Toji, the Land

2004 South Korean television drama series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toji, the Land

Toji, the Land (Korean: 토지) is a 2004 South Korean television series based on the novel Toji (토지) written by Park Kyong-ni. The series following the story of turbulent life of Choi Seo-hee as she lives throughout the Donghak Peasant Revolution, the Eulmi Incident, the Japanese colonial era, and Korea's independence in 1945. As in the novel, the drama portrays the conflicts between individuals who are engulfed in their own desires of love and veiled enmity, rage and jealousy. Starring Kim Hyun-joo, Yoo Jun-sang, it premiered on SBS on November 26, 2004, and aired on Friday and Saturday at time-slot 20:45-21:45 (KST) till May 22, 2005.[1]

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Toji, the Land
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Hangul
토지
GenreDrama
Created bySBS
Based onToji
by Park Kyong-ni
Written by
  • Kim Myeong-ho
  • JLee Hong-goo
  • Lee Hye-seon
Directed byLee Jong-han
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerLim Byung-hoon
Producers
  • Kim Ye-ji
  • Park Woo-ram
  • Lee Hyeong-hoon
  • Kim Jae-geum
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkSBS
ReleaseNovember 26, 2004 (2004-11-26) 
May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)
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Toji
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Plot

When she was 5 years old, Seo Hee(Kim Hyun-joo)'s mother left with one of the servants, leaving her behind her father, who had never treated her well. The first shock was a preparation for her hardship. After her father was killed, her relative Joon Goo, taking advantage of her young age to gain possession of the land she rightfully owns. In these miserable years, her low status friend, Kim Gil-sang (Yoo Jun-sang) became her only support. He helped Seo Hee to run away from hometown to escape Joon Goo's plot forced Seo Hee to marry a disabled man. Then, she slowly builds her property as a merchant, driven by a desire to revenge Joon Goo and the ultimate goal is to regain the land.

Cast

Main

  • Kim Hyun-joo as Choi Seo-hee
  • Yoo Jun-sang as Kim Gil-sang
    • Seo Ji-won as child Gil-sang
    • Kim Ji-hoon as young Gil-sang
  • Lee Jae-eun as Bong-soon/Ki-hwa
    • Kim Han-bi as child Bong-soon/Ki-hwa
    • Hahm Eun-jung as young Bong-soon/Ki-hwa
  • Jung Chan as Lee Sang-hyun
    • Jeong Se-in as young Sang-hyun
  • Hae Hae-jin as Kim Pyeong-san/Kim Doo-su
    • Kim Hoon-gi as young Pyeong-san/Doo-su

People of Choi Cham-pan

Pyeongsari people

  • Park Sang-won as Lee Yong
  • Kim Yeo-jin as Kang Cheong-daek
  • Park Ji-young as Im In-ne
  • Kim Hye-sun as Gong Wol-seun
  • Yang Geum-seok as Ha Man-daek
  • Jeong Jong-jun as Kang Po-su
  • Bae Do-hwan as Lee Chil-seong
  • Lee Won-jae as Kim I-pyung
  • Jung Kyung-soon as Pyeong Sa-ri's widow
  • Park Yong-soo as Kim Young-pal
  • Lee Soon-jae as Kim Hoon-jang
  • Choi Gyu-hwan as Kim Doo-man
  • Kwon Jae-hwan as Kim Han-bok
    • Won Jang-hee as young Han-bok

People of Seohee's house

  • Oh Tae-kyung as Choi Yoon-guk
    • Won Deok-hyeon as child Yoon-guk
  • Jang Hee-jin as Lee Yang-hyeon
  • Lee Joo-seok as Choi Hwan-guk
    • Kim Seung-wook as child Hwan-guk
    • Kim Seok as young Hwan-guk
  • Park Mi-young as Hwang Deok-hee
  • Shin Sung-woon as Butler Jang Yeon-hak
  • Kim So-hyun as Sae-chim

Independence activists

  • Park Si-eun as Yoo In-shil
  • Kim Ji-wan as Jiro Ogada
  • Park Jin-hyung as Jeong-seok

People from Im Myeong-hee's side

  • Jung Ha-na as Im Myeong-hee
  • Lee Chang as Jo Chan-ha
  • Kim Il-woo as Jo Yong-ha
  • Kim Mi-ra as No Ri-ko
  • Kim Hee-jun as Im Myeong-bin

Yongjeong

  • Oh Yoon-hong as Ok-ne
  • Kwon Soo-hyun as Ok-i
  • Lee Jung-gil as Gong No-myeon
  • Kim Seon-young as Bang's wife
  • Yeom Hyeon-hee as Gong Song-ae
  • Ha Da-som as Shim Geum-nyeo

Others

  • Go Joo-won as Song Young-kwang
  • Ahn Joo-hee as Kang Hye-sook
  • Jung Wook as Lee Hong
  • Lee Kyung-wha as Heo Bo-yeon
  • Lee Eon-jeong as Jang-yi
  • Jeon Hyun-ah as Lee Im
  • Lee Young-ah as Lee Sang-sang
  • Park Sang-gyu as Lee Dong-jin
  • Park Jin-seong as Song Gwan-soo
  • Kwak Jung-wook as Kang Doo-me
  • Lee Seung-hyung as Hwang Tae-soo
  • Im Seo-yeon as Doo-ri
  • Bae Min-hee as Sam-wol
  • Min Wook
  • Shin Goo as Doctor Moon
  • Lee Seung-cheol as Kim Gae-joo
  • Lim Il-gyu as Kang Doo-me
  • Oh A-rang
  • Lee Tae-hoon as Monk Woo-gwan
  • Yang Dong-jae
  • Maeng Ho-rim
  • Kwon Ki-seon
  • Kwon Kyung-ha
  • Kwon Bok-soon
  • Kim Shin-rok as Han-bok's wife
  • Kim Hwa-ran
  • Jeong Jong-hoon as Master Hye-kwan
  • Kim Hak-yong
  • Jo Jung-guk as Yong-chil
  • Kim Soon-yi
  • Park Yoon-jung

Production

Casting

In 2003, SBS confirmed Kim Hyun-joo was chosen as the main role of Choi Seo-hee [2]

Development

In October 2003, the drama started filming in Hadong.[2]

The production cost 15 billion won. New setting for the drama were built in Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province and Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea. In Hadong, about 40 houses were built centered on Choi Champandaek, which now become a tourist attraction.[3][4] And about 80 houses were built in Hoengseong, which contains realistic scenes of Yongjeong, Hoeryong and Jinju, as well as Harbin, China and Japan during the Japanese colonial period.[3]

Note

This 2004 version drama was the first drama produced after the novel Toji was completed, has been evaluated to have fully captured the thoughts and thoughts of writer Park Kyongni.

Broadcasting changes and extension

  • The broadcast of episode scheduled on December 19, 2004, was cancelled due to the friendly football match Korea vs Germany.

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Nominee Result Ref.
SBS Drama Awards 2005 Best Drama LandWon [5][6]
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Yoo Jun-sangWon
Best Actor in a Serial Drama Lee Soon-jaeWon
Top Excellence Award, Actress Kim Hyun-jooNominated
Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama Nominated
Netizen Popularity AwardWon
Top 10 Star AwardWon
Best Supporting Actor Kim Kap-sooWon
New Star Award Jo AnWon
Child Actor Award Bae Na-yeonWon
Child Actor Award Hahm Eun-Jung Won
32nd Korea Broadcasting Awards Best Producer Lee Jong-han Won
42nd Baeksang Arts Awards 2006 Best Drama LandWon [7]
Best Director (TV) Lee Jong-hanNominated
Best Actress (TV) Kim Hyun-joo Nominated
Seoul International Drama Awards Best TV Picture Land Won [8]
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