum | Nominated | |||
| Kim Seo-hyung | Nominated | ||||
| PD Award | Park Sang-min | Won | |||
| Top 10 Stars | Jeong Bo-seok | Won | |||
| Lee Beom-soo | Won | ||||
| Park Jin-hee | Won | ||||
| New Star Award | Hwang Jung-eum | Won | |||
| Joo Sang-wook | Won | ||||
| Kim Soo-hyun | Won | ||||
| Best Couple Award | Joo Sang-wook and Hwang Jung-eum | Won | |||
| DramaBeans Awards | Favourite Drama of 2010 | Giant | Nominated | [10] | |
| 2011 | Best TV Actor | Lee Beom-soo | Won | ||
| [13] | Best Drama | Giant | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor (TV) | Lee Beom-soo | Nominated | |||
| Jeong Bo-seok | Won | ||||
| Best Director (TV) | Yoo In-shik | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay (TV) | Jang Young-chul, Jung Kyung-soon | Nominated | |||
| Male Popularity Award - TV | Lee Beom-soo | Nominated | |||
| Male Popularity Award - TV | Jeong Bo-seok | Nominated | |||
| Male Popularity Award - TV | Joo Sang-wook | Nominated | |||
| Female Popularity Award - TV | Hwang Jung-eum | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Lee Beom-soo | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Joo Sang-wook | Won | |||
| Kim Sung-oh | Nominated | ||||
| 38th Korea Broadcasting Awards | Best Full-length Drama | Giant | Won | ||
| Best Writer(s) | Jang Young-chul, Jung Kyung-soon | Won |
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