[K-drama] Pinocchio

Details

    Title: 피노키오 / Pinocchio

    Genre: Fantasy, romance, family

    Episodes: 20

    Broadcast network: SBS

    Broadcast period: 2014-Nov-12 to 2015-Jan-15

    Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00

    Original Soundtrack: Pinocchio OST

Synopsis

A drama depicts love, frustration, growth and the competitive process of young people in their 20s becoming reporters as they cry and get hurt by truth but realize that as reporters, they must tell the truth. It will center the story of a man who hides a special talent living under a fake name and a woman who cannot lie due to ‘Pinocchio Syndrome’.

The story starts with a fire incident and all the firemen who entered the building in the blaze were killed by the fire. The fire incident news report was focused on the story of Kim Ha Myung's father, chief of the fire brigade sent his men in the blaze and caused them all to die and then he fled the scene as an error of his misjudgement as reported by the news reporter, Song Cha Ok. This caused a chaotic situation for Ha Myung's family and end up causing his mother to commit suicide with him and his brother ends up in jail over night due to Song Cha Ok's untruth story. However, the led to Ha Myung growing up with hatred for reporters especially Cha Ok. Fatefully, as he is growing up he meets with Cha Ok's ex-husband and daughter, Choi In Ha and takes on a new identity as Choi Dal Po. In Ha is someone with Pinocchio Syndrome hence she cannot lie.

The story is about how important news reporting the truth. It revolves about how life's at stakes if lies are reported as news.

Cast

Hangang Line Reporters

    Lee Jong Suk as Choi Dal Po / Ki Ha Myung

        Nam Da Reum as young Dal Po / Ha Myung

    Park Shin Hye as Choi In Ha

        Noh Jung Ui as young In Ha

    Kim Young Kwang as Seo Bum Jo

    Lee Yoo Bi as Yoon Yoo Rae

YGN Newsroom

    Lee Pil Mo as Hwang Gyo Dong

    Min Sung Wook as Jang Hyun Kyu

    Kang Shin Il as Lee Young Tak

    Jo Duk Hyun as Jo Won Goo

    Choo Soo Hyun (추수현) as Im Jae Hwan

    Tae Hang Ho (태항호) as Cha Woo Chul

MSC Newsroom

    Jin Kyung as Song Cha Ok

    Kim Kwang Kyu as Kim Gong Joo

    Kim Young Hoon as Lee Il Joo

    Im Byung Ki as Yun Doo Young

    Yoon Seo Hyun as Lee Joo Ho

Hangang Line Reporters' Family

    Byun Hee Bong as Choi Gong Pil

    Shin Jung Geun as Choi Dal Pyung

    Kim Hae Sook as Park Ro Sa

    Yoon Kyun Sang as Ki Jae Myung

        Shin Jae Ha as young Ki Jae Myung

    Jung In Ki as Ki Ho Sang

    Jang Young Nam as Ha Myung's mother

Others

    Lee Joo Seung as Ahn Chan Soo

    Park Soo Young (박수영) as Jung Ki Bong

    Im Do Yoon (임도윤) as Ji Hee

    Lee Dong Jin (이동진) as Kang Sung Hak

    Yum Dong Hun as Moon Duk Soo

Cameos

    Jang Kwang as headmaster (ep 1)

    Im Sung Hoon (임성훈) as quiz program MC (ep 1,2)

    Woo Hyun as homeroom teacher (ep 1-3)

    Choi Jong Hoon as factory worker (ep 1)

    Ahn Sun Young as broadcasting writer (ep 1-2)

    Kim Young Joon as neighbor with Pinocchio Syndrome (ep 1-2)

    Yoon Jin Young (윤진영) as firefighter (ep 1)

    Jung Woong In as Min Joon Gook (ep 2)

    Jang Hang Joon as movie director (ep 2)

    Lee Bo Young as voice navigation Hye Sung (voice only, ep 3)

    Kim Min Young as Sung Hyun Joo / daughter of the deceased diet (ep 7)

    Hong Hyun Hee (홍현희) as Teacher Yoon

    Park Gil Soo as Jo Jang Woo / bus company owner (ep 12)

    Yoon Sang Hyun as Cha Gwan Woon (ep 12)

    Lee Joon as a celebrity (ep 19)

    Kim Hak Rae (김학래) as photographer (ep 20)

    Kang Nam (강남) as a university student (ep 20)

    Oh Seung Ah as MSC new reporter interviewee (ep 20)

    Kim Hyung Gon as MSC new reporter interviewee (ep 20)

    Maeng Seung Ji (맹승지) as YGN new reporter (ep 20)

    Shin Jae Ha as YGN new reporter (ep 20)

Source : dramawiki