The President (South Korean TV series)

The President
Promotional poster
Genre	Drama, Political
Based on	Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President by Kaiji Kawaguchi[1]
Written by	Son Young-mok Jung Hyun-min Son Ji-hye
Directed by	Kim Hyung-il
Starring	Choi Soo-jong Ha Hee-ra
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producers	Shin Chang-suk Kim Sang-hwi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 (KST)
Release
Original network	KBS 2TV
Original release	December 15, 2010 (2010-12-15) – February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24)

The President (Korean: 프레지던트; RR: Peurejideonteu; lit. President) is a South Korean television series starring real-life married couple Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra as Korea's president and his first lady. This is their first acting collaboration. It aired on KBS2 from December 15, 2010, to February 24, 2011, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 for 24 episodes.^[2][3]

Plot

The drama follows the presidential election process to shed light on the right way of politics, the qualifications of a future Korean president, and also the personal tribulations and ambitions of politicians hidden behind the power struggles. Three months before the presidential nominating convention, Jang Il-joon, from the New Wave Party, declared his candidacy. On that same day, a woman died in a gas explosion in Sam-Chuk. There is little doubt that the accident and the nomination of Jang Il-joon are related. Meanwhile, Yoo Min-ki, a documentary producer, heard of his mother's sudden death and headed for Sam-Chuk. As he cast his mother's ashes in the sea, he thought of his childhood: his father always blurt out that Min-ki was not his own son whenever he was drunk. Min-ki believed that his father was telling the truth because he had seen his mother tearing up and looking at an old photograph of a man often. Min-ki discovered that the photograph was gone when he was cleaning up his mother's belongings. After the funeral, Min-ki returned to Seoul and Jang Il-joon asked Min-ki to work as a PR agent to record the election campaign process. Min-ki asked Il-joon why he was chosen, and Il-joon confessed that Min-ki was his son. The man in the picture Min-ki had seen was Jang Il-joon. However, Min-ki felt something had gone wrong as he realized that the picture had disappeared. Now Min-ki suspects that his mother's death was not an accident and that Jang Il-joon had actually killed her.

Errors

Episode 9

At the election in Gangwon-Do the total number of votes cast is 1,530. 6 of these votes are spoiled, so the total number of valid votes is 1,524. However, according to the English subtitles, the votes cast for the four candidates add up to 1,531.

Casts

Main cast

• Choi Soo-jong as Jang Il-joon
• Ha Hee-ra as Jo So-hee
• Jay Kim as Yoo Min-ki
• Wang Ji-hye as Jang In-young
• Lee Sungmin as Jang Sung-min^[4]

Supporting cast

• Kang Shin-il as Lee Chi-soo
• Im Ji-eun as Oh Jae-hee
• Lee Doo-il as Hong Sung-goo
• Kim Heung-soo as Ki Soo-chan
• Park Mi-jin as Jang Se-bin
• Shin Choong-shik as Jo Tae-ho
• Choi Dong-joon as Jo Sang-jin
• Kim Ye-ryeong as Yoo Jung-hye
• Kang Shin-jo as Hwang Chul-woo
• Jung Han-yong as Lee Soo-myung
• Yang Hee-kyung as Choi Jung-im
• Byun Hee-bong as Go Sang-ryul
• Lee Ki-yeol as Park Eul-sub
• Kim Jung-nan as Shin Hee-joo
• Hong Yo-seob as Kim Kyung-mo
• Kim Kyu-chul as Baek Chan-ki

Guest cast

• Jung Dong-hwan as Han Dae-woon (cameo)

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• The President on KBS World

• The President at HanCinema

This page was last edited on 24 October 2023, at 16:48