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The Thorn Birds (2011)

Original title: 가시나무새

2011-03-02 · 1h 0m · KO
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The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series 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 and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. 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.

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Kim Jong-changDirectorLee Seon-heeWriter

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Han Hye-jinHan Hye-jinSeo Jung-eunKim Min-joungKim Min-joungHan Yoo KyungJu Sang-ukJu Sang-ukLee YoungJoKim So-hyunKim So-hyunSeo Jung Eun (young)Cha Hwa-yeonCha Hwa-yeonYoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rinSeo Do-youngSeo Do-youngChoi Kang-wooKim Ha-eunKim Ha-eunYang Mi-ryunKim Dong-youngKim Dong-youngPark Han-Soo (young)Song Ok-sukSong Ok-sukKim Kye-soonKim Soo-hyeonKim Soo-hyeonHan-byulLee Won-jaeLee Won-jaeYoon Hak-gooLee Tae-riLee Tae-riYeong Jo [Young]

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The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series 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 and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. 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.

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The Thorn Birds has a runtime of 60 minutes.

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