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The Thorn Birds

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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Cast

Han Hye-jin

Seo Jung-eun

Total episodes: 20

Kim Min-jung

Han Yoo Kyung

Total episodes: 20

Ju Sang-uk

Lee YoungJo

Total episodes: 20

Kim So-hyun

Seo Jung Eun (young)

Total episodes: 20

Cha Hwa-yeon

Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin

Total episodes: 20

Seo Do-young

Choi Kang-woo

Total episodes: 20

Kim Ha-eun

Yang Mi-ryun

Total episodes: 20

Kim Dong-young

Park Han-Soo (young)

Total episodes: 20

Song Ok-suk

Kim Kye-soon

Total episodes: 20

Kim Soo-hyeon

Han-byul

Total episodes: 20

Lee Won-jae

Yoon Hak-goo

Total episodes: 20

Lee Tae-ri

Yeong Jo [Young]

Total episodes: 20

Han Hye-jin

Seo Jung-eun

Total episodes: 20

Kim Min-jung

Han Yoo Kyung

Total episodes: 20

Ju Sang-uk

Lee YoungJo

Total episodes: 20

Kim So-hyun

Seo Jung Eun (young)

Total episodes: 20

Cha Hwa-yeon

Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin

Total episodes: 20

Seo Do-young

Choi Kang-woo

Total episodes: 20

Kim Ha-eun

Yang Mi-ryun

Total episodes: 20

Kim Dong-young

Park Han-Soo (young)

Total episodes: 20

Song Ok-suk

Kim Kye-soon

Total episodes: 20

Kim Soo-hyeon

Han-byul

Total episodes: 20

Lee Won-jae

Yoon Hak-goo

Total episodes: 20

Lee Tae-ri

Yeong Jo [Young]

Total episodes: 20

Extra

Release Date

March 2, 2011

Last air Date

May 5, 2011

Status

Ended

Original Language

Korean

Networks

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seasons

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Season 1

Aired on: 2011 | 20 Episodes

Videos

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