Genre: Historical
Episodes: 21
Broadcast network: CSTV
Broadcast period: 2020-May-17 to 2020-July-26
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 22:50
This drama is based on the novel “바람과 구름과 비 / Wind, Clouds, and Rain” by Lee Byung Joo which was published from 1977 to 1987 in the newspaper “The Chosun Ilbo”. The story was previously dramatized in the KBS2 drama Wind, Clouds, and Rain (1989). The Story features a mixture of fictional characters and real historical characters.
Set in the late Joseon period, drama series follows face reader (physiognomist) Choi Chun Joong (Park Shi Hoo) as he tries to build up an ideal nation. Choi Chun Joong is Joseon’s greatest fortune teller and physiognomist. He is a hero of the turbulent times, and he is the king of Joseon’s people. Choi Chun Joong possesses the great ambition of building a new nation after overturning Joseon, which has been ruined by the men in power. With handsome looks, Choi Chun Joong is a sophisticated man who excels in the arts including martial arts, gambling, singing, and dancing. He is also a romantic who puts everything in the line for the woman he loves. With a way with words and a brilliant mind for politics, he’ll create a miracle, making Yi Ha Eung the most powerful man in Joseon, Yi Ha Eung’s son Lee Jae Hwang into a King, and Min Ja Young, a girl from the streets, into Joseon’s empress.
Cast:
Park Shi Hoo as Choi Chun Joong
– Kang Tae Woo (강태우) as Chun Joong (teen)
Go Sung Hee as Hwang Bong Ryun
– Hong Seung Hee (홍승희) as Bong Ryun (teen)
Sung Hyuk as Chae In Kyoo
– Choi Jung Woo (최정우) as In Kyoo (teen)
Jun Kwang Ryul as Heungseon Daewongun
Kim Seung Soo as Kim Byung Woon
Cha Kwang Soo as Kim Jwa Geun
Yoon Ah Jung as Na Hap
Han Jae Young as Kim Byung Hak
Kim Bo Yun as Queen Shinjeong
Jung Wook as Chuljong
Eru as Lee Ha Jun
Jo Bok Rae as Yong Pal Ryong
Kim Joo Ryung as Joo Mo
Han Dong Kyu (한동규) as Taoist Jin Sang
Noh Hyung Wook (노형욱) as Paeng Goo Chul
Park Jung Yun as Empress Myung Sung / Min Ja Young
Park Noh Shik as Man Suk
Im Hyun Soo (임현수) as Yun Chi Sung
Wang Bit Na as Ban Dal
Heo Tae Hee as Officer Im
Kim Myung Soo as Choi Kyung (Choi Chun Joong’s father)
Jo Young Jin as Choi Chun Joong’s teacher
Ahn Soo Bin (안수빈) as Dan
Park Sang Hoon as Lee Jae Hwang (Lee Ha Eung’s son)
Kang Da Eun (강다은) as Song Hwa (gisaeng)
Park Joon Geum as Lee Duk Yoon