Empire of Gold

Profile

• Drama: Empire of Gold (English title)
• Revised romanization: Hwanggeumui Jegoog
• Hangul: 황금의 제국
• Director: Jo Nam-Kook
• Writer: Park Kyung-Soo
• Network: SBS
• Episodes: 24
• Release Date: July 1 - September 17, 2013
• Runtime: Monday & Tuesday 20:55
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Set over a period of 20 years from the 1990's, "Golden Empire" follows a family as the family members vie for the top position.

Notes

1. "Golden Empire" takes over the SBS Monday & Tuesday 21:55 time slot previously occupied by " Jang Ok-Jung".
2. Director Jo Nam-Kook, screenwriter Park Kyung-Soo and second leading actor Son Hyun-Joo previously worked together in 2012 SBS hit drama series "The Chaser".
3. First script reading took place May 1, 2013 at SBS Production Center in Tanhyeon-dong, Ilsan, South Korea.
4. Filming began May 14, 2013 at a restaurant and traditional market in Incheon, South Korea. The first scene filmed involved Jang Tae-Joo (Ko Soo) and his younger sister Jang Hee-Joo (Yoon Seung-Ah) buying a t-shirt for their father and eating pork cutlet together.

Cast

Ko Soo	Lee Yo-Won	Son Hyun-Joo	Jang Shin-Young	Ryu Seung-Soo
Jang Tae-Joo	Choi Seo-Yoon	Choi Min-Jae	Yoon Seol-Hee	Jo Pil-Doo

Lee Hyeon-Jin	Yoon Seung-Ah	Kim Gang-Hyun	Park Keun-Hyeong	Jung Han-Yong
Choi Sung-Jae	Jang Hee-Joo	Na Choon-Ho	Choi Dong-Sung	Choi Dong-Jin

Kim Mi-Sook	Eom Hyo-Seop	Ko Eun-Mi	Jung Wook	Seon Woo Eun Suk
Han Jung-Hee	Choi Won-Jae	Park Eun-Jung	Son Dong-Whee	Yoo Soon-Ok

Choi Yong-Min	Park Ji-Il	Jin Seo-Yeon	Lee Won-Jae
Park Jin-Tae	Kang Ho-Yeon	Jung Yoo-Jin	Kim Gwang-Se

Additional Cast Members:

• Shin Dong-Mi - Choi Jung-Yoon
• Nam Il-Woo - Jang Bong-Ho (Tae-Joo's father)
• Kim Jung-Hak - Shin Jong-Ho
• Kwon Tae-Won - Jung Byeong-Kook
• Lee Il-Hwa - Im Yoon-Hee (Choi Min-Jae's wife)