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The Thorn Birds(2011)

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Overview

The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thornbird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

Series Cast

Han Hye-jin photo

Han Hye-jin

Seo Jung-eun

Kim Min-jung photo

Kim Min-jung

Han Yoo Kyung

Ju Sang-uk photo

Ju Sang-uk

Lee YoungJo

Kim So-hyun photo

Kim So-hyun

Seo Jung Eun (young)

Cha Hwa-yeon photo

Cha Hwa-yeon

Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin

Seo Do-young photo

Seo Do-young

Choi Kang-woo

Kim Ha-eun photo

Kim Ha-eun

Yang Mi-ryun

Kim Dong-young photo

Kim Dong-young

Park Han-Soo (young)

Song Ok-suk photo

Song Ok-suk

Kim Kye-soon

Lee Won-jae photo

Lee Won-jae

Yoon Hak-goo

Show Stats

StatusEnded

NetworkKBS2

TypeScripted

Original LanguageKorean

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