Hero

Title: Hero [히어로]
Previously known as: Strange Heroes / Unseen War
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast Period: November 2009
Genre: Drama
Written by Kwon Ki Young
Directed by Kim Kyung Hee

Synopsis
Hero is the story of Korea's top reporters and ordinary citizens fighting against the society elite's abuse of power. Jin Do Hyuk is a clever and talented reporter who ends up living a life of recklessness and despair when the woman he loved dies. He later decides to start a new life by helping other victims of society's crimes, becoming a modern hero who battles against the non-ethical. Joo Jae In is a passionate woman with a strong sense of journalistic responsibility whose fate becomes entangled with his.

Cast
Lee Jun Ki as Jin Do Hyuk
Han Ji Min as Joo Jae In
Uhm Ki Joon as Kang Hae Sung
Shin Joo Ah as Lee Ho Kyung

Trivia
"Hero" will take the Wed. & Thurs. 21:55 timeslot after Heading to the Ground concludes.
Hero will center around two journalists played by Lee Jun-ki Lee and Han Ji-min.

External links
Dailian News (Korean)
Newsen (Korean)
MyDaily News (Korean)


Additional Info
Finally, some news on Lee Junki’s new drama, Hero [히어로], which was announced last year but has remained rather quiet. The drama was first titled “Strange Heroes,” then “Unseen War,” and is now back to “Hero,” although the production indicates it is a working title.

Cast as the female lead is Cain and Abel’s spunky Han Ji-min, who plays a passionate reporter with a strong sense of responsibility who often grows furious at social irregularities. Lee Junki’s a reporter who rushes recklessly into accidents and incidents without fear; he’s also a guy “who doesn’t have much, nor does he want much.” As ordinary citizens, the reporters stand up against the inequalities between society’s masses and its very elite.

Lee Junki and Han Ji-min have both had very good luck with their last few projects; his Time of Dog and Wolf and Iljimae were both action hits, while her Cain & Abel and Yi San both enjoyed good ratings. We’ll see if that luck continues when they combine forces in this latest project.

Hero will begin filming in September when it finishes casting. The series will air on Wednesdays and Thursdays on MBC this fall.


credits: dramabeans