Watching a drama with so much narration was kind of weird. It didn't help it case when the leads were whispering all the time with this monotone voice, almost like they were just reading lines off a script. Moreover, both of their performance was quite poor in general, I know they have the talent but not in this drama. The story itself felt like it was dragging its feet endlessly. The ending was a weak attempt at redemption. It rushed major sections with too many skips to rush progression and conclusion but ended up creating even more problems, leaving major gaps to what could have been a very simple wrap up. Releasing another version of Iljimae within 1 year turned out to be a poor decision when they have had learned nothing from the previous one.

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This drama centers the life of Iljimae, a young man who fights the government for people.

Jeong-lee Hwang, Park Geun Hyung, Park Chul-min, Kim Min-jong, Kang Nam-kil, Lee Gye-in, Oh Yeong-su, Yoon Jin-seo, Sandara Park, Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Lee Hyun-woo, Jeong Hee-tae, Beom-Joon Yoon, and Cha Jun-hwan in The Return of Iljimae (2009)

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