The Merchant: Gaekju 2015
The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 is a South Korean television series based on Gaekju, Kim Joo-young's ten-volume novel which was serialized in daily newspaper Seoul Shinmun from June 1979 to February 1983. It aired on KBS2 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 41 episodes beginning September 23, 2015.
Plot
In late Joseon, a poor man named Chun Bong-sam inherits a decrepit inn and honestly works his way up to becoming a powerful merchant. As tradesmen clash against the bureaucratic powers that attempt to oppress them by rigging bad deals, Bong-sam never loses sight of his humble beginnings as a peddler even after achieving great success and eventually shapes the way that industry and business are done in his time.Cast
- Jang Hyuk as Chun Bong-sam
- * Jo Hyun-do as young Bong-sam
- Yu Oh-seong as Gil So-gae
- * Park Gun-woo as young So-gae
- Kim Min-jung as Mae-wol
- Han Chae-ah as Jo So-sa
- Park Eun-hye as Chun So-rye
- *Seo Ji-hee as young So-rye
- Lee Deok-hwa as Shin Seok-ju
- Kim Il-woo as Maeng Gu-beom
- Kim Kyu-chul as Kim Bo-hyun
- Kim Hak-chul as Kim Hak-joon
- Jung Tae-woo as Sun-dol
- Ryu Dam as Gom-bae
- Yang Jung-a as Bang-geum
- Song Young-jae as Mung-gae
- Moon Ga-young as Wol-yi
- Choi Seung-hoon