Into the Flames explained

Alt Name:	Into the Fire
Genre:	Period drama
Director:	Kim Sang-rae
Starring:	Choi Soo-jong Ryu Jin Son Tae-young Lee In-hye
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	20
Executive Producer:	Choi Byung-hwa
Producer:	Jung Hoe-seok Lee Kyung-seon Jung Hyung-seo
Location:	Korea
Runtime:	Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST)
Company:	Kangho Production
Channel:	TV Chosun

Into the Flames is a 2014 South Korean television series. It aired on cable channel TV Chosun on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes from April 25 to June 28, 2014.^{[1] [2]}

Synopsis

Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO,^{[3] [4]} this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the colonial era and the Korean War with a relentless pursuit of economic innovation, and the choices they made in the name of love, loyalty and sacrifice. Park worked tirelessly to build a mill that produced steel, which became pivotal to Korea's modernization.^[5]

The early working title was Park's moniker Steel King .^{[6] [7]}

Cast

Main characters

• • • Choi Soo-jong as Park Tae-hyung Kim Kwon as young Park Tae-hyung
• Ryu Jin as Shin Dae-chul
  • Yoon Hong-bin as young Shin Dae-chul
• Son Tae-young as Kumiko
  • Kim Ye-won as young Kumiko
• Lee In-hye as Jang Ok-sun
• Choi Cheol-ho as Choi Jong-ho
• Dokgo Young-jae as the President
• Jung Ho-bin as Alan Kissinger

Supporting characters

Yeongil Bay Steel Mill

• Hong Il-kwon as Hwang Joon-suk
• Park Sang-myun as Park Jong-yeol
• Lee Ki-chan as Ahn Seung-joo
• Kim Jin-keun as Kim Byung-hoon
• Lee Won-seok as Yeon Bong-chool
• Gong Jeong-hwan as Jung Sang-ho
• Lee Jong-soo as Kim Sang-chul
• Lee Jeong-yong as Choi Dal-ho
• Choi Kyu-hwan as Chae Ki-joo
• Hong Ah-reum as Ha Cheo-soon

Shinsekai Trading Company

• Lee Chul-min as Takeda
  • Kim Hyun-joon as young Takeda
• Go Myung-hwan as Abe
  • Kim Min-ho as young Abe

Extended cast

• Lee Young-hoo as Yasuoka
• Jeon Soo-kyeong as Yang Hwa-ja
• Cho Young-seo Mrs. Seoul
• Hyun Suk as Tae-hyung's father
• Kim Min-kyung as Tae-hyung's mother
• Park Yong-soo as Kohei
• Jung Myung-hwan as Yamamoto
• Kim Ki-doo

External links

• Into the Flames official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lee. Sun-min. Posco story coming to TV. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-04-13. 4 January 2014.
2. Web site: Kim. Gwang-kuk. ko:고(故) 최태준 일대기 그린 ‘불꽃 속으로’, 역사 논란 피해갈까. http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/240335. TenAsia. Korean. 2014-04-13. 9 April 2014. 2014-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413134921/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/240335. dead.
3. Web site: Kang. Seung-woo. Steel King Park Tae-joon dies. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124515/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/01/602_100750.html. dead. April 13, 2014. The Korea Times. 2014-04-13. 13 December 2011.
4. Web site: Childs. Martin. Park Tae-Joon: Steel magnate who transformed South Korean fortunes. The Independent. 2014-04-13. 22 December 2011.
5. Web site: Choi Su-jong headlines cable period drama Into the Fire. Dramabeans. 2014-04-13. 3 January 2014.
6. Web site: Cho. Hye-gyung. Ji-eun. Seo. Posco's Park to be subject of 24-part TV series. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-04-13. 16 June 2012.
7. Web site: Into The Fire TV Chosun Finalized Featuring The Late Park Tae Jun. KDramaStars. 2014-04-13. 6 November 2013.