The Thorn Birds (2011 TV series)

The Thorn Birds

Promotional poster for The Thorn Birds
Genre Melodrama, Romance
Written by Lee Sun-hee
Directed by Kim Jong-chang
Starring Han Hye-jin
Kim Min-jung
Joo Sang-wook
Seo Do-young
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Producer(s) Kim Jin-woo
Running time Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55
Production company(s) GNG Production
Release
Original network Korean Broadcasting System (KBS2)
Original release 2 March (2011-03-02) – 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
Chronology
Preceded by President
Followed by Romance Town
External links
Website
Production website
Korean name
Hangul 가시나무새
Revised Romanization Gasinamusae
McCune–Reischauer Kasinamusae

The Thorn Birds (Hangul: 가시나무새; RR: Gasinamusae) is a 2011 South Korean television series shown on KBS2, 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 (played by Han Hye-jin) and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung (played by Kim Min-jung) who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress.[1][2][3][4]

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.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Ratings

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2011-03-02 01 6.3% 8.6%
2011-03-03 02 6.6% 8.1%
2011-03-09 03 7.0% 8.1%
2011-03-10 04 6.3% 8.1%
2011-03-16 05 8.1% (17th) 8.6% (20th)
2011-03-17 06 8.3% (17th) 9.0% (15th)
2011-03-23 07 8.7% (18th) 8.9% (15th)
2011-03-24 08 8.5% (18th) 8.4%
2011-03-30 09 9.4% (15th) 9.8% (12th)
2011-03-31 10 9.8% (17th) 10.8% (11th)
2011-04-06 11 9.2% (16th) 10.5% (11th)
2011-04-07 12 9.4% (18th) 10.8% (11th)
2011-04-13 13 9.7% (11th) 10.1% (10th)
2011-04-14 14 10.7% (9th) 11.7% (9th)
2011-04-20 15 10.8% (6th) 10.7% (8th)
2011-04-21 16 9.5% (12th) 10.0% (13th)
2011-04-27 17 10.9% (6th) 11.8% (8th)
2011-04-28 18 9.6% (12th) 10.1% (11th)
2011-05-04 19 11.1% (4th) 12.2% (5th)
2011-05-05 20 11.5% (5th) 12.8% (6th)
Average 9.1% 9.9%

Source: TNS Media Korea

References

  1. Hong, Lucia (12 January 2011). "Actress Han Hye-jin to return to small screen". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  2. Ko, Jae-wan (23 February 2011). "Han Hye-jin says "working like hell" on new drama". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  3. Kwon, Mee-yoo (27 February 2011). "Love, lies & family secrets". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  4. Kim, Sun-young (3 March 2011). "REVIEW KBS TV series The Thorn Birds – 1st episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

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