Giant (TV series)

Giant
Promotional poster for Giant
Genre	Period drama
Format	Television 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
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)
Broadcast
Original channel	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original run	10 May 2010 (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-hyeon 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

Episode ratings

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

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

References

External links

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