TV series

The Thorn Birds (가시나무새)

2011★ 6.0 · 1Ended1 seasonDramaRomance

Overview

The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thornbird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.

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Trailer · The Thorn Birds | 가시나무새 [Trailer]

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Cast

한혜진
as Seo Jung-eun

김민정
as Han Yoo Kyung

주상욱
as Lee YoungJo

김소현
as Seo Jung Eun (young)

차화연
as Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin

서도영
as Choi Kang-woo

김하은
as Yang Mi-ryun

김동영
as Park Han-Soo (young)

송옥숙
as Kim Kye-soon

김수현
as Han-byul

이원재
as Yoon Hak-goo

이태리
as Yeong Jo [Young]

Crew

Lee Seon-hee
Writer

Kim Jong-chang
Director

Seasons

Season 1

Episodes: 20

Information

Community

6.0/ 10

1 TMDB vote · limited sample

6.0

First air date: 2011-03-02

Show status: Ended

Genres

DramaRomance

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