Thousand Years of Love

South Korean TV series or program

Thousand Years of Love
Promotional poster
Also known as	Love of Thousand Years
Genre	Romance Drama Time travel
Written by	Lee Sun-mi Kim Ki-ho
Directed by	Lee Kwan-hee
Starring	Sung Yu-ri So Ji-sub Kim Nam-jin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Production location	Korea
Production company	Lee Kwan-hee Production
Original release
Network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Release	March 22 (2003-03-22) – May 25, 2003 (2003-05-25)

Thousand Years of Love (Korean: 천년지애; Hanja: 千年之愛; RR: Cheonnyeon Ji-ae) is a 2003 South Korean television series starring Sung Yu-ri, So Ji-sub and Kim Nam-jin. It aired on SBS from March 22 to May 25, 2003 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 20 episodes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Over a thousand years ago during the Baekje Dynasty, there was a princess unlike any other. Skilled in both arts and athletics, the beautiful Princess Buyeo Ju is beloved by royals and citizens alike. When Baekje is betrayed by the spy Kum-hwa, Buyeo Ju even steals the heart of her kingdom's conqueror, Silla general Kim Yu-seok. But alas, her love lies with her protector, General Guishil Ari. Determined to have the princess, Kim Yu-seok kills Guishil Ari, but Buyeo Ju chooses death over submission. When she jumps off a cliff, however, she is mysteriously time warped into the future. In present-day Korea (2003), Buyeo Ju again meets the two men of her life, reincarnated as aimless but warm-hearted fashion designer Kang In-chul and Japanese tycoon Fujiwara Tatsuji. The two men have no idea about their past lives, but Tatsuji begins to feel a mysterious attraction towards Buyeo Ju. Despite her fear that history will repeat itself, Buyeo Ju finds herself falling for In-chul, in a fateful romance spanning from ancient Korea to modern times.

Cast

Sung Yu-ri as Princess Buyeo Ju
So Ji-sub as General Guishil Ari / Kang In-chul
Kim Nam-jin as General Kim Yu-seok / Fujiwara Tatsuji
Kim Sa-rang as Kum-hwa / Go Eun-bi
Lee Mi-young as Chae Yeo-sa, Eun-bi's mother
Park Chil-yong as Go Bong-su, Eun-bi's father
Im Chae-moo as Doctor Uhm
Kwon Ki-sun as Doctor Uhm's wife
Yang Taek-jo as Tatsuji's housekeeper
Lee Ki-young as Kim Cheon-chul, gangster boss
Kim Tae-yeon as Yeo-rang
Lee Sun-kyun as Pil-ga
Han Tae-yoon as Sook-hee
Ha Joo-hee as Junko, Tatsuji's ex-girlfriend

International broadcast

It aired in Vietnam from April 3, 2004 on HTV7.

References

^ Lee, Seung-jae (March 18, 2003). "Romantic Fantasy Transcending Time". The Dong-a Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
^ "천년세월 건너 뛴 사랑의 판타지 SBS '천년지애'". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). March 18, 2003. Archived from the original on 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
^ "'판타지(Fantasy)'와 사랑에 빠진 한국 드라마!". Korea Creative Content Agency (in Korean). August 2, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.