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Sandglass

Title: 모래시계 / Mo-rae-shi-gae
Also known as: Hourglass
Genre: Epic, drama, romance, action, crime
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 1995-Jan-10 to 1995-Feb-16
Air time: Monday through Thursday 10:00 PM

Synopsis

The Sandglass (The Hourglass) is a portrayal of two young men who are best friends and grow up during one of Korea's politically tumultuous periods, the 1970's up to the 1980's. Tae-soo (Choi Min Soo), tough and loyal, grows up to become a gangster and Woo-suk (Park Sang Won), smart with firm moral values, grows up to become a prosecutor. Hye-rin (Ko Hyun Jung), a beautiful and spirited daughter of a very wealthy casino owner, is a classmate of Woo-suk in college. Hye-rin is introduced to Tae-soo via Woo-suk and they subsequently fall in love.

One unforgettable subject that's dealt in the drama is the 1980 Kwangju rebellion when the head of the military junta that took over Korea after the assasination of President Park Chung-hee, General Chun Doo-hwan, sent paratroopers into Kwangju to put down the rebellion. What happened was the subsequent massacre of hundreds of innocent people. The horrific scenes based on true accounts, of those people being murdered, touched off a deep sense of shock and grief for the Koreans at that time (the mid 90's Korea still had not come to terms with what happened after governments muzzled the free speech). After this drama went on air, there were more films that were made dealing with this very subject, such as The Petal (1996) and Peppermint Candy (2000). It also put ex-President Chun Doo-hwan who was responsible for the massacre, in jail. You can probably say that Moreshigae was the turning point for the young budding democracy in Korea.

Cast

Choi Min Soo as Tae Soo
Park Sang Won as Woo Suk
Ko Hyun Jung as Hye Rin
Lee Jung Jae as Jae Hee
Park Geun Hyung as President Yoon (Hye-Rin's Father)
Jung Sung Mo as Lee Jong Do
Jo Min Soo
Lee Seung Yun as Reporter Shin
Kim Jong Gyul as Lawyer Min
Jo Kyung Hwan
Kim Byung Gi
Jo Hyung Ki
Lee Doo Il
Kim In Moon as Tae Soo's Father
Jang Hang Sun
Kim Young Ae as Tae Soo's Mother
Im Hyun Sik as Assistant Prosecutor
Kim Jung Hyun
Hong Kyung In
Lee Hee Do
Maeng Sang Hoon
Lee Doo Il
Park Young Ji
Son Hyun Joo
Jung Myung Hwan
Kim Jung Hak
Han Kyung Sun
Choi Jae Ho
Kim Myung Gook
Do Yong Gook
Park Sang Jo

Ratings

episode	seoul	korea
ep. 1	30.7%	29.8%
ep. 2	32.5%	34.1%
ep. 3	36.6%	35.9%
ep. 4	37.8%	36.9%
ep. 5	40.3%	40.1%
ep. 6	41.5%	41.7%
ep. 7	43.2%	43.3%
ep. 8	43.8%	43.9%
ep. 9	44.1%	44.0%
ep.10	45.9%	46.5%
ep.11	47.0%	47.9%
ep.12	48.3%	48.7%
ep.13	48.5%	48.9%
ep.14	56.6%	55.7%
ep.15	59.1%	59.6%
ep.16	60.0%	60.3%
ep.17	60.1%	60.2%
ep.18	60.2%	60.1%
ep.19	60.3%	61.6%
ep.20	60.6%	64.1%
ep.21	63.4%	65.7%
ep.22	63.3%	64.4%
ep. 23	63.9%	62.1%
ep.24	64.5%	64.3%
average	50.5%	50.8%

Production Credits

Writer: Song Ji Na
Director: Kim Jong Hak

Awards

1996 8th Producers Association Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize)
1996 8th Producers Association Awards: Best Drama Award
1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize)
1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Drama Award
1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Director Award (Kim Jong Hak)
1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Screenplay Award (Song Ji Na)
1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actor Award (Choi Min Soo)
1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actor Award (Lee Jung Jae)
1995 22nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Drama Award
1995 22nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Writer Award (Song Ji Na)
1995 22nd Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Actor Award (Choi Min Soo)

External Links

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