Drama Synopsis : Basketball

Title: 빠스껫볼 / Basketball

Chinese Title: 篮球

Genre: Period, Sport, Romance, Action

Episodes: 18 + 1 Special

Broadcast network: tvN

Broadcast period: 2013-Oct-14 to 2013-Dec-17

Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00

Synopsis

Set over the turbulent years of the japanese occupation until independence, and some three years before the division connected with Korea into North plus South, the story is around the first and past time that Korea had a particular, unified national basketball staff, which made history by advancing towards quarterfinals of the 1948 birmingham Olympics.

The drama practices the loves, conflicts, unity, and emotional victory with young athletes who cling on the sport as the bright spot inside the darkness of their occasions.

Kang San (Do Ji Han) is from the poor family. He struggles to get off poverty. Through the activity of basketball, he becomes successful in addition to meets Choi Shin youthful (Lee Elijah) who come at a rich family. He dreams with their love overcoming the disparity inside their social standing.

Meanwhile, Min Chi Ho (Jung Dong Hyun) may be a basketball star enjoying countrywide popularity. With his fame, he inspires pride in addition to spirit in his compatriots while in the midst of the difficulties suffered in the Japanese occupation. He in addition to Kang San become rivals in basketball and appreciate.

Cast

Main Cast

Do Ji Han as Kang San

Lee Elijah as Choi Shin Young

Jung Dong Hyun as Min Chi Ho

People around Kang San

Park Soon Chun as Geum Nam

Son Bum Joon as Hwang Bok Joo

Jin Kyung as Bam Shil Daek

Kim Bo Mi as Mi Sook

People around Shin Young

Kim Eung Soo as Choi Je Gook

Yeeun as Go Bong Soon

People around Chi Ho

Ahn Suk Hwan as Min Tae Shin

Kang Sung Min as Oh In Soo

Jung In Sun as Hong Byeo Ri

People at Basketball Club

Gong Hyung Jin as Gong Yoon Bae

Ji Il Joo as Lee Hong Gi

Jung Seung Kyo as Bae Sung Won

Han Yong Soo (한영수) as Yong Goo

Park Gun (박건) as Soo Dong

Choi Chang Gyun(최창균) as So Chil Bok

Privy Council

Lee Han Wie as Marquis Yoon Deok Myung

Go In Bum as Byun Joon Pyo

Ha Yong Jin as Takeshi

Transformation Guru

Jo Hee Bong as one man band (a guy who plays many different roles)

Others

Lee Min Ji as Chong Gam Boo

Lee Jung Jin as basketball athlete (cameo)

Oh Ji Ho (cameo)

Production Credits

Production Company: CJ E&M

Chief Producer: Park Ho Shik

Producers: Shin Dae Shik, Jung Jung Do

Director: Kwak Jung Hwan, Song Hyun Wook

Screenwriter: Kim Gwa Jang

Note

• A Special documentary which will show the introduction to the characters of this drama will air on 2013-Oct-14. (source)
• This drama was cut down from its initial order of 24 episodes to 18. Producers insist that it has nothing to do with its ratings (and relatively low buzz factor), but rather because they have decided that they are not equipped to tell the story they want to tell in that amount of time and therefore will not tell it. (source)