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Giant (TV series)

Giant (Korean: 자이언트; RR: Jaieonteu) is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:55 (KST) for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.[2][3][4][5]

Giant
Promotional poster
Hangul
자이언트
Revised RomanizationJaieonteu
GenrePeriod drama
Written by
Directed by
  • Yoo In-shik
  • Lee Chang-min
Starring
Music byKim Jun-seok
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes60
Production
Executive producerOh Se-jang
Producers
  • Lee Myung-woo
  • Kim Kwang-soo
  • Jang Gil-young
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyJS Pictures
Budget₩10 billion[1]
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
ReleaseMay 10, 2010 (2010-5-10) –
December 7, 2010 (2010-12-7)

Synopsis

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The plot revolves around the lives of the three Lee children: Kang-mo (Lee Beom-soo), Sung-mo (Park Sang-min), and Mi-joo (Hwang Jung-eum). One day, Kang-mo overheard that a group of dock workers wanted to entitle his father to rob the gold bars he transports. Kang-mo reported this to his father, Lee and his father reported to Jo Pil-yeon (Jeong Bo-seok), a KCIA official. However, Pil-yeon conspired with Hwang Tae-seob Lee Deok-hwa), Lee's best friend to rob the gold truck and killed Lee, which Tae-seob reluctantly agreed since he needed the money for his construction project. During the robbery, Tae-seob unable to bring himself to kill his best friend and told him to run with his family to Seoul but Pil-yeon killed Lee and Sung-Mo witnessed his father demise. To tie off loose end, Pil-yeon and his men decided to murder Sung-mo’s entire family, forcing the family to be on the run. The mother of the siblings revealed that before their father died, he had bought a property in Seoul for them to stay. Sung-mo is separated during their escape to Seoul after he distracted Pil-yeon man in a train. He is then winded up in a US military base and becomes the choir boy. During a stay at the inn their mother dies in an heating accident. Kang-mo and Mi-joo was separated when they are in Seoul. Eventually, Kang-mo is forced to work as a shoeshine boy to make end meet and encountered Tae-seob by chance.

Kang-mo helps Hwang Tae-seob avoid bankruptcy by advocating the use of a different landfill material, which is coal ash. Out of gratitude, he is later adopted by Tae-seob. Meanwhile, Sung-mo made plan to earn Jo Pil-yeon's trust by spying on the US military development plan so Pil-yeon can make a huge fortune in real estate in the future so Sung-mo could destroy him in the future. Decade later. Kang-mo works as assistant to Tae-seob and Sung-mo becomes the right-hand man for Pil-yeon while Mi-joo becomes a caretaker for the wife of Chairman Hong, one of the prominent building contractors in Seoul. During a bidding of an important construction contract for a subway, Sung-mo sabotaged the bidding process, causing Chairman Hong to reveal a black book contains illegal funds of major building contractors and high-ranking officials. Pil-yeon and Tae-seob send Sung-mo and Kang-mo to retrieve the black book respectively, culminating of Sung-mo nearly kills his own brother without knowing it. Hong gives the black book to Mi-joo, which leads to Mi-joo and Kang-mo reunites after decades of separation. Sung-mo secretly helps Hong for his own plan of revenge causes him to finally reunite with his siblings to which he apologizes to them for failing to protect them. Sung-mo reveals the heart-breaking truth to Kang-mo that Tae-seob was responsible for their father's death. At the same time, Tae-seob's son accidentally kills Hong to retrieve the black book and frames Kang-mo for its. Kang-mo surrenders himself to the police while planning his revenge against Tae-seob. Tae-seob agrees to help Kang-mo for taking the blame for his son by giving the land in Gangnam to him. In prison, Kang-mo rises up to become the prison boss. After being released, Kang-mo establishes the Han River Construction company to compete with Manbo Corporation which Pil-yeon and Tae-seob control.

Eventually, Kang-mo succeed in making Manbo Corporation to lose a major contract in land development in Gangnam and manages to isolate Tae-seob allies in the construction association. Tae-seob begs Kang-mo to go back to work for him and even promises to let him and Jung-yeon to be together as husband and wife but he angrily refuses and reveals that Tae-seob owes him his father's life, shocking him. Out of guilt, Tae-seob decides to atone for his crime and transfers half of Manbo Corporation assets to Kang-mo as a token of redemption.

Mi-joo and Jo Pil-yeon's son, Min-woo, fall in love but cannot be allowed to be together because their families are enemies. Mi-joo becomes pregnant and goes into hiding, while Min-woo desperately searches for her. After foiling Tae-seob's stepwife and stepson from taking over his asset, Tae-seob asks Kang-mo for forgiveness and he accepts it, which Tae-seob reveals the location of his father's grave. Mi-joo eventually gives birth to a son and becomes a singer.

The whole series revolves around the brothers trying to bring down Jo Pil-yeon, who is cunning and slippery in his political tactics. Later, Sung-mo is shot in the head by an agent of Jo Pil-yeon. Miraculously, he survives and has to hide from the KCIA. Jo Pil-yeon tries to work in the government by making false papers, but Kang-mo finds out that Sung-mo has knowledge of the contents of the real papers and finds him. They release the papers, and Jo Pil-yeon fails his objective. He runs away, but is later found and arrested. Sung-mo undergoes surgery to have the bullet taken out of his head, but he tragically dies.

Many years later, a now-insane Jo Pil-yeon breaks out of prison to try to murder Kang-mo, but he fails and commits suicide afterwards. The last scene shows Kang-mo receiving word from his wife Hwang Jung-yeon (Hwang Tae-seob's daughter) that his long-lost brother (a fourth sibling who was adopted by an American couple many years ago) has come to visit him.

Cast

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Main

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Supporting

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  • Yoon Yoo-sun as Jung Young-sun, Kang-mo's mother
  • Yoon Hyung-kwan as Yeom Jae-soo
  • Shin Seung-hwan as Yeom Shi-deok
    • Jung Seung-won as young Shi-deok
  • Choi Ha-na as Yeom Kyung-ja
  • Han Kyung-sun as Lee Bok-ja
  • Im Jong-yoon as Yoon Ki-hoon
  • Moon Hee-kyung as Oh Nam-sook
  • Kim Jung-hyun as Hwang Jung-shik
  • Jang Soon-gook as Joo Young-gook
  • Lee Seung-hyung as Moon Sung-joong
  • Park No-shik as Park Choong-kwon
  • Song Kyung-chul as Nam Young-chul
  • Bang Kil-seung as drill instructor
  • Hong Yeo-jin as Yang Myung-ja
  • Yoon Yong-hyun as Go Jae-choon
  • Hwang Taek-ha as Yoo Chan-sung
  • Lee Hyo-jung as Han Myung-seok
  • Kim Hak-chul as Oh Byung-tak
  • Lee Ki-young as Min Hong-ki
  • Im Hyuk as Baek Pa
  • Jung Gyu-soo as Lee Dae-soo
  • Son Byong-ho as Hong Ki-pyo
  • Lee Eun-jung as Ji-na
  • Jeon Jin-gi as detective lieutenant
  • Kim Sung-oh as Cha Bu-chul
  • Han Da-min as Cheon Soo-yeon
  • Kim Eui-jin as Woo-joo
  • Choi Gun-woo as Lee Joon-mo
    • Lee Won-il as young Joon-mo
  • Lee Soo-jin as Nurse Kim
  • Yoo Ho-rin as Ji Yeon-soo
  • Kim Young-sun as Yoon Ki-hoon's wife
  • Moon Ji-in as female employee at Manbo Construction
  • Choi Min as gang boss
  • Min Joon-hyun
  • Kim Ga-eun
  • Ji-yoo
  • Qri as Bunny Girls (cameo)
  • Park So-yeon as Bunny Girls (cameo)
  • Shin Shin-ae as Inn's hostess (cameo)

Ratings

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Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea
Nationwide Seoul
1 May 10, 2010 10.0% 12.1%
2 13.5%
3 May 11, 2010 11.6% 12.4%
4 May 17, 2010 11.0% 10.4%
5 May 18, 2010 13.3% 13.1%
6 May 24, 2010 13.9% 14.8%
7 May 25, 2010 14.7% 14.7%
8 May 31, 2010 14.8% 14.8%
9 June 1, 2010 15.4% 16.3%
10 June 7, 2010 13.8% 13.8%
11 June 8, 2010 14.9% 14.6%
12 June 22, 2010 12.4% 12.5%
13 June 28, 2010 12.8% 12.9%
14 June 29, 2010 14.4% 15.2%
15 July 5, 2010 14.3% 14.4%
16 July 6, 2010 14.8% 14.7%
17 July 12, 2010 16.4% 17.6%
18 July 13, 2010 18.2% 18.4%
19 July 19, 2010 16.4% 16.6%
20 July 20, 2010 18.9% 19.6%
21 July 26, 2010 17.4% 18.4%
22 July 27, 2010 19.1% 20.7%
23 August 2, 2010 19.2% 20.2%
24 August 3, 2010 20.7% 20.8%
25 August 9, 2010 21.4% 22.2%
26 August 10, 2010 22.9% 23.7%
27 August 16, 2010 22.4% 22.2%
28 August 17, 2010 24.9% 25.3%
29 August 23, 2010 22.4% 23.4%
30 August 24, 2010 21.0% 21.2%
31 August 30, 2010 20.9% 21.4%
32 August 31, 2010 22.2% 22.8%
33 September 6, 2010 22.6% 23.1%
34 September 7, 2010 24.2% 23.9%
35 September 13, 2010 23.6% 23.8%
36 September 14, 2010 24.2% 24.5%
37 September 20, 2010 20.6% 19.9%
38 September 21, 2010 17.6% 17.6%
39 September 27, 2010 22.3% 22.1%
40 September 28, 2010 23.1% 23.0%
41 October 4, 2010 22.5% 22.3%
42 October 5, 2010 24.7% 25.1%
43 October 11, 2010 27.9% 28.3%
44 October 12, 2010 24.0% 23.9%
45 October 18, 2010 28.9% 30.4%
46 October 19, 2010 28.5% 28.8%
47 October 25, 2010 28.1% 29.3%
48 October 26, 2010 29.2% 30.9%
49 November 1, 2010 28.0% 28.7%
50 November 2, 2010 29.8% 30.2%
51 November 8, 2010 29.5% 30.3%
52 November 9, 2010 29.7% 30.0%
53 November 15, 2010 29.2% 29.3%
54 November 16, 2010 29.7% 29.8%
55 November 22, 2010 30.7% 30.2%
56 November 23, 2010 29.1% 29.1%
57 November 29, 2010 31.4% 32.3%
58 November 30, 2010 32.7% 32.8%
59 December 6, 2010 32.7% 33.2%
60 December 7, 2010 38.2% 38.6%
Average 21.7% 22.0%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2010
3rd Korea Drama Awards
 Best Actor Lee Beom-soo Nominated
23rd Grimae Awards
 Best Actress Hwang Jung-eum Won
SBS Drama Awards[9]
 Drama of the Year Giant Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama Lee Beom-soo Won
Park Sang-min Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama Jeong Bo-seok Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama Park Jin-hee Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Special Planning Drama Lee Deok-hwa Won
Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama Hwang Jung-eum Nominated
Kim Seo-hyung Nominated
PD Award Park Sang-min Won
Top 10 Stars Jeong Bo-seok Won
Lee Beom-soo Won
Park Jin-hee Won
New Star Award Hwang Jung-eum Won
Joo Sang-wook Won
Kim Soo-hyun Won
Best Couple Award Joo Sang-wook and Hwang Jung-eum Won
DramaBeans Awards Favourite Drama of 2010 Giant Nominated [10]
2011
2nd Seoul Art and Culture Awards[11][12]
 Best TV Actor Lee Beom-soo Won
47th Baeksang Arts Awards
[13]		 Best Drama Giant Nominated
Best Actor (TV) Lee Beom-soo Nominated
Jeong Bo-seok Won
Best Director (TV) Yoo In-shik Nominated
Best Screenplay (TV) Jang Young-chul, Jung Kyung-soon Nominated
Male Popularity Award - TV Lee Beom-soo Nominated
Male Popularity Award - TV Jeong Bo-seok Nominated
Male Popularity Award - TV Joo Sang-wook Nominated
Female Popularity Award - TV Hwang Jung-eum Nominated
4th Korea Drama Awards[14]
 Best Actor Lee Beom-soo Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Joo Sang-wook Won
Kim Sung-oh Nominated
38th Korea Broadcasting Awards Best Full-length Drama Giant Won
Best Writer(s) Jang Young-chul, Jung Kyung-soon Won

References

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