Toji, the Land

*Toji, the Land*
Toji, the Land
Hangul	토지
Genre	Drama
Created by	SBS
Based on	Toji; by Park Kyong-ni
Written by	Kim Myeong-ho; JLee Hong-goo; Lee Hye-seon;
Directed by	Lee Jong-han
Starring	Kim Hyun-joo; ;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer	Lim Byung-hoon
Producers	Kim Ye-ji; Park Woo-ram; Lee Hyeong-hoon; Kim Jae-geum;
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	SBS
Release
Original network	SBS
Original release	November 26, 2004 –; May 22, 2005
Chronology
Related shows	Toji
External links
	Website

Toji, the Land (Korean: 토지; RR: Toji) is a 2004 South Korean television series based on the novel Toji ( 토지) written by Park Kyong-ni. The series following the story of turbulent life of Choi Seo-hee as she lives throughout the Donghak Peasant Revolution, the Eulmi Incident, the Japanese colonial era, and Korea's independence in 1945. As in the novel, the drama portrays the conflicts between individuals who are engulfed in their own desires of love and veiled enmity, rage and jealousy. Starring Kim Hyun-joo, Yoo Jun-sang, it premiered on SBS on November 26, 2004, and aired on Friday and Saturday at time-slot 20:45-21:45 (KST) till May 22, 2005.^[1]

Plot[]

When she was 5 years old, Seo Hee(Kim Hyun-joo)'s mother left with one of the servants, leaving her behind her father, who had never treated her well. The first shock was a preparation for her hardship. After her father was killed, her relative Joon Goo, taking advantage of her young age to gain possession of the land she rightfully owns. In these miserable years, her low status friend, Kim Gil-sang (Yoo Jun-sang) became her only support. He helped Seo Hee to run away from hometown to escape Joon Goo's plot forced Seo Hee to marry a disabled man. Then, she slowly builds her property as a merchant, driven by a desire to revenge Joon Goo and the ultimate goal is to regain the land.

Cast[]

Main[]

Bae Na-yeon → Shin Se-kyung → Kim Hyun-joo as Choi Seo-hee
- The baby of Champan Choi. He loses his father, Chi-soo Choi, and also loses his grandmother, the wife of Yun, who is a fanatic. His family is taken away by his greedy relative, Jo Jun-gu, but he gets up again.
Seo Ji-won → Ji- → Yoo Jun-sang : Gil-
- Champan Choi's servant. After marrying her owner, Agi Seo-hee, she gives birth to two sons, but commits to conflict and the independence movement.
Kim Han-bi → → Lee Jae-eun as Bong-soon/Ki-hwa
- Seohee's body type. When Seohee and her party leave for Gando, they don't go and become gisaengs. She gives birth to a daughter, Yang-hyeon, with Sang-hyeon, but meets a tragic death.
Jeong Se-in → Jeong Chan : Lee Sang-hyun
- The eldest son of Ibusa (Lee Dong-jin). Seo-hee's fiancee. It hurts that Seo-hee chose Lucky-sang rather than herself. Later, he lives with Bong-sun.
Kim Hoon-gi → Hae-jin Hae : Kim Pyeong-san/Kim Doo-su (Kim Geo-bok) (2 roles per person)
- The son of the fallen nobleman Kim Pyong-san. He becomes a pawn for the Japanese Empire and tries to take revenge on Seo-hee according to his father's will.

People of Choi Cham-pan[]

Kim Mi-sook as Yoon's wife - Seo-hee's spiritual support and grandmother. dies as a heatwave
Park Ji-il as Choi Chi-soo - Choi Cham-pan; Seo-hee's father. cold personality. On the eve of Lunar New Year's Day, he is strangled by Kim Pyong-san.
Kim Yoo-seok as Kim Hwan/Gucheon - The illegitimate child born to Yun's wife and Kim Gae-joo. Seo Hee falls in love with a woman byeoldang and runs away.
: Byeol-dang Missi - Seo-hee's biological mother. He falls in love with Kim Hwan and runs away.
as Jo Jun-goo - Chi- 's cousin. Seo-hee's greedy relative
as Hong's wife - Jo Jun-goo's wife
: The role of a ghost girl - Choi Cham-pan's servant. ambitious
as Bong-sun-ne - Bong-soon-mo. Champan Choi's mother-in-law
: Gannan Grandmother - Choi Cham-pan's servant. A person who knows that Kim Hwan is the son of Yun's wife.
→ Jo Byeong-soo - Jo Jun-goo's son. Unlike his father, he is docile.
as Kim bang - Gae Dung
as Kim Seobang-daek - Gae-dong-mo
Bo-ra as Yeon-i - Cham-pan Choi's servant
as Gae-dong - Kim -bang's son and his wife
: March Station
as Sam-
Baek Seung-wook: Doli

Pyeongsari people[]

Yong - Farmer Pyeongsari
Yeo- as Kang Cheong-daek - Lee Yong-eun's home
as Im In-ne - Lee Yong- 's second wife. The original wife of Chil-Sung Lee; Im and 2nd son, Hongmo Lee
as Gong Wol- - the daughter of a shaman; first love of use
Geum- as Haman-daek - Kim Pyung-san's wife. Kim Doo-soo (Geobok) and Hanbok Mo. He committed suicide on the 16th day of February in the lunar calendar in 1895.
- hunter. Kang Doo-me's (sheep) father
as Chil-seong Lee - Pyeongsa-ri, a greedy farmer; The original husband of Im In-ne, the biological father of Im and the second son.
as Kim I-pyung
as the youngest daughter - Pyeong-sari's widow
as Kim Young-pal
as Kim Hoon-jang
Gyu- as Kim Doo-man - Duman-ne's son
Won Jang- → as Kim , Kim Doo-su's younger brother. Unlike his older brother who became a pawn for Japanese imperialism, he goes on the path of an independence activist.

People of Seohee's house[]

Won hyeon → as Choi Yoon-guk
- Seo-hee's second son. Tokyo student. i love yanghyun
Kim Ye-won → Jang Hee-jin as Lee Yang-hyeon
- Seo-hee's adopted daughter. Daughter of Bong-soon and Sang-hyeon. I love Young-gwang, the son of a butcher.
Kim Seung-wook → Kim Seok → Lee Joo-seok as Choi Hwan-guk
- Seohee's eldest son. He breaks Seo-hee's hopes of becoming a judge and becomes a painter.
Park Mi-young as Hwang Deok-hee
- concubine of the country. the prince's daughter. I feel sorry for Yanghyun.
as Butler Jang Yeon-hak
: Sae-chim-i

Independence activist [ edit ][]

Park Si-eun as Yoo In-sil
Kim Ji-wan as Jiro Ogada
as Jeong-seok

People from Immyeong-hee's side[]

Jung Ha-na as Im Im-myeong-hee
: Jo Chan-ha
as Jo Yong-ha
as Cho ha's wife Noriko
as Im Immyeong-bin

Yongjeong[]

as Ok-
Kwon Soo-hyun as Ok-i
as Gong No-
Kim Seon - young as Bang's wife
as Gong Song-ae
- Kim Doo-soo's only love. love the craftsman

Others[]

- as Song Young-gwang, Baek-jeong's son, Song Kwan-soo. He is dismissed because he is the son of a butcher.
Ahn Joo-hee as Kang Hye-sook - Song Young-kwang's former lover
→ : Lee Hong
- Son of Lee Yong and Im Ine
as Heo Bo-yeon - Lee Hong's wife
jeong as - Lee Hong's first love
as Lee Im - The eldest daughter of Im In-ne and Lee Chil-sung. Lee Hong's father is another older sister
Sang-sang - Lee Hong's daughter
: Lee Dong-jin as Lee Busa; Lee Sang-hyun's father independence activist
as Song Gwan-soo - Baek-jeong, Song Young-kwang's father
as Kang Do-me, Kang Po-su's (sheep) son. Ambition, the birth parents of the noble daughter and Lee Chil-sung's seed
as Hwang Tae-soo - Seo-hee's son-in-law; Father of the eldest daughter-in-law Hwang Deok-hee
: Doo-
Sam-wol - Choi Cham-pan's servant, Jo Jun-goo, rapes him.
: Rep. Moon
as Kim Gae-joo - Donghak Ju-ju (real model Kim Gae-nam)
as Kang Doo-me
: San Jose Station
as Monk Woo Gwan
Kwon Bok- soon : I'm out again.
Noh Movie : Wolseonne
: Hanbok's wife
Hwa-ran: Pansulne
Jong-Hoon Jeong : Master Hye- Kwan
: Pouch
Jo Jung- guk : Yong-chil
Kim Soon-yi : Two people .
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Production[]

Casting[]

In 2003, SBS confirmed Kim Hyun-joo was chosen as the main role of Choi Seo-hee ^[2]

Development[]

In Octorber, 2003, the drama started filming in Hadong.^[2]^[3]

The production cost 15 billion won. New setting for the drama were built in Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province and Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea. In Hadong, about 40 houses were built centered on Choi Champandaek, which now become a tourist attraction.^[4]^[5] And about 80 houses were built in Hoengseong, which contains realistic scenes of Yongjeong, Hoeryong and Jinju, as well as Harbin, China and Japan during the Japanese colonial period. ^[4]

Note[]

This 2004 version drama was the first drama produced after the novel Toji was completed, has been evaluated to have fully captured the thoughts and thoughts of writer Park Kyongni.

Broadcasting changes and extension[]

The broadcast of episode scheduled on 19 December 2004 was cancelled due to the friendly football match Korea vs German

Awards and nominations^[6]^[7][]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
		Best Drama		Won
2005	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Yoo Jun-sang	Won
		Best Actor in a Serial Drama	Lee Soon-jae	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress	Kim Hyun-joo	Nominated
		Netizen Popularity Award	Kim Hyun-joo	Won
		Top 10 Star Award	Kim Hyun-joo	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Kim Kap-soo	Won
		New Star Award	Jo An	Won
		Child Actor Award	Bae Na-yeon	Won
2006	42nd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Drama		Won
		Best Director (TV)	Lee Jong-han	Nominated
		Best Actress (TV)	Kim Hyun-joo	Nominated

External Links[]

References[]

^ "토지". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b 조선일보 (August 13, 2020). "'토지' 3대 최서희 떴다…주인공에 김현주 낙점". 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ 조선일보 (August 13, 2020). "'토지' 3대 최서희 떴다…주인공에 김현주 낙점". 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "제작비 150억원 대작 SBS `토지`, 27일 첫 방송". 매일경제 (in Korean). November 8, 2004. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "Destinations by Region : VisitKorea Destinations by Region Choi Champandaek (House of Choi Champan) (최참판댁) | Official Korea Tourism Organization". english.visitkorea.or.kr. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "제57회 백상예술대상". www.baeksangawards.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "전도연, '2005 SBS 연기대상' 대상 수상 (종합)". 네이트 뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.

[1] "토지". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.

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[3] 조선일보 (August 13, 2020). "'토지' 3대 최서희 떴다…주인공에 김현주 낙점". 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.

[:1-4] "제작비 150억원 대작 SBS `토지`, 27일 첫 방송". 매일경제 (in Korean). November 8, 2004. Retrieved October 24, 2021.

[5] "Destinations by Region : VisitKorea Destinations by Region Choi Champandaek (House of Choi Champan) (최참판댁) | Official Korea Tourism Organization". english.visitkorea.or.kr. Retrieved October 24, 2021.

[6] "제57회 백상예술대상". www.baeksangawards.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.

[7] "전도연, '2005 SBS 연기대상' 대상 수상 (종합)". 네이트 뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2021.

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