The Merchant (TV series)
The Merchant is a South Korean historical television drama, based on the novel The Merchant of Joseon, written by Choe Inho. It tells the story of Im Sang-ok, a legendary merchant who lived during the Joseon period. The series, directed by Lee Byung-hoon, stars Lee Jae-ryong, Kim Hyun-joo, Jeong Bo-seok and Lee Soon-jae. It originally aired from October 15, 2001, to April 2, 2002, Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 on MBC.
Cast
Main cast
- Lee Jae-ryong as Im Sang-ok
- * Maeng Se-chang as young Im Sang-ok
- Kim Hyun-joo as Park Da-nyung
- Jeong Bo-seok as Jung Chi-soo
- Lee Soon-jae as Park Joo-myung
Recurring cast
- Park In-hwan as Hong Deuk-joo
- Hong Eun-hee as Mi-geum
- Han Hee as Jang Mi-ryung
- Kim Yoo-mi as Yoon Chae-yeon
- Song Jae-ho as Lim Bong-huk
- Na Moon-hee as Dama Han
- Lee Hee-do as Heo Sam-bo
- Jung Ho-keun as Jang Suk-joo
- Jung Ki-sung as Kim Sat-kat
- Lee Joo-hyun as Jang Myung-gook
- Kim Se-joon as Bok Tae
- Kim Yong-gun as Mo Ga-bi
- Lee Kye-in as Bae Soon-tak
- Park Jung-woo as Kim Dae-hwan
- Park Young-ji as Park Jong-kyung
- Jung Myung-hwan as Kim Doo-kwan
- Seo Bum-shik as Lim Jin-han
- Park Chan-hwan as Hong Dae-soo / Hong Kyung-rae
- Na Sung-kyoon as Kim Tae-chul
- Im Hyun-sik as Yang Soo-dong.
- Shin Gook as Hong Tae-joo
- Choi Ran as Woo Yeo-ran
- Maeng Sang-hoon as Steward Hwang
- Jun Soo-yeon as Lim Sang-hee
- Lee Ah-hyun as Cho Rae
- Jung Sun-il as Sunjo
- Lee Sook as Joo Mo