Lights and Shadows korean drama

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

Title: Lights and Shadows / Bitgwa Geurimja
Genre: Biography, melodrama
Episodes: 50
Director: Lee Joo Hwan (Jumong)
Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu (IRIS, Jumong, All In, Swallow The Sun)
Broadcast network: MBC, every Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Broadcast period: 2011-Nov-28

Synopsis
This is MBC special drama to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
This drama will tell story of Kang Ki Tae, the first national entertainer for soldiers in war fields starting from the 1960s during the Vietnam War.

Character Description

Kang Ki Tae (played by Ahn Jae Wook)
People call him the “Emperor of the Night” or the “Godfather of Entertainment”
As the biggest name in the entertainment world, he has never played the role of a villain, yet has the respect of all the criminals in the country. Thus he acts as the guardian for glamorous A-list celebrities
Although his life appears to be successful from the outside, he has not achieved success in his personal life
All because of his failure to satisfy his sincerest desire for true love.

Lee Jung Hye (played by Nam Sang Mi)
Became an overnight celebrity after setting audience records in her first leading movie role.
That success, however, marked the start of her tragic life.
Although she received the love of two men, it is a cruel love that causes friends to abandon her.
The brighter the lights of glamor shine upon her, the deeper her pain becomes.

Cha Soo Hyuk (played by Lee Pil Mo)
Would Saleri’s life have being any different if there was no Mozart?
Soo Hyuk often wonders if people would remember Mozart’s music if the jealous Saleri had not existed.
What would my life being like if there was no Ki Tae?
He always believed that he was just as good as Ki Tai. Yet, Ki Tai was always better.

Yoo Chae-yeong (played by Son Dambi)
Extremely jealous of Cinderlla-like rise of Jung Hye, who used to wash Chae Yeong’s stage costumes.
Her suspicion and jealousy reach their apex after she learns of Ki Tae’s love for Jung Hye.
She will stop at nothing to capture Ki Tae’s heart.
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