Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young

A four-part drama produced for the 100th anniversary of the occupation of Korea by Japan. Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young will be the third and final installment of a series of dramas by KBS that focus on noblesse oblige and famous inviduals who sacrificed much to provide for their fellow countrymen. Lee Hoe Young was an independence fighter who donated his savings and started a school for soldiers and scholars in China, but was later captured and tortured by the Japanese. Kimura Junpei is a Japanese reporter he meets.

Cast

• Jung Dong Hwan as Lee Hoe Young
• Ahn Jae Mo as Kimura Junpei
• Lee Ah Yi as Hong Jung Hwa
• Hong Il Kwon as Jung Hyun Sub
• Kwon Oh Joong as Baek Jung Ki
• Lee Dae Ro as Lee Suk Young
• Kim Jong Chan (김종찬) as Lee Kyu Chang
• Jun Kwang Jin (전광진) as Lee Kyu Seo
• Jo Young Jin as Sung Jae Lee Shi Young
• Choi Il Hwa as Kimura Endo (Junpei’s father)
• Kim Gyu Chul as Shanghai Asahi Shimbun Bureau Chief
• Kim Ha Kyoon as Ok Kwan Bin

Other Information

• Title: 자유인 이회영 / Jayuin Lee Hoe Young
• Also known as: Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young
• Genre: Historical
• Episodes: 4
• Broadcast network: KBS1
• Broadcast period: 2010-Aug-29 to TBA
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40

Links

• Official site

Tags: broadcast network, China, drama, Japan, Japanese, Korea