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Swallow the Sun

TV • 2009

Swallow the Sun

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Jung-woo was abandoned by his birth parents when he was a baby and became friends with Soo-hyun, who became his sweetheart. After rescuing Chairman Jang, he is adopted by him and becomes a bodyguard to the chairman’s son. Jung-woo is reunited with Soo-hyun at Tae-hyuk’s school but even though Soo-hyun loves him, she chooses Tae-hyuk who offers to help her achieve her dream career. So both Tae-hyuk and Soo-hyun go to USA for their studies. Jung-woo is eventually betrayed by Chairman Jang but he is called to Las Vegas by Jackson Lee, a military buddy, who offers him an opportunity to rebuild his life. In Las Vegas, Jung-woo meets Soo-hyun and Tae-hyuk by coincidence. In his line of work as a private bodyguard, Jung-woo saves the life of the king of a small African nation and is asked by the king to rescue his son from the rebels in return for rights to a diamond mine. So Jung-woo heads to Africa, risking his life to claim the mine. Meanwhile, Tae-hyuk and Soo-hyun return to Seogwipo city on Jeju island at Chairman Jang’s request. Tae-hyuk is put in charge of managing a hotel there while Soo-hyun becomes the head of event planning. After gaining control of the diamond mine in African, Jung-woo returns to Jeju and engages in a struggle against chairman Jang and Tae-hyuk… He learns a shocking secret that shakes the foundation of his very existence.

TMDB ★ 2.5/5Votes: 10
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Action & AdventureDrama

Top Cast

Ji Sung

Ji Sung

Kim Jung-wo

Sung Yu-ri

Sung Yu-ri

Lee Soo-hyun

Lee Wan

Lee Wan

Jang Tae-hyuk

Jun Kwang-ryul

Jun Kwang-ryul

Jang Min-ho / Kim Il-hwan

So I-hyeon

So I-hyeon

Yoo Mi-ran

Don Lee

Don Lee

Lee Kang-rae

Jin Goo

Jin Goo

Kim Il-hwan (young)

Seo Ji Yeon

Seo Ji Yeon

Jin Sook

Song Yoo-an

Song Yoo-an

Se-ran

Jo Soo-won

Jo Soo-won

Director

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Choi Wan-gyu

Writer

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Lee Seo-youn

Co-Writer

Where to watch

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Meta Snapshot

Series

Status

Ended

Release

July 9, 2009

Episode Runtime

60 min

Language

Korean

Origin

South Korea

Episodes

25 • 1 seasons

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