Plot
Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO, this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the colonial era and the Korean War with a relentless pursuit of economic innovation, and the choices they made in the name of love, loyalty and sacrifice. Park worked tirelessly to build a mill that produced steel, which became pivotal to Korea's modernization.
Cast
as Jang Ok-seon
as Park Tae-hyeong
as young Tae-hyeong
as Choi Jong-ho
as Shin Dae-cheol
as the President
as Alan Kissinger
as Takeda (young)
as young Kumiko
as Yang Hwa-ja
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
April 25, 2014
Last Aired Date
June 28, 2014
Production Companies
Kangho Production
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
20
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Reviews
The lack of resemblance between the younger and older versions of the cast was striking. This drama was like one of those scuffed TV Novels, just a tad bit detached from reality, trying to mimic humans but not quite there yet. The drama consistently followed a peculiar and sporadic direction, which hampers any potential for viewer engagement. This inconsistency, coupled with incoherent pacing, we…