The Great Merchant

Title: 거상 김만덕 / Geosang Kim Man Deok / The Great Merchant
Chinese Title : 巨商金万德
Also known as: Merchant Kim Man Deok / Colossus Kim Man Deok
Genre: Historical
Episodes: 30
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2010-Mar-06 to 2010-June-13
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40

Synopsis

This drama depicts the life of Kim Man Deok, a woman born on Jeju Island who transcended her lowly status as a gisaeng as well as the restraints of her birthplace, considered at the time to be a remote place of exile, to become a successful female merchant in the Joseon Era. She later became a famous model of virtue and nobility when she donated all her assets to aid the residents of Jeju during a famine, saving countless lives.

Cast

Lee Mi Yeon as Kim Man Deok
- Shim Eun Kyung as Hong (young Man Deok)
Han Jae Suk as Jung Hong Soo
- Do Ji Han as young Hong Soo
Park Sol Mi as Moon Seon
- Joo Da Young as Mak Soon (young Moon Seon)
Ha Suk Jin as Kang Yoo Ji
Go Doo Shim as Hal Mae
Kim Gab Soo as Kang Kye Man
Kim Chul Ki as Dong Ah
Song Yong Tae as Go Seok Joo
Jun Ye Seo as Baek So Rye
Jo Jae Wan as Deok Pal
Lee Mi Ji as Deok Pal’s mother
Oh Yeon Seo as Lee Eun
Lee Byung Wook as Kim Pan Sul
Kim Myung Kook as Choi Nam Gu
Kim Gyu Chul as Steward Oh
Lee Dal Hyung as Kim Dong Joo
Jung Soo Young as Kim Seo Joo
Jo Byung Gi (조병기) as Lee Bang
Jung Jong Joon as Mu Maeng Dal
Kim Sun Kyung as Myo Hyang
Shim Eun Jin as Yo Hwa
Jo Yang Ja as Mother Chok Sae
Park Soon Chun as Yeong Cheon Daek
Jung Joo Hee (정주희) as Holjjugi
Choi Jae Sung as Kim Eung Ryul
Kim Byung Gi as Jung Do Woong
Choo So Young as Eun Hong
Lee Duk Hee as Jung Hong Soo’s mother
Kang Min Suk (강민석) as Chil Bok
Maeng Ho Rim as Chae Je Gong
Yoo Yeon Mi as young Kkot Nim
Kim Sung Hoon as Wal Pae
Im Hyuk

Production Credits

Director: Kang Byung Taek (강병택), Kim Sung Yoon (김성윤)
Scriptwriter: Kim Jin Sook, Kang Da Young (강다영)