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COLLECTION · Series · 2008

Iljimae

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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.

Source: TMDB
* 6.9 (27)ActionAdventureDramaSouth Korea
Directors
Lee Yong-seok
Countries
South Korea
Studios
SBS · Chorokbaem Media
Runtime
45–65 min/ep
Release
21/05/2008
Score
6.9 / 10 (27)
Where to watch
Streaming
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes
Episode 1. Special
65 min

No synopsis

Season 1
20 episodes · 2008
Episode 1. Episode 1
2008-05-21 · 74 min

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…

Episode 2. Episode 2
2008-05-22 · 74 min

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…

Episode 3. Episode 3
2008-05-28 · 67 min

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…

Episode 4. Episode 4
2008-05-29 · 66 min

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…

Episode 5. Episode 5
2008-06-04 · 63 min

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…

Episode 6. Episode 6
2008-06-05 · 62 min

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…

Episode 7. Episode 7
2008-06-11 · 68 min

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,…

Episode 8. Episode 8
2008-06-12 · 65 min

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…

Episode 9. Episode 9
2008-06-18 · 61 min

Geom meets with Eun Chae by chance while he is lying on top of his old house, which Eun Chae is renovating. Shi Hoo finds a clue in the field Hopan's treasure had been stolen, and finds out how the thief, who was Geom, managed to steal…

Episode 10. Episode 10
2008-06-19 · 57 min

Yong realizes he has lost the ornament that belonged to his mother during the raid at the palace. Bong Soon sees him looking for it and realizes that he is the young boy who saved her when she was little. The noblemen hold a meeting for…

Episode 11. Episode 11
2008-06-25 · 59 min

Iljimae keeps stealing from the noblemen's houses and giving back their riches to the poor. He also helps out the shanty town where the poor people without houses and lands live so that they can start a new life. But as Yong, he is just…

Episode 12. Episode 12
2008-06-26 · 61 min

Shi Hoo finds out that Iljimae has been targeting the members of the Cheonwoo club and he got the list from his sister, Eun Chae. He warns her against his real motives, but she doesn't believe him. The whole guard troop is on stake out to…

Episode 13. Episode 13
2008-07-02 · 58 min

Yong and Shi Hoo are both trained separately under different masters, who used to be a team in the past. While Hong He teaches Yong not to kill, his former partner tells Shi Hoo to kill anyone who stands in his way. While drinking and…

Episode 14. Episode 14
2008-07-03 · 61 min

The people are enraged that the king is doing nothing and the murderer is still hiding. In the mist of a chaos where archers aim at the people, Iljimae appears, having kidnapped Jung Chi Hong, the one who killed Yang Soon. The people…

Episode 15. Episode 15
2008-07-09 · 67 min

Yong helps Shi-wan solve how Iljimae pulled the last robbery so that he doesn't get caught. Kim Ik-hee tells the huntsman that Yong should come to see him so that he can tell about his father, but he meets a strange death, and Yong is…

Episode 16. Episode 16
2008-07-10 · 68 min

After Iljimae has kidnapped Jung Myung Soo and his son so that everyone could see their humiliation, the king is left with no choice but to deport them. Chung sends back the king's son after holding him captive for 9 years. The king is…

Episode 17. Episode 17
2008-07-16 · 68 min

Swe-dol, who went to Seo Young Soo's household disguised as Iljimae, so that Yong wouldn't get caught, dies, after being tortured to death about what he might have heard while he was there. Shi Hoo is devastated, as is Yong, and Dani.…

Episode 18. Episode 18
2008-07-17 · 68 min

Iljimae sets Lord Byun and Eun Chae free, after he finds out that everyone involved in the murder of his father are now dead. Of course, he doesn't know that Lord Byun lied to him and the king is also implicated in the murder. He finds…

Episode 19. Episode 19
2008-07-23 · 64 min

In order to save Yong, Bong Soon disguises herself as Iljimae and faces Cheon and the guards. Yong Jae however knows that it's his daughter and can't kill her. Instead, he jumps over the cliff with her. Yong witnesses this and sinks into…

Episode 20. Episode 20
2008-07-24 · 66 min

Yong gets a close encounter with the king, but manages to escape. The whole plan is complete, and he only has his personal mission left, finding the sword and the man who killed his father. His partners in crime leave him alone in the…

Cast by season
Lee Joon-gi
Lee Joon-gi
Geom / Yong / Iljimae
Han Hyo-joo
Han Hyo-joo
Byun Eun Chae
Park Si-hoo
Park Si-hoo
Shi Hoo / Ja Dol
Lee Young-ah
Lee Young-ah
Bong Soon
Kim Sung-ryung
Kim Sung-ryung
Dani
An Kil-kang
An Kil-kang
Kongkal A Je
Kim Chang-wan
Kim Chang-wan
King Do Po Hui
Lee Won-jong
Lee Won-jong
Byeon Sik
Yeo Jin-goo
Yeo Jin-goo
Lee Gyeom (young)
Kim You-jung
Kim You-jung
Eun Chae (young)
David Lee
David Lee
Cha-dol / Shi-hoo (young)
Jung Da-bin
Jung Da-bin
Bong Soon (young)
Lee Il-hwa
Lee Il-hwa
Lady Han
Noh Young-hak
Noh Young-hak
Soo-mak
Yeon Jun-seok
Yeon Jun-seok
Han-woo
Lee Moon-sik
Lee Moon-sik
Seo Dol
Son Tae-young
Son Tae-young
Lee Yeon
Kim Moo-yul
Kim Moo-yul
Byeon Si-wan
Lee Won-jae
Lee Won-jae
Mak Soe
Kim Kwang-shik
Kim Kwang-shik
Guk Doo [Soe Dol's friend]
Jung Jae-eun
Jung Jae-eun
Sim Deok
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ParkMin
★ 3.0 / 10
Aside from the obvious writing problems, the story itself felt like it was dragging its feet endlessly. Everything became tiring and dull after episode 4. The male lead was on a life mission to become more and more pathetic with each passing episode. Romance? A pale imitation. There was no spark, no cosmic alignment of hearts, just a void where chemistry should have ignited. And then, to compound matters, they slapped in a love square (pentagon?) that was infested with poorly written love interests between any and every one of them. The ending was a weak attempt at redemption. It rushed to tie up loose ends but ended up creating even more problems, leaving major gaps to what could have been a very simple wrap up.
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