Tamra, the Island

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• TV Show: Tamra, the Island
• Revised romanization: Tamnaneun Doda
• Hangul: 탐나는도다
• Director: Yun Sang-Ho, Hong Jong-Chan
• Writer: Shin Jae-Won, Lee Ji-Hyang, Choi Lee-Rang, Lee Jae-Yoon, Jeong Hye-na (comic)
• Network: MBC
• Episodes: 16
• Release Date: August 8 - September 27, 2009
• Runtime: Sat. & Sun. 19:55
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Set in the 17th Century, Jang Beo-jin (Seo Woo) is a young female diver on Tamra Island. She doesn't particularly enjoy her situation and dreams of one day leaving the island. One day, to her shock, she discovers a young blond haired man laying on the beach. The young man's name is William (Pierre Deporte) and he is a shipwrecked British citizen. Another young man named Park Kyu enters the island under the disguise of one of the many convicts sent to Tamra Island. In actuality, Park Kyu (Lim Ju-Hwan) is a budding government official known as a Seonbi. These three young people then become involved in a hilarious love triangle.

Notes

1. "Tamra Island" or "Tamra-do" is an earlier name for the South Korean island now known as Jeju Island.
2. Beo-jin works as a female diver, commonly known in South Korea as "haenyo" (literally "sea women"). The 2004 South Korean film "My Mother the Mermaid" covers this line of work in detail.
3. Actress Seo Woo could not swim prior to landing the role of Beo-jin Jang. She then trained intensively for three months to play the role of a haenyo. [1]
4. Due to low vierwship ratings (5% weekly average) 'Tamra, the Island" was cut from 20 episodes to 16 episodes. [2] In response to shortening the series, fans of the television show took out an advertisement in "Hangyerye Newspaper" (한겨레신문) in protest. [3]

Cast

Seo Woo	Pierre Deporte	Lim Ju-Hwan	Lee Seung-Min	Lee Sun-Ho
Jang Beo-Jin	William	Park Kyu	Seo Rin	Ahn Kawamura

Kim Mi-Kyeong	Byeon Woo-Min	Kim You-Jung	Yang Hee-Kyeong	Lee Ho-Jae
Choi Jam-Nyeo	Jang Won-Bin	Jang Beo-Sul	Park Kyu's mom	Park Cheol

Seo Beom-Sik	Park Joon	Park Woong	Lee Ho-Seong	Jo Seung-Yeon
Jun Chi-Yong	nobleman Song	Priest	crazy old man	assistant governor Kim

Bang Eun-Hee	Jeong Ju-Ri	Kim Ho-Won	Yoo Tae-Woong	Jang Kyeong-Ah
Ko Ba-Soon	Han Ggeut-Bun	Hyang Dol-I	Han Phillip	Hong Si-Yeon

Kim Byeong-Chun	Song Gwi-Hyun	Robert Holley	Lee Byung-Joon	So Young-Don
public official An	Hong Goo-Rak	Park Yeon	king In-Zo	prince So-Hyun

Additional Cast Members:

• Hwang Choo-Ha - Bong-Sam
• Hwang Eun-Jeong - Bok-Nyeon
• Lee Soon-Sung - policeman Kim
• Kim Yong-Ho - Eok-Kwan
• Ku Bon-Lim - Jon-Dal's mom
• Kim Yeong-Seon - Yang-Soon's mom
• Kim Yong-Suk - Han Zzuk-Bul
• Zo Moon-Wei - Jon-Dal's father
• Park Hee Jin - Jon-Dal
• Lee Byul-Lim - Jong-Soon
• Kwon Tae-Won - public official
• Kim Young-Moo - Lee Kyung-San
• Lim Si-Eun - Seo Rin (young)
• Uhm Tae-Goo - Jun Chi-Yong (young)
• Nam Myung-Ryul - Ahn's father