Empire of Gold 황금의 제국
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: SBS
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Release Date: July, 2013
Director: Jo Nam-Kook
Screenwriter: Park Kyung-Soo
Airing after: Jang Ok Jung
Website: http://tv.sbs.co.kr/sbsgold/
Synopsis
A drama about the power struggle within a rich family living through
Korea′s turbulent economy of the 1990s. It will cover a twenty-year span
from 1990 to 2010, and follow the power struggle between three people
for control of one chaebol empire. Jang Tae Joo (Go Soo)
is the man who will build up his so-called empire of gold from nothing
and raises his little sister on his own after their father dies. He fall
in love with Choi Seo Yoon (Lee Yo Won),an chaebol heiress. But his biggest rival is her cousin Choi Min Jae (Son Hyun Joo).
Cast
Ko Soo as Jang Tae Joo
Handsome, smart, tough, he’s such a perfect man. But he doesn’t have one thing : money.
It brings lot of humiliation and disgrace. He lost his father because of poverty and he doesn’t want to have the same fate. Then he joined an enterprise, Sungjin Group, and hoped to build a success story. But his job was only a guard and the future heir of the company bullied him and betrayed him. Tae Joo started to grow ambition and moved with dangerous plot.
Lee Yo Won as Choi Seo Yoon
Second daughter of Chairman Choi Dong Sung, owner of Sungjin Group. She has pride and brave.
When she was in junior high school, her father was in the list of 10 wealthiest men in South Korea. She never watched price tag whenever she bought something.
People said that Sungjin Group is a golden enterprise but Seo Yoon knew what the truth behind the gold. There was a shadow of betray, trickery, conspiracy and blood. She wanted simple life than a princess of an empire of blood.
But , when she saw her incapable brother and childish older sister, she knew that she’s the person-in-charge for the empire. While she stood against storm for her empire, she also slowly exhausted.
At that time, Tae Joo appeared. The tragedy of a princess, who loves beast, starts.
Son Hyun Joo as Choi Min Jae
The son of the vice president of Sungjin Group, Choi Dong In. Nephew of the chairman of Sungjin Group, Choi Dong Sung.
He’s intelligent, courteous, he doesn’t easily show his emotion. He keeps both ambition-of-being emperor and smartness of hiding it.
The original son of Chairman, Won Have is more stupid that he thought. But his uncle, the Chairman, removed him (Min Jae) to protect his real son. Min Jae battles against Seo Yoon fiercely but he starts to scare when he fights against Tae Joo who joins the empire.
Jang Shin-Young as Yoon Seol Hee
Tae Joo’s senior in high school. She’s poor and wanted to be free from poverty badly.
Using her beauty, she starts real-estate consulting business. Men are her tools to reach her dream, but it changes after she meet Tae Joo again. She loves him.
Ryu Seung-Soo as Jo Pil Do
Former gangster, now real estate developer.
When he run real-estate consulting company, he often quarreled with Tae Joo. But after Tae Joo saved him from bankruptcy, he becomes Tae Joo’s right hand man.
Sung Jin Group
Park Geun Hyung as Choi Dong Sung
Kim Mi Sook as Han Jung Hee
Uhm Hyo Sup as Choi Won Jae
Go Eun Mi as Park Eun Jung
Shin Dong Mi as Choi Jung Yoon
Jung Wook as Son Dong Hwi
Lee Hyun Jin as Choi Sung Jae
Jung Han Yong as Choi Dong Jin
People around Jang Tae Joo
Nam Il Woo as Jang Bong Ho
Sun Woo Eun Sook as Tae Joo's mother
Yoon Seung Ah as Jang Hee Joo
Kim Kang Hyun as Na Choon Ho
Lee Won Jae as Kim Kwang Se
Kim Jung Hak as Shin Jong Ho
Others
Choi Yong Min as Park Jin Tae
Park Ji Il as Kang Ho Yun
Jin Seo Yun as Jung Yoo Jin
Teaser
5Mins teaser
OST
황금의 제국 OST Part 1 / Empire of Gold OST Part 1
- 가슴에 새긴다(Lodged in My Heart) by 연규성(Yeon Kyu Sung)
source: http://asianwiki.com/Golden_Empire_-_Korean_Drama
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Empire_of_Gold
character description: http://allkoreandrama.com/empire-of-gold/