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Iljimae

일지매

Peasant by day, Hero by night, Iljimae.

Action & AdventureDrama
2008
1 Season
20 Episodes
KO
Ended
15

About

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he leaves behind a wooden branch from a plum tree at the site of the robbery to take responsibility for the robbery. The poor citizens only know him as Iljimae. Bong Soon is a hilarious girl with good martial art skills and lives as a swindler. She only loves Ryung and sacrifices her whole life for him. Eun Chae is a government official's daughter and is good in nature and usually helps miserable people. She meets Iljimae once by chance, and their sweet love story begins. However, her love puts Iljimae in a dangerous situation because an Imperial Guard also loves her.

#sword fight#romance#historical fiction#hidden identity#hidden agenda#found family#secret#hidden personality#based on manhwa

Cast

Lee Joon-gi

Lee Joon-gi

as Geom / Yong / Iljimae

Han Hyo-joo

Han Hyo-joo

as Byun Eun Chae

Park Si-hoo

Park Si-hoo

as Shi Hoo / Ja Dol

Lee Young-ah

Lee Young-ah

as Bong Soon

Kim Sung-ryung

Kim Sung-ryung

as Dani

An Kil-kang

An Kil-kang

as Kongkal A Je

Kim Chang-wan

Kim Chang-wan

as King Do Po Hui

Lee Won-jong

Lee Won-jong

as Byeon Sik

Yeo Jin-goo

Yeo Jin-goo

as Lee Gyeom (young)

Kim Yoo-jung

Kim Yoo-jung

as Eun Chae (young)

David Lee

David Lee

as Cha-dol / Shi-hoo (young)

Jung Da-bin

Jung Da-bin

as Bong Soon (young)

Lee Il-hwa

Lee Il-hwa

as Lady Han

Noh Young-hak

Noh Young-hak

as Soo-mak

Yeon Jun-seok

Yeon Jun-seok

as Han-woo

Lee Moon-sik

Lee Moon-sik

as Seo Dol

Son Tae-young

Son Tae-young

as Lee Yeon

Kim Moo-yul

Kim Moo-yul

as Byeon Si-wan

Lee Won-jae

Lee Won-jae

as Mak Soe

Kim Kwang-shik

Kim Kwang-shik

as Guk Doo [Soe Dol's friend]

Episodes

Season 1

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E1

Episode 1

May 21, 20081h 14m

Il Ji Mae is a Chosun Dynasty outlaw who steals from corrupt officials and gives back to the poor. But the masked outlaw didn't start out trying to be the hero of the common folk. The young man wants to track down a sword that was used to kill his father and bring the sword's owner to justice.

E2

Episode 2

May 22, 20081h 14m

Geom is frightened inside the closet. Geom and Yong Jae's eye contacts, but Yong Jae tells that there is nothing in the closet. Soon after, Swe Dol finds someone in the closet and brings the closet to home. The next day Dani finds out that the boy in the closet is Lee Won Ho's son and is shocked by the fact. Meanwhile, Geom returns to his ruined house and pledges that he will never forget what they did to his family.

E3

Episode 3

May 28, 20081h 7m

On the frozen river, Yong is drowning. The stone attached to his feet is pulling him down. Meanwhile, Swe Dol searches for Yong and finds out that Shi Wan tried to kill his son. Yong wakes up in a stranger's house, where a strange lord asks him that whether Yong is the Geom or not. Yong says that he doesn't remember anything and that he is not the person that the lord is looking for.

E4

Episode 4

May 29, 20081h 6m

In an arena, Yong is knocked down on the floor and bleeding. Shi Hoo begs him to surrender before he kills Yong, but Yong refuses and tells Shi Hoo that if he loses the fight, his father will lose his hand. On the way back, Yong is attacked by the gangs and get caught, but he struggles out and runs. Unfortunately, Yong bumps his head on the stone while fighting and starts to remember his childhood. Meanwhile, Swe Dol saves his hand but instead loses his teeth.

E5

Episode 5

Jun 4, 20081h 3m

Bong Soon and her father continue their scheme, but Yong finds them and takes back the money he was scammed for. While he asks Slick to find back his mother and sister, Bong Soon overhears him and decides to scam him again for that. On the other hand, Hunter Jang is on to something and is sure that Yong is the son of a traitor. He wants to catch him, denounce him, and get the compensation money to pay off his debt to Slick. Bong Soon tries to get some documents that might help him find his mother and sister, but these documents are sealed in a secret vault. While Yong...

E6

Episode 6

Jun 5, 20081h 2m

Shi Hoo is hurt while stopping Sa Cheon's man from killing the man who had the message from Kwon Doo Hyun, which makes him difficult to train for the civil service exam. Bong Soon and her father get scammed by a woman and her son and lose all their money. But Yong finds them and decides to gather their wages from the inn to compensate for his loss. He also asks Slick to find his sister. Slick finds her, but she is accused of running away after hitting a guard and the reunion doesn't happen. Yong, who had even given up his civil service exam to look for his sister, is ...

E7

Episode 7

Jun 11, 20081h 8m

Geom's sister is caught and thrown into prison and tortured so that she can tell the authorities where her brother is. However, she resists all torture. Yong is thrown into the same cell but fails to recognize her. Upon hearing his name, his sister recognizes that Yong is Geom, but stays quiet. After Yong finds out too, he tries to save his sister from hanging, but his plan go amiss and she is executed. He plots revenge for the life of his father and his sister and decides to join the Castor Oil gang so that he can go around looking for a special sword around the ...

E8

Episode 8

Jun 12, 20081h 5m

Geom decides to use his position at the Castor Oil gang to go around the noblemen's house to find the sword with the special pattern. To do that, he needs to learn how thieves operate so that he can go at night. He convinces Swe Dol to teach him, telling him that he will need to pass his examination to become a guard. He steals a drawing from the Hopan household, which he discards as unimportant. Dae shik finds it and is convinced that it's a drawing of his father who was taken as a hostage during the war. However, the drawing turns out to be very precious and ...

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